MORKISONIA. 



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represented by double black striae from costa ; the antemedial line 

 wit-h a dark striga from costa, then indistinct and strongl)- angled 

 outwards above vein 1 and inner margin ; claviform incompletely 

 defined by black ; orbicular aftd reniform with obscure ochreous 

 annuli incompletely defined by black, the former oblique elliptical ; 

 the postraedial line strongly dentate, black defined by ochreous on 

 outer side, strongly bent outwards below costa, excurved to vein 4, 

 then oblique ; the subterminal line very obscurely defined by the 



Fig. 101. — Morriso7iia confusa, rj. \. 



area beyond it being slightly darker, with blackish streaks in the 

 interspaces, running obliquely to apex, and with pale dentate marks 

 on veins -i and 3 ; a terminal series of small black lunules ; cilia 

 intersected with ochreous. Hind wing ochreous white tinged with 

 brown, especially on terminal area ; the veins dark ; a dark terminal 

 line ; the underside whitish, the costal and terminal areas irrorated 

 with brown, a diseoidal spot and curved postmedial series of striae 

 on the veins. 



Hah. Canaba ; U.S.A., Eastern States, 3 S type infi'uctuosa, 

 Texas, 1 c? , California. Exp. 40 millim. 



Larva. Head round, shining light red-brown, reticulate in lighter 

 and paler over the clypeus. Body shaded in vinous red, with a 

 rounded, quadrate, deep vinous patch laterally above the spiracle 

 on joints 2 to 12. Fine white dorsal, lateral, and suprastigmatal 

 lines. Shields not chitinized, concolorous ; spiracles white, finely 

 black-rimmed. Food-plants : Willow, etc. — H. G. D. 



1694. Morrisonia lignana. (Plate LXXXIX. fig. 3.) 



Hadena liqnana, Wlk. xi. 758 (1857); Hudson, New Zealand Moths & 

 Butterflies, p. 26, pi. v. f. 19. 



Head and thorax brownish grey slightly mixed with rufous ; 

 teguiae and patagia with black lines near upper edge ; abdomen 

 grey irrorated with fuscous, the anal tuft pale rufous. Fore wing 

 brownish grey irrorated with fuscous and sometimes tinged with 

 purplish, the costal area and veins rather paler ; the subbasal line 

 represented by double black striae from costa and cell, interrupting 

 a slight black streak above vein 1 ; antemedial line double, dentate, 

 oblique from costa to median nervure, and strongly angled inwards 

 on vein 1 ; claviform short and broad, defined by black ; orbicular 

 and reniform defined by black, the former elongate elliptical, open 



