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KOCTUID^. 



2719. Jodia rufago. 



Jodia ru}n(fo, Hiibn. Ziitr. Ex. Schmett. i. p. 15, ff. 01, G2 (1827) ; Smith, 



Cat. Noct. N. Am. j). L'2.".. 

 Cirradid honr.^la. ^Vlk. xv. 1711 (1858). 



(5 . Head, tliorax, and abdomen ochreous suffused with red; pectu:«, 

 lejis, and ventral surface of abdomen ochreou.s, the last slightly irro- 

 rated with l)rown. Fore wing ochreous suffused Avith red aud slightly 

 irrorated with black, especially on costal and terminal areas ; the 

 costal edge whitish : subbasal line very indistinct, fuscous, waved, 

 from costa to submedian fold, or reduced to two black points ; ante- 

 medial line very indistinct, ochreous, defined on each .side by a few 

 black scales, slightly waved ; orbicular and reniform large, slightly 

 browner than the ground-colour and defined by yellow, the former 



Fig. 161.— Jodia rufago, (^ 



elliptical, the latter constricted at middle ; faint traces of a medial 

 line towards inner margin ; postmedialline formed by a double series 

 of black points, connected by a faint crenulato line, slightly incurved 

 below vein 4 : an indistinct yellowish subterrainal line slightly 

 excurved at vein 7 and below middle. Hind Aving yellowLsh suf- 

 fused with purplish pink, the cilia pale yellow ; the underside pale 

 yellow slightly tinged with pink and irrorated with brown on the 

 veins and costal area, a discoidal spot and postmedial line arising 

 from costa near apex, slightly excurved at middle, and with dark 

 points on the veins. 



Ilab. Canada ; U.S.A., 1 J , Massachusetts, New Jersey, Texas, 

 Florida {DouUedaij), 1 c? type honesta. Exp. 34 millim. 



Larva. Head scarcely bilobed, shining brown, mottled with pale 

 dots ; the vertical curved band broad, but not darker than ground- 

 colour. Body pale brown, thickly mottled, reticulate with red-brown : 

 dorsal line narrow, pale, interrupted intersegmentally, obscure ; 

 stigmatal band yellowish white, moderate, about as wide as spiracles 

 and enclosing most of them, obsolete posteriorly ; cervical shield 

 velvety brown-black, distinctly cut by pale red lines, of which 

 there are oidy traces on the rest of the body ; anal plate quadrate, 

 velvety brown, edged by a pale red line ; feet pale ; spiracles pale, 

 black-rimmed. — H. G. IX 





Genus BRACHYCOSMIA, nov. 



Type, B. dif/ifolis. 



Proboscis aborted, small; palpi obliquely upturnecl, the 2nd joint fringed 

 with Inns; liair in front, tlieord moderate ; froiis smooth ; eyes small, roiiiforni ; 

 antenna' of male ciliated ; head and thorax clothed with hair oulv, tiie j^ro- 



