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MAGAZINE OF NATURAL lllSTOKY. 



[NINTH SERIES.] 

 No. 14. FEBRUARY 19 IJ). 



XIII. — Netr and insufficiently-known Moths in the Joicey 

 Collection. By Louis B. Pkout, F.E.S. 



In the followiiij^ descriptions it is to be assumed that all 

 the types, parutypes, etc., enumerated are in the collection 

 of J. J. Joicey, Esq., unless otherwise specified. 



In workin<ijont the Noctnida3, subfamily Cutocalina, which 

 form the «jrcat bulk of the paper, I am very larj^ely indebted 

 to my sister Miss A. E. Prout, who is at present arranging? 

 tliis family in Mr. Joicey's collection. Sir George F. 

 Ilampson has also kindly given his advice on some points. 



Family Arctiidae. 

 Subfamily Lituosiinje. 



1. Chiuiuenta (/ont/petes, sp. n. 



(J .—38-40 mm. 



Head white, face narrowly red below, palpus and post- 

 orV)ital rim red. Collur orange-red. Thorax white ; patagia 

 and teguhe edged with red. Legs partly white (becoming 

 \ello\vish on tarsi), partly orange-red. Abdomen orange, 

 l)eni':ith white. 



Fore winy with the lobes of underside formed about as in 

 conclusa. Walk, (not quite so broad as in axiotuga, Swinh., 

 and perorncita, "Walk.), the proximal elongate, tlie distal 

 circular, some rough orange-red liair-scales behind the 

 proximal ; abcnc white, costal edge very narrowly red to 

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