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2. WHITE (Albus). White less intense than niveous. 



The colour of chalk. Ex. Spilosoma mendica ? . 



3. LACTEOUS (Lacteus). White with a slight tint of 



blue. The colour of milk. Ex. Minoa lactearia. 



4. CREAM-COLOURED (Lactifloreus). White with a 



proportion of yellow. Ex. Pale part of the Pri- 

 mary wings of Euprepia Caja. 



5. FLESH-COLOURED (Carneus). White tinted with 



red. The colour of young and healthy Jlesk. 

 Ex. Secondary wings of Sphinx Ligusfri. 



6. HOARY (Incanus). White with a small proportion 



of black. The colour of a gray head. N.B. This 

 term is usually confined to pubescence. Ex. Cur- 

 culio sulcirostris. 



7. CINEREOUS (Cinereus). White with a shade of 



brown. Ex. Sitona difftnis^ Dasychirapudibunda. 



8. GRISEOUS (Griseus). White mottled with black 



or brown. Ex. Curculio nebidosus. 



9. YELLOW (Flaws). Pure yellow. Ex. Bands on the 



Abdomen of Nomada (Apis*, b. K.), Crabro 9 &c. 



10. STRAW-COLOURED (Stramineus). Pale yellow with a 



very faint tint of blue. Ex. Ennomos cratcegata. 



11. SULPHUREOUS (Sulphureus). Yellow with a tint of 



green. The colour of brimstone. Ex. Gonepteryx 

 Rhamni <$ . 



12. LUTEOUS (Luteus}. Deep yellow with a tint of red. 



The colour of the yolk of an egg. Ex. Primary 

 wings of Colzas Edusa. 



13. ORANGE (Aurantius). Equal parts of red and yel- 



low. Ex. Apex of Wings of Pontia Cardamines. 



14. SAFFRON-COLOURED (Croceus). The colour of saf- 



fron. Ex. Yellow in the Elytra of Trichius fasci- 

 atus. 



