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WILLIAM T. M. FORBES 



1. HABROSTNE Hiibner 

 (Thyatira, in part) 



Fore wing about twice as long as wide, with a slight anal lobe and tuft; accessory 

 cell relatively short, closed by crossvein r; Mj arising from accessory cell; wing 

 smooth -scaled; hind wing with M 2 about twice as near M 3 as M 15 (Figs. 432, 433.) 



FIGS. 432-434. THYATIRID^E 



432, Habrosyne scripta, venation. (The form of the fore wing of 'Pseudothyatira 

 is also shown in outline) ; 433, Euthyatira pudens, accessory cell of fore wing, 

 showing connections of neighboring veins; 434, Habrosyne derasa (Europe), seta 

 map. 



Caterpillar mottled, dead-leaf brown, with dark dorsal line and rather smooth 

 head, the dark dorsum sharply set off from the pale venter. 



1. H. scripta Gosse. Light gray-brown. A large smooth brown patch toward 

 base, below Cu, its upper boundary sharp, along Cu; inwardly, with a sharp oblique 

 boundary from Cu to A, then shading into base; outer boundary outwardly oblique 

 from Cu to A, and only a little indented; then inwardly obliqiie to inner margin; 

 patch outlined with pinkish white, expanding into a large triangular area on cell 

 and costa, but leaving base dark. A group of faint oblique striae across middle 

 of cell, followed by the oblong dark, pale -outlined orbicular and reniform spots. 

 Transverse posterior line deeply but roundedly waved; of three or four parallel 

 deep-brown lines, not reaching costa ; a broad curved pale subterminal shade 

 from apex to anal angle, with a dark shade before it toward costa; middle of costa 

 pale. Hind wing clay color, with shaded postmedial and outer bands. 30-35 mm. 

 (H 40:22.) 



June. Caterpillar with dull, slightly rugose head; on blackberry, thimbleberry, 

 and other Rosaceae. 



