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LEPIDOPTERA. NOCTUID.E. 



TKIPH.ENA. 



Generic Distinctions. Antenna simple ; palpi short, and rising up 

 in front of the head ; proboscis long and spiral ; colour bright, the 

 under wings being always light yellow, with a black margin ; size 

 moderate. 



FIMBRIA. Broad-bordered Yellow Under- 

 wing. The head, thorax, and anterior wings are liver-colour, 

 inclining to grey ; the latter have four pale transverse lines, 

 and two pale rings on the disc, the second and third lines 

 enclosing a space darker than the rest, in which the two 

 ringed spots are placed ; the under wings are light yellow, 

 with a broad band of black, edged with the ground-colour. 

 The caterpillar is of an ochre-yellow, with a pale line along 

 the back ; it feeds on the potato, violet, primrose, etc. 



LEPIDOPTEEA. 



CALLIMORPHIA. 



Generic Distinctions. Antennae slender and setaceous ; palpi, basal 

 joint the same length as the two following ; proboscis longer than the 

 head ; anterior wings long and narrow. 





