144 TORTEICID,^. 



Teras subtusnigra. (Plate CLVI. fig. 21.) 



Expanse | inch. 



Male. Fore wing pure wliite, with deep black markings ; a highly irregular black basal 

 band, which runs out along one third of inner margin ; a subbasal blotch on the costa, with a 

 .speck beyond it, below which is a speck on median nervule ; a highly irregular and indentated 

 hand from middle of costa to inner margin near outer angle ; two small spots on the costa before 

 the apex ; a very regular indented band from the apex to middle of outer margin, with a fine 

 line below it ; a speck at centre of inner margin, and a few scattered over outer area. Hind 

 wing imiform smoky black. Cilia of fore wing white, with ochreous bases, except at outer 

 angle. Underside of fore wing suffused with black ; the cilia white. Frons white ; head 

 black; thorax black and white ; abdomen fuscous. 



Allied to T. perfectana. 



TEIXTED Br lATLOK AND FEASCIS, RED LION COURT, FLEET STREET. 



