144 GEOMETEIU^. 



species of the genus, the scales shining white ; large ferruginous olive-brown patches 

 irrorated with silvery scales at the base of fore wing and on the inner margin of both wings 

 near the outer an"-le ; both wings with the black blotches of the underside showing through 

 the white ground-colour, and a series of black streaks along the outer margin. Fore wing 

 with a black riug-spot in end of cell ; a blotch on the costa above it, another more towards 

 the apex. Underside white, with numerous spots and blotches of black of all sizes and 

 shapes. 



Larva. Head shining black ; the first somite orange, with an irregular black lateral 

 spot ; the second and third somites yellowish, with irregular transverse black bands ; fourth 

 to ninth somites black, with narrow white bands at the junction of the somites, and a similar 

 band across the middle of each somite terminating above the spiracular line ; tenth to twelfth 

 somites yellow, with broad black bands. The whole body is covered with a varnish-like 

 glaze. The larva has a slight musky scent. 



Pupa bright red, toned down by a thin whitish bloom. 



Abraxas sordida. (Plate CLXIX. fig. 12.) 



Expanse IjJ inch. 



Male. Collar aud abdomen orauge, the latter spotted with black ; head, thorax, and 

 wings dull olivaceous fuscous. Fore wing with an in-egular white spot before the middle 

 of the costa and another beyond the middle ; a medial white streak from the middle of the 

 interno-median interspace to the inner margin. Hind wing with a similar streak from the 

 median nervure to inner margin. 



Nearest to A. ostrina, Swinh. 



EUSCHEMIN^. 



Cusuma flavifusa. (Plate CLXVIII. fig. 17.) 



Expanse 2| inches. 



Male. Allied to C. vilis. Fore wing brownish wholly suffused with golden yellow; 

 the spots yellow, the spot in the end of the cell extending below it ; the postmedial irregular 

 maculate band more complete and reaching the outer angle. Hind wing golden yellow, 

 but of a duller tint than in C. vilis ; the two outer dark bands completely separated by a 

 lunulate yellow band. Underside wholly suft'uscd with golden yellow. Abdomen duller 

 yellow than in C. vilis; the lateral tufts of hair in the male not nearly so strongly 

 developed. 



