4] 6 AKCTTAD^. 



clothed M'itb long hair ; antennre of male minutely serrate and ciliated ; pectus 

 clothed with long hair ; tibife with the spurs moderate ; abdomen clothed with 

 rough hair. Fore wing with vein 2 from middle of cell, oblique, 3 from before 

 angle ; 4, 5 from angle ; 7 from cell or stalifed with either 6 or 8, 9 ; 10 free ; 

 11 anastomosing witli 12. Hind wing with vein 2 from well beyond middle of 

 cell ; 3, 4 from angle ; 5 coincident with 4, sometimes given off from it near 

 termen ; 6, 7 stalked ; 8 from towards end of cell. 



A. Abdomen black, with the terminal segment orange. 



a. Size large(07er 30 millim.) ; colour deep orange aurita. 



h. Size small (under 28 millim.); colour paler orange roscida. 



.E. Abdomen orange or orange with black bands kuMweini, 



883. Endrosa aurita. 



Tinea irrorella, Sulz. Gesch. Ins. pi. 23. f. 10 (177fi), nee Linn. 



I^^octua aurita, Esp. Scbmett. iv. (1) p. 102, pi. 94. f. 1 (1787) ; Godt. Lep, 



Fr. iv. p. 387, pi. 40. f. 1 ; Freyer, Neu. Beitr. v. p. 16, pi. 392. f. 1 ; 



Stgr. Cat. p. 53 ; Kirby, Cat. Het. p. 356. 

 BoJnbyx ramosa, Fabr. Ent. Syst. iii. (1) p. 463 (1793); Freyer, Neu. 



Beitr. iv. p. 149, pi. 374. ff. 1-3 ; Godt. Lep. Fr. iv. p. 385, pi." 39. f. 6. 

 Bomhyx co7?i2)luta, Hiibn. Eur. Schmett. ii. pp. 108, 292, 293 (1827) ; 



Freyer, Neu. Beitr. vi. p. 81, pi. 530. ff. 3-4. 

 Bomhyx imhuta, Hiibn. Eur. Schmett. ii. ff. 109-110 (1827). 

 Setijia mirita, ab. transiens, Stgr. Cat. p. 53 (1871). 

 Seiina ramosa, ab. pattens, Mill. Ann. Soc. Lyon (2), xix. p. 6, pi. 109. 



ff. 9-11 (1872). 



Head, thorax, and abdomen black ; tegulse, patagia, greater part 

 of legs, and terminal segment of abdomen orange ; wings orange. 

 Fore wing witb subbasal black point ; the costal edge black at 

 base ; an oblique medial series of three spots and postmedial series 

 of four spots, those at upper and lower angles of cell somewhat 

 dentate on the veins ; a more or less developed subterminal series 

 of spots often extending round below the apex, the spots above 

 veins 2, 4, and 5 placed further from termen. Hind wing with 

 more or less developed subterminal series of spots, those towards 

 apex always present ; a black shade usually present at base. 



Ab. 1. The orange parts wholly suffused with brown, the tegulae 

 and patagia black. 



Ab. 2. transiens. Fore wing with the medial spot on median 

 nervure connected by slight streaks with the postmedial spots at 

 lower angle of cell and on vein 2. — Alps. 



Ab. 3. imhuta. Fore wing with black streaks on the veins from 

 base to near termen. — Higher Alps. 



Ab. 4. ramosa. Fore wing with the streaks very strongly 

 developed. — High Alps. 



Ab. 5. pallens. Ground-colour pale ochreous. 



Hah. NoEWAT, Zell. & Frey Colls.; Atjstkian Tyrol {Champion)-^ 

 SwiTZKKLAND, Eugadinc, Wallis, Zell. & Frey Colls. Exp. 30-40 

 millim. Type f transiens in Coll. Staudinger. 



