1644 CATALOG DE OF 



Erosia NIVOSARIA. 



Fcem. Alba; palpi porrecti, longi, robusti, nigro trifasciati, 

 articulo So lanceolato ; alee fasciis tribus ochraceis maculari- 

 bus; anticce liluris tribus costalibus duabusque posterioribus 

 nigris ; posticce bidentata. 



Female. White. Palpi stout, porrect, as long as the breadth 

 of the head, with three black bands ; third joint lanceolate, more 

 than half the length of the second. Antennae short, stout. Legs 

 slender ; fore tibiae and fore tarsi mostly blackish above. Wings 

 with three macular very irregular ochraceous bands ; fringe slightly 

 ochraceous. Fore wings slightly acute ; middle band accompanied 

 by three black marks, of which one is costal ; two other black costal 

 marks near the base, and a third at the tip ; exterior border slightly 

 convex, moderately oblique. Hind wings bideutate. Length of 

 the body 3J lines ; of the wings 10 lines. 



Mysol. In Mr. Saunders' collection. 



Erosia albidaria. 



Mas. Alba; caput antice nigricans; palpi nigricantes, porrecti, 

 caput vix snperantes, articulo 3o brevissimo ; antenna: glabra, 

 crassa? ; abdomen sub cer vino -album ; ala> fusco subconspersa? ; 

 anticae lituris qualuor marginalibus fuscis, margin e exteriore 

 subflexo ; posticce bidentata?, fascia interrupta obscure fusca, 

 fascia exteriore pallide fusca fusco marginata, fascia mar- 

 ginali fusca informi nigro marginata. 



Male. Wliite, Head blackish in front. Palpi blackish, por- 

 rect, hardly extending beyond the head ; third joint very short. 

 Antennae smooth, very stout. Abdomen tinged with pale fawn- 

 colour, extending rather beyond the hind wings. Legs smooth; 

 hind tibiae slightly dilated. Wings moderately broad, very thinly 

 brown-speckled. Fore wings acute ; costa brown-speckled ; three 

 irregular brown marks on the exterior border ; first mark small, 

 apical; second larger and more concise than the third, which is 

 near the interior border ; a brown mark on the interior border beyond 

 the middle ; exterior border slightly bent in the middle. Hind 

 wings bideutate; an irregular and interrupted dark brown band ; 

 an exterior more complete pale brown baud, which is divided from 

 the first band by a white line and is bounded on the outer side by a 

 darker brown line ; an irregular brown marginal band, which is 



