LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 865 



Orgya selenitica, Ochs. Schmett. iii. 216, 4 ; iv. 56, 4. Bolscl. Ind. 

 Metk. Lep. Eur. 68, 553. 



Oregyia selenitica, Meig. Syst. Beschr. Eur. Schmett. iii. 18, 7, pi. 

 82, f. 5. 



Gynaephora selenitica, H'ubn. Verz. Schmett. (Phalcence Verce Dasy- 

 chira; Undatce) 161, 1674. 



Dasychira selenitica, Berr.-Schceff. Samml. Eur. Schmett. Suppl. 

 ii. Text, 134, 11,1. Freyer, Ent. Zeit. Stett. v. 29,397. Dcebner, 

 Ent. Zeit. Stett. vi. 217. Speyer, Ent. Zeit. Stett. xiii. 

 317, 4. 



Var.P Hoary brown. Antennae hoary, with brown branches. 

 Abdomen blackish, with blackish and hoary hairs at the tip. Fore 

 wings brown, with some dark brown spots towards the base and 

 along the costa ; disks mostly whitish, partly powdered with brown ; 

 cilia with alternate brown and pale testaceous bands; under side 

 pale testaceous, brown in front for two-thirds of the length from the 

 base. Hind wings darker brown than the fore wings, with two tes- 

 taceous streaks which diverge from the base to the disk ; under side 

 pale testaceous, brown in front, at the base and along the outer bor- 

 der, and with a brown discal streak ; cilia pale testaceous. 



a — e. Europe. From M. Becker's collection. 



5. Dasychira Terebinthi. 



Alee Icete cinerece, fusco mixta?, striga anteriore e punctis, posteriore 

 e lunulis compositis, umbraque media fuscis, puncto medio 

 ciliisque in venis albidis. 



Liparis Terebinthi, Herr.-Schceff. Samml. Eur. Schmett. Suppl. ii. 

 Text, 135, 18, 4. 



Europe. 



North America. 



A. Alas nigro non fasciatae. - • » - - Achatina, Abbot. 



B. Alae anticae nigro fasciatae. - Rossii, Curtis. 



6. Dasychira Achatina. 



Cristata ; alee anticce cinerece, striga antice alba postice intersecta 

 arcu nigro desinente in puncto anguli postice albo. 



Phalaena Achatina, Abbot and Smith, Nat. Hist. Lep. Ins. Georgia, 

 ii. 153, pi. 77. 



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