866 CATALOGUE OF 



Orgyia Achatina, Hubn. Verz. Schmett. (Phalana Vera Dasychira 

 Canescentes, 161, 1677. 



Georgia. 



7. Dasychira Eossii. 



Subcinerea, semihyalina ; alee antica fascia media e lineis duabus 

 undulatis, macula intermedia, fasciaque brevi nigricantibus ; 

 postica pallida margine nigricante. 



" Transparent gray. Fore wings with two blackish waved lines, 

 forming a fascia across the middle, with a spot between them, and a 

 sinuated abbreviated band beyond them. Hind wings cream- 

 colour, ochreous along the hind border, with a broad blackish mar- 

 gin. Larva feeds on Saxifraga tricuspidata and S. oppositifolia" 



Laria Eossii, Curtis, Append. Ross. Narr. 2nd Voy. lxx. 16, pi. A, 

 f. 10. 



Arctic America. 



South America. 



8. Dasychira? cinerea. 



Mas et foem. Cinerea ; caput albidum ; thorax fascia antica 

 biarcuata albida ; abdomen albidum maculis dorsalibus nigris ; 

 ala antica macula discali albida. Mas. — Ala antica strigis 

 nigris, fascia basim versus albida, fascia arcuata exteriore 

 carta nigro intus marginata guttisque marginalibus albis ; pos- 

 tica alba cinereo late marginata. Foem. — Ala antica fascia 

 basim versus nigra albido marginata, maculis quatuor discali- 

 bus fasciisque duabus exterioribus arcuatis albidis ; postica 

 pallide cinerea fascia media arcuata alba nigro marginata. 



Phalaena cinerea, Anon. Ins. Surinam, i. 21, pi. 7. 



Surinam. 



This species may be one of the ^rctiida. 



Africa. 

 9. Dasychira atomaria. 

 Mas. Alba; caput luteum, postice album ; palpi lutei ; antenna 

 fusca, supra albida ; abdomen luteum, subtus e guttis nigris 

 bivittatum; pedes pilis longis pallide flavis dense vestiti ; ala 

 fusco confertim punctata, fascia e guttis nigris obliqua dis- 

 cali, subtus testacea. 



