LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 1061 



Body rather stout, pilose ; hairs rather smooth. Proboscis 

 short, not exceeding the breadth of ihe head. Palpi short, porrect, 

 not extending beyond the head; second joint very much longer than 

 the first ; third acute, very minute. Thorax somewhat convex. Ab- 

 domen extending lor one-fourth of its length beyond the hind wings. 

 Legs stout, pilose; hind tibiae with four rather long spurs. Wings 

 broad or rather broad. Fore wings nearly straight along the costa, 

 hardly angular at the tips ; exterior border more or less oblique ; 

 three inferior veins ; first and second united at the base ; third 

 rather remote. Male. — Antennse minutely pectinated ; the branches 

 successively but very slightly decreasing in length. Female. — An- 

 tennae minutely serrated. 



1. Datana ministra. 



Luteo-fulva ; thorax postice obseurior ; pectus, abdomen et pedes 

 pallide testacea ; ala antica fulv&, ferrugineo quadrifasciatae. 

 Mas. — Ala? antica fusco unimaculata. Fcem. — Ala? antica 

 fusco bimaculata. 



Phalaena (Noctua) ministra, Drury, Ins. Exot. ii. 25, pi. 14, f. 3. 



App. ii. 

 Phalaena ministra, Abbot Sf Smith, Nat. Hist. Lep. Ins. Georg. ii. 



161, pi. 81. Oliv. Enc. Meth. v. 69, 155. 

 Petasia? ministra, Westw. ed. Drury, ii. 27, pi. 14, f. 3. 



New York. 



Luteous-tawny. Thorax rather darker towards the hind part, 

 which is pale testaceous. Pectus, abdomen and legs pale testaceous. 

 Fore wings tawny, with four slender ferruginous bands ; first band 

 at one-fourth of the length, curved outward ; second, third and 

 fourth bands oblique ; second curved backward towards the costa, 

 beyond the discal spot or spots, the space between it and the first a 

 little darker than the wing elsewhere ; third and fourth bands very 

 slightly undulating ; a more or less distinct streak between them,. 

 very near to the fourth ; under side without bands. Hind wings a 



I little paler than the fore wings; under side pale testaceous. Male. 



, —Fore wings with one discal brown spot. Female. — Fore wings 

 with two discal brown spots, the outer one larger than the other, 

 Length of the body 10 lines ; of the wings 26—27 lines. 



a. New York. From Mr. Milne's collection. 



b. Georgia. From Mr. Milne's collection. 



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