748 CATALOGUE OF 



Orthosia INFENSA. 



Foem. Ferrugineo-rufa ; palpi ascendentes, articulo 3o cylin- 

 drico ; thorax cristatus, fascia antica alba nigro marginata, 

 maculis humeralibus albis ; abdomen pallide cervinum ; alee 

 anticce albo notatce, orbiculari obsoleta, reniformi e litura 

 alba; postica subcenece, basi cinerea, ciliis albidis. 



Female. Ferruginous-red. Palpi ascending ; third joint cy- 

 lindrical, not more than one-fourth of the length of the second. 

 Thorax crested, with a white black-bordered band in front, joining 

 a white humeral spot. Abdomen pale fawn-colour. Fore wings 

 with a few white marks along the costa and on some of the veins ; 

 orbicular spot obsolete ; reniform slightly indicated by a white 

 mark. Hind wings somewhat aeneous, cinereous towards the 

 base ; ciliae whitish. Length of the body 6 lines ; of the wings 16 

 lines. 



a. New Zealand. From Mr. Earl's collection. 



Orthosia? semisigna. 



Subtestaceo-cinerea ; thoracis fasciculus e pilis erectis apice fuscis; 

 alee antica nigro conspersce, litura postica nigra, reniformi 

 fusca quadra ta nigro marginata, orbiculari indistincta extus 

 nigro lineata; posticce fasciis duabus obscurioribus. 



Cinereous, with a very slight testaceous tinge. Thorax with a 

 tuft of upright brown-tipped hairs. Fore wings with black 

 speckles, and with a black mark near the posterior angle ; reniform 

 spot brown, quadrangular, narrower hiudward, bordered with black ; 

 orbicular indistinct, with a black line on its exterior side ; a minute 

 black mark behind it. Hind wings with two darker bands. 

 Length of the body 6 lines ; of the wings 14 lines. 



a. ? Presented by E. Doubleday, Esq. 



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Xanthia gilvago. 



Var. ? Pallide lutea ; abdomen albido-testaceum ; alee anticce 

 gutta basali nigra, lineis nigricantibus undulatis inlerruptis, 

 litura postica nigricante, orbiculari, reniformi lineisque inte- 

 rioribus subobsolelis, ciliis nigro guttatis ; postica albce, tes- 

 taceo marginatce. 



