808 CATALOGUE OF 



10. Erastria RUBICUNDA. 



Cervina ; thorax nigro fasciatus ; abdomen cinereum ; alee anticce 

 lineis undulatis, strigis submarginalibus et macularum margi- 

 nibus fuscis, fascia exteriore purpurea, claviformi testacea, 

 reniformi testaceo ex parte marginata, linea submarginali 

 testacea angulosa ; postica? cinerea?. 



Fawn-colour. Thorax with a black band in front. Abdomen 

 cinereous. Fore wings with undulating brown lines, of which one 

 near the base and one beyond the reniform spot are darker than the 

 others; a purple band beyond the latter line, and some brown 

 streaks between the band and the exterior border; eluviform and 

 orbicular spots with brown borders, the former testaceous ; reniform 

 very large, partly bordered with testaceous and partly with brown ; 

 submar^inal line testaceous, zigzag, whitish towards the costa. 

 Hind wings cinereous. Length of the body 4 lines ; of the wings 

 10 lines. 



«, b. Trenton Falls, New York. Presented by E. Doubleday, Esq. 



11. Erastria inscripta. 



Cinereo-fusca ; abdomen cinereum; alee anticce lituris duabus 

 costalibus guttaque apud margin em interiorem albis, linea 

 submarginali vix conspicua, reniformi alba maxima fusco 

 varia ; posticce cinerea. 



Cinereous-brown. Abdomen cinereous. Fore wings with two 

 white costal marks, the first opposite the reniform spot, the second 

 forming part of the submarginal line, which elsewhere is very indis- 

 tinct ; orbicular spot obsolete ; reniform white, very large, marked 

 with brown, opposite a white dot on the interior border. Hind 

 wings cinereous. Length of the body 4^ lines; of the wings 11 

 lines. 



a. United States. Presented by E. Doubleday, Esq. 



12. Erastria varia. 



Ferrugineo- cinerea ; abdomen cinereum; ala? antica lineis trans- 

 versis pallidioribus aut nigricantibus subundulatis vix con- 

 spicuis, linea submarginali angulosa, orbiculari et reniformi 

 cinereis magnis nigro ex parte marginatis, ciliis nigro inter- 

 lineatis ; posticce cinerece, margine obscuriore. 



