628 CATALOGUE OF 



towards the tips of the wings ; under side luteous, with a black spot 

 beyond the middle near the costa, and with a broad black apical 

 band, which is intersected by a deeply serrated testaceous band. 

 Hind wings luteous, blackish at the base, with a black subcostal 

 spot, and with a broad black marginal stripe, which contains two or 

 three luteous spots and is submarginal beneath. Legs mostly 

 covered with testaceous tomentum ; femora red above. Length of 

 the body 4 — 5 lines ; of the wings 12 — 14 lines. 



a, b. Van Dieman's Land. Presented by E. Butler, Esq. 



c, d. Van Dieman's Land. Presented by Morton Allport, Esq. 



e— g. Van Dieman's Land. From Mr. A. J. Smith's collection. 



Genus 12. PHRAGMATOBIA. 



Caput et thorax pilis longis hirta. Palpi breves, vix distincti, 

 pilosissimi ; articulus lus 2i longitudine sed crassior ; 3us 2o brevior, 

 ovatus, obtusus. Proboscis subspiralis. Antennas breves, ciliatae, 

 maris serratae, fcemince simplices. Thorax crassus. Abdomen ma- 

 culatum. Tibiae anticae inermes, posticae quadricalcaratae posticae 

 vena 5a conspicua. Alae subdiaphanae^ squamis rarioribus ad- 

 spersae. 



Phragmatobia, Steph. III. Brit. Ent. Haust. ii. 73 ; Herr.-S chaff. 



Phalaena Bombyx, p., Linn. ; Berk.; Don.; Stew.; Turt. 



Phala^na, p., Wilkes. 



Noctua, p., Haw. 



Arctia, Hubn. Verz. Schmett. 181 ; Boisd. 



1. Phkagmatobia fuliginosa. 



Alee anticce rufo- fuliginosa, puncto gemino nigro ; posticae rubrce, 

 maculis marginalibus nigris ; abdomen serie triplici macula- 

 rum nigrarum. 



Phragmatobia fuliginosa, Steph. III. BriL Ent. Haust. ii. 14, 1. 



Westw. Sr Humph. Moths, i. 93, pi. 19, f. 1, 2. Herr.-Schceff'. 



Samml. Eur. Schmett. Suppl. ii. 142, 6, 2. Speyer, Ent. Zeit. 



Stett. xiii. 315, 24. 

 Phalaena Noctua fuliginosa, Linn. Syst. Nat. ii. 836 ; Faun. Suec. 



1159. Scop. Ent. Cam. 508. Berk. Syn. i. 139. Donov. 



Nat. Hist. Brit. Ins. hi. 21, pi. 80. Stew. El. ii. 159. Turt. 



Syst. Nat. 'hi. 236. 

 Phalaena Bombyx fuliginosa, Gmel. ed. Syst. Nat. i. 5, 2444, 95. 



