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Report oh the State Entomologist. 



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Description of the Moth. 

 Female. — The front wings are narrower than in most of the Cochli- 

 dice, prolonged apicall}', and with rounded angles. They are yellowish- 

 brown medially (nearly reaching to the costal 

 margin), and outwardly forming a wavy band 

 of five flexures which is bordered within by 

 similar band of a darker shade, and without 



bv a narrow dark brown lunulated band which 

 « ... . . ... , , Fio. 13. -The female 



begins on the costa near its outer third, and hag-moth, Phobeteon 



following the curve of the wing approaches nearer pithecium. 

 the outer margin as it proceeds, is bent sharply inward beneath the 

 cell, and thence descends in a perpendicular line to the inner margin. 

 A similar toothed line crosses the wing just within its middle. (These 

 lines have not been very well shown in the figure; they are not 

 uniformly developed in all examples of the moth.) A large rounded, 

 pale, yellowish-brown spot, which is darker within, rests on the inner 

 margin beyond its middle. A dark brown shade-band runs near 

 the outer margin. At the outer end of the cell is a small black 

 spot. The basal portion of the wing is dark brown with some fuscous 

 lines. 



The hind wings are somewhat broader than the front pair, pointed 

 at the apex, and so short as not to reach the end of the abdomen. 

 The fringes of both pairs of wings are spotted with dark brown. The 

 legs are hairy and tufted; the tibise (shanks) of the middle pair bear 

 a conspicuous tuft of long pale yellow hairs. Antennae simple. 

 Expanse of 'wings, about one inch. 



Male. — The front wings are narrower than in the other sex and less 

 rounded at the angles. The colors are similar but darker, limited 

 almost to the inner margin, the rest being thinly-scaled 

 or transparent. The hind wings with their acute 

 angles are almost rhomboidal in shape; their anterior 

 half is transparent. The antennae are broadly bipecti- 

 nated. The abdomen bears a terminal tuft of Fig.h.— The male 

 ochreous hairs. Expanse of wings about three-fourths teo^pithecium" 

 of an inch. 



The abdomen of my only example is apparently brown, but it is 

 greased, and the entire moth is in too poor condition, from injuries 

 incurred in its breeding-cage, for accurate description. Miss Morton, 

 who has been favored with the privilege of seeing many of the males 

 flying around the cage of confined females, describes the abdomen of 

 the male as steel-blue, like that of the blue-bottle fly. 



