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MOTTLED ORANGE-MOTH. 
Gortyna Jlavago, 
PLATE XXIV. Fig. % 
Phal. Noct. Lapp©, Dm. x. PI. 340. — Noctua Flavago, Hnh-‘ 
Noct. Ocl^ceago, Haxcorthy 234. — Noct. nitilago, 
Fuhr . — Mottled Orange, Harris' Aurd. PI. 35.— Gortyna 
flavago, Ochsen^ Curtis, SiejA* 
Gorttna has anteim® of moderate length, setace- 
ous, clothed Tivith scales above, and pubescent be- 
neath; the proboscis slender and not so long as 
the antennae ; palpi with the basal joint short and 
curved upwards, the second long and attenuated, 
the terminal one distinct, somewhat oval and com- 
pressed at the apex; thorax broad, with a conical 
tuft anteriorly, and trilobed behind; all the wings 
entire, the upper pair sublanceolate, with the tip 
acute. The larva is fleshy, furnished only with a 
few short and scattered hairs. It feeds on the pith 
and internal parts of vegetables, and bears a good 
deal of resemblance to those of Zeuzera, Ctmillia, 
and others of similar economy. Oidy two British 
species have been hitherto detected, of which that 
named G. Jlavago is by far the most handsome. It 
