. Bulletin. Insects; Insect pests; Entomology; Insects; Insect pests; Entomology. 6 THE FLORIDA FERN CATERPILLAR. The following description is copied from Sir George F. Ilam- son's Catalogue of the Noctuida' :^ $. Head and thorax greyish tinged witli rufous and mixed with a few black scales; palpi thickly irrorated with black; frons whitish with black bar above; antennte with the extremity of basal joint, the basal part of shaft above and below, and the shaft above beyond the sinus black; tegulje mostly black, edged with grey, w-ith angled grey line near base and grey line at middle; fore and
. Bulletin. Insects; Insect pests; Entomology; Insects; Insect pests; Entomology. 6 THE FLORIDA FERN CATERPILLAR. The following description is copied from Sir George F. Ilam- son's Catalogue of the Noctuida' :^ $. Head and thorax greyish tinged witli rufous and mixed with a few black scales; palpi thickly irrorated with black; frons whitish with black bar above; antennte with the extremity of basal joint, the basal part of shaft above and below, and the shaft above beyond the sinus black; tegulje mostly black, edged with grey, w-ith angled grey line near base and grey line at middle; fore and mid tarsi black at extremities; abdomen ochreous tinged with fuscous, the basal crests rufous, the crest on Brd segment black. Forewing ochreous grey- ish tinged with rufous, the veins defined by slight blackish streaks; subbasal line represente<l by double black striie filled in with whitish from costa and 'III W -r. Fk!. L- -l'"lorida fern caterpillar (JJriopiis paridiiisis \ : Moth above; striped larva at left; (lark larva at rlfrlit. Knl;u-;.'ed. lOrijrinal.) cell and with double black stri;e before it from cell: antemedial line double, filled in with whitish, angled outwards below costa, acutely angled outwards on base of vein 2. then excurved, a whitish striga before it from submedian fold to vein 1 ; orbiculiir with brown centre and whitish annulus. very narrow and slightly angled outwards at median nervure: reniform whitish with white bar on inner edge followed by a brown line, oblique, its lower extremity pro- duced to a hook, ii triangular brown iiatch before it extending to costa ; an oblique brown line fi'om beyond lower edge of cell to vein 1, then bent outwards to inner margin; postmedial line double, brown, angled inwards below costa. 1 Cat. Noct. Brit. Mus., vol. 7. r'P- ,4!», London, Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of the
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