. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalænæ in the British museum. Moths. 334 NOCTUIDiE, whitish, the former oblique elliptical; medial line siuuous, oblique from costa to median nervure ; postmedial line defined by grey on outer side, oblique from costa to vein 7, then nearly erect, sinuous and with short streaks on the veins beyond it; subterminal line grey, defined by fuscous on inner side, slightly angled outwards at vein 7 ; a terminal series of blackish points. Hind wing fuscous brown, whitish towards base; cilia grey with a brown line through them ; the underside yellowish white, the costal
. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalænæ in the British museum. Moths. 334 NOCTUIDiE, whitish, the former oblique elliptical; medial line siuuous, oblique from costa to median nervure ; postmedial line defined by grey on outer side, oblique from costa to vein 7, then nearly erect, sinuous and with short streaks on the veins beyond it; subterminal line grey, defined by fuscous on inner side, slightly angled outwards at vein 7 ; a terminal series of blackish points. Hind wing fuscous brown, whitish towards base; cilia grey with a brown line through them ; the underside yellowish white, the costal and terminal areas irrorated with fuscous, a small discoidal spot and diffused curved postmedial line. Ab. 1. candens. Head, thorax, and fore wing suffused with purple-red, the pale markings rather more distinct. Ab. 2. nimia. Pale grey-brown, the pale markings very pro- minent. Hah. Canada, Nova Scotia; , N. and Centr. States, 7 d, 1 5 , type and types nimia, candens, and tecta, New York, Evan's Centre {Grote), 5 J, 1 $, Trenton Falls (Douhledai/), 1 J, Penn- sylvania, Sharon (Mesl^e), 1 c?, Wisconsin, Kacine ( Westcott), 1 c?, Colorado. 32-38 millira. 6^. Fore wing of male on underside with slight fringe of hair from costa, the cell only clotlied with down- turned hair; hind wing with some long hair at base, a'. Fore wing with the reniform large, not angled inwards on median nervure. a*. Thorax with black spot at base of tegulffi curvirena. b*. Thorax without black spot at base of tegul* ... iniractafa. P. Fore wing with the reniform narrow, produced above and angled inwards on median goniostiyma. 1618. Eriopyga curvirena. Orthodes curvirena, Guen. Noct. i. p. 374, pi. 5. f. 12 (1852). Head and thorax grey-brown ; palpi at sides and frons black;. Fig. 83.—Eriopyga curvirena, (^. \. tegulse with small dorsal black spot at base ; abdomen fuscous brown, the anal tuft ochrcous, the ventral surface greyer. Fore wing grey-brown with a slight reddish tinge
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