Lepidoptera, rhopaloceres and heteroceres, indigenous and exotic; with descriptions and colored illustrations . al line. Primaries uniform pale ashen, (he line dark lines are allabbreviated and have the appearance of being heavier than in any othc^ known species, and gives the whole wing a spotted rather thanstriped appearance, entirely difli;rent from its allies. Secondaries white, edged exteriorly with a fine brown line. In both this and the pre-ceding the wings are a little broader in proportion to their length than in the eastern species. Plusia EcHiNocYSTiDis, Behr, Mss. .Size of Precadon
Lepidoptera, rhopaloceres and heteroceres, indigenous and exotic; with descriptions and colored illustrations . al line. Primaries uniform pale ashen, (he line dark lines are allabbreviated and have the appearance of being heavier than in any othc^ known species, and gives the whole wing a spotted rather thanstriped appearance, entirely difli;rent from its allies. Secondaries white, edged exteriorly with a fine brown line. In both this and the pre-ceding the wings are a little broader in proportion to their length than in the eastern species. Plusia EcHiNocYSTiDis, Behr, Mss. .Size of Precadonis. Head and dark greyish brown; abdomen pale brown. Primaries dull dark greyish brown, which onclose inspection proves to be intricately varied and shaded ; a silver mark much like a U, attaclied to the lower part of which is a smallround or oval silver spot. Fringe same colour as rest of wing. Secondaries smoky, outer half darkest; fringe white. Plusia Gamma, Linna-ns, Syst. Nat., X, .513, (1758). Thirteen examples agreeing in every respect with those from various parts of Europe. May, 1874. I XL. ^rtnan Strei-Aer. od ^ ^>x^f^ CATOCALA AGRIPPINA. Nov. Sp.
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