. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum. Moths; Lepidoptera. JJOMBTCIA. 219 cilia whitish and hrown with a dark line through them. Hind wing white irrorated with brown, especially on terminal area; a fine hrown terminal line; cilia white with a slight brown lino through them; the underside with dark discoidal lunule and slight postmedial line with minute streaks on the veins. Hab. , California, Sierra Nevada, 1 J . Exp. 34 millim. *2365. Bombycia onycMna. Epunda onychina, Gueu. Noct. ii. p. 48 (1852); Smith, Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 215. Similar in size and colour to B
. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum. Moths; Lepidoptera. JJOMBTCIA. 219 cilia whitish and hrown with a dark line through them. Hind wing white irrorated with brown, especially on terminal area; a fine hrown terminal line; cilia white with a slight brown lino through them; the underside with dark discoidal lunule and slight postmedial line with minute streaks on the veins. Hab. , California, Sierra Nevada, 1 J . Exp. 34 millim. *2365. Bombycia onycMna. Epunda onychina, Gueu. Noct. ii. p. 48 (1852); Smith, Cat. Noct. N. Am. p. 215. Similar in size and colour to B. viminalis. Fore wing rather grej-er with the markings similar ; the orbicular much larger and at least equal in size to the reniform, somewhat quadrate and with its centre slightly defined by black; the reniform partly suffused with rufous; subterminal line represented by three large dark quadrate patches, on costa, at middle, and at tornus. Hab. Exp. 32 millim. This species is unknown to me ; it may belong to the genus Brachylomia. Larva. Grey marbled with rufous ; a dorsal series of small black V-shaped marks between the joints; stigmatal line broad, white with a reddish line through its middle ; head shining rufous. Food- plant, Chamecislus. Sect. II. Antennae of male bipectiuate with short branches, the apical part serrate. 2366. Bombycia viminalis. Noctua viminalis, Fabr. Gen. In. p. 284 (1777); Dup. Lep. Fr. V\. p. 177, pi. 84. f. 4; Steph. 111. Brit. Ent., Haust. iii. p. 58; Stand. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 164. I^octna stricta, Esp. Schmett. iii. pi. 84. f. 5 (1787). Noctua saliccti, Borkh. Enr. Schmett. iv. p. 630 (1792). NoctiM scripta, Hiibn. Enr. Schmett., Noct. f. 60 (1827). Bombycia obscura, Stand. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 164 (1S71). Bombycia asiatica, Bang-Haas, ined. Head and thorax grey-white tinged with red-broAvn ; frons dark brown below ; antennae brown except at base ; tegulse with black line near tips, which are brown ; patagia edged with blackish on. Fig. f)6.
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