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Show 1886.] LEPIDOPTERA OF M H O W . 437 26. ^EMENE TENEBROSA. AUmene tenebrosa, Moore, P. Z. S. 1878, p. 34. May and June. 27. LACIDES FICUS. Noctua ficus, Fabr. Ent. Syst. iii. p. 27. no. 62. September and October. ARCTIID^E. 28. A L O P E RICINI. Bombyx ricini, Fabr. Ent. Syst. iii. 1, p. 473 (1793). Alope ocellifera, Walker, iii. 620 (1856). August (Forsayeth). 29. CREATONOTUS INTERRUPTUS. Phalana interrupta, Linn. Syst. Nat. Phal. 116. September. 30. MICROSEMYRA PALLIDA. Microsemyra pallida, Butler, P. Z. S. 1883, p. 155. October. 31. ALOA PUNCTISTRIGA. Spilosoma punctistriga, Walker, iii. 676 (1855). June and September. 32. A L O A EMITTENS. Creatonotus emittens, Walker, iii. 638 (1855). June. 33. A L O A SANGUINOLENTA. Bombyx sanguinolenta, Fabr. Ent. Syst. iii. 1, p. 473 (1793). September (Forsayeth). LIPARID^E. 34. PERINA BASALIS. Perina basalis, Walker, iv. 966 (1855). September and October. 35. CHARNIDAS TESTACEA. Cycnia testacea, Waker, iii. 683 (1855). October, December, and March. 36. EUPROCTIS LUNATA. Euproctis lunata, Walker, iv. 837 (1855). September. Both sexes vary much in colour from deep chrome-yellow to pure creamy white. |