Part 83

PLATE III.

PREPARATORY STAGES.

FIG. PAGE 1, 2. Larvæ of Vanessa gonerilla. (Pupæ, figs. 31, 32; Imago, Plate XII., fig. 5.) 105 3. Larva of Anosia erippus. (Pupa, fig. 27; Imago, Plate XI., fig. 1.) 102 4. Larva of Argyrophenga antipodum. (Pupa, fig. 29; Imago, Plate XI., fig. 4.) 110 5. Larva of Dodonidia helmsi. (Pupa, fig. 28; Imago, Plate XI., fig. 14.) 112 6. Larva of Porina signata. (Imago, Plate XIII., fig. 15.) 134 7. Larva of Melanchra composita. (Imago, Plate V., fig. 8.) 22 8. Larva of Erana graminosa. (Imago, Plate V., fig. 24.) 28 9. Larva of Nyctemera annulata. (Imago, Plate IV., fig. 1.) 2 10. Larva of Melanchra homoscia. (Imago, Plate V., fig. 7.) 21 11. Larva of Orthosia comma. (Imago, Plate V., fig. 27.) 7 12. Larva of Selidosema dejectaria. (Imago, Plate IX., fig. 21.) 86 13, 14. Larvæ of Sphinx convolvuli. (Imago, Plate XIII., fig. 1.) 99 15. Larva of Melanchra mutans. (Imago, Plate IV., fig. 34.) 18 16. Larva of Melanchra vitiosa. (Imago, Plate IV., fig. 42.) 20 17. Larva of Selidosema aristarcha. (Imago, Plate IX., fig. 17.) 85 18. Larva of Declana atronivea. (Imago, Plate X., fig. 33.) 95 19. Larva of Epirranthis hemipteraria. (Imago, Plate VIII., fig. 48.) 80 20. Larva of Sestra humeraria. (Imago, Plate X., fig. 1.) 89 21. Larva of Chalastra pelurgata. (Imago, Plate IX., fig. 34.) 88 22. Larva of Selidosema productata. (Imago, Plate IX., fig. 6.) 84 23. Larva of Hepialis virescens. (Pupa, fig. 30; Imago, Plate XIII., fig. 16.) 129 24. Larva of Epirranthis alectoraria. (Imago, Plate VIII., fig. 42.) 80 25. Larva of Oeceticus omnivorus withdrawn from case. (Imago, Plate XIII., fig. 6.) 123 26. Larva of ditto in its case. 27. Pupa of Anosia erippus. (Larva, fig. 3; Imago, Plate XI., fig. 1.) 102 28. Pupa of Dodonidia helmsi. (Larva, fig. 5; Imago, Plate XI., fig. 14.) 112 29. Pupa of Argyrophenga antipodum. (Larva, fig. 4; Imago, Plate XI., fig. 4.) 110 30. Pupa of Hepialus virescens. (Larva, fig. 23; Imago, Plate XIII., fig. 16.) 129 31, 32. Pupæ of Vanessa gonerilla. (Larva, figs. 1, 2; Imago, Plate XII., fig. 5) 105

PLATE IV.

CARADRININA.

FIG. PAGE 1. Nyctemera annulata (Larva, Plate III., fig. 9.) 2 2. " " 3. Utetheisa pulchella 3 4. Metacrias strategica 4 5. " erichrysa 4 6. " huttonii 5 7. Physetica cærulea 8 8. Leucania griseipennis 9 9. " nullifera 9 10. " micrastra 12 11. " purdii 10 12. " atristriga 10 13. " propria 11 14. " acontistis 11 15. " phaula 11 16. " alopa 12 17. " unica 12 18. " arotis 12 19. " sulcana 13 20. " " 21. " semivittata 13 22. " " 23. " blenheimensis 13 24. " unipuncta 13 25. Ichneutica ceraunias 14 26. " " 27. " dione, n. sp. 14 28. Melanchra paracausta 15 28A. " " 29. " insignis 16 30. " " 31. " maya, n. sp. 17 32. " plena 17 33. " lithias 17 34. " mutans (Larva, Plate III., fig. 15.) 18 35. " " 36. " " variety 37. " pictula 19 38. " rhodopleura 19 39. " coeleno, n. sp. 26 40. " proteastis 20 42. " vitiosa (Larva, Plate III., fig. 16.) 20

PLATE V.

CARADRININA.

FIG. PAGE 1. Melanchra octans, n. sp. 25 2. " merope, n. sp. 19 3. " pelistis 19 4. " " 5. " diatmeta 21 6. " tartarea 21 7. " homoscia (Larva, Plate III., fig. 10.) 21 8. " composita (Larva, Plate III., fig. 7.) 22 9. " " 10. " steropastis 23 11. " " 12. " infensa 23 13. " omoplaca 23 14. " alcyone, n. sp. 24 15. " asterope, n. sp. 24 16. " dotata 24 17. " stipata 25 18. " rubescens 25 19. " lignana 26 20. " ustistriga 26 20A. " " 21. " prionistis 27 22. " phricias 27 23. " cucullina 27 24. Erana graminosa (Larva, Plate III., fig. 8.) 28 25. " " 26. Miselia pessota 6 27. Orthosia comma (Larva, Plate III., fig. 11.) 7 28. " " 29. " immunis 7 30. Melanchra agorastis 18 31. Orthosia margarita 6 32. Xanthia purpurea 8 33. Bityla defigurata 29 34. " sericea 29 35. Agrotis ypsilon 30 36. " " 37. " admirationis 31 38. " sericea 31 39. " innominata, n. sp. 31 40. Heliothis armigera 32 41. " " 42. Melanchra omicron, n. sp. 22 43. " disjungens 15

PLATE VI.

CARADRININA AND NOTODONTINA.

CARADRININA.

FIG. PAGE 1. Agrotis carapachoides 32 2. Cosmodes elegans 33 3. Plusia chalcites 35 4. Dasypodia selenophora 35 5. Rhapsa scotosialis 36 6. " " 7. Rhapsa octias 37

NOTODONTINA.

8. Chloroclystis plinthina 41 9, 10. " bilineolata varieties 41 11. " nereis 43 12. " dryas 43 13, 14. " sphragitis varieties 43 15, 16. " lichenodes varieties 44 17. " indicataria 44 17A. " " 18. " maculata, n. sp. 44 19. Phrissogonus denotatus 45 20. Chloroclystis antarctica, n. sp. 42 21. " aristias 42 22. " " 23, 24. Elvia glaucata varieties 46 25. Tatosoma lestevata 39 26. " agrionata 40 27. " " 28. " timora 40 29. " " 30. Venusia verriculata 53 31. " " 32. " xanthaspis 54 33. " undosata 54 34. " " 35. Euchoeca rubropunctaria 51 36. Paradetis porphyrias 41 37. Asthena pulchraria 52 38. " " 39-42. Asthena schistaria varieties 52 43. Hydriomena gobiata 47 44. " " 45, 46. " subochraria varieties 48 47. " prionota 47 48. " siria 51

PLATE VII.

NOTODONTINA.

FIG. PAGE 1-9. Hydriomena deltoidata varieties 47 10. " hemizona 48 11. " rixata 49 12. " purpurifera 49 13. " callichlora 50 14. " similata 50 15. " arida 50 16. Asaphodes siris 55 17-19. " megaspilata varieties 55 19A, 20. " " varieties 21. " abrogata 55 22. Xanthorhoe rosearia 57 23. " " 24. " orophylla 58 25. " " 26. " semifissata 59 27. " " 28. " chlamydota 59 29. " stinaria 60 30. " præfectata 60 31. " clarata 61 32. " " 33. " cataphracta 61 34. " " 35. " beata 63 36. " " 37. " ægrota 64 38. " lucidata 64 39. " mnesichola 60 40. " helias 64 41. " prasinias 65 42. " chionogramma 65 43. " " 44. " chorica 66 45. " obarata 66 46. " limonodes 57 47. " lophogramma 59 48. " " 49. " adonis 63

PLATE VIII.

NOTODONTINA.

FIG. PAGE 1. Xanthorhoe bulbulata 68 2, 2A. " cineraria varieties 67 3. Notoreas insignis 71 4-8. " perornata varieties 72 9-11. " mechanitis varieties 72 12-14. " paradelpha varieties 72 15. " strategica 73 16. " callicrena 73 17. " ferox 74 18, 19. " zopyra varieties 74 20-23. " brephos varieties 75 24. " vulcanica 75 25. " omichlias 76 26. " simplex, n. sp. 74 27. " isoleuca 72 28. Dasyuris enysii 69 29. " anceps 69 30. " partheniata 70 31. " " 32. " hectori 70 33. Lythria chrysopeda 68 34. " " 35. " euclidiata 68 36. Samana falcatella 76 37. Leptomeris rubraria 77 38. " " 39. Dichromodes petrina 78 40. " nigra 78 41. Theoxena scissaria 79 42-47. Epirranthis alectoraria varieties. (Larva, Plate III., fig. 24.) 80 48. " hemipteraria (Larva, Plate III., fig. 19.) 80 49. " " 50. Selidosema fenerata 82 51. " "

PLATE IX.

NOTODONTINA.

FIG. PAGE 1. Selidosema rudiata 82 2. " " 3. " suavis 83 4. " " 5. " humillima, n. sp. 83 6-10. " productata varieties. (Larva, Plate III., fig. 22.) 84 11-14. " " varieties 15. " melinata 85 16. " " 17. " aristarcha (Larva, Plate III., fig. 17.) 85 18. " " 19-22. " dejectaria varieties. (Larva, Plate III., fig. 12.) 86 23, 24. " " varieties 25-28. " panagrata varieties 87 29, 30. " " varieties 31. Hybernia indocilis 88 32. " " 33, 34. Chalastra pelurgata varieties. (Larva, Plate III., fig. 21.) 88 35, 36. " " varieties 37. Sestra flexata 90

PLATE X.

NOTODONTINA.

FIG. PAGE 1, 2. Sestra humeraria varieties. (Larva, Plate III., fig. 20.) 89 3, 4. Gonophylla nelsonaria varieties 90 5, 6. " " varieties 7-10. Drepanodes muriferata varieties 91 11, 12. " " varieties 13-20. Azelina gallaria varieties 92 21-23. " " varieties 24. " fortinata 93 25. " " 26. " ophiopa 93 27. " " variety 28. " " 29, 31, 31A. Ipana leptomera varieties 94 30. " " 32. Declana griseata, n. sp. 98 33. " atronivea (Larva, Plate III., fig. 18.) 95 34. " " 35. " egregia 96 36. " hermione, n. sp. 98 37. " junctilinea 98 38. " " 39-43. " floccosa varieties 96 44-47. " " varieties

PLATE XI.