Plate XXIV. fig. 4.
ORDER: Lepidoptera. SECTION: Nocturna. FAMILY: Noctuidæ, _Leach_.
GENUS. EREBUS, _Latr._ Thysania, _Dalm._ Phalæna (noctua), _Drury_.
EREBUS EDUSA. Alis castaneis fusco irroratis, anticis maculis nonnullis
baseos alterisque duabus majoribus apicalibus; apiceque posticarum (nigro
punctato) albis. (Expans. Alar. 2 unc. 2 lin.)
SYN. Phalæna (Noctua) Edusa, _Drury_, _App. vol._ 2.
HABITAT: New York.
_Upper Side._ Antennæ brown and filiform. Thorax, abdomen, and wings of a
fine red sandy brown colour; the first ring of the abdomen with an
ash-coloured spot. Anterior wings with two whitish oblong spots on the
external edges of each; one near the tips, the other at the lower
corners. A small whitish bar crosses these wings about a quarter of an
inch from the body; and next the shoulders is a spot of the same whitish
colour. Posterior wings brown, with an oblong whitish spot placed along
the external edges, reaching from the abdominal almost to the upper
corners. Cilia brown.
_Under Side._ Palpi brown. Tongue short. Breast, sides, and legs paler
than on the upper side. Wings pale sandy-coloured, except a few small,
round, dark spots dispersed over them, but scarcely discernible. Margins
of all the wings dentated.
{47}PLATE XXV.
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