Illustrations of Exotic Entomology, Volume 2

by Dru Drury

ALCIS SCOLOPACEA.

Plate [XXII]. fig. 1.

Order: Lepidoptera. Section: Nocturna. Family: Geometridæ, Steph.

Genus. Alcis, Curtis. Boarmia, Treit. Phalæna (Noctua), Drury.

Alcis Scolopacea. Alis dentatis griseis, fusco atomosis, strigisque dentatis et undulatis communibus albidis et fuscis. (Expans. Alar. 3 unc. 5 lin.)

Syn. Phalæna (Noctua) Scolopacea, Drury, App. vol. 2.

Habitat: Jamaica.

Upper Side. Antennæ filiform. Thorax, abdomen, and wings brownish grey; the latter varied with dark indented brown streaks and lines, contrasted with white and ash colour, crossing them from the anterior to the posterior and abdominal edges.

Under Side. Legs, sides, abdomen, and wings yellow wainscot-coloured. About half the anterior ones, from the tips towards the shoulders, are marked with faint dark brown lines and streaks. Posterior wings having a faintish dark brown cloud, situated near the upper corners. All the wings are deeply dentated.