Genus. Callimorpha, Latr. Phalæna (Noctua), Drury.
Callimorpha Epimenis. Alis nigris, anticis maculá magná pone medium albidâ, posticis basi nigris apice fulvis margine atro. (Expans. Alar. 1 unc. 3 lin.)
Syn. Phalæna (Noctua) Epimenis, Drury, App. vol. 3.
Habitat: "Virginia, Mr. Abbot, 1774" (Drury's MSS.).
Upper Side. Antennæ black and setaceous. Eyes, head, thorax, abdomen, and anterior wings black, the latter with a large straw-coloured patch placed near the ends, and reaching across the wings from the anterior edges almost to the lower corners. Posterior wings nearly black, with a large orange-coloured patch, occupying one-third of the wings, and placed along the external edges.
Under Side. Palpi, head, legs, breast, sides, and abdomen, black. Wings coloured as on the upper side, with the addition of two small straw-coloured spots placed between the large ones and the shoulders; the colours being also rather brighter. Margins of the wings entire.
LITHOSIA? INO.
Plate [XXIX]. fig. 3.
Order: Lepidoptera. Section: Nocturna. Family: Lithosiidæ, Steph.
Genus. Lithosia? Fabr. Phalæna (Noctua), Drury.