DESCRIPTIONS OF LEPIDOPTERA FROM ALABAMA

Extract

Nematocampa expunctaria, Grote. ♂ .–Pale ochreous, stained, and the veins lined with a more intense shade. Transverse anterior line arcuate, dark ochreous, continued. Median shade arcuate at disc, thence running straightly downward approximate to the transverse posterior line, continued. Transverse posterior line dark ochreous, even, distinct, slightly inwardly sinuate below vein 2. No vinous shadings whatever. Secondaries concolorous, with primaries; a single even median line corresponding with the transverse posterior line of primaries. Beneath paler, whitish; secondaries immaculate; primaries with traces of transverse posterior line superiorly, and a sprinkling of ochreous scales about the costal region. Body parts concolorous with wings. Expanse 23 m. m.