192 LEPIDOPTERA. 



an inch across the wings ; there are two conspicuous black spots 

 on the costa of each fore wing. 



The Macariidce are moths of moderate size, in which the hind 

 margin of the fore wings is frequently notched below the tip, 

 and the hind wings are angulated or dentated. The number of 

 desci'ibed genera is small, but the typical genus Macaria, Curt., 

 is exceedingly numerous in species. M. Notata, Linn., the Small 

 Peacock Moth, is grey, with blackish markings ; towards the 

 extremity of the costa is a fawn-coloured blotch. It is not an 

 abundant species. 



The Fidoniidce are an extensive family, many species of which 

 frequent heaths. The antennse are strongly pectinated in the male, 

 and the wings are rounded, generally of a pale colour, speckled 

 with dark atoms, and marked with darker bands; some few 

 species are white, with black veins, such as Scoria Dealhata, Linn. 

 One of the most conspicuous European species is Eurranthis Plumis- 

 taria, Borkh., which has yellowish-white fore wings, and yellow 

 hind wings, with blackish markings ; it is not a British insect. 



The Zerenidm are rather large insects, and are generally of a 

 white colour, with conspicuous black and tawny markings. One 

 of the most familiar of our British moths belongs to this family ; 

 the Magpie Moth (Abraxas Grossidariata), Linn., which is common 

 in every garden and thicket, where its larva feeds on various fruit- 

 trees. The genus Abraxas has very numerous representatives in 

 Asia. 



Panthera Pardalaria, Hiibii., is common in tropical America. 

 It is of a bright yellow colour, with large black spots, and 

 measures two inches across the wings. 



Some species, like the common Lomaspilis Marginata, Linn., an 

 insect measuring about an inch in expanse, are white, with brown 

 or blackish markings only, which here assume the form of a broad 

 border. Another variety of coloration is met with in Percnia 

 Felinaria, Guen., a long-winged insect from North India, which 

 expands nearly three inches. It is of a greyish white, with 

 numerous rows of black spots. 



Orthostixis, Hiibn., includes a few South European and North 

 American moths, expanding about an inch and a half across the 

 wings. They are white, with central black dots, and one or two 

 rows of black dots on each wing. 



The Hyherniidcc are a small family of moths, which appear very 

 late in the autumn, and very early in the year. As in most winter 



