56. 



EULEPIA CRIBRUM. 



The gray spotted Footman. 



Order Lepidoptera. Pam. Tineidse Leach. 



Type of the Genus *Bombyx grammica Linn. 



EuLEPiA nob. Bombyx Linn., Fab., Haw. Lithosia Tjat., Leach. 



Antennce setaceous composed of about 40 joints covered above 



with long scales bipectinated in the males, pilose, each branch 



terminated by 2 bristles (fig. 1 .) : simple in 'Ca.^ females, with two 



bristles arising on both sides from each joint. (3.) 



Labrum and 1 , . i i . -i i 



m (J'hl [-attached to the clypeus. 



Maxilla short, broad, flat, not much longer than the head (3.) 

 Labial palpi 2, very short, sparingly clothed with scales (4.) : 

 2- or 3-jointed, 1st joint long curved upward, 2nd and 3rd short 

 of equal length (4. a. with the scales removed.) 

 Head rather small, thickly covered with hairy scales. Wings oblong, 

 incumbent, convolute, inferior ones much folded. Thighs long and 

 slender ; anterior tibise short with a large spine on the middle of the 

 internal side, 2nd pair terminated by spurs ; posterior with 2 pair of 

 spurs. Tarsi ^-jointed. Claws obscure. Pulvilli distinct (8 a fore 

 leg.) 



Cribrum Linn. Syst. nat. 2. 831. 76. Fab. Ent. Syst. t. 3, pars 1. 

 p. 487. n. 248. 



Pale cinereous minutely spotted with black. Superior wings with 

 2 interrupted longitudinal stripes diverging from the base, and 

 5 bent irregular transverse rows of large spots, and 6 long spots 

 at the posterior margin, 4 black spots upon the thorax, a row 

 down the back and each side of the abdomen which is croceous 

 at the apex, inferior wings fuscous, darkest at the margin. An- 

 tennae legs and under side fuscous. Some specimens have a much 

 greater portion of black than others. 



Ln the Cabinets of Mr. Bale and the Author. 



The short Maxillae and pectinated Antennae of the males of this 

 genus induced me at first to include it amongst the Arctiadm : 

 but the shape of the wings, their disposition when at rest^ the 

 short palpi, and the general habit of the species, have determined 



* The dissections are made from E. Cribrum. 



