169. 



DEIOPEIA PULCHRA. 



The crimson speckled Footman. 



Order Lepidoptera. Fam. Tineidse Leach. 

 Type of the Genus Bombyx pulchella Fab. 

 Deiopeia Steph. Mss. — Tinea Linn. — Bombyx Fab., Hub. — Lithosia 

 Lat., Haw. — Eyprepia Och. 



Antenna alike in both sexes, remote, inserted on the crown of 

 the head near the eyes, rather short, hairy beneath, covered with 

 long scales above, each joint producing a bristle on each side 

 (fig. 1). 



Labrum small, subovate. 

 Mandibles subtrigonate ciliated internally. 

 Maxillce spiral, as long as the antennae, very setaceous, pro- 

 ducing only a few tentacula at the apex (3). " Paljn exceed- 

 ingly minute, biarticulate." Savigny. 



Labial palpi as long as the head, porrected, remote at the apex, 

 covered with rather short scales (4) ; 3-jointed, basal joint the 

 most robust, 2nd the longest linear, 3rd short ovate, truncated 

 obliquely (4 a). 

 Head short, transverse, covered withjlat scales. Eyes small. Ocelli 2 

 (Jo). Wing deflexed, forming a triangle when at rest ; superior 

 long and narrow, inferior ample, much folded. Abdomen rather long 

 and conical, somewhat acute in the females and slightly tufted in the 

 males. Legs and Coxae not very long. Tibiae ; anterior scarcely 

 longer than the basal joint of the tarsus, producing a flat spine on 

 the internal side, 2nd pair terminated by a pair of short spurs, 3rd 

 having 2 pair of short spurs. Claws simple, distinct. Pulvilli small, 

 (8, afore leg). 

 Caterpillars hairy, with 6 pectoral, 8 abdominal and 2 anal feet. 



PuLCHRA of Authors. — pulchella Linn. Syst. Nat. 2. 884. 349. — Haw. 

 Lep. Brit. 150. 11. 



Head thorax and upper wings pale straw colour : antennee and 

 legs brown : eyes black. Thorax spotted with yellow and black, 

 2 black spots being on the anterior and 4 on the lateral scales 

 and 3 down the centre. Superior wings with 5 curved inter- 

 rupted strigae formed of black spots, between which are several 

 larger scarlet spots of various forms. Abdomen and inferior wings 

 milky white, the former fuscous at the apex, the latter with a 

 sinuated black fimbria, the transverse nervure near the centre of 

 the wings also blackish. 

 In the Cabinets of Mr. Dale, Mr. Stephens, and Mr. Vigors. 



