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Europe. Its fore-wings are brown, with faint longitu- 

 dinal lines of a darker shade ; the hind-wings are orange 

 tawny, fringed with light brown. It measures in ex- 

 panse about two inches. The head and body are brown, 

 the abdomen spotted with black and white, rather 

 liberally feathered. The antennse are brown, being 

 thinnest at the base, and gradually thickening to the 

 extremity. It is seen in the daytime, as well as evening 

 hovering, with an ever-restless motion of the wing, over 

 flowers. The caterpillar is green, with a longitudinal 

 white stripe, and a faint yellow one under the spiracles. 

 The time of its appearance is from March to September, 

 but it is seen about in greatest numbers in June. 



RHYPARIOIDES RUFESCENS. 



Plate IY.— Fig. 5. 



This pretty moth is peculiar to the Islands, measuring 

 rather more than two inches across the wings. It is 

 red in colour, the hind-wings being brighter than the 

 fore- wings. These latter are marked with longitudinal 

 dark stripes in the female, dark spots being substituted for 



