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oblong red spots, not so numerous. The hind-wings 

 are pearl-white, having a small blackish brown spot 

 towards the top, and a marginal indented border of 

 the same colour. The thorax and head are speckled 

 with black and yellow. The body is light pearl-grey. 

 The larva is dark grey with a broad white stripe on the 

 back and reddish streaks on the sides. This species is 

 abundant throughout Africa, the South of Asia and 

 Europe, but a very scarce insect in England. Don 

 Eamon Gomez kindly supplied the specimen illustrated. 



PSEUDOPHIA TIRHACA (Cram); wrongly called 

 TYRRHJEA. 



Plate IV.— Fig. 3. 



This is not an English species, but is met with in 

 Europe and North Africa. It is not very commonly found 

 in Teneriffe. The fore-wings are green, with a central 

 reddish-brown spot, the outer margin having an indented 

 band of the same colour. The body and hind-wings, 

 richly feathered, are a beautiful straw yellow, the latter 

 having a dark brown graduated band near the lower 



