go LLOYD.S NATURAL HISTORY. 



rich yellow and orange spots also in it, but these disappeared 

 in time, and the whole stripe grew paler." 



The pupa is reddish brown, and is placed, in its cocoon, 

 between blades of grass. 



The moth appears in May and June, and again in August. 

 It flies in dry open places in the sunshine. 



GENUS TARACIIE. 



Tarac/ie, Hiibner, Verz. bek. Schmett. \). 261 (1822?). 



Acoiitia, pt. Ochsenheinier, Schmett. Eur. iv. p. 91 (1816); 

 Treitschke, Schmett. Eur. v. (3) p. 237 (1826; nee 

 Hiibner); Guenee,Spec. Gen. Lepid. Noct. ii. p. 214(1852). 



This genus includes a considerable number of pretty little 

 day-flying species, found in various parts of the world. It is 

 generally called Acontia ; but Hiibner restricted that name to 

 A. malvte (Esper), a yellow moth, an inch and a half in 

 expanse, which is found In South Europe. 



In Tarac/ie the head is small, with the front convex, tlie 

 antenna short, cylindrical, almost smooth, the palpi short, 

 scaly, raised, and approximating; the third joint distinct. Pro- 

 boscis moderately long. Thorax round, smooth, clothed with 

 large smooth scales. Abdomen smooth, rather slender, cylin- 

 drical, and carinated. Wings entire, the fringes usually long 

 and bicolorous ; fore-wings thick, squamose, marbled with 

 black and white ; hind-wings with the hind margin waved. 



The larvae, which have only two pairs of pro-legs, are very 

 long and slender, and feed on low plants. The pupse are 

 enclosed in small earthen cocoons. 



Several exotic species have yellow hind-wings, as is the case 

 with the one we have figured. 



