t34 LLOYDS NATURAL HISTORY. 



GENUS .-EDI A. 



Caieplim, pt. Ochsenbeimer, Schmett. Eur. iv. p. 94 (1816) ; 



Treitschke, Schmett. Eur. v. (3), p. 320 (1S26); fiec 



Hubne}% rcsfr. 

 yEdia, pt. Hiibner, Verz. bek. Scbmett. p. 260 (1822?). 

 Aiwphia, Guenee, Ann. Soc. Ent. France x. p. 81 (1841) ; id. 



Spec. Gen. Lepid. Noct. iii. p. 45 (1852); Walker, List 



Lepid. Ins. Brit. Mus. xiii. p. 1126 (1857). 



Tbe antennae, palpi, and proboscis are all short, the antennns 

 filiform, the palpi ascending, and the proboscis stout. The 

 thorax is convex and woolly, with the collar raised. The ab- 

 domen is crested and tufted, and the legs are rather short. 

 The fore-wings are oblong, and the hind-wings rounded, with 

 spotted fringes, and a large white spot in the middle. 



The larvae are long and cylindrical, with the penultimate 

 segment swollen. They live exposed on Convohmlacece. The 

 pupce are enclosed in cocoons, on the surface of the ground. 



This is a small genus found in Europe, and in other 

 parts of the Old World. An African species is here figured. 



/EDIA DISCISTRIGA. 

 [riate CXXX., Fig. 6.) 



Ajiophia discisfriga, Walker, List Lepid. Ins. Brit. Mus. xiii. 

 p 1128, no. 3 (1857). 



This species is a native of Natal. "Brown, cinereous beneath 

 Second joint of the palpi whitish at the tip ; third joint full 

 half the length of the second. Thorax with whitish bands 

 Abdomen cinereous. Fore-wings partly whitish, with black 

 transverse irregular lines, and with the borders of the orbiculai 

 and reniform spots also black ; a white streak in the disc 

 behind the reniform spot; under side whitish for more than 



