176 Lloyd's natural history. 



base. The wings are oblong and entire, and the insects are 

 not very unhke Hcsperiid<£ in appearance and habits, the 

 resemblance, however, being more pronounced in the species 

 figured than in E. givphica, (Linn.), a lighter-coloured moth, 

 which is the type of the genus. The larvae are long and 

 slender, and are provided with twelve legs. 



THE MOTHER SHIPTON MOTH. EUCLIDIA ML 



Noctua mi, Clerck, Icones, pi. 9, fig. 5 (1759) ; Linnreus, Faun. 

 Suec. p. 309 (1761) ; Esper, Schmett. iv. (i) p. 76, Taf. 89, 

 figs. 3,4(1787?); Hiibner, Beitr. Schmett. i. (3) p. 19, 

 Taf. 2, fig. N (1788); id. Eur. Schmett. iv. fig. 346 (1804?). 



Phytonietra mi, Haworth, Lepid. Brit. p. 265, no. 32 (1809). 



Eudidia mi, Treitschke, Schmett. Eur. v. (3), p. 395 (1S26) ; 

 Stephens, 111. Brit. Ent. Haust. iii. p. 139 (1831); Kirby, 

 Eur. Butterflies and Moths, p. 272, pi. 40, fig. 6 (1881) ; 

 Buckler, Larvae of Brit. Lepid. vi. p. 130, pi. 105, figs. 

 3-3 b (1895). 



The Mother Shipton Moth. 



This Moth is common throughout the greater part of Europe 

 as well as Northern and Western Asia. It expands about an 

 inch and a quarter. 



The head and thorax are brownish-grey, varied with white 

 hairs, and with white tegulK. The antennae are ringed with 

 black and grey. The abdomen is grey, with a few yellowish 

 hairs and white incisions. 



