lao LLOYD'S NATURAL HISTORY. 



The larva feeds on Polygala vulgaris. It is velvety-green, 

 with a fine darker green dorsal line, and three lateral lines of 

 the same colour. The spiracles are yellowish, with a pale line 

 below them, which becomes whitish on the last four segments. 

 It is covered with fine bristles. 



The pupa is cylindrical, slender, bright reddish-brown, with 

 olive-brown head and wing-cases. It is enclosed in a cocoon 

 composed of tough pale-grey silk interwoven with portions of 

 the food plant. The moth is found from May to August and 

 the larva in August and September. 



FAMILY REMIGIID^. 



This Family is entirely exotic, and includes moths of 

 moderate size, generally with simple antennse and ascending 

 palpi. They are remarkable for their very hairy legs, besides 

 which the hind-legs, especially in the males, are usually 

 furnished with compressed oar-like tufts of hair on each side, 

 extending even to the tarsi. The hind-wings are also 

 frequently hairy beneath. They are moths with comparatively 

 stout bodies, and ample, but not very long, wings, and are 

 usually marked with distinct lines. 



GENUS REMIGIA. 



Remigia, Guenee, Spec. Gen. Lepid. Noct. iii. p. 313 (1852); 

 Walker, List Lepid. Ins. Brit. Mus. xiv. p. 1493 

 (1858); Hampson, Faun. Brit. Ind. Moths, ii. p. 525 

 (1S94). 



This genus, as used by Guenee and Walker, includes a 

 number of species found in both hemispheres, and some have 

 a wide range throughout the Indo-Malayan and Ethiopian 

 regions. The following species differs from the types oi Remigia 

 in having the hind tarsi much less haiiy. 



