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The Belted Beauty is found in Western Europe and the 

 Southern portions of Central Europe, and in Asia Minor. It 

 expands from an inch to an inch and a quarter. 



The Belted Beauty, Male and Female. 



The male is dark brown or blackish, with broad white- 

 bordered tegulae, and red incisions on the abdomen. The 

 fore-wings have white streaks running from the base, and a dark 

 brown spot between them. Before the hind-margin are two 

 slightly curved white transverse lines. The fringes are light 

 brown, bordered by a narrow white line. The hind-wings are 

 white, with dark brown nervures, and two dark brown transverse 

 bands, the second being bordered with white on the outer side. 

 The fringes are brown, dusted with white. 



The female has the abdomen covered with black and white 

 hair, except on the sides, where it is red, and the incisions are 

 also red. The wings are reduced to short stumps. 



The larva is full-grown in June. It feeds on Achillea mille- 

 folium, Salvia pra/ensis, Lonicera caprifoliuni, &c. It is light 

 greeri^ sprinkled with numerous fine yellow dots, and has 

 yellow incisions. On each side is a yellow spiracular line, 

 bordered below with black, and somewhat sinuated. The pupa 

 is dark brown, with a forked terminal point. 



FAMILY BOARMIIDJE. 



Antennae pectinated, at least in the male ; palpi short ; abdo- 

 men slender ; legs long, especially the hind tibiai, which are 



