2 74 LLOYDS NATURAL HISTORY. 



The Pearl Veneer is a native of Central and Northern 

 Europe, and the Eastern Mediterranean Region. It measures 

 about an inch in expanse. The fore- wings are yellowish-brown, 

 with the inner margin paler. From the base extends a long, 

 silvery-white triangle, to beyond the middle of the wings, and 

 between this and the hind-margin is a large oval silvery-white 

 spot. The hind-margin is dotted with black, and the fringes are 

 leaden grey. The hind-wings are white, with a slight bluish lustre. 



The moth is found in pine woods in July and August. 



GENUS OMMATOPTERYX. {Palpariidce>) 

 Eroviene, Hiibner, Verz. bek. Schmett. p. 366 (1826?); Zeller, 



Chilon. et Cramb. p. 52 (1863), nom. prceocc. 

 Euchromius, Guenee, Europ. Micro-Lepid. Ind. Meth. p. 86 



(1845); Meyrick, Handb. Brit. Lepid. p. 396 (1895), 



nom. prceocc. 

 This is one of the prettiest genera of the Family to which 

 it belongs ; and the only British species can easily be recog- 

 nised by the row of sub-marginal ocellated spots on the fore- 

 wings. 



THE NECKLACE VENEER. EROMENE OCELLEA. 

 {Plate CLIIL, Fig. 7.) 

 Palparia ocellea, Haworth, Lepid. Brit. p. 486 (1812). 

 Phycis funiciikna, Treitschke, Schmett. Eur. ix. (i), p. 200 



(1832). 

 Araxes ocellea, Stephens, 111. Brit. Ent. Haust. iv. p. 316 



(1834)- 



The Necklace Veneer is found in Temperate Europe, west 

 to Madeira, and eastwards to Asia Minor. It expands about 

 three-quarters of an inch. 



The fore-wings are dull golden, dusted with black. There 

 is no first transverse line, but across the middle of the wings 

 runs a pale broad golden band, bordered on both sides with dull 



