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roundish spots in front of it, and two longitudinal stripes run- 

 ning from the base to the inner margin and to the centre of 

 the wing, the latter touching the central spot. The head, 

 thorax, and abdomen are black ; the first with a yellow tuft on 

 each side, and the thorax with lateral streaks of light-coloured 

 hair in the male, but not in the female. In the latter sex the 

 abdomen is reddish, with a black dorsal Hne. 



The larva is black, with the six middle segments brick-red 

 on the back and sides. It hybernates after the first moult, and 

 feeds till May on broad and narrow-leaved plantain, chickweed, 

 &c. It weaves a thin cocoon, and changes into a dark brown 

 pupa, the Moth emerging in June or July. 



Next to this genus is placed the North American genus 

 Haploa, Hiibner, which contains species with rather narrow sub- 

 triangular fore-wings, very broad hind-wings, and rather long 

 and slender bodies. The fore-wings are white, with more or 

 less of the borders irregularly blackish ; and the hind-wings 

 are white or yellow, sometimes marked with a large black spot 

 beyond the middle. 



GENUS CALLIMORPHA. 

 Callimorpha, Latreille, Gen. Crust. Ins. iv. p. 220 (1809); 



Leach, Edinb. Encycl. ix. p. 133 (18 15). 

 Hypercompa, Stephens, 111. Brit. Ent. Haust. ii. p. 67 (1828).^ 



In this genus the antennae are long, ciliated, but not pecti- 

 nated \ the wings are ample, and the body moderately long 

 and stout. The fore-wings are black, glossed with metallic- 

 green, and spotted with cream-colour, and the hind-wings are 

 bright scarlet, with black spots. 



THE SCARLET TIGER MOTH. CALLIMORPHA DOMINULA. 

 {Plate LXXXVIL Fig. 2.) 

 Nodua dominula, Linnaeus, Syst. Nat. (ed. x.) i. p. 509, "O- 68 

 (1758); i. (2) p. 834, no. 90 (1767); Esper, Schmett. iv. 

 (i)p. 38, pi. 83, figs. 1-4(1786). 



