i66 Lloyd's natural history. 



Eyprepria cribriim, Ochsenheimer, Schmett. Eur. iii. p. 302 



(1810). 

 Eiilepia crlbriiin,, Curtis, Brit. Ent. ii. pi. 56 (1825) ; Stephens, 



III. Brit. Ent. Haust. ii. p. 92 (1829); Buckler, Larvae of 



Brit. Ins. iii. pi. 46, fig. 2 (18S9) ; Barrett, Lepid. Brit. 



Isl. ii. p. 238, pi. 62, figs. 2, 2«, b (1894). 

 Lithosia c?'ibnun, Godart, Lepid. France, v. p. 26, pi. 43, figs. 



I, 2 (1837). 



Emydia cribriim^ Kirby, Eur. Butterflies and Moths, p. 100 



(1879). 

 Coscinia cribraria^ Kirby, Cat. Lepid. Het. i. p. 343 (1892). 



This is a European species, which occurs also in some 

 parts of Western Asia. It expands i y^ inch, or a little more, 

 the female being generally rather smaller than the male. The 



The Speckled Footman. 



fore-winss are white, with four transverse rows of blackish- 

 brown spots, and two smoky stripes running from the base to 

 the hind margin. The hind-wings are grey. 



The larva is hairy and black, with a whitish dorsal stripe, 

 and a narrow white lateral line above the feet. It feeds on 

 heather. 



GENUS UTETIIEISA. 



Utetheisa, Hiibner, Verz. bek. Schmett. p. 168 (1822?); 

 Stretch, Zyg, &' Bomb. N. Amer. p. 55 (1872); Moore, 

 Lepid. Ceylon, ii. p. 67 (1882) ; Moschler, Ent. Amer. ii. 

 p. 73 (1886). 



