UTETHEISA. 167 



Peiopeia, Stephens, 111. Brit. Ent. Haust. ii. p, 92 (1829). 

 Utethesia^ Moore, Cat. Lep. Mus. E. Ind. Co. ii. p. 306 

 (1859). 

 This is a beautiful genus of moderate-sized Moths, with 

 narrow, oblong fore-wings, not much longer than the hind- 

 wings, and with the hind margin very slightly oblique, and the 

 hinder angle just rounded off. The fore-wings are white, red, 

 or yellow, spotted with black, and the hind-wings are red or 

 white, rather broadly bordered with black, and often with one 

 or more black spots towards the end of the cell. The 

 species are not numerous, but have representatives in most 

 tropical countries ; they reach the extreme northern limit of 

 their range in Central Europe and Massachusetts. They 

 fly by day, 



THE CRIMSON-SPECKLED FOOTMAN. UTETHEISA PULCHELLA. 



{Plate LX XX VIII. Fig. 2 {imago), 3 {larva).) 

 Ti?iea pulchella^ Linnaeus, Syst. Nat. (ed. x.) i. p. 534, no. 



238 (1758); Sulzer, Gesch. Ins. Taf. 23, fig. 11 (1776). 

 Noctua pulchra^ Denis & Schiffermiiller, Syst. Verz. Schmett. 



Wien. p. 68, no. 9 (1776); Esper, Schmett. iv. p. 570, 



Taf. 164, figs. 3-5 (1786?). 

 Geometra lotrix, Cramer, Pap. Exot. ii, pi. 109, figs. E, F 



(1779?). 

 Lithosia pulchra^ Ochsenheimer, Schmett. Eur. iii. p. 304 



(1810). 

 Eulepia pulchra.^ Curtis, Brit, Ent. iv, pi, 169 (1827). 

 Deiopeia pulchella^ Stephens, 111. Brit. Ent. Haust. ii. p. 93 



(1829) ; Kirby, Eur. Butterflies & Moths, p. loi, pi. 22, 



figs. 12, ^, b (1879); Buckler, Larvae of Brit. Lepid. iii, p. 



52, pi. 46, fig. 3 (1889) ; Barrett, Lepid. Brit. Isl. ii. 



p. 241, pi. 69, figs. 3, 3^, b (1894). 

 Uteiheisa pulchella, Moore, Lepid. Ceylon, ii. p. 67, pi. 104, 



fig. 5 (1882). 



