i6S Lloyd's natural history. 



This pretty Moth is found nearly all over the Old World as 

 far North as the Baltic. In England it is rare, though less so 

 than formerly. 



It expands from i^ to nearly i^ inch. 



The head, thorax, and fore-wings are yellowish-white, the 

 thorax being spotted with black and yellow. The fore-wings 

 are covered with many small black and scarlet spots, the 

 former of which are arranged, more or less, in fine transverse 

 lines, the others being between them. The abdomen and 

 hind-wings are white, slightly tinged with bluish, the latter with 

 a broad, dusky, marginal band, sinuated on the inner side and 

 becoming narrow towards the anal angle. The fringe of all 

 the wings is pale yellow. 



The larva, which is covered with blackish hair, is bluish- 

 grey, spotted with black and red, and having a broad white 

 dorsal line. It feeds on HeKotrophim eiiropeu7n^ Solamun 

 touientosuni^ and field scorpion grass {Myosotis arvensis). Only 

 the last-mentioned is indigenous in this country. 



UTETHEISA BELLA. 

 (Plate LXXXVIII. Fig. i.) 



Tinea bella, Linnaeus, Syst. Nat. (ed. x.) i. p. 534, no. 237 (1758);- 

 id. Mus. Ludov. Ulr. p. 399 (1764) ; Drury, 111. Ex. Ent. i. 

 pi. 24, fig. 3 (1773)- 



Utetheisa bella, Stretch, Zyg. & Bomb. N. Amer. p. 56, pi. 2, 

 fig. 15 (1872). 

 This handsome Moth resembles the Crimson - Speckled 



Footman, but is much more richly coloured. It is generally 



common in the United States. The expanse of the wings is 



about i^ inch. 



The fore-wings are yellow, varying from lemon to orange, 



with six white transverse bands, each containing a series of 



black dots. The hind-wnngs are pink, with an irregular black 



