266 



LLOYDS NATURAL HISTORY. 



THE THREE-HUMPED PROMINENT. NOTODONTA TRITOPHUS. 



Bombyx trifophus, Esper, Schmelt. iii. p. 299, Taf. 60, figs, i, 2 



(1786) ; Hijbner, Eur. Schmett. iii. fig. 29 (1800). 

 Bombyx dodoncea^ Scriba, Beitr. Ins. ii. p. 77, Taf. 7, figs. 6, 7 



(1791)- 

 Bombyx torva, Hiibner, Eur. Schmett. iii. Text, p. 108 (1800); 



Godart, Lepid. France, iv. p. 185, pi. 17, fig. 5 (1822). 

 Notodonta tritophus^ Kirby, Eur. Butterflies and Moths, p. 142, 



pi. 31, fig. 8 (1880) ; Buckler, Larvae of Brit. Lepid. ii. p. 



72, pi. i^y^ fig. 3 (1887); Barrett, Lepid. Brit. Isl. iii. p. 



115, pi. 106, figs. I, \a, b (1895). 



The Three-Humped Prominent. 



Tills species is found throughout the greater part of Europe 

 and Northern Asia. It expands about i^ inch. 



^ 



Larva of the Three-humped Prominent. 



The fore-wings are yellowish-brown, with two waved trans- 

 verse lines, and a yellowish spot between them, centred with 

 rust-colour ; parallel to the hind margin is a rust-coloured band 



