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JVotodoHta dicicea, Ochsenheimer, Schmett. Eur. iii. p. 63 

 (1810) ; Barrett, Lepid. Brit. Isl. iii. p. 105, pi. 104, figs. 

 I, la-e (1895). 



Leiocampa dictcea, Stephens, 111. Brit. Ent. Haust. ii. p. 25 

 (1828) ; Kirby, Eur. Butterflies and Moths, p. 140, pi. 31, 

 fig. 6 (1880); Buckler, Larvae of Brit. Lepid. ii. p. 158, 



pl. 35, fig- ^ (1887). 

 Pheosia tremula, Kirby, Cat. Lepid. Heter. i. p. 607 (1892). 



This species occurs in most parts of Europe. It expands 

 from 2 to over 2^ inches. 



The fore-wings are greyish-brown, with a longitudinal while 

 area in the centre, and a black oblong costal spot divided by 



Tlie Swallow Prominent. 



the nervures and ending in a point at the apex. The base is 

 yellow towards the inner margin, along which runs a black 

 band, on which are five white dashes. There is a brown mar- 

 ginal line edged with white on the inner side. The hind-wings 

 are dirty white with the inner margin yellowish-grey and the 

 anal angle marked by a black dash. The body is grey, with 

 the first two segments of the abdomen reddish. The antennae 

 are yellowish. 



The larva is smooth, shining, reddish-brown, ofien passing 

 into violet, with a pyramidal hump on the last segment, which 



