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LLOYDS NATURAL HISTORY. 



called L. diniens'is^ the greenest L. lafhyri, and those in which 

 the dark apical blotch is wanting, are called L. erysinii. 



The larva is green, with a deep yellow lateral line. It feeds 

 on Lotus corniculatus^ Lat/iyri/s pratensis^ &c. The pupa is 



Upper side of var. Z. erjsim?. 



Under side ot L. sinapis. 



fusiform, of a greenish colour, with a yellow streak on the 

 sides, and with white spots on the stigmata. 



GENUS DISMORPHIA. 



Dismorphia, Hiibner, Verz. bek. Schmett. p. io(i8i6) ; Butler, 



Cist. Ent. i. pp. 39, 54 (1870); Schatz, Exot. Schmett. ii. 



p. 57 (1886). 

 Leptalis^ Dalman, Anal. Ent. p. 40 (1823); Boisduval, Spec. 



Gen. Lepid. i. p. 412 (1836); Doubleday, Gen. Diurn. 



Lepid. p. 35 (1847). 



Palpi very short ; antennae long and slender, very gradually 



thickening into a spindle-shaped club. Fore-wings generally 



long, rather narrow, and sometimes pointed ; hind-wings long, 



sometinies very largely developed in the male, being not only 



