224 LEPIDOPTERA. 



both top and back ; abdouien furnished with from one to 

 four rather depressed crests ; in the. female the abdomen is 

 very much pointed at the tip ; fore wings rather short and 

 blunt ; vein 5 of hind wings very faint, arising from the 

 middle of the cross-bar. 



Larvae smooth, plump, with the head small, usually feed- 

 ing on or in the blossoms or seed-vessels of plants belonging 

 to the CaryophyllaceQi. 



Pup.^i with a knob at the end of the wing-covers. Sub- 

 terranean. 



A table of the species will doubtless be useful : 



A. Fore wings pale buff or yellowish-white. 



B. Fore wings marbled with rich fulvous. D. irregularis. 

 W'. Fore wings marbled with pale or dark umbreous. 



D. carpophaga. 

 W. Fore wings marbled with dark umbreous or black. 



D. carpopliaga var. capsophUa . 



A'^. Fore wings pale brown, marbled with black-brown ; 



upper stigmata separate. D. cajysincola. 



A^. Fore wings pale purple, marbled with black-brown ; 



upper stigmata united. B. cucuhali. 



A^. Fore wings very dark purple-brown, with a central 



white blotch. D. alhimacula. 



A^. Fore wings bluish-black, with pure white central and 



apical blotches. D. conspcrsa. 



A.^. Fore wings dull purplish-brown, with an oblique 



central bar of paler blotches. 



I), luteago, var. Barrettii. 

 A^. Fore wings nearly unicolorous, dark slate-grey. 



D. ccvsia. 



1. D. irregularis, Hnfn.; echii, Bhli. — Expanse 1^ inch. 

 Fore wings pale yellowish-buff; transverse lines much rippled 

 rich fiiienna-brown ; between them rich red-brown marbling. 

 Hind wings brownish-white, with a dark brown band. 



