LITHOSID^. 20 1 



generally distribated in Central, and the temperate portions 

 of Northern Europe, Northern Italy, Dalmatia and part of 

 Asia Minor. 



Genus 2. CALLIGENIA. 



Fore wings ovate with costa rounded, and beyond the 

 middle, in the male, having its edge rolled back ; hind wings 

 ample. 



We have one species only, and this not closely connected 

 with either the preceding or following, and having no near 

 allies in Europe ; the very few species closely related to it 

 being found in Japan, China, India, Mongolia, and the Anda- 

 man Islands. 



1. C. miniata, Forster. — Expanse, 1 to 1-^ inch. Fore 

 wings ovate, pale vermilion with blue-grey lines ; hind wings 

 broad, paler. 



Antenna) short and rather slender, in the male with rows 

 of bristles, of which the central one is rather long and curved, 

 placed upon a pair of knobs on each joint; pale reddish- 

 Head and thorax pale vermilion or yellowish-red ; abdomen 

 paler red, with black scales showing from beneath on each 

 side, so as to form side stripes ; anal tuft rather conspicuous, 

 yellowish-red. Fore wings ovate, rather long, costa regularly 

 arched, but from the middle to near the apex distinctly rolled 

 back so as to give that portion a straight appearance ; apex 

 and hind margin much rounded ; dorsal margin gracefully 

 curved; rich bright vermilion, paler, or tinged with yellow, 

 in the central area ; edge of the costa from the base bluish- 

 black ; a round blue-black dot at the middle of the base ; 

 first transverse line, when present, curved and repeatedly 

 angulated, faint blue-black, but usually incomjDlete or nearly 

 obsolete ; second line also blue-black, very distinct, complete, 

 and most singular in form, consisting of a regular series of 

 loops, or long scallops with very long points, the rounded 



