236 LEPIDOPTERA. 



Genus 1. EXJLEPIA. 



AntennEe of the male with short, solid pectinations ; fore 

 wings rather narrow, but broadening gradually from the 

 base; hind wings with a hollow in the margin below the 

 apex ; thorax and abdomen not stout. 



1. E. grammica, L. ; striata, Stcmd. Cat. — Expanse, 

 \\ inch. Fore wings pale yellow with black longitudinal 

 lines ; hind wings yellow with black margin. 



Antennfie rather slender, but in the male regularly pectin- 

 ated, the teeth being short, thick, and densely covered with 

 fine bristles ; shaft pale yellow, pectinations black. Head 

 black ; palpi yellow, densely covered with scales. Thorax pale 

 ochreous having a black spot on each half of the collar, 

 a black stripe down the middle of each shoulder-lappet, 

 and another down the middle of the back ; abdomen deep 

 yellow with a dorsal row of black spots or cross-bars. Fore 

 wings rather narrow, elongated, especially so at the apex ; 

 costa very slightly curved ; apex and hind margin rounded ; 

 dorsal margin straight ; dull pale ochreous with black 

 longitudinal stripes edging the nervures, but each stripe 

 broken and slightly shifted or displaced before the hind 

 margin, the portions beyond the line of displacement being 

 thickened ; costal and hind margins edged with a black 

 line ; at the termination of the discal cell in the middle of 

 the wing is a transverse spot or short bar ; cilia yellow. 

 Hind wings broad and ample, with the apex rounded, and 

 the margin beneath it hollowed and thence rounded behind ; 

 deep rich yellow with a broad black stripe along the dorsal 

 and hind margins, terminating before the anal angle ; a 

 large black lunule in the middle of the wing touches the 

 costal black stripe; and there are dashes of blackish from 

 the base ; cilia rich yellow. Female stouter and rather 

 broader in expanse ; fore wings much paler yellow, and 



