Ochsenheimer's Genera of the Lepidoptera of Europe. 289 



Fam. a*. vi?2/'e?m^ finely pectinated. Wings, anterior %vi\2\\, 

 posterior broad : body, back smocth ; abdomen slender at 

 the hinder part, with black spots on the middle and sides. 



Species. Icon. 



1. E. Coscinia, Ochs.... Hiibn. Bomb. Tab. 58. f. 251. B. 



2. — Candida, CyrW..., Hiibn.Bomb.Tab.28.f.ll9.(roem.) 



3. — Cribrum, L:mn.\ Ernst, VI. PI. CCXX.f.308.a.b. 



Curtis, Brit. Ent. 11. pl. 56. 



4. — Pulchra, Hiibn. j: Ernst, VI. PI. CCXXL.f. 309. 



a — e. 

 Curtis, Brit. Ent. IV. PI. 169. 

 (Imago et larva.) 



5. — Grammica,Y:\\vn. Ernst, IV.'Pl. CLVI.f.202. a— 1. 



Fam. B. Antennae finely pectinated, or scarcely visibly ci- 

 liated. Wings, anterior, with white or yellow spots, on a 

 dark ground; posterior red or yellow with black spots. 

 Abdomen, hind part slender, red or yellow ; generally 

 with black transverse lines. Flight diurnal. 



' LiTHosiA, Latr. 

 " Palpi (cyliiidrici) capite breviores, articiilo tertio, sive ultimo secundo 

 breviore, cylindrico. Eruca pedibiis sexdecim, solitaria, nee cucuUata, 

 nee subcutanea." — Latr. Gen. Cntst. et Ins. IV. 221. — Hoc genus in 

 sectiones duas a Latreilii osciuditur ; nenipe, I. Antemice masculorum 

 pectinatce. II. AntenncE simplices vet tantiimmodo cUiatcB. 



\ EuLEPiA, Curtis. 

 " Antennce setaceous, composed of about 40 joints covered above with long 

 scales, bipectinatcd in the wa/es, pilose, each branch terminated by 

 two bristles : simple in the females, with two bristles arising on both 

 sides from each joint. Labrum and mandibles attached to the cly|)eus. 

 M.axill<B short, broad, flat, not much longer than the head. Labial 

 palpi 2, very short, sparingly clothed with scales : 2- or ;?-jointed, 

 1st joint long, curved upwards, 2nd and .'5rd short, of equal length. 



Head rather small, ihicldy covered wilh hairy scales. Wings ubloiig, in- 

 cumbcut, convolute, inferior ones much folded. Thighs lonn and slender;- 

 anterior tibiae short, with a large sjrinc on the middle of the internal side, 

 2nd pair terminated by .'spurs; po.Uerior with 2 pair of spurs. Tarsi 

 5-jointed. Claws obscure. Pulvilli distinct." — Curiis, Brit. Ent. II. 

 PI. 56. 



X Deiopeia, Stephens, 

 " Faipi elongate, bent upwards, slightly clothed with scales, triarticulate, 

 the basal joint stoutest, the second longest, the third short, ovate : 

 maxilla- as long as the antenna;. Antennw biin[)!e in both sexes, rather 

 short, slightly hairy beneath in the nuiies: head short, scaly: wings 

 dcflexed, anterior elongate, posterior broad, subcliaphanous, much 

 folded ; bodi/ subcoiiic, stout, a little tufted in the male : tcfi^s moderate, 

 tihitL- very short ; posterior with two pair of spiu's at the ajjcx. Larva 

 hairy : pupa folliculated." — Steph. Illust. lirit. Ent. llaust. 11. p. !)2. 

 N.S. Vol. 5. No. 28. April 1829. 2 P 6. E. Itus- 



