SPECKLED FOOTMAN. 33 



There are, of course^ many other divisions of 

 body, but these are the most important. 



We will now return to the description of the 

 Moths which have been selected for this book. 



On Plate II. fig. 6, may be seen the Speckled 

 Footman {Eulepia crihrum). This is not so 

 common an insect as many of our examples, but 

 it is too characteristic to be omitted from the 

 book. It may be found in Hampshire, the cater- 

 pillar feeding on the heath. It derives its popu- 

 lar name from the mode in which, the w^hite 

 upper wings are speckled with black and brown 

 spots, arranged in a tolerably regular order. 



Another of these Moths, the Crimson Speckled 

 Footman {Deiopeia putchella), is shown in Plate 

 II. fig. 7. It is a singularly pretty insect, and is 

 found towards the end of autumn. Like the pre- 

 ceding insect, it is scarce, but too conspicuous 

 to be omitted. The caterpillar is said by Mr. 

 H. IST. Humphreys to feed on the common forget- 

 me-not. I am not personally acquainted with this 

 larva. Fore-wings white, studded with crmison 

 spots closely interspersed with smaller black ones. 

 Hind- wings white, wdth an irregular black bor- 

 der at the outer margin. Thorax and abdomen 

 white shaded with grey. 



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