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THE CLOUDED BUFF. 

 Eutliemonia Russula. 

 PLATE XX. Fig. 1. 



Phal. Bomb. Russula, Linn. ; Don. vi. PI. 214. Eyprepia 



Russula, Ochsen ; Curtis* B. E. i. PI. 21 Clouded Buff, 



PJial. quadra, Harris. Phal. Bomb. Sannio^, Linn Arctia 



Russula, Latr Euthemoma Russula, Stepk. 



THE above insect has generally been associated with 

 A /he typical Tiger moths (Arctice), but the discre- 

 pancies are too great for this union to be continued 

 propriety. The genus Euthemonia (from 

 handsome ) has therefore been constituted, 

 and may be recognized by having the middle joint 

 of the palpi a good deal longer than the two others, 

 the terminal one rather slender ; proboscis not 

 longer than the head ; antennae short and slender, 

 bipectinated in the males and serrated in the fe- 

 males ; abdomen annulated, and having a small tuft 

 at .the apex; wings deflexed and trigonate. 



This species named the Clouded Buff, differs 

 from the generality of moths in the female being 

 considerably less than the male ; the latter being 

 about eighteen or twenty lines between the tips of 



