CRIMSON SPECKLED FOOTMAN. 



Deiopeia pulchella* 

 PLATE XXI. Fig. 4. 



Phal. Tinea pulchella, Linn. Lithosia pulchella, Hawortli.. 

 Bombyx pulchra, Hubner. Deiopeia pulchra, Curtis^ iv. 

 PI. 169. 



DEIOPEIA has been separated from the allied genera 

 in consequence of haying the labial palpi three- 

 jointed, with the second joint longest, the third 

 shortest and ovate; antennas alike in both sexes, 

 simple ; and the proboscis as long as the antennae. 

 The anterior wings are narrow and elongate, the 

 hinder pair ample, somewhat diaphanous, and much 

 folded. Besides the labial palpi, a maxillary pair 

 likewise exist, but they are exceedingly minute and 

 consist of only two joints. The species are nu- 

 merous on the continent, but that which we have 

 figured is the only one that inhabits this country. 

 The head, thorax, and upper wings are pale straw- 

 colour, the thorax marked with yellow and rounded 

 black spots; the wings with five curved and irre- 

 gular transverse rows of quadrate black spots, the 

 spaces between these rows occupied with several 



