LITHOSIA. 



221 



111. Brit. Ent., ITaiist. ii. p. 97; Hmpsn. Moths Ind. ii. p. 7-3; Stand. 



Cat. p. 55 ; Kirby, Cat. Het p. 335. 

 Kocfnaflava, Mull." Faun. Fridr. p. 4B (1764). 

 h'ocf'uu dcplnna, Linn. Mant. Plant, p. 539 (1771). 

 (Emhtis dives, Butl. A. M. N. II. (4) xx. p. 398 (1877) ; 111. Het. B. M. ii. 



p. 7, pi. 22. f. II ; Kirby, Cat. Het. p. 335. 



J . Palpi, frons, and antennae black ; vertex of head and thorax 

 orange ; pectns orange ; legs deep metallic green except to^'ards 

 base ; abdomen orange, greyish towards base, the extremity and 



Fig. 140. — Lithosia quadra, (^ . 



"^^^^^ tes 



Fig. 141. — Lithoaia quadra, J • 



(From Moths lud. vol. ii.) 



ventral snrface blackish. Fore wing grey, the basal area orange, a 

 blackish streak on base of costal area; terminal area blackish. 

 Hind wing orange-yellow, the costal area fnscons. 



2 orange-yellow, 3rd joint of palpi and antennae black. Fore 

 wing with deep metallic green spots on costa jnst beyond middle 

 and on vein 2 at middle. 



Hah. Britain ; Centr. & S. Eprope, Zell. & Frey Colls. ; Sweden ; 

 Russia: Armenia; Siberia, Amur ; Jai'an, 2 (5,2 2 ? type dives. 

 E.vp., c? 36-48, 2 42-58 millim. 



A 2 from SiKHiM in Coll. Elwes has vein 5 of fore wing absent, 

 and will probably be found to belong to a new species when tlie 

 male is discovered. 



Larva, Meyr. Brit. Lep. p. 25 ; Barrett, Lep. Brit, ii p. 232. pi. 67. f. 3. 



Dark reddish-grey, with tnfts of long black and grey hairs ; 

 dorsal area pale yellow streaked with dark grey; somites 3, 7, 1 1 

 with blackish dorsal marks ; a subdorsal series of red tubercles ; 

 some tine yellowish lines on sides : head black. Food-plant, Lichens ; 

 9-7. 



