136 LLOYD'S NATURAL HISTORY. 



In this genus the body is stout and downy, vriih the abdo- 

 men scarcely extending beyond the hind-wings ; the fore- 

 wings are oval, rounded at the tips, and the hind-wings are 

 rounded, and not much longer than broad. The sexes are 

 coloured alike, but can be distinguished by the more strongly 

 pectinated antennae of the male. This genus is met with in 

 Europe, Asia, and North America. 



THE WHITE ERMINE MOTH. SPILOSOMA LUBRICIPEDA. 



Bombyx lubriripeda, Linnaeus, Syst. Nat. (ed. x.) i. p. 555, 



no. 47 (1758) ; id. Faun. Suec. p. 303 (1761). 

 Phalana lubriripeda, Scopoli, Ent. Cam. p. 208, no. 513 



(1763). 

 Bombyx lubridpeda alba, Hufnagel, Berl. Mag. ii. p. 412, 



no. 25 (1766). 

 Bombyx menthastri, Esper, Schmett. ii. p. 334, taf. 66, figs. 



6-10 (1786); Hiibner, Eur. Schmett. iii. figs. 152, 153 



(1804?). 

 Phalana erminea, Marsham, Trans. Linn. Soc. Lond. i. p. 70, 



pi. i. fig. i (179.1). 

 Eyprepia menthastri^ Ochsenheimer, Schmett. Eur. iii. p. 354 



(1810). 

 Chelonia menthastri^ Godart, Lepid. France, iv. p. 362, pi. 37, 



fig. 5(1822). 

 Spilosoma menthastri, Stephens, 111. Brit. Ent. Haust. ii. p. 



75, pi. 1 6, fig. 3 (1828) ; Kirby, Eur. Butterflies & Moths, 



p. 105, pi. 23, fig. 10 (1880); Buckler, Larvae Brit. 



Butterflies & Moths, iii. pi. 45, fig. 2 (1889); Barrett, 



Lepid. Brit. I si. ii. p. 286, pi. 77 (1894). 

 Var. a. Spilosoma walkerL 



Spilosoma walkeri, Curtis, Brit. Ent. ii. pi. 92 (1825). 

 Chelonia menthastri^ var., Godart, Lepid. France, iv. p. 362, pi. 



37, fig. 6 (1822). 



