134 LLOYD'S NATURAL HISTORY. 



few other spots. The hind-wings have two or three black 

 spots. 



Buff Ermine (Spilarctia lutea). 



The larva is whitish, with long brown hairs, and a narrow 

 white dorsal line, bounded on either side by a broad dark -grey 

 stripe. The sides are marked with oblique pale grey stripes. 

 It feeds on dock and other low plants. 



The chrysalis is dark-coloured, and is contained in a loose 

 cocoon. 



GENUS DIAniORA. 

 Cy cnia (partim), Hiibner, Verz. bek. Schmett. p. 184 (1822 ?); 



Walker, List Lepid. Ins. Brit. Mus. iii. p. 680 (1855). 

 Diaphora, Stephens, 111. Brit. Ent. Haust. ii. p. 77 (1828). 



This is a genus with rather shorter, broader, and rounder 

 wings than Spilosoma or Spilarctia^ and it is remarkable for 

 the great dissimilarity of the sexes. There is only one species 

 which is common in Europe, and in Northern and Western 

 Asia. 



THE SPOTTED MUSLIN MOTH. DIAPHORA MENDICA. 



Bombyx mendica, Clerck, Icones, pi. 3, fig. 5 (1759) j Linnaeus, 

 Faun. Suec. p. 299 (1761); Marsham, Trans. Linn. Soc. 

 Lond. i. p. 72, pi. i. fig. 3 (1791) ; Esper, Schmett. ii. (2) 

 p. 218, pi. 42 (1785); Hiibner, Eur. Schmett. iii. figs. 

 148, 149 (1804?). 



