DIAPHORA. 135 



Eyprepia mendica, Ochsenheimer, Schmett. Eur. iii. p. 351 



(1810). 

 Chelonia mendica, Godart, Lepid. France, iv. p. 336, pi. 37, 



figs, i, 2 (1822). 

 Diaphora mendica, Stephens, 111. Brit. Ent. Haust. ii. p. 78 



(1828); Buckler, Larvae of Brit. Lepid. iii. pi. 45, fig. 5 

 _ (1889). 

 Spilosoma mendica, Kirby, Eur. Butterflies & Moths, p. 106 



(1880); Barrett, Lepid. of Brit. Isl. ii. p. 277, pi. 75, figs. 



2, 2a-/(i894). 



The Muslin Moth is common, and has a wide range 

 throughout Europe and Northern and Western Asia. It 

 expands from i ^ to i ^ inch. 



The male is reddish-grey, and the female white, with semi- 

 transparent wings. Both sexes have the wings marked with 



Muslin Moth ? . 



sparsely scattered small black spots. On the abdomen arc 

 five rows of black dots. The antennae are black in the 

 female. 



The larva is brownish-green, with, light reddish-brown or 



