142 LLOYDS NATURAL HISTORY. 



Boinbyx do;ni?ia, Hiibner, Eur. Schmett. iii. figs. 117, 118 



(1804?). 

 Eyprepia dominula, Ochsenheimer, Schmett. Eur. iii. p. 316 



(1810). 

 Hypercompa domimtla, Stephens, 111. Brit. Ent. Haust. ii. p. 67 



(1828); Buckler, Larvae of Brit. Lepid. iii. pi. 44, fig. i 



(1889). 

 Callimorpha dominula, Kirby, Eur. Butterflies & Moths, p. 101, 



pi. 23, figs, i, ia, b (1880); Barrett, Lepid. Brit. Isl. ii. 



p. 249, pi. 70, figs, i, 10-7(1894). 



This handsome species is found in most parts of Europe in 

 damp woods. It expands from 2 to 2^ inches. The fore- 

 wings are glossy-black, shot with green and each marked with 

 about a dozen cream-coloured or yellowish spots of various 

 sizes on each, the two largest being somewhat beyond the 

 middle. The hind-wings are of a rich carmine, with several 

 large black spots, one central, the others near the hind margin. 

 The fringes of all the wings are black. The thorax is greenish- 

 black like the fore-wings, with two yellow longitudinal stripes ; 

 the abdomen is carmine above, with a black dorsal stripe. 



Several varieties occur, in one of which the red colour is 

 replaced by pale yellow. 



The larva is at first dirty yellow, with the head and numerous 

 small spots on the body yellow. After its first moult it becomes 

 black, with three yellow longitudinal stripes spotted with white, 

 and small pale blue tubercles, from which issue diverging grey- 

 ish hairs. It feeds on various low plants. 



GENUS HYPERCOMPA. 



Hypercompa, Hiibner, Tentamen, p. i (1810?). 

 Eyprepia, Ochsenheimer, Schmett. Eur. iii. p. 299 (1810) ; 

 Curtis, Brit. Ent. i. pi. 21 (1824). 



