152 LLOYD'S NATURAL HISTORY. 



CALLARCTIA PUDICA. 



Bombyx pudica, Esper, Schmett. iii. p. 177, Taf. 33, fig. i 

 (1784); iii. (2) pp. 26, 48, pi. 84, fig. i, Taf. 87, fig. 4 

 (1786 ?); Hiibner, Beitr. Schmett. ii. (4) p. 87, Taf. i, figs. 

 G, i, 2 (1793); id. Eur. Schmett. iii. figs. 134, 269 

 (1804?). 



Noctna tessellata, De Villiers, Ent. Linn. ii. p. 274, no. 347, pi. 

 5) fig. 18(1789). 



Eyprepia pudica^ Ochsenheimer, Schmett. Eur. iii. p. 334 

 (1810). 



Chtlonia pudica, Godart, Lepid. France, iv. p. 313, pi. 32, figs. 



I, 2 (1822). 



Euprepia pudica^ Herrich-S chaffer, Schmett. Eur. ii. p. 141, 

 figs, ii 6, 117 (1847); Kirby, Eur. Butterflies and Moths, 

 p. 102, pi. 51, fig. 3 (1880). 



This is a South European and North African species, which 

 flies at dusk. It expands from i^ to i^ inches. 



The fore-wings are greenish-black, with numerous pinkish- 

 white waved intersecting lines, which break up the ground- 

 colour into a number of spots. The hind-wings are pinkish- 

 white, with a few rose coloured hairs at the base, and several 

 black spots towards the hind margin. These spots are occasion- 

 ally wanting, especially in the male. The thorax is black, with 

 a pale pink collar and two longitudinal streaks of the same 

 colour. The abdomen is rose-coloured, with a row of black 

 dorsal spots and a black extremity. The antennae are also 

 black, ciliated in the male, and filiform in the female. 



The larva hibernates, and is full grown by the end of April. 

 It feeds almost exclusively on grasses. 



The perfect insect appears in May or June, and is remarkable 

 for possessing a musical organ, by means of which it is able to 

 produce sounds. This peculiarity was first noticed by De Vil- 

 liers, a French entomologist, who says (Ann. Soc. Ent. France, 



