HIEROPHANTA. 269 



THE WHITE PROMINENT. HIEROPHANTA BICOLORIA. 



Bombyx bicoloria, Denis & Schiffermiiller, Syst. Verz. Schmett. 



Wien. p. 49, no. 3 (1776) ; Esper, Schmett. iii. p. 217, Taf. 



41, fig. 7 (1783). 

 Bombyx bicolora, Fabricius, Mant. Ins. ii. p. 126, no. 146 



(1787); Hiibner, Eur. Schmett. iii. fig. 18 (1800); 



Godart, Ldpid. France, iv. p. 207, pi. 20, fig. i 



(1822). 

 Notodonta bicolora, Ochsenheimer, Schmett. Eur. iii. p. 73 



(1810); Barrett, Lepid. Brit. Isl. iii. p. 127, pi. io3, figs. 



i, 1^(1895). 

 Microdonta bicolora, Kirby, Eur. Butterflies and Moths, p. 140, 



pi. 31, fig. 5 (1880); Buckler, Larvae of Brit. Lepid. ii. p. 



76, pi. 34, fig. 5 (1887). 

 Hierophanta bicoloria, Meyrick, Handbook Brit. Lepid. p. 



This species is generally distributed in Europe. It expands 

 from i to i inch. 



The White Prominent. 



The insect is white, with an orange transverse streak on the 

 fore-wings, edged with black on the inner side. From the 

 inner margin, and separated from the first streak by a small 

 black dash, runs a second orange stripe extending almost to the 

 hinder angle. The hind-wings are without markings. 



