148 LLOYD'S NATURAL HISTORY. 



reddish, brown, or black, and are sometimes ornamented with 

 ocellated spots. 



The larvae have sixteen legs, the first pair of pro-legs some- 

 times rudimentary. 



Guenee divides this tribe into four Families, as follows : 



A. Wings with transverse lines, and the stigmata, when 

 present, of the usual form Erebidcz. 



B. Reniform stigma forming an ocellated spot, or a spiral. 



Ommatophoridcc. 



C. Wings tawny or reddish beneath, with black lines or bands. 



Hypopyridce. 



D. Wings angulated or falcate, with the sub-terminal line nearly 

 straight, and the front legs very hairy in the male. 



Bendida. 



FAMILY EREBID^. 



The greater number of species of this rather extensive Family 

 are found in tropical America, though it has representatives in 

 Africa, India, and Australia. The fore-wings are frequently 

 long, and more or less pointed at the tip, and the hind-wings 

 are rounded and scalloped. In some genera, however, the 

 fore-wings are broad, and scarcely longer than the hind-wings, 

 the hind margin being hardly oblique. The dark brown or 

 blackish species of this Family are not uncommonly shot with 

 purple, which is likewise the case with many Lepidoptera of 

 similar colours, as is well seen in several European Satyrincz. 



The larvae are stout and cylindrical, and the pupae are 

 enclosed in loose cocoons, on or under the surface of the 

 ground. 



We will now notice examples of some of the more interest- 

 ing genera of this Family. 



