BRITISH MOTHS. 



65. The Feathered Footman (Male) (Eulepia grammica). 



65. THE FEATHERED FOOTMAN. Fore 

 wings of the male yellow, with a central 

 black spot, and a number of parallel black 

 longitudinal stripes, hind wings orange- 

 coloured, with a central black lunule, a broad 

 black marginal band, a bright orange fringe, 

 and a few dusky streaks crossing the orange- 

 colour in the middle. Fore wings of the 

 female pale buff, with a black dot near the 

 costal margin, and four or five narrow black 

 streaks near the hind margin ; hind wings 

 orange-coloured with a few black streaks 

 near the base, a central black dot, and a row 

 of black dots just within the hind margin ; 

 antennae black, feathered in the male ; 

 thorax yellow, with black longitudinal stripes ; 

 body yellow, with black spots. On the Coi> 



The Feathered Footman (Female). 



tinent, especially in France and Germany j 

 the caterpillar of this species is found 

 throughout May, feeding on variotis grasses, 

 on mugwort, on heather, and sometimes on 

 oak-leaves ; it is black, with white markings : 



on each segment are brown wart-like pro- 

 tuberances, from which spring short, reddish- 

 yellow hairs. It spins a whitish-grey cocoon 

 between leaves, in which it turns to a reddish- 

 brown chrysalis, in which state it remains 

 about twenty days, the Moth appearing at 

 the end of June. We have no knowledge 

 whatever of either caterpillar or Moth as 

 natives of Great Britain, and have described 

 them only out of respect to Mr. Doubleday, 

 who places this insect in the "List of 

 British Moths and Butterflies," to which we 

 have already referred. (The scientific name 

 is Eulepia grammica.) 



66. The Speckled Footman (Eulepia Cribrum). 

 66. THE SPECKLED FOOTMAN. Fore wings 

 white, with four transverse zigzag black bands, 

 each of which is almost divided into spots ; 

 two smoke-coloured stripes run from the 

 base of the wing to the hind margin, passing 

 through all four of the black bands ; hind 

 wings smoke-coloured. The caterpillar is 

 black and hairy, with a whitish stripe down 

 the back, and a slender white line on each 

 side above the feet ; it feeds on the common 

 heather. The Moth appears in July, and 

 has only been found in Dorsetshire and 

 Hampshire : it was first discovered by Mr. 

 Dale. (The scientific name is Eulepia 

 Cribrum.) 



FAMILY X. THE ETJOHELITDJS. 



67. The Crimson Speckled (DeZopeia pulchella). 



68. The Cinnabar (Euchelia Jacobasx). 



69. The Scarlet Tiger (Callimorpha Dominula). 



THE TENTH FAMILY of Moths is called 

 EucheliidcK : it contains but three British 

 species, all of them extremely beautiful : 

 the caterpillars are hairy- and spin a web in 



which their hairs are interspersed ; the 

 chrysalis is smooth ; the Moth has thread- 

 like antennas without any fringe. 



G7. THE GRIMSON SPECKLED. Fore wings 



