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two red spots; and scarlet hind wings. It is common among 

 ragwort, and expands a little more than an inch. Most authors, 

 however, class it with the Arctiidce. Alypia Octomaculata, Fabr., 

 which is destructive to the vine in North America, is a rather 

 more robust insect, and slightly smaller. It is black, with two 

 bright yellow spots on the fore wings, and two white ones on the 

 hind wings. 



JEgocera Fenulia, Cram., is the type of a genus which includes 

 several black and yellow species from the East Indies and Africa. 

 It is from the former locality, and the fore wings are brown, with 

 an irregular white bar, partly bordered with reddish, and the hind 

 wings and abdomen are yellow, the former bordered with brown, 

 and marked with a brown central spot. 



But the largest and handsomest species of this family are those 

 belonging to the genera Eusemia, Dalm., which is found throughout 

 the tropics of the Old World, and Agarista, Leach, which is con- 

 fined to Australia and the adjacent islands. E. Pales, Boisd., is 

 black, with white markings on the fore wings, and a large blue 

 spot on the hind wings ; it is a native of Madagascar. 



FAMILY II. Chakosiidce. 



Antennae moderately long, thickly and closely pectinated ; 

 wings moderately broad, and brightly or richly coloured. 



The moths of this family are almost confined to the East 

 Indies. They have longer and narrower wings than the Aga- 

 ristidce, and many resemble butterflies rather than moths. The 

 species of Cyclosia, Hiibn., resemble the genus Euplo&a both in 

 shape, size, and colour, being dark brown, with small white and 

 blue spots. Heterusia, Hope, is another beautiful genus, in which 

 the fore wings are pale bronzy green and white, and the hind 

 wings are black, banded with white or yellow, and spotted with 

 blue. It is not surprising that the older entomologists, who were 

 acquainted with very few of these insects, should have mistaken 

 them for butterflies. 



The genus Epicopeia, Westw., is one of the most remarkable. 

 It includes dark-brown insects, with darker veins, greatly resem- 

 bling some of the common East Indian species of Papilio ; the hind 

 wings are strongly dentated, angulated outwards, and often fur- 

 nished with a short broad tail; and the head, tip of abdomen, 

 and generally some spots near the extremity of the hind wings, 



