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Schif., Dddon&'a, Dodona, a city in 

 Epirus, famous for its oaks ; the larvae of this 

 species and of the preceding feed on Oak. 

 DILOBA, Bdv., Dil'oba 8/9, twice, \6/3os, the lobe, or 

 lower part of the ear-, from the lobe-shaped 

 spots, which form a figure of 8 on the fore- wings. 

 C^ERULEOCEPHALA, L., (^csruleocfpli ' ala ', cceruleus, 

 dark blue, /cetyaXtj, the head. 



NOCTU^E, L., NOC'TU^E. Night-Moths. 



NOCTUO-BOMBYCIDJE, Gu., Noc'tuo-bomby'cpda ; resembling 

 Noctu(S ^and Bombyces. 



THYATIRA, Och., Thyatl'ra, a city in Asia Minor. 



DERASA, L., Derd'sa, derasus, shaven, made smooth, 



from the smoothness of part of the fore- wings. 

 BATIS, L., Ba'tis, /3r09, bramble, on which the 



larva feeds. 

 CYMATOPHOBA, Tr., fymato'phora; /cvpa, a wave, 



<j>opelv, to bear. Guenee proposed Chymato- 



phora, because " c^est ordinairement le ch qui 



en latin remplace le ^ des Grecs." Xu/u.a would 



mean a liquid. We prefer the other derivation. 

 DUPLARIS, L., Duplaris, duplaris, doubled, on ac- 



count of the two black spots on the fore- wings. 

 FLUCTUOSA, Hub., Fluctuo'sa, fluctus, a wave, from 



the wavy character of the markings on the fore- 



wings. 

 DILUTA, W. V., Dlluta, dilutus, washed off; the 



fore- wings being very pale grey. 

 OR, W. V., Or, from the letters " or }) supposed to be 



legible on the fore- wings. 

 OCULARIS, L., Ocularis, ocularis, belonging to the 



eyes ; from the two eye-like marks on the fore- 



wings. 

 FLAVICORNIS, L., Fldvicor'nis ; flavus, yellow, cornu, 



a horn ; from the colour of the antennae. 

 RIDENS, F., Ri'dens, ridens, smiling. 



BRYOPHILIDJE, Gu., Bryophilidai -, the family of which the 

 genus Bryo'phila is the type. 



BRYOPHILA, Tr., Bryo'phila ; @pvov, moss, </>t\o?, fond 



of: the larvae feed on lichens. 

 GLANDIFERA, W. V., Glandi'fera ; glans, an acorn, 



ferre, to bear. 

 PERLA, W. V., Per' la, perla, a pearl. 



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