DEIOPEIA BELLA. 191 



middle. Posterior wings yellow, margined exter- 

 nally with black; abdomen likewise yellow, with 

 black streaks running across. Legs black, marked 

 with white. 



This, like the former, was brought from Sierra 

 Leone by Mr. Smeathman. 



DEIOPEIA BELLA. 



PLATE XXIV. Fig. 1. 



Phakena (Tinea) bella, Linn.; Fabr.; Cramer^ Pap. Exot., 

 pi. 109, fig. C. D. — Deiopeia bella, Westwood^ Drury, i. 

 pi. 24, fig. 3. 



In our volume on British Moths, we figured the 

 only native species of this pretty genus which we 

 possess, and as the generic characters are there spe- 

 cified, they need not be repeated in this place. They 

 are insects of rather delicate structure, below the 

 middle size, and generally displaying fine tints of 

 crimson or yellow with small spots of white. Many 

 of them are natives of the New "World, but they 

 are likewise extensively distributed over the old 

 continent. The species here figured is found in 

 the neighbourhood of New York and other parts of 

 North America. It expands about an inch and 



