AND THEIR TRANSFORMATIONS. gg 



red, witli bluo-black spots; tlio tliorax brown with a rtd ncck-baml, and tlic abdomen red with bhie-black bars. 

 The markings vary greatly, some specimens having the brown and bhie-black portions more or less obbterated, 

 wiiilst in others they are much more, and even occasionally entirely, predominant. The caterpillar is dark 

 brown, with the hairs on the back dusky, and those on the neck and sides reddish, the head black. It feeds on 

 various herbs, especially lettuce, strawberries, &c., in June, and the moth appears in July. 



SPECIES 2.-ARCTIA VILLICA. Plate XIX., Fig. 9, 10. 



Synowymes. — Ph. B. rillica, Linnwus ; Albin, pi. 21, fi;;. 29 

 a— d ; Wilkes, pi. 37; Hurri.s, Aurcli:in, pi. 4 ; Donov.iu, i,pl. 71; 



niincan, Brit. Jlotlis, pi. 20, fig. 2 ; Wood, Ind. Ent. t. 7, lig. 70 ; 

 West. Ent. Text-book, p. 390. 



Epicallia villica, Iliibncr Vera. bck. Sclimett. 



This handsome species varies from 2 to 2.^ inches in the expanse of its fore wings, which are of a black colour, 



with eight cream-white spots. The hind wings orange, with black spots and marks ; the head and thorax black, 



with a whitish p.atch on each shoulder. The abdomen is orange above, with the tip red, and marked with three 



rows of black dots ; beneath black, with the base of the legs, sides, and tip of the abdomen, and costal edge of 



.all the wings bright scarlet. The spottings vary consider.ably. The caterpillar is blackish, and very hairy, with 



the head and feet red, and spotted with fulvous. It feeds on the ragwort, chickweed, and other herbs in the 



spring ; and the moth appears in June, especially frequenting woody jilaces. It is far less common than the 



garden tiger-moth. 



EUTIIEMONIA*, Sikpiiens. (DIACRISIA, Hubxku.) 



This group is distinguished from the preceding and following by having the fore wings unicolorous, having 

 only a darker discoidal patch at the extremity of the discoidal cell : the palpi are small and hairy, witli the basal 

 joint smaller than the second, whereas in ('.nja the reverse is the case ; the antenna; of the males are slightly 

 bipectinated. The general structure of the body indicates a much greater weakness, especially in the males, 

 which fly by day, whilst the female is smaller than the opposite sex. 



SPECIES 1.— EUTHEMOMA KUSSULA. Plate XIX., Fig. 11, 12, 13. 



Diacrisia Hussula, HUbner Vcrz. bek. Schm. 

 I'h. B. Sannio, Liiin. ; Faiin. Succ. o ■ Haworlh. 



SvNONvMES Ph. B. Russula, Linn.; Ponovan, P, pi. 214; 



Curtis, Brit. Ent., pi. 21 ; AVood, Ind. Ent. tab. 7, f. 08 and CS ; 

 Duncan, Brit. Muiha, pi. 20, fig. 1. 



This pretty species varies from 1] to li inch in the expanse of the fore wings, which in the males are of an 

 orange-clay colour, with a dark central lunule ; the fore margin, towards the tip, and the outer and hind margins 

 red, the latter with a darker streak ; the hind wings pale whitish-buff, with a discoidal luniile and subniarginal 

 fascia of black, the margin itself red. The female is much darker coloured, the abdomen being black witii fulvous 

 incisions, the fore wings dark fulvous with a red lunule and veins, tlie hind wings dark orange, with the base, a 

 central lunule, and a, broad subniarginal fascia, black. 



The caterpillar is spotted with red, and has a yellow dorsal line ; the sides have also a row of whitisli dots ; it 

 is thickly clothed with reddish hairs. It feeds on plantain, scabious, and various other herbaceous plants in Jlay ; 

 and the moth appears at the end of Juno. It frequents open places in woods and heaths, and although nowhere 

 common, appears to be distributed over great part of the kingdom. 



• Derived from the Greek, in allusion to the elegauee of llie species. 



