AND THEIR TRANSFORMATIONS. 



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Insects. — Fig. 10. Litliosia Griseola (t!ic <Iun Footman). 

 " Fig. 11. Litliosia Gilvcola. 12. The Caterpillar. 



" Fig. 13. Litliosia complana (the commou Footman). 



" Fig. 14. Lithosia lieiiiessa. 



" Fig. 15. Lithosia helvola. 



" Fig. 16. Lithosia niusccrda. 



" Fig. 17. (T:nistis qtiadra (the largo Footman), male. 18. The female. 19. The Caterpillar. 



" Fig. 20. Gnophria ruhricollis (the red-necked Footman). 21. The Caterpillar. 



" Fig. 22. Philea irroroUa (the-Ilew moth). 2.'i. .The Catei-pillar. 24. A singular variety, by some called S. signata. 



" Fig. 25. Gybosia mesomella (the four-spotted Footman). 26. The Caterpillar. 



Punts. — Figs. 2", 28. Myosotis palustris (the b'orget-me-not). Briza ma,xima (the great Quaking-grass) is figured in the 

 middle of the plate, with figure 16 represented upon it. 

 ** Fig. 29. L'snca florida (a common Lichen found on old trees). 



** Fig. .30. Parmelia stellaris ( a common Lichen found on trunks of trees). 



** Fig. 31. Parmelia sinuosa (a common Lichen found on moor-stones). 



The whole of the insects in this plate are from the British Museinn, with the exception of L. depressa, L. plumbeokta, and L. Gilvcola, 

 from the cabinet of Mr. Stephens, L. MusccrJa from lliibner, and E. grammica from a specimen of my own. The whole of the caterpillars are 

 from HUbncr. I cannot myself see very distinctly so many sptcies in the genus Lithosia ; 1 have, however, endeavom'ed to show them all as 

 distinctly as possible in this plate, but as some of the species depend for their characters upon extreme niceties of colour, which mycolourers may 

 not always observe with sufficient accuracy, I make the following sketch of the more obvious distinctions, as I understand them. L. flava is 

 very pale yellow, inclining to buff. L. Gilvcola is a deeper and richer colour, more inclining to bulf ; and L. aureola is a decidedly rich 

 orange. L. complana is pale-dove colour on the fore wings, and bulT on the hind wings, with a stripe of buff along the anterior margin of the 

 fore wings, terminating in a point. L. depressa differs from the preceding in having the hind wings clouded, and the stripe on the fore wings 

 going parallel with the edge of the wing to the end, and not terminating in a point. 



L. Helvola * has the fore wings of a delicate dove colour, and the hind wings light bufl', shaded with browu at the edge. 

 L. Griscola has the fore wings of a variable dusky-flesh colour, with a yellow tinge along the front margin, and the hind wings somewhat paler. 

 L. plumbcolata is very like Griscola, but the fore wings are somewhat more lead colour, and the hind wings a pale buff, or, as Mr. Stephens 

 describes it, a cinereous yellow. 



L. Musccrda is at once distinguishable by its spots. 

 (E. quadra needs no remark. H. N. H. 



DEIOPEIA, Stephens. (UTETHEISA, Hubner. EUCHELIA, p. Boisduval.) 



It is surprising that Boisduval should have sunk this excellent genus, which contains a great number of 

 species scattered over the greater part of the globe, and all marked by a peculiarity of colouring quite unlike 

 that of every other licpidopterous group. The body is slender and conical, with a slight tuft at the tip in 

 the males. The antcnme are slightly hairy on the under side, and each joint produces two short bristles ; 

 the palpi are curved upwards in front of the head, and have the second joint much longer than the terminal one, 

 which is oval. The spiral tongue is long, and furnished at the base with two rudimental palpi, according to 

 Savigny ; the caterpillars are hairy, and spotted with various colours, as in the perfect insect ; the pupa is 

 inclosed in a cocoon. 



SPECIES ].— DEIOPEIA PULCHELLA. Plate XX., Fig. 1, 2. 



Bombyx pukhra, Esper : Hiibner; Ochsenheimer ; Boisduval; 

 Curtis, Brit. Ent., pi. 169 (Deiopeia p.). 

 Bombyx lotri.v, Cramer. 



Synonybies. — Phitlcena ( Tinea) puichella, Linn. ; Haworth 

 Stephens; Godart ; Wood, Ind. Ent., pi. 8, fig. 1)5; Duncan, Brit 

 Moths, pi. 21, fig. 4. 



This beautiful insect measures from U to 1|. inches in the expanse of its fore wings, which are of a delicate 

 cream-colour, ornamented with numerous black and red spots of small size, and disposed in alternate wave.s 

 running across the wing. The thorax is cream-coloured, with black dots ; the hind wings white, with an 



» L. Helvola is from a continental specimen furnished to the Museum by Dr. Becker. 



