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CRIMSON SPECKLED FOOTMAN. 
Deiopeia pulcheUa. 
PLATE XXL Fig. 4. 
Plial. Tinea pulehella, Linn Lithosia pulohella, Haworth— 
Bombyx pulchra, Hvhner Deiopeia pulchra, Curtis, iv. 
PI. 169. 
Deiopeia has been separated from the allied genera 
in consequence of having the labial palpi three- 
jointed, with the second joint longest, the third 
shortest and ovate; antennas alike in both sexes, 
simple ; and the proboscis as long as the antennas. 
The anterior wings are narrow and elongate, the 
hinder pair ample, someM'hat diaphanous, and much 
folded. Besides the labial palpi, a maxillary pair 
likevrise exist, but they are exceedingly minute and 
consist of only two joints. Tlie species are nu- 
merous on the continent, but that which we have 
figured is the only one that inhabits this country. 
The head, thorax, and upper wings are pale straw- 
colour, the thorax marked wth yellow and rounded 
black spots; the wings with five curved and irre- 
gular transverse rows of quadrate black spots, the 
spaces between these rows occupied with several 
