AND THEIR TRANSFORMATIONS. 99 
Insects.—Fig. 10. Lithosia Griseola (the dun Footman). 
se Fig. 11. Lithosia Gilveola. 12, The Caterpillar. 
= Fig. 13. Lithosia complana (the common Footman). 
3 Fig. 14. Lithosia depressa. 
“. Fig. 15. Lithosia helvola. 
a Fig. 16. Lithosia muscerda. 
+ Fig. 17. Ginistis quadra (the large Footman), male. 18. The female. 19. The Caterpillar. 
S Fig. 20. Gnophria rubricollis (the red-necked Footman). 21. The Caterpillar. 
“ Fig. 22. Philea irrorella (the-Dew moth). 23. .The Caterpillar. 24. A singular variety, by some called §, signata. 
+ Fig. 25. Cybosia mesomella (the four-spotted Footman). 26, The Caterpillar. 
Puants.—Figs. 27, 28. Myosotis palustris (the Forget-me-not). Briza maxima (the great Quaking-grass) is figured in the 
middle of the plate, with figure 16 represented upon it. 
s Fig. 29. Usnea florida (a common Lichen found on old trees). 
“s Fig. 30. Parmelia stellaris (a common Lichen found on trunks of trees). 
A Fig. 31. Parmelia sinuosa (a common Lichen found on moor-stones). 
The whole of the insects in this plate are from the British Museum, with the exception of L. depressa, L. plumbeolata, and L. Gilveola, 
from the cabinet of Mr. Stephens, L. Muscerda from Hiibner, and E. grammica from a specimen of my own. The whole of the caterpillars are 
from Hiibner. I cannot myself see very distinctly so many species in the genus Lithosia ; I have, however, endeavoured 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 my colourers 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. LL. Gilveola is a deeper and richer colour, more inclining to buff; and L. aureola is a decidedly rich 
orange. lL. complana is pale-dove colour on the fore wings, and buff on the hind wings, with a stripe of buff along the anterior margin of the 
fore wings, terminating in a point. lL. 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 buff, shaded with brown at the edge. 
L. Griseola 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. plumbeolata is very like Griseola, 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. Muscerda is at once distinguishable by its spots. 
CH. quadra needs no remark. H.N.H. 
DEIOPEIA, Srepuzns. (UTETHEISA, Htsner. HUCHELIA, pv. Botspvvat.) 
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 Lepidopterous group. The body is slender and conical, with a slight tuft at the tip in 
the males. The antennz 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 
inclosed in a cocoon. 
SPECIES 1.—DEIOPEIA PULCHELLA. Puare XX., Fic. 1, 2. 
Synonymes.—Phalena (Tinea) pulchella, Linn.; Haworth; | Bombyx pulchra, Esper; Hiibuer ; Ochsenheimer ; Boisduval ; 
Stephens; Godart; Wood, Ind. Ent., pl. 8, fig. 95; Duncan, Brit. | Curtis, Brit. Ent., pl. 169 (Deiopeia p-)- 
Moths, pl. 21, fig. 4. Bombyx lotriz, Cramer. 
Saat = tis . ; ino's. which ; delicate 
This beautiful insect measures from 14 to 12 inches in the expanse of its fore wings, w hich are of a del 
cream-colour, ornamented with numerous black and red spots of small size, and disposed in alternate waves 
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running across the wing. The thorax is cream-coloured, with black dots; the hind wings white, with a 
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