- * BIOLOGY LIBRARY 3 Class «**e$&wr- '« <«c.r,,** •• u Xa -£> A NATURAL HISTORY OF. EITISH MOTHS, ACCURATELY DELINEATING EVERY KNOWN SPECIES, WITH THE ENGLISH AS WELL AS SCIENTIFIC NAMES, ACCOMPANIED BY PULL DESCRIPTIONS, DATE OF APPEARANCE, LISTS OF THE LOCALITIES THEY HAUNT, THEIR FOOD IN THE CATERPILLAR STATE, AND OTHER, FEATURES OF THEIR HABITS AND MODES OF EXISTENCE, ETC., ETC. BY THE REV. F. 0. MORRIS, B.A., Author of A History of British Birds, A History of the Nests and Eggs of British Birds, A Natural History of British Butterflies', Etc., Etc., Etc. THE PLATES CONTAIN NEARLY TWO THOUSAND EXQUISITELY COLOURED SPECIMENS. COMPLETE IN FOUR VOLUMES. VOLUME III. OF THE ERS1TY > LONDON*: HENRY EDWARD KNOX 1871. A BIOLOGY LIBRARY CONTENTS OF VOL. Ill HADEJJIU.E (continued). Biantbaacia . Hecatera . Polia . Dasypolia Kpunda Valeria Miselia Agriopis . Phlogopbora Knjilexia . Aplecta H.idena XVI.IMD.I:. Xylocanipa . Cioantha . Calocampa . Xylina Cucullia HELIOTHIUJ:. Heliotbis . Annrta . Heliodes . AOONTIDJE. Agropbila Acontia EUASTRTD.E. Erastria Bankia ANTUOPHILLIDJB. Hydrelia Micra Brepbos PLUSTD*. Abrostola Plusia . GONOPTEIUDJE. Gouopterix AMPHIPYIUDJE. Ampbipyra Mania Toxocampa . Page. STILBID^:. 1 Stilbia 3 Cata3phila 4 LIMBAT.E. — CATOCALID^E 5 Catocala . 6 OPHIUSIDJE 9 Opbiodes 10 EUCLIDIDJS. 10 Euclidia . 11 POAPHIUD^E. 12 Phytometra . 16 HYPENID^E. Madopa 24 Hypena 25 DELTOIDES. •26 Hypenodes 28 Scbrankia 30 HERMJNID'aS. Eivula 35 Sophronia . 39 Herminia . 40 AVENTID.ZE. Aventia 41 ODONTID.E. 42 Odontia PYRALID.E. 43 44 Pyralis Aglossa 44 CLEDEOBID.E. 45 Cledeobia ENNYCIIID.E. 45 Pyrausta . Ehodaria 47 Herbula 48 Ennycbia ASOPID^:. 53 Agrotera . Endotricba . 54 STENIAD.E. 55 Diasemia . Nascia . 57 Stenia Page. 58 58 59 62 62 64 64 65 67 68 68 69 69 72 72 73 74 75 75 77 78 78 79 79 80 80 81 162258 CONTENTS. HYDKOCAMPIDJE. Cataclysta Paraponyx Hydrocampa Acentropus BOTYD.K. Botys . Ebulea Pionea . Spilodcs Margarodes . Scopula Mecyna ScOPARIDjE. Stenopteryx Scoparia CKAMBIDJE. Platytes . Eucbromius . Crambus . CHILIDJE. Chilo . _ . Schaanobius PilYCIDjE. Anerastia Ilithyia Myeeilophila . HomEeosoma Nyctegretea . Ephestia . Cryptoblabes Plodia Nephopteryx Gymnacycla Pliycis . Pempelia . Rodopbasa Oncocera . MELUE. Apboniia Galleria Meliphora Halias Sarrothripa . Tortrix Dichelia Ampbysa . CEnectra Leptogramma Peronea Teras Dictyopteryx Argyrotoza Ptycboloma . Page. 81 81 82 83 84 88 90 91 93 93 96 97 101 102 102 109 110 111 112 112 113 114 114 116 116 117 117 117 120 121 123 123 124 124 125 126 120 134 134 134 135 136 142 142 141 144 PENTHIHIDJE. Ditula . Antitbesia . Pentbina . SPILOHOTIDJS. Spilonota . Pardia . Aspis .. Sideria . Sericoris . Mixodia . Roxana . Eucbromia Ortbotamia . SdAPHILIDjE. Eriopsela . Phtbeocroa . Cnephasia Sciapbila . Spbaleroptera Capua . . Clepsis . GUAPIIOLITHID-E. Buctra . . Pboxopteryx Grapholita . Phlseodes . Hypermsecia Batodes . Pa3disca . Ephippiphora Olindia . Semasia . Coccyx .. Heusimene Pamplusia . Retinia . Carpocapsa . Opbadia . Endopisa . Stigmonota Dicrorampba Pyrodes . Catoptria . Trycberis . PYKALOID.E. Simaetbis . Cborentes Xylopoda . Lobesia . Eupaacilia Xantbosetia Cbrosis Argvrolepia Cocbylis APHELION. Aphelia . Tortricodes Pai/e- 145 145 150 150 153 154 154 154 158 159 159 160 161 162 162 163 166 167 167 167 168 171 175 176 176 177 179 183 183 185 189 189 189 192 194 194 195 199 203 203 208 208 208 209 209 210 216 217 218 221 223 223 0 THE ' I UN/VERSiTY ) NATURAL HISTORYOF BRITISH MOTHS, DIANTH^ECIA CAPSINCOLA. LYCHNIS MOTH. Plate LXL Figure 1. Localities for this species are York, Faversham, Brigh- ton, Falmouth, Burton-on-Trent, Hammersmith, Bowdon, Worcester, Bristol, Arundel, Stowmarket, Manchester, Birkenhead, Plymouth, Lewes, Exeter, Sudbuiy, Hud- dersfield, Edinburgh, Preston, Darlington, Cambridge. The perfect insect appears in June. The caterpillar is greenish grey, with a darker line along the back, having a slanting streak from it on the back of each segment, and a row of black spots on each side of it; the line on each side below it indistinct; the side line paler than the ground colour. The date of the appearance of the caterpillar is in July and August. It feeds on the Red Campion, (Lychnis dioicaj. DIANTH^ECIA CUCUHAL1. CAMPION MOTH. Plate LXI. Figure 2. Localities for this species are York, Lewes, Bidston, and VOL. III. B Wallasey near Birkenhead. Falmouth, Bowdon, Bristol, Hammersmith, Worcester, Worthing, Lcwisham, Stow- market, Cambridge, Arundel, Scarborough, Manchester, Preston, Huddersfield, Edinburgh, Stirling, Darlington, and Burton-on-Trent. The perfect insect appears in June. The caterpillar is brownish orange on the fore part, and greenish yellow on the hinder; the line along the back only indistinct; the line below it marked by a row of white dots from which some dark streaks run upwards; the spots white. The date of the appearance of the caterpillar is in July and August. It feeds on the Bladder Campion (Silenc inflat(i). DIANTHJECIA CONSPERSA. Plate LXI. Figure 3. Localities for this species are York, Stockton Forest, Sutton-on-Derwent, Brighton, Kirkby and Bickerstaffe near Liverpool, Scarborough, Witney, Bowdon, Carlisle, Edinburgh, Manchester, Lewes, Halton, Arran, Dunbar, Cambridge. The perfect insect appears in June and July. The caterpillar is dull yellowish red, with a grey line along the back, and slanting lines from it on each seg- ment; the side line whitish, edged above with grey. It feeds on the Bladder Campion (Silcne inflata}, the Catchfly (Silcne nutans), and the Ragged Robin (Lychnis Flos-cuculi} . H E C A T E 11 A D Y S () 1) E A . RANUNCULUS MOTH. Plate LXL Figure 4. Localities for this species are Faversham, Canterbury, Brighton, Lewisham, Worcester, Stowmarket, Plumstead, Cambridge, Sudbury. The perfect insect appears in July. The caterpillar is dull brown, or reddish green, with a darker line along the back; the side line pale green, edged above with darker brown; the spots black. The caterpillar appears in July and August. It feeds on the buds and flowers of the lettuce. The chrysalis is found in a cocoon below the earth. HEf'ATERA SERENA. HROAD-BARRED AVHITE. Plate LXI. Figure 5. Localities for this species are Stockton near York (?) Brighton, Wallasey near Birkenhead, Cambridge, Rei- gate, Darlington, Lewisham, Halton, Shrewsbury, Lewes, Darenth Wood, Stowmarket, Dover, Plymouth, Ventnor, Wavendon, Worthing, Lynton, Sudbury. The situations where it is found are woods. The perfect insect appears in June and July. The caterpillar is grey, -with a dark grey spot of a square shape on the middle of each segment along the back; the side line grey; the divisions between the segments •whitish. The date of the appearance of the caterpillar is in July and August. It feeds on the Hawkweed (Hieradum pilosella), and the Sow-thistle ( ' SoncTius arvensisj. The chrysalis is found enclosed in a cocoon beneath the earth. p o L i A CHI. JULY CHI. Plate LXI. Figure 6. Localities for this species are York, Kotherham, Sad- dleworth, Scarborough, Dewsbury, Isle of Man, Bowdon, Manchester, Plymouth, Stowmarket, Bolton, Darlington, Huddersfield, Preston, Edinburgh, Burton-on-Trent, Dunoon, Birkenhead. The situations where it is found are woods. The perfect insect appears in August and September. The caterpillar is light green on the back, darker green on the sides, with a whitish line on each side below the back; the side line whitish yellow. The date of the appearance of the caterpillar is in May. It feeds on the Sow-thistle (Sonchus arvensis); also on the lettuce, etc. The chrysalis is enclosed in a subterranean cocoon. FOLIA FLAVOCINCTA. LARGE RANUNCULUS-MOTH. Plate LXI. Figure 7. Localities for this species are York, Crambe, Nun- burnholme, Faversham, Brighton, Allerton Hall, and Hale near Liverpool, Bristol, Darlington, Lewisham, Cambridge, Kingsbury, Scarborough, Lower Guiting, Hammersmith, Stowmarket, Marlow, Wavendon, Wor- cester, Worthing, Plymouth, Sudbury. The situations where it is found are gardens, fields, etc. The perfect insect appears in August and September. The caterpillar is yellowish green; the side line yel- lowish, edged above with black; the spots reddish white, edged with black. The date of the appearance of the caterpillar is in May, June, and July. It feeds on the chickweed (Alsine media), and several other low plants. The chrysalis is found below the surface in a cocoon. DASYPOLIA TEMPLI. BRINDLED OCHRE. Plate LXI. Figure 8. Localities for this species are York, Doncaster, Hud- dersfield, Liverpool, Birmingham, Ventnor, Manchester, Plymouth, Sidmouth, Bristol, Birkenhead, Carlisle, It is fond of hiding itself among stones. The perfect insect appears in October and November, as also in February and March. There are said to be two broods in the year — no doubt it lives through the winter. This species is another of those that are attracted by light. EPUNDA LUTULENTA. Plate LXI. Figure 9. Localities for this species are York, Brighton, Birken- head, Worcester, New Forest, Cambridge, Tenterden, Preston, Greenhithe, Norbury Park. The situations where it is found are woods, etc. The perfect insect appears in October. The caterpillar is green, with sometimes a tinge of rose-colour; the line along the back dark green; the one below it on each side whitish; the side line also whitish. The date of the appearance of the caterpillar is in April. It feeds on several low plants. The chrysalis is found below the earth. I am indebted to Mr. T. H. Allis, of York, for oblig- ingly furnishing the specimen of the Moth from which the figure has been taken. ErUNDA NIGRA. Plate LXI. Figure 10. Localities for this species are Stockton Forest, and Sutton-on-DerWent near York, Lyndhurst, Crosby, Speke, and Lydiate near Liverpool, Lewes, Plymouth, Preston. The situations where it is found are woods. The perfect insect appears in September. The caterpillar is yellowish green, with a pale violet- coloured line along the back, and another beneath it on either side; the side line white edged above with blackish. The date of the appearance of the caterpillar is in October, and through the winter to June. It feeds on the chickweed (Alsine media), and the dock (Rumex pratensis). The chrysalis is found under the ground. EPUNDA VIMINALIS. MINOR SHOULDER KNOT. Plate LXIL Figure 1. Localities for this species are Askham Bog, Sutton-on- Derwent, and Langwith near York, Hale and Knowsley near Liverpool, York, Brighton, Bristol, Burton-on-Trent, Cambridge, Lower Guiting, Edinburgh, Exeter, Halton, Huddersfield, Lewes, Lyndhurst, Tenterden, Worcester, Worthing. The situations where it is found are woods. The perfect insect appears in July. The caterpillar is green, with a white line along the back, of which colour is the one below it on each side, as also the side line, and the divisions between the segments. The date of the appearance of the caterpillar is in May. 8 It feeds on the willow. The chrysalis is subterranean. EPUNDA LICHENEA. Plate LXII. Figure 2. Localities for this species are Scarborough, Lytham, the New Forest, New Brighton, the Isle of Wight, Bir- kenhead, Bristol, Plymouth. The situations where it is found are woods, etc. The perfect insect appears in June (?) and in August and September. The caterpillar is dark olive green, with three rows of dusky black markings along the back; the side line pale green. The date of the appearance of the caterpillar is in November, and it lives through the winter in that state till April. It feeds on the ragwort (Senecio Jacobcea), and other low plants. The chrysalis is found below the surface. This moth is much attracted by a light. VALERIA OLEAGINA. GREEN-BRINDLED DDT. Plate LXII. Figure 3. Localities for this species are Richmond Park, Bristol, Fishguard, and near London. O1 I ma >a UNIVERSITY ) of 9 The situations where it is found are wooded places. The perfect insect appears in March and April; also in July. The caterpillar is dark brown, paler on the fore part; the line below the back on each side is dull yellowish brown, with a row of streaks slanting upwards; the side line dull yellowish brown. The date of the appearance of the caterpillar is in May and June. It feeds on the sloe. The chrysalis is found enclosed in a cocoon of earth and silk. I have here also to thank Mr. T. H. Allis, of York, for the loan of the specimen from which the figure is taken. MISELIA OXYACANTH^E. GREEN-BRINDLED-CRESCENT. Plate LXII. Figure 4. Localities for this common species are York, Nunburn- holme, Sutton-on-Derwent, Brighton, Bromsgrove, Dover, Bowdon, Plymouth, Isle of Man, CaiTon, Stirling. The situations where it is found are gardens, hedge- rows, woods, etc. The perfect insect appears in September and October. The caterpillar is greyish or reddish brown, mottled with black, white, and brown ; the line along the back narrow and black; the spots whitish. The date of the appearance of the caterpillar is in June and July. 10 It feeds on the hawthorn and the sloe. The chrysalis is found enclosed in a cocoon formed of earth and silk. AGRIOPUS APRIL IN A. MARVEL-DE-JOUR. Plate LXII. Figure 5. Localities for this species are York, Lund near Be- verley, Langmoor near Charmouth, Brighton, Bowdon, Faversham, Plymouth, Exeter, Torwood. The situations where it is found are hedge-sides. The perfect insect appears in September and October. The caterpillar is reddish grey, streaked with black; the line along the back blackish; the spots large and white. The date of the appearance of the caterpillar is in June. It feeds on the oak. The chrysalis is found underneath the ground, enclosed in an earthen cocoon. PHLOGOFHORA METICULOSA. ANGLE-SHADE. Plate LXII. Figure 6. Localities for this common species are York, Sutton- on-Derwent, Nunburnholme, Bromsgrove, Swinhope, Bowdon. The situations where it is found are lanes, gardens, hedge-sides, and woods. The perfect insect appears in June; also in August and September. 11 The caterpillar is green or brownish, with numerous pale dots; the line along the back narrow, pale, and interrupted; the side line pale, the spots white. The date of the appearance of the caterpillar is in November, April, July, and August. It feeds on many low plants. The chrysalis is found below the earth in a cocoon. PHLOGOPHORA EMPYREA. Plate LXII. Figure 7. Localities for this species are Lewes, Brighton. (?) The perfect insect appears in September and October. October 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 20, 21, 22. The caterpillar is greyish green or greenish brown, with a pale line along the back, and another of the like colour on either side of it; the spots yellowish white. The date of the appearance of the caterpillar is from February to May. It feeds on various low plants. The chrysalis is found below the surface in a cocoon. EUPLEXIA LUCIFARIA. DARK ANGLE-SHADE. SMALL ANGLE-SHADE. Plate LXII. Figure 8. Localities for this pretty species are York, Sutton-on- Derwent, Nunburnholme, Bromsgrove, Kilmun, Edin- burgh, Fernlea near Southampton, Stowe Wood, Darenth Wood, Barnstaple, Witney, Sudbury, Black Park, Bere Forest, Rudheath in Cheshire, Durham, Bowdon, and near London. The situations where it is found are woods, gardens, etc. The perfect insect appears in June and July. The caterpillar is green, with a paler line along the back, and slanting dark streaks running to it. The perfect insect appears in August and September. It feeds on the Foxglove (Digitalis purpurea), and other low plants. Al'LECTA HERB ID A. GREEN ARCHES. Plate LXII. Figure 9. Localities for this species are Sutton-on-Derwent, Hud- dersfield, Halton, Exeter, Sandal Beat near Doncaster, Birkenhead near Liverpool, Brighton, York, Tenterden, Lanark, Stowmarket, Darenth Wood, Bere Forest, Looe, West Looe, Scarborough, Plymouth, Black Park, Witney, Stowe Wood, Birmingham, Manchester, Lyndhurst, Chat Moss, Lewes, Sevenoaks, Sheffield, Preston, Darlington, Whalley, Bristol, Canterbury, Carlisle, Lower Guiting, Torwood, Arundel, Worcester, and Worthing. The situations where it is found are woods. The perfect insect appears in June and July; July 5. The caterpillar is dark grey, with a tinge of purple ; the line along the back whitish; that below it on each side also whitish; the space between darker. The date of the appearance of tlic caterpillar is in August, and from thence to April. It feeds on various low plants. The chrysalis is subterranean. APLECTA OCCULTA. GREAT BROCADE. Plate LXIII. Figure 1. Localities for this species are Langwith near York, where the first British specimen was taken by Mr. T. H. Allis, but none there since, Swinhope, Claughton near Birkenhead, Brighton, Epping Forest, Edinburgh, Dover, Birkenhead, Hyde Park London, Camden Town, Lewisham, Lewes, Manchester, Dartford, Huddersfield, Weybridge, New Forest, Sheffield, Tenterden, Barlow Moor Wood near Manchester, Sherwood Forest, Torwood. The situations where it is found are woods, etc. The perfect insect appears in July and August; August 12. The caterpillar is black on the back, yellowish grey on the sides; the line along the back yellowish white; that below it on each side also yellowish white; the spots whitish. The date of the appearance of the caterpillar is in April and May. It feeds on the dandelion (Taraxicum dem-leonis), and other low plants. The chrysalis is found below the earth. 14 Al'LECTA NEBULOSA. GREY ARCHES. Plate LXIII. Figure 2. Localities for tliis species are York, Nunburnliolme, Sutton-on-Derwent, Buttercrambe Moor, Brigliton, Bow- don, Poynings, Torwood, Preston, Durham, Carlisle. The situations where it is found are woods. The perfect insect appears in June and July. The caterpillar is pale brown, with a whitish line along the back running through a row of dark brown angular-shaped spots, the front part of these being paler; the side line edged above with blackish. The date of the appearance of the caterpillar is in April and May. It feeds on the dock (Rumcz pratensis), and other low plants. The chrysalis is found under the ground. APLECTA TINCTA. SILVER ARCHES. Plate LXIII. Figure 3. Localities for this species are Canterbury, Brighton, Darenth Wood, Bere Forest, Plymouth, Birch Wood, Dulwich, West Wickham, Worcester, Sevenoaks, Ten- terden, and near London. The situations where it is found are woods. The perfect insect appears in June and July. 15 The caterpillar is dull greyish brown, with a whitish line along the back, and another of the same colour on either side below it, and a dark stripe. The date of the appearance of the caterpillar is in April and May. It feeds on the birch, and on grass, and other low- plants. The chrysalis is found below the surface of the earth. APLECTA ADVENA. PALE-SHINING-HROWN. Plate LXIII. Figure 4. Localities for this species are York, Nunburnholme, Sutton-on-Derwent, Nafferton, Brighton, Black Park, Faversham, Canterbury, Bristol, Cambridge, St. Osyths, Lower Guiting, Darlington, Ventnor, Edinburgh, Lewes, Halton, Sudbury, Chester, Kingsbury, Carron, Lynd- hurst, Tenterdcn, Worthing. The situations where it is found are gardens, etc. The perfect insect appears in June and July. The caterpillar is pale greyish brown, with a pale line and a row of angular-shaped spots with dark edges along the back, and another similar one on the side; the spots black. The date of the appearance of the caterpillar is in March and April. It feeds on various low plants. The chrysalis is found beneath the ground. 1(5 HADENA SATURA. Plate LXIII. Figure 5. Localities for this species are in Oxfordshire and Cambridgeshire. The perfect insect appears in August. , The caterpillar is reddish brown, with numerous short grey streaks, and a pale greyish line along the back, of which colour is the one below it on each side; the side line yellowish; the divisions between the segments dull yellowish red. The date of the appearance of the caterpillar is in June. It feeds on the honeysuckle. The chrysalis is found beneath the earth. This moth is attracted by light. HADENA ADUSTA. DARK BROCADE. Plate LXIII. Figure 6. Localities for this species are Sutton-on-Derwent and Aldby Park near York, White Moss, Chat Moss, Lower Guiting, Epping, Brighton, Isle of Man, Scarborough, Lewes, Edinburgh, Black Park, Keswick, Birkenhead, Stowmarket, Halt-on, Bere Forest, Bowdon, Cambridge, Bristol, Huddersfield, Barnstaple, Burton-oii-Trent, Dar- lington, Manchester, Preston, Arran, Kilmun, Rannoch. The situations where it is found are hedge-sides, woods, etc. The perfect insect appears in May, June, and July. 17 The caterpillar is dull reddish green, mottled with green on the back, along which is a line of dark blots, underneath it is entirely green; the side line whitish. The date of the appearance of the caterpillar is in July and August. It feeds on various low plants. The chrysalis is found below the earth. HADENA PROTEA. BRINDLED GREEN. Plate LXIV. Figure 1. Localities for this species are York, Sutton-on-Derwent, Brighton, Falmouth, Faversham, Bowdon, Plymouth, Exeter, Barnstaple, Sudbury, New Forest. The situations where it is found are woods, gardens, hedge-sides, etc. The perfect insect appears in September. The caterpillar is green with a whitish line along the back; the side line whitish; so also the divisions be- tween the segments. The date of the appearance of the caterpillar is in June. It feeds on the oak. The chrysalis is subterranean. HADENA GLAUCA. GLAUCOUS SHEARS. Plate LXIV. Figure 2. Localities for this species are Doncaster, Simonswood VOL. in. c 18 Moss near Liverpool, Storeton near Birkenhead, Matlock, Cheltenham, Ashton, Huddersfield, Rugeley, Edinburgh, Manchester, Saddleworth, Shrewsbury, Rannoch, Stow- market, and near London. The perfect insect appears in June. The caterpillar is dull reddish yellow, marbled with blackish on the back; the line below it black but slightly interrupted; the side line dark grey; the spots white, and six dots on the top of the second segment. The date of the appearance of the caterpillar is in July and August. It feeds on the coltsfoot? (Tussilago far far a}. The chrysalis is found below the ground. HAD EN A DENTINA. COMMON SHEARS. Plate LXIY. Figure 3. Localities for this species are York, Sutton-on-Derwent, Nunburnholme, Anstey, Brighton, Falmouth, Bowdon. The situations where it is found are gardens and hedge-sides. The perfect insect appears in June and July. The caterpillar is dull olive grey, the back brownish, with a row of triangular-shaped black spots on either side of it; the head reddish brown. The date of the appearance of the caterpillar is in May? and June. It feeds on the dandelion (Taraxicum dens-lconis] and other low plants. The chrysalis is found under the ground. rkte ISN. ***•"» V^-^^ 3f — — ^ Sit* 19 HADENA PEREGRINA. Plate LXIV. Figure 4. Localities for this species are near Freshwater in the Isle of Wight. The perfect insect appears in August and September; August 23. HADENA CHENOPODII. NUTMEG. Plate LXIV. Figure 5. Localities for this species are Brighton, Falmouth, Bristol, Cambridge, Bognor, Exeter, Kingsbury, Lewes, Shrewsbury, Wavendon, Worcester, and near London. The perfect insect appears in June and July. The caterpillar is green, the side line red edged with white; the line on each side of the back sometimes black, and often green like the ground colour. The date of the appearance of the caterpillar is in September and May? It feeds on the goosefoot (Choenopodium murale) and the orache (Atriplex patula). The chrysalis is subterranean. HADENA ATRIP LI SIS. WILD ARRACH. Plate LXIV. F'njnrv 6. Localities for this species are Wisbeach, Cheltenham, Brandon in Suffolk, Cambridge, Manchester, and near London. The perfect insect appears in June. The caterpillar is dull greenish brown, with a black line along the back; the side line pale reddish and broad; the spots white. The date of the appearance of the caterpillar is in August and September. It feeds on the dock (Rumez pratensis], the goosefoot (Chcenopodium murale), the Persicaria (Polygonum Sis- tor to), etc. HADENA SUASA. DOG'S TOOTH. Plate LXIV. Figure 7. Localities for this species are York, Stockton Forest, Doncaster, Birch Wood, Brighton, Warrington, Chester, St. Osyth's, Tenterden, Cambridge, Bristol, Manchester, Altrincham, Burton-on-Trent, Shrewsbury, Stowmarket, Birkenhead, and near London. The situations where it is found are woods. The perfect insect appears in June. The caterpillar is dull yellowish red dotted with yellow- ish; the line along the back and the one below it bluish; the side line yellow. The date of the appearance of the caterpillar is in July, August, September, and October. It feeds on various low plants. The chrysalis is found underneath the ground. HADENA OLERACEA. HRtGHT-LINE-HROWN EYE. Plate LXIV. Figure 8. Localities for this species are York, Brighton, Fal- mouth, Birkenhead, Bowdon, etc., etc. The situations where it is found are gardens, etc. The perfect insect appears in June. The caterpillar is dull yellowish brown spotted with white; the line along the back brown; the one below it on each side pale; the side line yellow edged above with blackish. The date of the appearance of the caterpillar is in August and September. It feeds on various low plants. The chrysalis is found below the surface. HADENA PISI. BROWN MOTH. Plate LXIV. Figure 9. Localities for this species are York, Sutton-on-Derwent, Scarborough, Bromsgrove Lickey, Brighton, Kingsbury, Manchester, Canterbury, Faversham, Falmouth, Bowdon, Scarborough, Worthing, Barnstaple, Birkenhead, Lower Guiting, Darlington, Plymouth, Chat Moss, Rosthwaite, Bristol, Edinburgh, Wavendon, Lewes, Rannoch, Burton- on-Trent, Cambridge, Halton, Worcester. The situations where it is found are road-sides and other waste places where broom grows. The perfect insect appears in June. The caterpillar is dark green, or, more commonly red- dish brown; the line on each side of the back yellow; the side line also yellow. The date of the appearance of the caterpillar is in August, September, and October. It feeds on the broom, and also on low plants. The chrysalis is found below the earth. HADENA THALASSINA. PALE-SHOULDERED BROCADE. Plate LXIV. Figure 10. Localities for this species are York, Brighton, Bowdon, Falmouth, Darenth Wood, Canterbury, Lewisham, Black Park, Bere Forest, Looe, West Looe, White Moss near Manchester, etc., etc., etc. The situations where it is found are woods. The perfect insect appears in June and July; July 5. The caterpillar is pale green, with a darker line along the back, and reddish streaks running to it at the end of each segment; the line on each side of the back reddish as is the side line, and interrupted. The date of the appearance of the caterpillar is in August and September. It feeds on the broom, honeysuckle, etc. The chrysalis is found below the surface. HADENA CONTIGUA. LIGHT BROCADE. Plate LXV. Figure 1. Localities for this species are Sutton-on-Derwent, Bere Forest, Lewes, Lower Guiting, Darenth Wood, Rannoch, Lyndhurst, Peterborough, Delamere Forest, Killarney. The situations where it is found are woods. The perfect insect appears in June. The caterpillar is yellowish green; the line on either side below the back indicated by a row of slanting reddish brown streaks ; the spots reddish brown. The date of the appearance of the caterpillar is in August and September. It feeds on the nut and other bushes and plants. The chrysalis is subterranean. HADENA GENISTJE. Plate LXV. Figure 2. Localities for this species are Brighton, Bristol, Lower Guiting, Lewisham, Leatherhead, Lewes, Black Park, Lyndhurst, Bere Forest, Stowe Wood. The situations where it is found are woods. The perfect insect appears in May and June; the end of the former and the beginning of the latter month. The caterpillar is brownish, tinged with green on the fore part, and with rose colour on the hinder; the line along the back rather darker brown ; the line below it on 24 each side indicated by some slanting dark lines; the side line darker edged below with whitish. The date of the appearance of the caterpillar is in July, August, and September. The chrysalis is subterranean. HADENA RECTILINEA. CLOUDED BROCADE. Plate LXV. Figure 3. Localities for this species are Wharncliffe, Sheffield, Killarney, Ashton, Huddersfield, Rannoch, Torwood, Stirling, and near London. The situations where it is found are moors, etc. The perfect insect appears in June. The caterpillar is brown or dull reddish yellow; the line along the back met by a row of dark slanting streaks, the spots white. The date of the appearance of the caterpillar is in September. It feeds on the bilberry ( Vaccinium Myrtillus}, and the bramble, etc. The chrysalis is found underneath the ground. XYLINIDA XYLOCAMPA LITHORIZA. EARLY GREY. Plate LXV. Figure 4. Localities for this species are Elvington, Langwith, PL.LIV. H2WTja«aB^ -S-C'--^ ifT\V&««?E\; . V33*4< ^ OF THS iNlVgRSlTY 2AL'FO*£ii 25 Bromsgrove, Shrewsbury, Lewes, Falmouth, Birkenhead, Cambridge, Stowmarket, Black Park, Bristol, Darlington, Manchester, Tenterden, Newnham, Exeter, Kingsbury, Lyndhurst, Wavendon, Carlisle, Lewes, Scarborough, Worthing, Worcester. The situations where it is found are woods, hedge- rows, etc. It is to be seen at rest on the trunks of trees. The perfect insect appears at the end of March and the beginning of April. The caterpillar is dull greyish yellow, with a paler line along the back, running through a row of brownish angular-shaped spots, the one on the eighth segment most conspicuous; the spots white edged with black, on the twelfth segment is a slight hump. The date of the appearance of the caterpillar is in July and August. It feeds on the honeysuckle. The chrysalis is found on the surface of the ground, enclosed in a cocoon. CLOANTHA PERSPICILLARIS. Plate LXV. Figure 5. Localities for this species are Birch Wood, Bulstrode Park, Great Yarmouth in Norfolk, Ashford in Hampshire. The situations where it is found are woods. The perfect insect appears in May. The caterpillar is reddish brown, dotted with dark brown ; the line along the back yellow and narrow, with a row of slanting brownish streaks; the side line yellow, edged with dark brown. The date of the appearance of the caterpillar is in July and August. It feeds on the St. John's Wort (Hypericum calycinuni). The chrysalis is subterranean. CLOANTHA SOLIDAGINIS. • GOLDEN-ROD BRINDLE. Plate LXV. Figure 6. Localities for this species are York, Saddleworth, Sta- leybridge, Rugeley, Ashton, and The Brushes near Manchester. The perfect insect appears in August and September. The caterpillar is dark reddish brown with a narrow line along the back, and the spots pale yellow, the latter placed in a row of blackish blots; the side line pale yellow and broad. The date of the appearance of the caterpillar is in June. It feeds on the bilberry (Vaccinium Myrtittus}. The chrysalis is found under the surface of the ground. CALOCAMPA VETUSTA. RED SWORD-GRASS. SCARCE SWORD-GRASS. Plate LXV. Figure 7. Localities for this fine species are York, Stockton Forest, Doncaster, Nunburnholme, Crompton's Coppice near York, Scarborough, Birkenhead, Bristol, Darenth Wood, Brighton, Birch Wood, Burton-on-Trent, Wimbledon, Cambridge, Carlisle, Stirling, Lower Guiting, Edinburgh, 27 Arundel, Rannoch, Isle of Mull, Huddersfield, Plymouth, Shrewsbury, Chichester, Bowdon, Tenterden, Worthing, Lewes, Ventnor, Manchester, Barnstaple, Weston-super- Mare, Peterborough, and Boyd's Planting near Torwood. The situations where it is found are woods, gardens, etc. The perfect insect appears in September and October, and continues till February, March, and April; Feb- ruary 14; 25. The caterpillar is dark green; the line on either side of the back pale yellow; the side line, which is narrow, yellow and edged with black; the spots yellow and white edged with black. The date of the appearance of the caterpillar is in May and June. It feeds on various meadow and marsh plants. The chrysalis is found deep below the surface. CALOCAMPA EXOLETA. LARGE SWORD-GRASS. Plate LXV. Figure 8. Localities for this formerly rare, but now common, and finespecies are York, Doncaster, Sutton-on-Derwent,Lang- with, Stockton Forest, Nunburnholme, Bromsgrove, Swin- hope, Birkenhead, Crompton's Coppice near York, Newark, Brighton, Burton-on-Trent, Dulwich, Lewisham, Carlisle, Peterborough, Cambridge, Lower Guiting, Black Park, Rannoch, Bowdon, Darlington, Edinburgh, Arundel, Ply- mouth, Bristol, Exeter, Huddersfield, Kingsbury, Lewes, Ventnor, Lyndhurst, Manchester, Shrewsbury, Worthing, Barnstaple, Scarborough, Worcester, Boyd's Planting near Torwood, Weston-super-Mare, Stirling. The situations where it is found are woods, gardens, and hedge-sides. The perfect insect appears in September and October, and continues till February, March, and April ; February 16—28. The caterpillar is bright green with a row of spots along the back connected with a black blot; the line on each side below the back yellow; the side line yellow inter- sected by a slender scarlet streak; the spots white edged with black. The date of the appearance of the caterpillar is in June and July. It feeds on various low plants. The chrysalis is found deep below the ground. XYLINA RHIZOLITHA. GREY-SHOULDER KNOT. Plate LXV. Figure 9. Localities for this species are Faversham, Brighton, Falmouth, Plymouth, Tenterden, Black Park, Bristol, Cambridge, Halton, Worthing, Lower Guiting, Exeter, Worcester, Horndean, Kingsbury, Lewes, Lyndhurst, Barnstaple, Shrewsbury, Weston-super-Mare, Henley, Stowmarket, Sudbury, Arundel, Wigmore Wood, and Hambley Wood near Chatham. The situations where it is found are woods, etc. The perfect insect appears in October and November; October 19; November 2. The caterpillar is bluish green dotted with white; the line along the back white but indistinct; the line below it on each side similar; the side line yellowish white. The date of the appearance of the caterpillar is in May. It feeds on the oak. The chrysalis is found below the earth. XYLINA CONFORMIS. Plate LXVI. Figure 1. Localities for this species are in Glamorganshire. The situations where it is found are about ivy trees, at the blossom. The perfect insect occurs in October, and through the winter to March. XYLTNA SEMIBRITNNEA. TAWNY PINION. Plate LXVI. Figure 2. Localities for this species are Coombe Wood, Mickle- ham, Lyndhurst, Darenth "Wood, Bristol, Cambridge, Plymouth, Norbury Park, Lower Guiting, Kingsbury, Worcester, Freshwater in the Isle of Wight, Weston- super-Mare. The situations where it is found are woods, etc. The perfect insect appears in September and October The chrysalis is found below the earth. I am indebted to Mr. Allis, of York, for the loan of the specimen from which the plate is taken. 30 XYLINA PETRIFICATA. PALE PINION. Plate LXVI. Figure 3. Localities for this species are Norbury Park, Isle of Man, Black Park, Brighton, Bristol, Exeter, Arundel, Lyndhurst, Worcester, Plymouth, Barnstaple, Henley- on-Thames. The perfect insect appears in September. The caterpillar is pale green, with a white line along the back; the side line white; the head black; the legs black, the prolegs green. The date of the appearance of the caterpillar is in May, June, and July. It feeds on the oak, the lime, etc. The chrysalis is found below the earth. CUCULLIA YERBASCI. MULLEIN. Plate LXVI. Figure 4. Localities for this species are Faversham, Brighton, Charmouth, Dorking, Maidstone, Looe, Bristol, Cam- bridge, Canterbury, Exeter, Lewes, St. Leonard's, Stow- market, Plymouth, Horndean, Wavendon, Worcester, Henley-on-Thames, Kanmore Common. The situations where it is found are uncultivated barren spots. The perfect insect appears at the end of April and in May and June; June 20. PL. LIYI 31 The caterpillar is greenish white with a rather broad yellow cross band on each segment, in which the spots are black and large; a double row of large black spots along the side line below the back, a black spot following each spiracle, and two beneath it; prolegs black on the upper part; the face yellowish spotted with blue. It feeds on the mullein ( Verbascum Blattaria), the knotted figwort (Scrophularia nodosa), etc. The chrysalis is subterranean. CUCULLTA SCROPHULARI^E. WATER-BETONY MOTH. Plate LXVI. Figure 5. Localities for this handsome species are Brighton, Looe, Plymouth, Exeter, Cambridge. The perfect insect appears in May. The caterpillar is greenish white, with a yellow band on the back of each segment, and a row of large black spots along the back, almost always united; there is a double row of large black spots along the side line below the back, a black spot following each spiracle, and two beneath it; the face yellow. The date of the appearance of the caterpillar is in June and July. It feeds on the water betony (Scrofularia aquatica), the knotted figwort (Scrophularia nodosa), and the moth- mullein ( Verbascum Blattaria). The chrysalis is found under the soil enclosed in a large cocoon. For this figure also I am indebted to Mr. Allis, of York. CUCULLIA LYCHNITIS. Plate LXVI. Figure 6. Localities for this very elegant species are Arundel, Horndean, Henley, Marlow. The perfect insect appears in June and July. The caterpillar is pale dull yellowish white' or greenish white, having on each segment a band of deep yellow, with two black spots in front and a curved black band behind; on the sides a row of black spots with another below each, and two other spots slantwise below these; the face yellow spotted with black. The date of the appearance of the caterpillar is in August and September. It feeds on the white mullein ( Verbascum lyclmitis). The chrysalis is found below the earth enclosed in a large cocoon. CUCULLIA ASTERIS. STAR WO 11 T MOTH. Plate LXVI. Figure 7. Localities for this species are Brighton, Darenth Wpod, Croydon, Fulham in Norfolk, Dulwich Wood, Canterbury, West Wickham Wood, Birch Wood, Lewes, Bere Forest. The situations where it is found are woods. The perfect insect appears at the end of May and in June. The caterpillar is bluish green or purplish, with a yellow line edged with black along the back, and another of the like colour on each side of it; the side line white edged with black. The date of the appearance of the caterpillar is in August and September. It feeds on the golden rod (Solidago virgaurea). The chrysalis is found under the earth enclosed in a large cocoon. CUCULLIA GNAPHALII. Plate LXVI. Figure 8. Localities for this species are Lewes, Birch Wood, Horndean, Darenth Wood. The situations where it is found are woods. The perfect insect appears in June. The caterpillar is pale green, the back dull reddish with a broad paler line along it edged with brownish; on the sides a row of dull red blots. The date of the appearance of the caterpillar is in July and August. It feeds on the golden rod (Solidago virgaurea). The chrysalis is found under the ground enclosed in a large cocoon. CUCULLIA ABSINTHII. WORMWOOD SHARK-. Plate LXVI. Figure 9. Localities for this species were in Bunhill Fields near London, and are near Falmouth and Plymouth. The perfect insect appears in July. The caterpillar is green, with a row of pale green blots VOL. III. D 34 along the back; the line on each side below it white, with a white slanting streak from each segment; also a row of pale greyish red blots along the sides. The date of the appearance of the caterpillar is in August and September. It feeds on the wormwood (Artemisia maritime?). The chrysalis is subterranean, enclosed in a large cocoon. CUCULLIA CHAMOMILLJB. CHAMOMIT/E SHARK. Plate LXVI. Figure 10. Localities for this species are York, Lytham, New Brighton near Birkenhead, Waterloo near Liverpool, Birch Wood, Lewes, Putney, Wimbledon, Edinburgh, Hornsey, Manchester, Kingsbury, Dunbar, Plymouth, Worthing, and near London. The situations where it is found are woods, heaths, and commons. The perfect insect appears in April, May, and June. Some have been known as early as January, and others as late as July; July 28. The caterpillar is pale yellow, with a dull olive green line along the back, and another of the same colour but waved and interrupted on each side below it. There is a rose-coloured cross band on each segment. The date of the appearance of the caterpillar is in July and August. It feeds on the feverfew (Matricaria chamomitta), and the chamomile (Anthemis nolilis}. 35 The chrysalis is found under the soil, enclosed in a •ge cocoon. The plate is from a moth lent by Mr. Allis. CUCULLIA UMBHATICA. LARGE PALE SHARK. Plate LXVII. Figure 1. Localities for this species are York, Sutton-on-Derwent, Langwith and Stockton, Huinberstone, Brighton, Constan- tine near Falmouth, Croydon, Bowdon, Nunburnholme, Ely, Charmouth, Sudbury, Nafferton, Manchester, Chat- ham, etc. The situations where it is found are gardens, woods, hedges, etc. The perfect insect appears in June; June 23. The caterpillar is blackish, with a row of orange blots along the back, two on each segment, and a row of smaller ones on the sides. The date of the appearance of the caterpillar is in July, August, and September. It feeds on the sow-thistle (Sonchus oleraceus), and the (Sonchus arvcnsis). The chrysalis is found under the ground enclosed in a large cocoon. HELIOTHDm HELIOTHIS MARGINATA. BORDERED SALLOW. Plate LXVIL Figure 2. Localities for this species are Lowestoft, Canterbury, Isle 36 of Man, Lewes, Worcester, Worthing, Dover, Lower Guiting, Bere Forest, Cambridge, Stowmarket, Birken- head. The situations where it is found are woods. The perfect insect appears at the end of May, and in June. The caterpillar is green dotted with whitish, and with a dark green line bordered with whitish alorig the back, and a whitish green one on either side below it; the side line yellow. There is a reddish-grey variety. The date of the appearance of the caterpillar is in July and August. It feeds on the henbane (Hyoscijamus nigcr}, the rest- harrow (Onoms arvensis), and the sandwort (Arenaria verna). The chrysalis is found enclosed in a slight cocoon. HELIOTHIS PELTIGERA. BORDERED STRAW. Plate LXVII. Figure 3. Localities for this species are Brighton, Plymouth, Lower Guiting, Braunton Burrows near Barnstaple, Newmarket, Cambridge. The situations where it is found are clover fields, etc. The perfect insect appears in June, July, and August. The caterpillar is green, with a blackish line along the back, interrupted in the middle of each segment, and another below it of pale green, the side line white. A variety has a dull yellowish band on each segment. Kav The date of the appearance of the caterpillar is in July and August. It feeds on the rest harrow (Hyoscyamus nigcr}, and the sandwort (Arcnarla vernci). The chrysalis is found enclosed in a slight cocoon. HELIOTHIS ARMIGERA. Plate LXVII. Figure 4. Localities for this species are Bromborough near Bir- kenhead, Brighton, Weston-super-Mare, Bristol, Salford, Lewes, Worthing, Bcnton in Oxfordshire, Torquay, Fresh- water in the Isle of AVight, Sidraouth, Cambridge, Exeter, Mickleham, Edmonton, Manchester, Ramsgate. The perfect insect appears in August, at the middle and end of the month, and in September and October; October 5—9. The caterpillar is reddish brown, with a line along the back streaked with yellow and black; the side line of the same colour, the spots distinct and black. The date of the appearance of the caterpillar is in June and July. It feeds on the wild mignionette (Reseda luted}. The chrysalis is found enclosed in a slight cocoon. HELIOTHIS DIPSACEA. MARBLED CLOVER. Plate LXVII. Figure 5. Localities for this species are York, Langwith, Dover, 38 Hatfield Chase, Trefusis near- Falmouth, Hamworthy near Poole, Cambridge, Worthing. The perfect insect appears in July; July 11, 1£, and to the beginning of August. The caterpillar is pale yellow streaked with reddish brown; the line along the back wide, and of a violet brown colour, and a stripe of the same colour on the sides. There is a reddish slanting baud on each segment; the spots black but small. The date of the appearance of the caterpillar is in August and September. It feeds on the toadflax (Linaria vulgar is\ and other low plants. The chrysalis is found enclosed in a slight cocoon. HELIOTHIS SCUTOSA. Plate LXVII. Figure 6. Localities for this species are near Carlisle, and on Strensal Common near York. The perfect insect appears in June? and August. The caterpillar is yellowish green with the spots and several lines greyish black. The date of the appearance of the caterpillar is in July. It feeds on the field southernwood (Artemisia cam- pestris}. The chrysalis is found enclosed in a slight cocoon. ANARTA MELANOPA. DARK YELLOW UNDERWING. Plate LXVII. Figure 7. Localities for this species are near Rannoch. The situations where it is found are moors and heaths. The perfect insect appears in June. This species flies by day, most briskly in the hottest sunshine. ANARTA CORDIGERA. SMALL DARK YELLOW UNDERWING. Plate LXVII. Figure 8. Localities for this species are the Isle of Man, Isle of Mull, and Rannoch in Perthshire. The situations where it is found are rocky moors. The perfect insect appears in May. The caterpillar is dull reddish yellow, with a dull yel- lowish brown line along the back, and a slanting streak meeting it on each segment; the side line white on its fore part; the spots white. The date of the appearance of the caterpillar is in August. It feeds on the bilberry (Vaccinium myrtittus). The chrysalis is found enclosed in a cocoon of silk mixed with earth. This moth flies rapidly in the day-time. 40 ANARTA MYRTILLI. BEAUTIFUL YELLOW-UNDERWI1STG. Plate LXVII. Figure 9. Localities for this species are Bromsgrove Lickey, Lang- with, Buttercrambe Moor, Allerthorpe and Stockton Com- mon near York, Wavendon, Huddersfield, Linwood near Market Rasen, Falmouth, Carlisle, Edinburgh, Black Park, Dunoon, Stirling, Bowdon, Lewes, Darlington, Chat Moss, Tenterden, Ripon, Scarborough, Birkenhcad, Preston, Shrewsbury, Manchester, Perry Wood near Faversham, Lyndhurst. The situations where it is found are heaths and heathy places. The perfect insect appears in June and July. The caterpillar is of a beautiful green colour, with darker lines crossed by a series of yellowish white blots; the spots white. The date of the appearance of the caterpillar is in September and October. It feeds on the heath (Calluna vulgaris}. The chrysalis is found enclosed in a cocoon of silk mixed with earth. This species also flies in the sunshine. It is extremely rapid on the wing. HELIODES ARBUTI. SMALL YELLOW-UNDERWING. Plate LXVII. Figure 10. Localities for this species are York, at Stockton Common, 41 Langwith, Allcrthorpe, Huddersfield, Falmouth, Bow- don, Birkenheadj Bristol, Halton, Lewes, Manchester, Lewisham, Burton-on-Trent, Darlington, Shrewsbury, Tenterden, Barnstaple, Lower Guiting, Exeter, Waven- don, Worcester, Fairbrook near Faversham. The situations where it is found are grass fields and commons. The perfect insect appears at the end of May and in the beginning of June. The caterpillar is pale green, or greyish green, with a darker line along the back bordered with white; the line below it on each side pale; the side line white. The date of the appearance of the caterpillar is in June. It feeds on the mouse-ear (Cerastium arvense). The chrysalis is found under the earth. ACONTIIXE. AGROPHILA SULPHURALIS. SPOTTED SULPHUR. Plate LXVII. Figure 11. Localities for this species are Cambridge, Brandon, and Battersea Fields London. The perfect insect appears at the end of June and in July, and the beginning of August. The caterpillar is green, otherwise reddish brown, dotted with black; the side line broad and p*ale yellow. The date of the appearance of the caterpillar is in July? It feeds on the bindweed (Convolvulus major}, and the small bindweed (Convolvulus minor.} The chrysalis is subterranean. VOL. III. E 42 ACONTIA LUCTUOSA. FOUR-SPOTTED MOTH. Plate LXVII. Figure 12. Localities for this species are Brighton, Stoats Nest Surrey, Torquay, Cambridge, Lower Guiting, Lewes, and between Croydon and Sanderstead. The situations where it is found are chalky districts. The perfect insect appears in June, July, and August. The caterpillar is reddish grey streaked and marbled with brown; a black spot on .the fifth, sixth, seventh, and eighth segments. It has sixteen legs. The date of the appearance of the caterpillar is in May and June. It feeds on the convolvulus {Convolvulus major and minor}. The chrysalis is enclosed in a cocoon of earth. The moth flies in the sunshine. ACONTIA ALBICOLLIS. ROSY MARBLE. Plate LXVIII. Figure 1. Localities for this species are Brighton, Dover. The situations where it is found are clover fields. The perfect insect appears in August; August 25. The moth flies in the sunshine. LXVUI. ( /« ERASTBIDJE. ERASTRIA VENUSTULA. Plate LXVIII. Figure 2. Localities for this species are Epping Forest near Loughton. The situations where it is found are heathy parts of woods. The perfect insect appears at the end of May, and in June and July; May 29; June 7, 12, 14, 16, 24, 29. This species flies in the sunshine. ERASTRIA FUSCULA. Plate LXVIII. Figure 3. Localities for this species are Sutton-on-Derwent near York, Brighton, Bristol, Worcester, Lewes, Stowmarket, Exeter, Tenterden, Looe, West Looe, Bere Forest, Barn- staple, Dingwall, Killarney, and near London. The perfect insect appears in June and July; June 20. The caterpillar is yellowish grey with a broad brown line along the back, and another blackish and slender one below it on each side. The date of the appearance of the caterpillar is in August and September. It feeds on the bramble. The chrysalis is found in a cocoon among leaves and moss. 44 BANKIA ARGENTULA. SILVER-BARRED. Plate LXVIII. Figure 4. Localities for this species are near Killarney, Whittlesea Mere, and Beachamwell. The situations where it is found are reedy and rushy places. The perfect insect appears in June. The caterpillar is green, darker on the back and be- tween the segments; on either side of the back is a white line; the side line also white. The date of the appearance of the caterpillar is in August? It feeds on the sweet gale? (Myrica Gale), and dif- ferent grasses. The chrysalis is enclosed in a cocoon on the surface of the earth. ANTHOPHILID^E. HYDRELIA UNCANA. SILVER HOOK. Plate LXVIII. Figure 5. Localities for this species are Askham Bog near York, Falmouth, Carlisle, Cambridge, Stowmarket, Killarney. The situations where it is found are marshes, bogs, and fens. The perfect insect appears in June. The caterpillar is green, with a stripe on the sides. 45 The date of the appearance of the caterpillar is in August? It feeds on the sedge (Carex divisa.) The chrysalis is found in a slight cocoon amongst moss. MICRA OSTRINA. PURPLE MARBLED. Plate LXVIII. Figure 6. Localities for this species are Bideford, Torquay, Isle of Wight. The situations where it is found are near the sea. The perfect insect appears in June; June 8. The chrysalis is found in a cocoon spun amongst moss or leaves. MICRA PARVA. Plate LXVIII. Figure 7. Localities for this species are Teignmonth, Torquay on the cliffs. The chrysalis is found in a cocoon spun amongst leaves and moss. BREPHOS PARTHENIAS. ORANGE UNDERWING. Plate LXVIII. Figure 8. Localities for this species are York, Buttercrambe Moor, 46 Langwith, Stockton Forest, Brighton, Woolton near Liverpool, Darenth Wood, Bristol, Lewes, West Wick- ham Wood, Scarborough, Worcester, Tilgate Forest, Shrewsbury, Worthing, Rugeley, Rannoch. The situations where it is found are birch woods. The perfect insect appears in March, April, and the beginning of May; May 1. The caterpillar is dark green, with a black 'line edged with yellowish along the back, and another of the same colour on each side of it; the side line yellowish green; the spots white. It feeds on the birch, as also on the oak and the beech. The chrysalis is enclosed in a slight cocoon amongst moss or bark. BREPHOS NOTHA. LIGHT ORANGE-UNDERWING. Plate LXVIII. Figure 9. Localities for this species are York, Stockton Forest, Sutton-on-Derwent, Brighton, Kingsbury, Darenth Wood, Barren Wood near Carlisle, Stowmarket, Monmouth. The situations where it is found are woods. The perfect insect appears in March and April. The caterpillar is green, with a darker line along the back and another of the like colour on each side of it; the side line blackish green. The date of the appearance of the caterpillar is in June. It feeds on the sallow and the aspen. The chrysalis is enclosed in a slight cocoon among moss and bark. 47 ABROSTOLA URTICJE. SPECTACLE MOTH. Plate LXVIII. Figure 10. Localities for this neat species are York, Nunburn- holme, Bromsgrove, Halton, Falmouth, Brighton, Reigate, Bowdon, Edinburgh, Burton-on-Trent, Bristol, Lower Guiting, Uppingham, Cambridge, Huddersfield, Lewes, Plymouth, Worthing, Kingsbury, Manchester, Scarbo- rough, Worcester, Stowmarket. The situations where it is found are lanes and hedge- sides. The perfect insect appears in June and July. The caterpillar is greenish white, with two or three slanting white streaks on each segment beyond the fourth, the upper pair meeting on the back. The date of the appearance of the caterpillar is in July and October. It feeds on the stinging nettle ( Urtica urens). The chrysalis is enclosed in a cocoon of silk mixed with moss. ABROSTOLA TRIPLASIA. DARK SPECTACLE MOTH. Plate LXVIII. Figure 11. Localities for this species are York, Hammersmith, Manchester, Birkenhead, Worcester, Kingsbury, Hud- 48 dersfield, Bristol, Halton, Cambridge, Burton-on-Trent, Lower Guiting, Exeter. The perfect insect appears in June, July, and September. The caterpillar is dull green, with two white streaks along the back; the fifth and sixth segments have a tri- angular-shaped mark pointing towards the head, the twelfth has a dark green spot encircled with black; the side line white with some white streaks slanting from it upwards. The date of the appearance of the caterpillar is in July, August, and September. It feeds on the stinging nettle ( Urtica urens). The chrysalis is found in a cocoon of silk mixed with moss. PLUSIA ORICHALCEA. SCARCE BURNISHED-BRASS. Plate LXVIII. Figure 12. Localities for this species are Charmouth, Glanvilles' Wootton, Hethersett, Newbury, Manchester, Craford, Ashdown Forest, Plymouth, Deal, Dursley. The perfect insect appears in August. The caterpillar is green, with a white line along the back, edged with a waved streak; the side line broad, and white edged above with dark green; the spots white. The date of the appearance of the caterpillar is in June and July. It feeds on the hemp agrimony (Eupatoria cannabina.) The chrysalis is enclosed in a loose cocoon of silk. 49 PLUSIA CHRYSITIS. BRASS WING. BURNISHED BRASS. Plate LXVIII. Figure 13. Localities for this extensively distributed species are York, Nunburnholme, Sutton-on-Derwent, Bromsgrove, Charmouth, Brighton, Falmouth, Bowdon, Faversham, Isle of Man, Edinburgh, etc., etc. The situations where it is found are gardens, lanes, hedge-sides, etc. The perfect insect appears in June, July, and August. The caterpillar is pale green, with two rows of white streaks below the back on each side; the side line white. The date of the appearance of the caterpillar is in June, July, and September. It feeds on the stinging nettle ( Urtica urens}, the thistle (Carduus lanccolatus ,) etc., etc. The chrysalis is enclosed in a loose cocoon of silk. PLUSIA BRACTEA. GOLD SPANGLE. Plate LXIX. Figure 1. Localities for this species are York, the Isle of Bute, Edinburgh, Birmingham, Bowdon, Manchester, Whalley, Huddersfield, Shrewsbury, Keswick, Carlisle, Falkirk, Macclesfield. The perfect insect appears in July. The caterpillar is pale green with waved yellowish white 50 lines on either side of the back; the side line yellowish white. The chrysalis is found enclosed in a loose cocoon of silk. PLUSIA FESTUCJE. GOLD SPOT. Plate LXIX. Figure 2. Localities for this species are York, Nunburnholme, Sutton-on-Derwent, Falmouth, Cambridge, Manchester, Yaxley, Bowdon, Birkenhead, Worcester, Norwich, Warrington, Preston, Edinburgh, and near London. The situations where it is found are marshes, gardens, near water, etc. The perfect insect appears in August and September. The caterpillar is green with a dark green line along the back, and three narrow pale green lines on each side; the side line pale green. The date of the appearance of the caterpillar is in July. It feeds on the sedge ( Carex divisa), and the bur reed (Sparganium ramosum}. The chrysalis is enclosed in a loose silken cocoon. PLTJSIA IOTA. GOLD-Y. Plate LXIX. Figure 3. Localities for this species are York, Sutton-on-Derwent, Bromsgrove, NafFerton, Halton, Worcester, Scarborough, 3 51 Anstey, Falmouth, Bowdon, Stowmarket, Barnstaple, Bristol, Lower Guiting, Shrewsbury, Ely, Burton-on- Trent, Darlington, Tenterden, Rotherham, Edinburgh, Kingsbury, \Vavendon, Exeter, Huddersfield, Lewes, Falkirk, Manchester, Plymouth. The perfect insect appears in June and July. The caterpillar is pale green with waved yellowish white lines on each side of the back; the side line yellowish white. The date of the appearance of the caterpillar is in April and June. It feeds on the stinging nettle ( Urtica urens), the groundsel (Senecio vulgaris), and the honeysuckle. PLUSIA V-AUREUM. Plate LXIX. Figure 4. Localities for this species are York, Frankby near Birkenhead, Manchester, Falmouth, Bristol, Darlington, Scarborough, Lynton, Burton-on-Trent, Shrewsbury, Edinburgh, Rotherham, Cambridge, Exeter, Huddersfield, Worcester, Stowmarket, Bowdon, Lower Guiting, Lewes, Kingsbury. The perfect insect appears in June and July. The caterpillar is green; the side line yellow. The date of the appearance of the caterpillar is in May. It feeds on the stinging nettle ( Urtica urens), and the stingless nettle ( Urtica dioica), the groundsel (Senecio vulgaris}, etc., etc. The chrysalis is found in a cocoon of silk. PLUSIA GAMMA. SILVER-Y. Plate LXIX. Figure 5. Localities for this excessively common species are York, Nunburnholme, Sutton-on-Derwent, Charmouth, Bowdon, Nafferton, Falmouth, Faversham, Milstead, etc., etc., etc., etc. The situations where it is found are fields, gardens, lanes, etc. The perfect insect appears in June, July, August, September, and October. It has been known to come out December 81—13!! The caterpillar is green, with a bluish green line along the back edged with slender white lines, and below it on each side a pale whitish green line; the side line yellowish, edged above with dark green ; the spots white. The date of the appearance of the caterpillar is in April, July, August, and September. It feeds on many low plants. The chrysalis is found in a cocoon of silk. PLUSIA INTERROGATIONS. YORKSHIRE-Y. SCARCE SILVER-Y. Plate LXIX. Figure 6. Localities for this species are Llangollen, Preston, Shrewsbury, Carlisle, Manchester, Arran, Huddersfield, Kilmun, Darlington, Rannock, Golspie, and Inver. 53 The situations where it is found are moors. The perfect insect appears in June and July. The caterpillar is green with white markings. The date of the appearance of the caterpillar is in May and June. It feeds on the stinging nettle ( Urtica urens.} The chrysalis is found in a cocoon of silk. GONOPTEBIDJE. GONOPTERIX LIBATRIX. HERALD. Plate LXIX. Figure 7. Localities for this common species are York, Anstey, Nafferton, Sutton-on-Derwent, Bromsgrove, Sandal Beat near Doncaster, Brighton, Nunburnholme, Falmouth, Bowdon, Marlow, etc., etc. The situations where it is found are gardens, woods, etc. The perfect insect appears in August and September, till again in March, April, May, and June. The caterpillar is velvet green, paler between the segments; on either side of the back is a yellow line edged beneath with black. The date of the appearance of the caterpillar is in July. It feeds on the ash and the willow. The chrysalis is enclosed in a cocoon spun among the leaves on the tree. 54 AMPHIEYB1DJS. AMPHIPYRA PYRAMIDEA. COPPER-UNDERWING. Plate LXIX. Figure 8. Localities for this local species are York, Worcester, Swinhope, Brighton, Falmouth, Bristol, Manchester, Sud- bury, Black Park, Barnstaple, Burton-on-Trent, Dorking, Lullingstone Park, Peterborough, Shrewsbury, Worthing, Sherwood Forest, Eotherham, Stowmarket, Wavendon, Chichester, Reigate, Cambridge, Plymouth, Kingsbury, Lewes, Exeter, Tenterden. The situations where it is found are woods, gardens, etc. The perfect insect appears in July. The caterpillar is green, with a white line along the back, and another of the same on each side of it; the side line also white; on the twelfth segment there is a raised point. The date of the appearance of the caterpillar is in May. It feeds on many low plants. The chrysalis is found in a cocoon on the surface of the ground. AMPHIPYRA TRAGOPOGONIS. MOUSE MOTH. Plate LXX. Figure 1. Localities for this species are York, Sutton-on-Derwent, Plate GDC. "•• • ( 55 Nunburnholmc, Brighton, Bowdon, Ply mouth, Faversham, Isle of Man, New Brighton, Black Park, etc., etc. The situations where it is found are woods, gardens, etc. The perfect insect appears in July, August, and Sep- tember; August 17. The caterpillar is green, with a white line along the back, another of the like colour on each side of it; the side line also white; on the twelfth segment is a raised point. The date of the appearance of the caterpillar is in June. It feeds on various low plants. The chrysalis is found in a cocoon on the ground. This species is much attracted by light, and is very often found in houses and outbuildings. MANIA TYPICA. DARK GOTHIC. Plate LXX. Figure 2. Localities for this species are York, Sutton-on-Derwent, Brighton, Nunburnholme, Bowdon. The situations where it is found are gardens, etc. The perfect insect appears in June and July. The caterpillar is greenish grey, with a faint tinge of rose red between the segments; the line on either side of the back is dark grey intersected by a row of slanting whitish streaks, those on the eleventh and twelfth seg- ments followed by a black streak; the side line whitish, edged above with blackish. The caterpillars are gre- garious when young. The date of the appearance of the caterpillar is in September and through the winter to April. 56 It feeds on the dock (Rumex pratensis), and the willow herb (Epilobium hirsutum). The chrysalis is found under the earth. MANIA MAURA. OLD LADY. MOURNING WIDOW. GREAT BROWN BAR. Plate LXX. Figure 3. Localities for this species are York, Nunburnholme, Charmouth, Bromsgrove, Brighton, Anstey, Falmouth, Faversham, Canterbury, Bowdon, Worcester, etc., etc. The situations where it is found are gardens, river sides, etc., etc. The perfect insect appears in July and August. The caterpillar is purple brown, the sides darker; the back line yellowish ; the one below it yellowish but indis- tinct and intersected by slanting whitish streaks edged with black; the side line whitish. ' The date of the appearance of the caterpillar is in April and May. It feeds on the dock (Rumex pratensis), the chickweed (Alsine media), etc. The chrysalis is found below the earth. 57 TOXOCAMPA PASTINUM. BLACK-NECK. Plate LXX. Figure 4. Localities for this species are York, Scarborough, Stockton Forest, Burnby in a chalk-pit on the Wold-side, Teignmouth, Brighton, Poynings, Mickleham, Lewes, Torquay, Lyndhurst, Stowmarket, Ilfracombe, Sheffield, Tenterden. The situations where it is found are woods, chalk- pits, etc. The perfect insect appears in June and July. The caterpillar is greyish, the back darker and dotted with black; the line along it whitish edged with yellowish orange, as is also the line below it; the side line the same. The date of the appearance of the caterpillar is in May. It feeds ou the tufted vetch (Vicia cracca). The chrysalis is found in a cocoon. TOXOCAMPA CRACC^E. Plate LXX. Figure 5. Localities for this species are on the North Coast of Devon. The situations where it is found are grassy hollows in cliffs facing the sea. The perfect insect appears in July. The caterpillar is dark olive above and beneath, the sides light olive with darker streaks; the head light olive with the darker lines from the body running through it. VOL. III. F 58 The date of the appearance of the caterpillar is in May and the beginning of June. It feeds on the tufted vetch (Vicia cracca), and the wood vetch ( Vicia syhatica). STILBUXE. STILBIA ANOMALA. ANOMALOUS. Plate LXX. Figure 6. Localities for this species are Doncaster, Sutton-on- Derwent, Isle of Man, Brighton, Storeton near Birken- head, Plymouth, Lyndhurst, Manchester, Keswick, Pern- bury, Carlisle, Ben Nevis, Golspie, Sutherland. The situations where it is found are gardens, etc. The perfect insect appears in August and September. The caterpillar is green or reddish grey, with a narrow line along the back of yellowish white, and another on either side of it of the same colour; the side line, which is broad, is white. The date of the appearance of the caterpillar is in January and February. It feeds on grass. The chrysalis is found under the earth. CAT^EPHIA ALCHEMISTA. Plate LXX. Figure 7. Localities for this species are in the Isle of Wight. 59 The perfect insect appears in June; has been taken in September. The date of the appearance of the caterpillar is in July and August. It feeds on the oak. The engraving is from a specimen obligingly lent by Mr. T. H. Allis, of York, for the use of this work. LIMBAT^.— CATOCALUm CATOCALA FRAXINI. CLIFDEN BEAUTY. CLIFDEN NONPAREIL. Plate LXXI. Figure 1. Localities for this magnificent species are Scarborough, Hull, Beverley, Burlington, Bolton, Laughhall Massey and Upton near Birkenhead, Hammersmith, Birch Wood, Shalford near Guildford, Lowestoft, Chichester, Clifden, Brighton, Bowdon, Arundel, Burton-on-Trent, Worthing, Yarmouth, Manchester. The perfect insect appears at the end of August, and in September. The caterpillar is of a greyish colour powdered with black; underneath it is whitish; there is a small prom- inence on the ninth and twelfth segments; the prolegs pinkish white. The date of the appearance of the caterpillar is in July. It feeds on the poplar, the aspen, and the ash. 60 The chrysalis is found enclosed in a slight cocoon of silk spun amongst leaves or bark. CATOCALA NUPTA. RED UNDERWING. Plate LXXI. Figure 2. Localities for this fine and handsome species are Eton, Finchley, Brighton, Canterbury, Epping, East Garston, Bradfield in Berkshire, Bristol, Black Park, Cambridge, Kingsbury, Lewisham, Exeter, Wavendon, Maidstone, Lewes, Lyndhurst, "Worcester, Henley-on-Thames, Sud- bury, Tenterden. The situations where it is found are near streams where willows grow. The perfect insect appears in July, August, and September; September 8. The caterpillar is greenish grey, with a double waved whitish line along the back; the line below it whitish, with slight rose-coloured protuberances across the fifth sixth, seventh, eighth, ninth, tenth, eleventh, and twelfth segments. The date of the appearance of the caterpillar is in May and June. It feeds on the willow and the poplar. The chrysalis is .enclosed in a slight cocoon of silk spun amongst leaves or bark. This species is very alert, and often flies about in the daytime. TLATE , XTZ1 , 61 CATOCALA PROMISSA. LIGHT CRIMSON-UNDERW1NG. Plate LXXI. Figure 3. Localities for this elegant species are Brockenhurst and Lyndhurst in the New Forest, Richmond Park, Brighton, Lewes, Pembury, Black Park. The situations where it is found are woods. The perfect insect appears in July. The caterpillar is bluish white with a black cross-like mark in the shape of an X on each side of the back on the sixth, seventh, eighth, ninth, tenth', and eleventh segments, and an irregular black line on each side of the back. The date of the appearance of the caterpillar is in May and June. It feeds on the oak. The chrysalis is enclosed in a slight cocoon of silk spun among leaves or bark. CATOCALA SPONSA. DARK CRIMSON-UNBERWING. Plate LXXII. Figure 1. Localities for this rich species are Lyndhurst in the New Forest, Brighton, Darenth Wood, Lewes, Black Park. The situations where it is found are woods. The perfect insect appears in July and August. The caterpillar is dull green with a purple line along the back and a dull yellowish protuberance on the ninth segment; there is a row of whitish spots on each side; the side line dull yellowish. The date of the appearance of the caterpillar is in June. It feeds on the oak. The chrysalis is enclosed in a slight cocoon of silk spun among leaves or bark. OPHIUSID^B. OPHIODES LUNARIS. Plate LXXII. Figure 2. Localities for this species are West Wickham Wood, and also in Hampshire. The situations where it is found are woods. The perfect insect appears in May; May 27. The caterpillar is brownish grey ; the side line reddish brown; there are two black spots edged with red on the back of the sixth segment; the interstice of the twelfth segment red. The date of the appearance of the caterpillar is in July. It feeds on the oak. The chrysalis is enclosed in a cocoon among leaves. ETJCLIDDm EUCLIDIA MI. SHIPTON. Plate LXXII. Figure 3. Localities for this pretty species are York, Sutton-on- PLATE, L2IU. . 63 Derwent, Buttercrambe Moor, Brighton, Bromsgrove, Fal- mouth, Hammersmith, Cheltenham, West Wickham, Iffiey near Oxford, Plumstead, Lynn, Peterborough, Durham, Lewisham, Bowdon, Chattenden Wood, Dorking, Barn- staple, Kilmun, Plymouth. The situations where it is found are moist meadows and open places in woods. The perfect insect appears in June and July. The caterpillar is pale violet colour, with a pale yellow side line; the head with a black spot. The date of the appearance of the caterpillar is in May. It feeds on clover. The chrysalis is found enclosed in a cocoon among moss. EUCLIDIA GLYPHYCA. SHIPTON-LIKENESS. Plate LXXIL Figure 4. Localities for this species are York, Sheffield, Sutton-on- Derwent, Buttercrambe Moor, Preston, Worcester, Lynn, Wavendon, Bromsgrove, Brighton, Teiiterden, Sutton near Birkenhead, Chilham, Fairbrook, Falmouth, Darlington, Exeter, Dorking, Knutsford, Chattenden Wood, Bristol, Cambridge, Barnstaple, Stowmarket, Plymouth, Lewes, Lower Guiting, Peterborough, Shrewsbury, Manchester, Lyndhurst, Halton, Kingsbury, Huddersh'eld. The situations where it is found are moist meadows, and open places in woods. The perfect insect appears in June and July. 64 The caterpillar is dull yellowish, underneath brownish, the side line whitish; the head brown. The date of the appearance of the caterpillar is in May. The chrysalis is found in a cocoon amongst moss. POAPHILIDA PHYTOMETRA .v/ 127 The perfect insect appears in June and July. The caterpillar is green, darker on the back; the spots black; the head brown. The date of the appearance of the caterpillar is in May. It feeds on the oak, the bramble, etc. TORTRIX PICEANA. Plate LXXXII. Figure 2. Localities for this species are in the New Forest. The perfect insect appears in July. The caterpillar is reddish white; the second segment brown; the head brown. It feeds on the pine (Pinus abies.) I have to thank H. T. Stainton, Esq., of Mountsfield, Lewishara, for the above information. TORTRIX CRAT^EGANA. Plate LXXXII. Figure 3. Localities for this species are Brighton, Daren th Wood, Audley Wood, Wickham Wood. The situations where it is found are woods. The perfect insect appears in July. TORTRIX XYLOSTEANA. Plate LXXXII. Figure 4. Localities for this species are Brighton, etc., etc., etc. The perfect insect appears in July. The caterpillar is dull olive; the spots whitish with black centres; the head black. The date of the appearance of the caterpillar is in May. It feeds on the oak, the honeysuckle, etc. TORTRIX SORBIANA. Plate LXXXII. Figure 5. Localities for this species are Brighton, Darenth Wood, Epping Forest, etc. The perfect insect appears in June. The date of the appearance of the caterpillar is in May. It feeds on the oak, the birch, and the hazel. TORTRIX ROSANA. Plate LXXXII. Figure 6. Localities forthis common species are Brighton, etc., etc., etc. The situations where it is found are gardens, woods, etc. The perfect insect appears in June and July. The caterpiller is dark olive green, the spots white ; the head brownish. It feeds on a variety of trees and shrubs. 129 TORTRIX DUMETANA. Plate LXXXII. Figure 7. Localities for this species are Lewes, Brighton, Monks Wood. The situations where it is found are woods. The perfect insect appears in July. It feeds on the oak. TORTRIX TRANSITANA. Plate LXXXII. Figure 8. Localities for this species are Lewisham,Dartford Heath. The perfect insect appears in July. The date of the appearance of the caterpillar is in May. It feeds on the elm. I have to acknowledge the kindness of H. T. Stainton, Esq., in furnishing me with part of the above information. TORTRIX CINNAMOMEANA. Plate LXXXII. Figure 9. Localities for this species are Epping, Mickleham, Wey- bridge, etc. The situations where it is found are woods. The perfect insect appears in June and July. The caterpillar is green, the head yellow. The date of the appearance of the caterpillar is in May. It feeds on the larch and the maple. 130 TORTRIX HEPARANA. Plate LXXXII. Figure 10. Localities for this species are York, Brighton, etc., etc. The perfect insect appears at the end of June, and in July. The caterpillar is bright green, the back darker; the head green. It feeds on different trees. TORTRIX RIBEANA. Plate LXXXII. Figure 11. Localities for this rather common species are Brighton, etc., etc., etc. The perfect insect appears in June and July. The caterpillar is olive green or bluish green; the spots black, the head black, or green. The date of the appearance of the caterpillar is in May. It feeds on many different trees and shrubs. TORTRIX CORYLANA. Plate LXXXII. Figure 12. Localities for this rather common species are York, Brighton, etc., etc., etc. The perfect insect appears at the end of June, and July. The caterpillar is green; the head pale green. The date of the appearance of the caterpillar is in May. It feeds on the hazel, the dogwood ( Cornus sanguined] etc. 131 TORTRTX UNIFASCIANA. Plate LXXXII. Figure 13. Localities for this generally common species are Brighton, etc., etc., etc. The perfect insect appears in June and July. It feeds on the privet. TORTRIX SEMIALBANA. Plate LXXXIT. Figure 14. Localities for this species are Darenth Wood, Mickle- ham. The situations where it is found are woods. The perfect insect appears in July. TORTRIX COSTANA. Plate LXXXII. Figure 15. Localities for this generally common species are York, Brighton, Southend, etc., etc. The situations where it is found are salt marshes. The perfect insect appears in June and July. The caterpillar is dull dark brown; the head black. The date of the appearance of the caterpillar is in May. It feeds on the hawthorn, and also on most marsh plants. 132 TORTRIX VIBURNANA. Plate LXXXII. Figure 16. Localities for this species are York, etc., etc. The situations where it is found are moors and commons. It feeds on the sweet gale, (Myrica gale,} and the bilberry ( Vaccinium myrtillus.} TORTRIX ICTERANA. Plate LXXXII. Figure 17. Localities for this rather common but local species are Brighton, etc., etc. The perfect insect appears in July and August. The caterpillar is black with conspicuous white spots. The date of the appearance of the caterpillar is in May and June. It feeds on various plants. TORTRIX VIRIDANA. Plate LXXXII. Figure 18. Localities for this generally abundant species are York, Humberstone, Brighton, Birkenhead, etc., etc. The perfect insect appears at the endof June, and in July. The caterpillar is green on the fore part, yellowish green on the hinder; the spots small and black; the head brownish. The date of the appearance of the caterpillar is in May and June. It feeds on the oak, the hornbeam, etc. 133 TORTRIX MINISTRANA. Plate LXXXIII. Figure 1. Localities for this generally common species are York, Brighton, etc., etc. The perfect insect appears in June. The caterpillar is green. It feed on the hazel? TORTRIX ADJUNCTANA. Plate LXXXIII. Figure 2. Localities for this species are Brighton, Birkenhead, York, etc., etc. The perfect insect appears in June and July. The date of the appearance of the caterpillar is in March and April. It feeds on the ivy, the honeysuckle, etc. TORTRIX BRANDERIANA. Plate LXXXIII. Figure 3. Localities for this species are Brighton, Colchester, Looe, the New Forest. The situations where it is found are woods. The perfect insect appears in June and July. It feeds on the poplar? 134 D1CHELIA GROTIANA. Plate LXXXIII. Figure 4. Localities for this local species are Brighton, etc., etc. The perfect insect appears in July. AMPHYSA WALKERANA. Plate LXXXIII. Figure 5. Localities for this species are the Brushes, near Man- chester, and also near Lanark. The perfect insect appears in July. It feeds on the sallow? AMPHYSA GERNINGANA. Plate LXXXIII. Figure 6. Localities for this species are Looe, etc. The situations where it is found are heaths and moors. The perfect insect appears at the end of June, in July, and the beginning of August. It feeds on the bilberry ( Vaccinium Myrtillus) ? CENECTRA PILLERIANA. Plate LXXXIII. Figure 7. Localities for this species are Ventnor, Isle of Wight. HE A *SITY I OF THE UNIVERSITY OF ,- The perfect insect appears in July. It feeds on the seeds of the iris (Iris fcetidissima.} LEPTOORAMMA LITERANA. Plate LXXXIII. Figure 8. Localities for this species are York, Brighton, the New- Forest, etc. The perfect insect appears in July, August, September, October, and through the winter to April. LEPTOGRAMMA TREVERIANA. Plate LXXXIII. Figure 9. Localities for this species are in Perthshire. The perfect insect appears in September and October. LEPTOGRAMMA SCABRANA. Plate LXXXIII. Figure 10. Localities for this species are Exeter, Worcester, and near London. The perfect insect appears in September, October, and November. The date of the appearance of the caterpillar is in August. It feeds on the elm. 136 LEPTOGRAMMA BOSCANA. Plate LXXXIII. Figure 11. Localities for this species are "Worcester, Dover, Darenth Wood. The situations where it is found are woods. The perfect insect appears in July. The date of the appearance of the caterpillar is in June. PERONEA FAV1LLACEANA. Plate LXXXIII. Figure 12. Localities for this species are Brighton, etc., etc. The perfect insect appears in July, August, September, and October. The date of the appearance of the caterpillar is in June and July. It feeds on the beech. PERONEA RUFANA. Plate LXXXIII. Figure 13. Localities for this species are Brighton, Wimbledon Common, Birch Wood, the New Forest, etc. The situations where it is found are woods. The perfect insect appears in July, August, September, October and November. It feeds on the sallow? 137 PERONEA MIXTANA. Plate LXXXIII. Figure U. Localities for this species are York, Dumfries, etc., etc., etc. The situations where it is found are heathy places. The perfect insect appears in October and November. (November £,) and through the winter to April. PERONEA POTENTILLANA. Plate LXXXIIL Figure 15. Localities for this species are near Liverpool and Man- chester. The perfect insect appears in June and September. It feeds on the strawberry. PERONEA SCHALLERIANA. Plate LXXXIII. Figure 16. Localities for this species are Brighton, near London, etc., etc. The perfect insect appears in August and September. It feeds on the sallow, the willow, etc. VOL. III. K 138 PERONEA CALEDONIANA. Plate LXXXIII. Figure 17. Localities for this species are moors in the North of England and in Scotland. The situations where it is found are moors. The perfect insect appears in July and August. PERONEA PERMUTANA. Plate LXXXIII. Figure 18. Localities for this species are Brighton, New Brighton, Barnes Common. The perfect insect appears in August and September. It feeds on the burnet rose {Rosa spinosissimci). ? PERONEA VARIEGANA. Plate LXXXIII. Figure 19. Localities for this very common species are York, Brighton, etc., etc., etc. The situations where it is found are gardens, etc. The perfect insect appears in July and August. The date of the appearance of the caterpillar is in June. It feeds on the rose, the bramble, the hawthorn, etc. 139 PERONEA CRTSTANA. Plate LXXXIII. Figure 20. Localities for this exceedingly variable species are Brighton, the New Forest, Epping Forest, Hainault Forest, etc., etc. The situations where it is found are woods. The perfect insect appears in August, September, October, and November. PERONEA HASTIANA. Flute, LXXXIV. Figure 1. Localities for this also exceedingly variable and likewise common species are Brighton, etc., etc. The perfect insect appears in September and October. The caterpillar is pale green. The date of the appearance of the caterpillar is in August and September. It feeds on the sallow. PERONEA' MACCANA. Plate LXXXIV. Figure 2. Localities for this species are Epping Forest, Rannoch, Manchester. The situations where it is found are moors and heaths. The perfect insect appears in September and October. It feeds on the bilberry ( Vaccinium myrtittus}. 140 PERONEA UMBRANA. Plate LXXXIV. Figure 3. Localities for this species are Sanderstead, the New Forest, Mickleham. The perfect insect appears in July and October. PEKONEA FERRUGANA. Plate LXXXIV. Figure 4. Localities for this common species are York, Brighton, etc., etc., etc. The perfect insect appears in August, September, and October. The caterpillar is pale green, the second segment black or brownish; the head black or brownish. The date of the appearance of the caterpillar is in July and August. It feeds on the birch. PERONEA TRISTANA. Plate LXXXIV. Figure 5. Localities for this widely spread species are Brighton, etc., etc., etc. The perfect insect appears in September, October, and November. , 4- !&;¥- <****• 141 The caterpillar is pale yellowish olive green; the head pale yellowish. The date of the appearance of the caterpillar is in August and September. It feeds on the guelder rose ( Viburnum Lantana). PERONEA ASPERSANA. Plate LXXXIV. Figure 6. Localities for this species are Brighton, New Brighton, Mickleham, the New Forest, the Pentland Hills. The situations where it is found are woods. The perfect insect appears in July and August. The caterpillar is yellowish. The date of the appearance of the caterpillar is in June. It feeds on the dropwort {Spiraea Jttipendula), and the salad burnet (Poterium sanguisorba). PERONEA SHEPHERDANA. Plate LXXXIV. Figure 7. Localities for this species are the Cambridgeshire Fens. The situations where it is found are the Fens. The perfect insect appears in July. It feeds on hemp agrimony (Eupatorium cannabinum). 142 TERAS CAUDANA. Plate LXXXIV. Figure 8. Localities for this species are York, Brighton, etc., etc., etc. The perfect insect appears in July, August, September, and October. The caterpillar is pale green; the head pale yellow. It feeds on the sallow and the osier. TERAS CONTAMINANA. Plate LXXXIV. Figure 9. Localities for this very abundant species are Brighton, etc., etc. The perfect insect appears in August, September, Octo- ber, and November. The caterpillar is yellowish green; the head brownish. It feeds on the hawthorn. DICTYOPTERYX ULIGINOSANA. Plato LXXXIV. Figure 10. Localities for this species are Whittlesea Mere, Brighton. The situations where it is found are the Fens, etc. The perfect insect appears in June and July. 14.3 DICTYOPTERYX L^FLINGIANA. Plate LXXXIV. Figure 11. Localities for this very abundant species are Brighton, York, Looe, etc., etc. The perfect insect appears in June, July, and August. The caterpillar is pale green, the second segment black ; the spots black. It feeds on the oak, the hornbeam, etc. DICTYOPTERYX HOLMIANA. Plate LXXXIV. Figure 12. Localities for this common and widely distributed species are Brighton, etc., etc., etc. The perfect insect appears in June and July. The caterpillar is yellow; the head pale reddish brown. It feeds on the rose, the apple, etc. DICTYOPTERYX BERGMANNIANA. Plate LXXXIV. Figure 13. Localities for this very abundant species are Brighton, York. The perfect insect appears in June, July, and August. The caterpillar is pale yellowish green, the second segment black; the head black. The date of the appearance of the caterpillar is in May. It feeds on the rose. 144 DICTYOPTERYX FORSKALEANA. Plate LXXXIV. Figure 14. Localities for this very common species are Falmouth, Brighton, etc., etc. The perfect insect appears in June and July. The caterpillar is pale transparent yellow, the second segment pale yellowish green; the head yellowish green; the spots minute and whitish. The date of the appearance of the caterpillar is in June. It feeds on the maple. ARGYROTOZA CONWAYANA. Plate LXXXIV. Figure 15. Localities for this common and widely distributed species are York, etc., etc., etc. The perfect insect appears in June. It feeds on the privet. PTYCHOLOMA LECHEANA. Plate LXXXIV. Figure 16. Localities for this generally common species are Brighton, etc., etc. The perfect insect appears in June and July. The date of the appearance of the caterpillar is in May. It feeds on the oak, the elm, etc. 145 PENTHINIDA DITULA HARTMANNIANA. Plate LXXXIV. Figure 17. Localities for this species are near London. The situations where it is found are where willow trees grow. The perfect insect appears in July and August, the beginning and the end of those months respectively. DITULA SEMIFASCIANA. Plate LXXXIV. Figure 18. Localities for this species are York, etc. The perfect insect appears in July and August. The date of the appearance of the caterpillar is in May. It feeds on the shoots and catkins of sallows. ANTITHESIA PICANA. Plate LXXXIV. Figure 19. Localities for this species are Brighton, West Wickham, Epping Forest, etc. The situations where it is found are woods. The perfect insect appears in June and July. It feeds on the birch? 146 ANTITHESIA BETUL^TANA. Plate LXXXIV. Figure 20. Localities for this species are York, Brighton, etc., etc., etc. The perfect insect appears in July and August. The date of the appearance of the caterpillar is in May. It feeds on the birch. ANTITHESIA CAPR.EANA. Plate LXXXV. Figure 1. Localities for this species are Brighton, West Wickham, Epping Forest, Swanscombe. The situations where it is found are woods. The perfect insect appears in July. The caterpillar is bright green. The date of the appearance of the caterpillar is in May. It feeds on the shoots of the sallow. ANTITHESIA PR^ELONGANA. Plate LXXXV. Figure 2. Localities for this species are York, Brighton, Arran, Dulwich, West Wickham, Tor wood. The situations where it is found are woods. The perfect insect appears in June and July, ,-k. - •-•••*»;'•' 147 ASTITHESIA rilUNIANA. Plate LXXXV. Figure 3. Localities for this abundant species are Brighton, etc. The perfect insect appears in June and July. The date of the appearance of the caterpillar is in May. It feeds on the sloe. ANTITHESIA OCHROLEUCANA. Plate LXXXV. Figure 4. Localities for this species are Brighton, etc., etc., etc. The situations where it is found are gardens. The perfect insect appears in July and August. The date of the appearance of the caterpillar is in May and June. It feeds on the rose. ANTITHESIA CYNOSBANA. Plate LXXXV. Figure 5. Localities for this very plentiful species are Brighton, etc., etc., etc. The perfect insect appears in June. The caterpillar is dull olive green, the second segment black; the head black. The date of the appearance of the caterpillar is in May. It feeds on the hawthorn, the sloe, etc. 148 ANTITHESIA OCHROMELANA. Plate LXXXV. Figure 6. Localities for this species are in the North of England, and Scotland. The situations where it is found are boggy places. The perfect insect appears in June. It feeds on the sweet gale (Myrica Gale}. ANTITHESIA SAUCIANA. Plate LXXXV. Figure 7. Localities for this species are Leith Hill, Surrey, also in Lancashire. The situations where it is found are on moors among the bilberry. The perfect insect appears in June. It feeds on the bilberry (Vacciniutn Myrtillus}. ANTITHESIA GENTIANANA. Plate LXXXV. Figure 8. Localities for this species are Brighton, etc., etc. The perfect insect appears in July. The caterpillar is dull yellowish white, the second segment black; the head black; the spots pale olive green. The date of the appearance of the caterpillar is in November, and it hybernates till March. It feeds in the heads of the teazle. 149 ANTITIIESIA SELLANA. 'Plate LXXXV. Figure 9. Localities for this species are at Keymer in Sussex. The perfect insect appears in July. ANTITHESIA MARGINANA. Plate LXXXV. Figure 10. Localities for this species are Coombe Wood, Darenth Wood, Ticehurst. The situations where it is found are woods. The perfect insect appears in May and June. The caterpillar is reddish white, the second segment black; the head black. It feeds on the pith of the teazle. ANTITHESIA CARBONANA. Plate LXXXV. Figure 11. Localities for this species are Coombe Wood, Darenth Wood, etc. The situations where it is found are woods. The perfect insect appears in June. 150 PENTHINA SALICANA. Plate LXXXV. Figure 12. ' Localities for this species are Brighton, etc., etc. The perfect insect appears in July and August, namely at the end of the former, and the beginning of the latter month. The caterpillar is dull red brown, the second segment black; the spots black; the head black. The date of the appearance of the caterpillar is in May. It feeds on the willow. SPILONOTID^. SPILONOTA OCELLANA. Plate LXXXV. Figure 13. Localities for this species, which is very common in the South of England, but less so in the North, are Brighton, etc., etc. The perfect insect appears in June and July. The caterpillar is brown, the second segment black; the head black. It feeds on various trees. SPILONOTA PAUPERANA. Plate LXXXV. Figure 14. Localities for this species are Brighton, Darenth Wood. 151 The situations where it is found are lanes and hedges. The perfect insect appears in March and April. SPILONOTA ACERIANA. Plate LXXXV. Figure 15. Localities for this common and generally distributed species are Brighton, etc., etc. The situations where it is found are among poplar trees. The perfect insect appears in July. The caterpillar is dull brown, the hinder part paler than the front, the second segment black; the head palechesnut. The date of the appearance of the caterpillar is in April and May. It feeds on the young shoots of the poplar. SPILONOTA DEALBANA. Plate LXXXV. Figure 16. Localities for this also common and generally distributed species are Brighton, etc., etc. The perfect insect appears in June and July. It feeds on the oak and the sallow. SPILONOTA NEGLECTANA. Plate LXXXV. Figure 17. Localities for this species are Brighton, Camberwell, Edinburgh, and near London. 152 The situations where it is found are among poplar and willow trees. The perfect insect appears in July. It feeds on the willow. SPILONOTA SIMPLANA. , Plate LXXXV. Figure 18. Localities for this species are Darenth Wood and the Fens near Cambridge. The situations where it is found are woods and the Fens. The perfect insect appears in May and June. SPILONOTA AMJENANA. Plate LXXXY. Figure 19. Localities for this species are Brighton, etc., etc. The situations where it is found are on the sea coast. The perfect insect appears in July and August. It feeds on the burnet rose (Rosa spinosissima). SPILONOTA SUFFUSANA. Plate LXXXV. Figure 20. Localities for this generally common species are Brighton, etc. The situations where it is found are hedges. The perfect insect appears in May and June. It feeds on the hawthorn. 153 SPILONOTA ROS^ECOLANA. Plate LXXXVI. Figure 1. Localities for this species are Brighton, etc., etc. The situations where it is found are gardens. The perfect insect appears in July. It feeds on the rose. Ihavehere to thank Frederick Smith, Esq., of the British Museum, for obliging assistance with reference to another very rare species. SPILONOTA ROBORANA. Plate LXXXVI. Figure 2. Localities for this species are Brighton, etc., etc. The perfect insect appears in June and July. The caterpillar is dull brown; the head black. The date of the appearance of the caterpillar is in April and May. It feeds on the shoots of the rose tree. PARDIA TR1PUNCTANA. Plate LXXXVI. Figure 3. Localities for this very abundant species are York, etc., etc., etc. The situations where it is found are gardens, hedges, etc. The perfect insect appears at the end of May, and in June. The caterpillar is reddish brown ; the head black. VOL. III. L 154 ASPIS UDMANNIANA. Plate LXXXVI. Figure 4. Localities for this species are Brighton, Looe, etc., etc. The perfect insect appears in June and July — July 18th. The caterpillar is dull reddish brown; the head black. The date of the appearance of the caterpillar is in April and May. It feeds on the shoots of the bramble. SIDERIA ACHATANA. Plate LXXXVI. Figure 5. Localities for this species are in the South of England. The situations where it is found are among hawthorns. The perfect insect appears in June and July. SER1CORIS LATIFASCIANA. Plate LXXXVI. Figure 6. The situations where it is found are among oaks. The perfect insect appears in July and August. SERICORTS EUPHORUIANA. Plate LXXXVI. Figure 7. The perfect insect appears in May. It feeds on the spurge (Euphorbia aquatica). lit* 155 SERICORIS B1FASCIANA. Plate LXXXVI. Figure 8. Localities for this species are Darenth Wood, West Wickham Wood, Miclcleham, etc. The situations where it is found are in woods, among fir trees. The perfect insect appears in June and July. SERICORIS LITTORANA. Plate. LXXXVI. Figure 9. Localities for this species are Dublin, Belfast, Gravesend. The situations where it is found are salt marshes, on the coast. The perfect insect appears in July and August; also in September. It feeds on the common thrift, (Statice armeria). SERICORIS ABSCISANA. Plate LXXXVI. Figure 10. Localities for this species are Folkstone, and near London, etc. The perfect insect appears in July. It feeds on the fleabane? (Inula dysenterica). 156 SERICORIS CESPITANA. Plate LXXXVI. Figure 11. Localities for this species are Brighton, Mickleham, Edinburgh, etc. The perfect insect appears in June and July. SERICORIS CONCHANA. Plate LXXXVI. Figure 12. Localities for this species are Epping, Mickleham, the New Forest, etc. The perfect insect appears in July. SERICORIS HERBANA. Plate LXXXVI. Figure 13. This is a doubtful British species. SERICORIS LACUNANA. Plate LXXXVI. Figure 14. Localities for this species, whichis abundant andgenerally distributed, are York, Brighton, etc., etc., etc. The perfect insect appears in July. The caterpillar is dark brownish black; the head black. 157 The date of the appearance of the caterpillar is in May and June. It feeds on a variety of plants. SERICORIS URTICANA. Plate LXXXVI. Figure 15. Localities for this plentiful and widely distributed species are York, Brighton, etc., etc., etc. The perfect insect appears in June and July. It feeds on the nettle ( Urtica urens) and other plants. SERICORIS DALEANA. Plate LXXXVI. Figure 16. Localities for this species are in the Black Forest, in Perthshire. The situations where it is found are woods. The perfect insect appears in July. SERICORIS MICANA. Plate, LXXXVI. Figure 17. The perfect insect appears in July and August. 158 MIXODIA SCHULZIANA. Plate LXXXVI. Figure 18. The situations where it is found are heaths and moors. The perfect insect appears in June and July. MIXODIA PALTJSTRANA. Plate LXXXVI. Figure 19. Localities for this species are Ambleside, Black Wood near Loch Lomond, Torwood, the Black Forest in Perth- shire, etc., etc. The situations -where it is found are fir plantations. The perfect insect appears in May, June, and July. MIXODIA RATZBURGHIANA. Plate LXXXVI. Figure 20. The situations where it is found are fir plantations. The perfect insect appears in June and July. MIXODIA BOUCHARDANA. Plate LXXXVII. Figure 1. Localities for this species are in Moray. The perfect insect appears in June and July. The caterpillar feeds on the oak and the hawthorn. T •JF f «•- f 159 MIXODIA HAWKERANA. Plate LXXXVII. Figure 2. Localities for this species are Hayling Island, etc. The situations where it is found are on the coast in places where the sea spurge grows. The perfect insect .appears in July, August, and September. The caterpillar is dull greyish yellow with a tinge of greenish; the head pale brown. It feeds on the shoots and seeds of the sea spurge, (Euphorbia par alias.) ROXANA ARCUANA. Plate LXXXVII. Figure 3. Localities for this species are Brighton, Darenth Wood, Greenhithe, the New Forest, Hampstead, etc. The situations where it is found are woods, etc. The perfect insect appears in May, June, and July. EUCHROMIA FLAMMEANA. Plate LXXXVII. Figure 4. Localities for this species are Brighton, and the Moors in the North of England and Scotland. The situations where it is found are moors, etc. The perfect insect appears in June. 100 The caterpillar is dark red; the head black. It feeds on the end shoots of the sweet gale, (Myrica gale,} and the cowberry, ( Vaccinium vitis-idc£a.) EUCHROMIA PURPURANA., Plate LXXXVII. Figure 5. Localities for this widely distributed but never common species are Brighton, etc. The perfect insect appears in June and July. EUCHROMIA ARBUTANA. Plate LXXXVII. Figure 6. Localities for this species are Brighton and also in the North of England and Scotland. The situations where it is found are heaths. The perfect insect appears at the end of May and in June. It feeds on the red bearberry (Arctostaphylos uva-ursi.} ORTHOTJENIA ANT1QUANA. Plate LXXXVII. Figure 7. Localities for this widely distributed but no where common species are Brighton, etc., etc., etc. The perfect insect appears in June and July. The caterpillar is whitish; the head dark brown. 1(51 The date of the appearance of the caterpillar is in January and February. It feeds on the roots of the corn woundwort, (Stachys arcensis.} ORTHOTVENIA STRIANA. Plate LXXXVIL Figure 8. Localities for this widely distributed and in some places plentiful species are Brighton, Looe, etc., etc., etc. The perfect insect appears at the end of June, in July, and the beginning of August. ORTHOTJENIA ERICETANA. Plate LXXXVII. Figure 9. Localities for this species are Shanklin in the Isle of Wight, Bristol, Brighton, etc. The perfect insect appears in July and August. SCIAPHILUm ERIOPSELA FRACTIFASCIANA. Plate LXXXVII. Figure 10. Localities for this species are Brighton, Sanderstead, Box Hill, Bristol, etc. The perfect insect appears in May and August. ERIOPSELA QUADRANA. Plate LXXXVIL Figure 11. Localities for this species are Darenth Wood, Stoat's Nest, West Wickham. The situations where it is found are woods. The perfect insect appears in May. PHTHEOCROA RUGOSANA. Plate LXXXVII. Figure 12. Localities for this species are Brighton. The situations where it is found are hedges. The perfect insect appears at the end of May, and beginning of June. The date of the appearance of the caterpillar is in September. It feeds on the bryony (Bryonia dioica). CNEPHASIA CINCTANA. Plate LXXXVII. Figure 13. Localities for this species are Alkham near Dover. The perfect insect appears in July. 168 CNEPHASIA LEPIDANA. Plate LXXXVII. Figure 14. Localities for this species are Brighton. The situations where it is found are moors and heathy places. The perfect insect appears in June and July. It feeds on the sweet gale (Myrica gale). CNEPHASIA MUSCULANA. Plate LXXXVII. Figure 15. Localities for this species are York, Brighton. The perfect insect appears in May. The date of the appearance of the caterpillar is in October. It feeds on the bramble. SCIAPHILA NUBILANA. Plate LXXXVII. Figure 16. Localities for this generally abundant species are York, Brighton, etc., etc., etc. The situations where it is found are hedges, etc. The perfect insect appears in June and July. 164 SCIAPHILA PERTERANA. Plate LXXXYII. Figure 16. Localities for this species are St. Osyth's, Dover, Brighton. The situations where it is found are salt marshes on the coast. The perfect insect appears in July. It feeds on a variety of plants. SCIAPHILA SUBJECTANA. Plate LXXXVII. Figure 17. Localities for this abundant species are York, Brighton, etc., etc., etc. The perfect insect appears in June and July. The caterpillar is dull olive green, the second segment black; the spots whitish with black centres; the head pale brown. The date of the appearance of the caterpillar is in May and June. It feeds on a variety of plants. SCIAPHILA VIRGAUREANA. Plate LXXXYII. Figure 18. Localities for this common species are Brighton, etc., etc. The perfect insect appears in June and July. The caterpillar is dull chocolate brown colour; the head bright brown. 165 The date of the appearance of the caterpillar is in May and June. It feeds on a variety of plants. SCIAFHILA ALTERNANA. Plate LXXXVII. Figure 19. The perfect insect appears in June and July. SCIAPHILA SINUANA. Plate LXXXVII. Figure 20. Localities for this species are Darenth Wood, West Wickham, Blandford, Clevedon, etc. The situations where it is found are woods. The perfect insect appears in June and July. SCIAPHILA HYBRIDANA. Plate LXXXVIII. Figure 1. Localities for this common species are Brighton, etc., etc., etc. The perfect insect appears in June and July. 1(56 SCIAPHILA OTOMACULANA. Plate LXXXYIII. Figure 2. Localities for this widely distributed species are various in the North of England and in Scotland. The perfect insect appears in July, August, and September. It feeds on the thistle. SCIAPHILA PENZIANA. Plate LXXXVIII. Figure 3. Localities for this species are near Edinburgh and Ardrossan, and also in North Wales. The perfect insect appears in July. SCIAPHILA COLQUHOUNANA. Plate LXXXYIII. Figure 4. Localities for this species, which is very closely allied to the preceding, if it be not a variety of it, are near Edinburgh. The perfect insect appears in July. SPHALEROPTERA ICTERICANA. Plate LXXXVIII. Figure 5. Localities for this species are Brighton, andnear London. •^£f£^~ ... ^ OF THE f UNIVERSITY OF 167 The perfect insect appears in June and July. The date of the appearance of the caterpillar is in May and June. It feeds on a variety of plants. CAPUA OCHRACEANA. Plate LXXXVIII. Figure 6. Localities for this widely distributed and not rare species are York, Brighton, etc., etc. The perfect insect appears in May and June. It feeds on the hornbean. CLEPSIS RUSTICANA. Plate LXXXVIII. Figure 7. Localities for this species are the Fens. The situations where it is found are moors and the Fens. The perfect insect appears in June. GRAPHOLITHID^E. BACTRA LANCEOLANA. Plate LXXXVIII. Figure 8. Localities for this very abundant and generally distributed species are Brighton, Looe, etc., etc., etc. The perfect insect appears at the end of May, and in June, in July and the beginning of August, and also in September. The caterpillar is green; the spots black; the head black. The date of the appearance of the caterpillar is in April. It feeds in the stems of the rush. 168 BACTRA FURFURANA. Plate LXXXVIII. Figure 9. Localities for this local but very diversely distributed species are near Edinburgh, and also in Devonshire. The perfect insect appears in June. PHOXOPTERYX SICULANA. Plate LXXXVIII. Figure 10. The perfect insect appears in May and June. It feeds on the sweet gale, (Myrica Gale.} PHOXOPTERYX TJNGUICANA. Plate LXXXVIII. Figure 11. Localities for this species are York, the New Forest, etc. The situations where it is found are heathy places. The perfect insect appears in May and June. PHOXOPTERYX UNCANA. Plate LXXXVIII. Figure 12. Localities for this widely distributed but not very common species are Brighton, etc., etc., etc. The perfect insect appears in May and June. PHOXOPTERYX OBTUSANA. Plate LXXXVIII. Figure 13. The date of the appearance of this insect is from June to August. 169 PHOXOPTERYX BIARCUANA. Plate LXXXVIII. Figure 14. Localities for this species, which is also widely distri- buted but not very common, are York, Brighton, etc., etc. The perfect insect appears in June and July. PHOXOPTERYX SUBARCUANA. Plate LXXXVIII. Figure 15. Localities for this species are York, near London, etc., etc. The perfect insect appears in May, June, and September. PHOXOPTERYX COMPTANA. Plate LXXXVIII. Figure 16. Localities for this species, abundant where it occurs, are between Sanderstead and Mickleham, etc., etc., etc. The situations where it is found are chalk downs. The perfect insect appears in April and May; April 14; also in August. PHOXOPTERYX MYRTILLANA. Plate LXXXVIII. Figure 17. Localities for this species are various in the North of England, and in Scotland. The perfect insect appears in June. It feeds on the bilberry ( Vaccinium rnyrtillus). VOL. III. M 170 PHOXOPTERYX LUNDANA. Plate LXXXVIII. Figure 18. Localities for this common and extensively distributed species are York, etc., etc. The perfect insect appears in September. It feeds on the bush vetch ( Vicia sepiumj, and the mea- dow vetchling ( ' Lathy rus pratensis ) . PHOXOPTERYX DERASANA. Plate LXXXVIII. Figure 19. The perfect insect appears in June, July, and August. PHOXOPTERYX DIMINUTANA. Plate LXXXVIII. Figure 20. Localities for this species are Brighton, etc., etc., etc. The situations where it is found are amongst sallows. The perfect insect appears in June and July. PHOXOPTERYX MITTERBACHERIANA. Plate LXXXIX. Figure 1. Localities for this widely distributed and rather common species are York, Brighton, etc., etc., etc. The perfect insect appears in May and June. Oc TH£ UNIVERSITY 1 OF 171 The caterpillar is dull green, the second segment yelloAV- ish; the spots pale green ; the head yellowish brown. The date of the appearance of the caterpillar is in September. It feeds on the oak. PHOXOPTERYX UPUPANA. Plate LXXXIX. Figure 2. Localities for this species are Darenth Wood, Black Park, Epping, Tunbridge Wells, West Wickham Wood, Hastings. The situations where it is found are woods. The perfect insect appears in the end of May and the beginning of June; May 29. It feeds on the oak. PHOXOPTERYX RAMANA. Plate LXXXIX. Figure 3. Localities for this species are Brighton, Dartford Heath, West Wickham Wood, Darenth Wood. The situations where it is found are woods. The perfect insect appears in June. It feeds on the white poplar. GRAPHOLITA PAYKULLIANA. Plate LXXXIX. Figure 4. Localities for this generally distributed and not uncommon species are Brighton, etc., etc. The perfect insect appears in July. It feeds on the birch. GRAPHOLITA NISANA. Plate LXXXIX. Figure 5. Localities for this generally distributed species are Brighton, etc., etc. The perfect insect appears in July and August. It feeds on the catkins of the sallow and the poplar. GRAPHOLITA NIGROMACULANA. Plate LXXXIX. Figure 6. The perfect insect appears in July. It feeds on the ragwort? (Senccio jacobcea.) GRAPHOLITA CAMPOLIANA. Plate LXXXIX. Figure 7. Localities for this species are York, Brighton, etc., etc. The situations where it is found are among sallows. The perfect insect appears in July. It feeds on the sallow. 173 GRAPHOLITA MINUTANA. Plate LXXXIX. Figure 8. Localities for this species are Camberwell, Blackheath, etc. The perfect insect appears in July. It feeds on the black poplar. GRAPHOLITA TRIMACULANA. Plate LXXXIX. Figure 9. Localities for this very plentiful and widely distributed species are Brighton, etc., etc., etc. The perfect insect appears in June and July. The caterpillar is pale olive green, the second segment black; the spots greyish; the head black. The date of the appearance of the caterpillar is in May. It feeds on the elm. GRAPHOLITA PENKLERIANA. Plate LXXXIX. Figure 10. Localities for this rather common species are Brighton, etc., etc. The perfect insect appears in June and July. It feeds on the alder? and the hazel? 174 GRAPHOLITA OBTUSANA. Plate LXXXIX. Figure 11. Localities for this widely dispersed species are Brighton, etc., etc., etc. The perfect insect appears in June, July, and August. GRAPHOLITA NJEVANA. Plate LXXXIX. Figure 12. Localities for this also common species are Brighton, etc., etc. The perfect insect appears in July and August. The caterpillar is dull green, the second segment black; the head black. It feeds on the holly. GRAPHOLITA GEMINANA. Plate LXXXIX. Figure 13. Localities for this species are Whittelsea Mere, Rivington, Pike near Bolton-le-Moors, and the moors near Sheffield. The situations where it is found are moors. The perfect insect appears in June, and August. It feeds on the bilberry ( Vaccinium myrtillus}. 175 PHLJEODES TETRAQUETANA. Plate LXXXIX. Figure 14. Localities for this extensively distributed species are Brighton, etc., etc. The perfect insect appears in April and May. The caterpillar is yellowish green; the spots whitish; the head brown. The date of the appearance of the caterpillar is in Sep- tember. It feeds on the birch and the alder. PHLJEODES. IMMUNDANA. Plate LXXXIX. Figure 15. Localities for this widely dispersed species are York, Brighton, etc., etc. The perfect insect appears in April and May, August and September. The caterpillar is greenish grey; the head brownish. It feeds on the birch. PHLJEODES DEMARNIANA. Plate LXXXIX. Figure 16. Localities for this species are West Wickham Wood, Daren th Wood, etc. The situations where it is found are woods. The perfect insect appears in June and July. 176 PHL^EODES CRENANA. Plate LXXXIX. Figure 17. Localities for this species are on Seamer Moor near Scarborough. The situations where it is found are moors. The perfect insect appears in March and April, as also in July and September. The caterpillar is pale green or whitish; the head pale brown. It feeds on the sallow and the willow. HYPERM^ECIA ANGUSTANA. Plate LXXXIX. Figure 18. Localities for this species are Brighton, Looe. The situations where it is found are heathy places. The perfect insect appears at the end of June, in July, and the beginning of August. BATODES ANGUSTIORANA. Plate LXXXIX. Figure 19. Localities for this, for the most part abundant, species are Brighton, Looe, etc., etc., etc. The perfect insect appears at the end of June, in July, and the beginning of August. The caterpillar is greenish grey; the spots rather paler; the head shining green. 177 The date of the appearance of the caterpillar is in April and May. It feeds on a variety of trees. P^EDISCA BTLUNANA. Plate LXXXIX. Figure 20. The perfect insect appears in June. The date of the appearance of the caterpillar is in April. It feeds on the catkins of the birch. P^EDISCA OPPRESSANA. Plate XC. Figure 1. Localities for this species are in Epping Forest. The situations where it is found are woods. The perfect insect appears in June. P^EDISCA CORTICANA. Plate XC. Figure 2. Localities for this plentiful species are Brighton, etc., etc., 'etc. The perfect insect appears in June and July. It feeds on the oak and the hawthorn. ITS P^EDISCA PROFUNTJANA. Plate XC. Figure 3. Localities for this species are Brighton, Looe, etc., etc. The perfect insect appears at the end of June, in July, and the beginning of August. P^EDISCA OPTHALMICANA. Plate XC. Figure 4. The perfect insect appears in the end of July, August, and September. It feeds on the poplar? P^EDISCA OCCULTANA. Plate XC. Figure 5. Localities for this species are Weybridge, Birch Wood. The situations where it is found are fir woods. The perfect insect appears in June and July — July 2. It feeds on the fir? PJRDISCA SOLANDRIANA. Plate XC. Figure 6. Localities for this commonly distributed are York, Brighton, etc., etc., etc. The perfect insect appears in July and August. OF THE f UNIVERSITY OF 179 The caterpillar is dull white with a faint tinge of green; the second segment black; the head black. The date of the appearance of the caterpillar is in May. It feeds on the birch, the hazel, etc. P^EDISCA SEMIFUSCANA. Plate XC. Figure 7. P^DISCA SORDIDANA. Plate XC. Figure 8. Localities for this species are Yaxley, Brighton. It feeds on the sweet gale, (Myrica Gale.} EPHTPPIPHORA BIMACTJLANA. Plate XC. Figure 9. Localities for this species are Brighton, etc., etc. The situations where it is found are marshy places. The perfect insect appears at the end of June, and in July, August, September, and October. The date of the appearance of the caterpillar is in May. It feeds on the catkins and leaves of the sallow. 180 EPHIPP1PHORA CIRSIANA. Plate XC. Figure 10. Localities for this species are Brighton. The perfect insect appears in June and July. The date of the appearance of the caterpillar is in October, and during the winter to May. ' It feeds on the stems of the thistle (Cirsium palustre), and of the knapweed (Centaurea solstitialis). EPHIPPIPHORA SCUTULANA. Plate XC. Figure 11. Localities for this widely distributed and rather common species are York, Brighton, etc., etc. The perfect insect appears in June and July. The caterpillar is bright pink colour; the second segment black; the spots brown; the head black. The date of the appearance of the caterpillar is in October, and on to May. It feeds in the stems of thistles. EPHIPPIPHORA BRUNNICHIANA. Plate XC. Figure 12. Localities for this common and extensively dispersed species are Brighton, etc., etc. The perfect insect appears in June and July. 181 It feeds on the flower stems of the coltsfoot, ( Tussilago far far a. EPHIPPIPHORA TTJRBIDANA. Plato XC. Figure 13. Localities for this species are Chudleigh, Edinburgh, Carlisle. The perfect insect appears in June and July. It feeds in the flower stems of the butter-bur (Petasites vulgaris). EPHIPPIPHORA F^ENEANA. Plate XC. Figure 14. The perfect insect appears in June and July. The caterpillar is yellowish white, the second segment paler; the head brown. It feeds in the stems and roots of the mugwort (Arte- misia vulgaris). EPHIPPIPHORA NIGRICOSTANA. Plate XC. Figure 15. The perfect insect appears in June and July. It feeds on the hedge wound-wort? (Stachys sylvatica}. 182 EPHIPPIPHORA SIGNATANA. Plate XC. Figure 16. Localities for this species are Sanderstead, Mickleham, Preston. The perfect insect appears in June. It feeds on the bird cherry? (Prunus padus.} EPHIPPIPHORA TRIGEMINANA. Plate XC. Figure 17. The perfect insect appears in June and July. EPHIPPIPHORA TETRAGONANA. Plate XC. Figure 18. Localities for this species are Brighton, etc., etc., etc. The perfect insect appears in July. EPHIPPIPHORA COSTIPUNCTANA. Plate XC. Figure 19. 183 EPHIPP1PHOKA EPHIPPANA. Plate XC. Figure 20. Localities for this species are near London, Brighton, etc., etc. The situations where it is found are among sallows. The perfect insect appears in July, August, and Sep- tember. It feeds on the sallow. EPHIPPIPHORA OBSCURANA. Plate XCI. Figure 1. Localities for this species are near London, and in Worcestershire. The perfect insect appears in June and July. OLINDIA ULMANA. • Plate XCI. Figure 2. Localities for this widely dispersed species are Brighton, etc., etc. The perfect insect appears in June and July. SEMASIA SPINIANA. Plate XCI. Figure 3. Localities for this species are near London and Brighton. 184 The situations when it is found are hedgerows. The perfect insect appears in June and July. SEMASIA JANTHINANA. Plate XCI. Figure 4. ' The perfect insect appears in July and August. SEMASIA RUFILLANA. Plate XCI. Figure 5. Localities for this species are Sanderstead Downs, Headley Lane, Dover, Mickleham. The perfect insect appears in July and August. The caterpillar is dull yellowish red; the head dark coloured. It feeds on the wild carrot (Daucus carota). SEMASIA W^EBERANA. Plate XCI. Figure 6. The perfect insect appears in May, June, July, and August. The caterpillar is pink white. It feeds under the bark of the apple, plum, cherry, laurel, etc. Ifovb a.14 t c 185 COCCYX COSMOPHORANA. Plate XCI. Figure 7. Localities for this species are at the Black Forest; iand Rannock in Perthshire. The perfect insect appears in June and July. It feeds on the Pine (Pinus sylvestris,) COCCYX STKOBILANA. Plate XCI. Figure 8. Localities for this species are Purley, Croydon, Wick- ham, &c. The situations where it is found are fir plantations. The perfect insect appears in May. The caterpillar is pale yellow, slightly shining ; the head pale brown ; the shield transparent, with two pale spots on the hind margin ; the hind segment brown ; the spots brown, The date of the appearance of the caterpillar is in October and till April, living through the winter, It feeds on the seeds of the Fir cones. The chrysalis is found. in the stalk of the Fir cone. COCCYX SPLENDIDULANA. Plate XCI. Figure 9. Localities for this species are Dover and Edinburgh, ttsf also in Cheshire and Norfolk. I8G The situations where it is found are among fir plantations. The perfect insect appears in April, May, and June. COCCYX ARGYRANA. Plate XCI. Figure 10. Localities for this species are Brighton, Edinburgh, Greenock, and many other places in various parts of the country. The situations where it is found are in Oak woods. The perfect insect appears in April and May. It feeds on the bark of the oak. I have again and again to thank Mr. Allis of York for most valuable assistance to this work. COCEYX T.EDANA. Plate XCI. Figure 11. Localities for this species are at Eannoch in Perthshire. The perfect insect appears in July. To 0. S. Bound, Esq , of 31, Lincoln's Inn Fields, I am also much indebted. COCCYX PYG1VLEANA. Plaate XOI. Figure 12. The perfect insect appears in March, April, and May. 187 The caterpillar is yellowish green, the head aiid shield black. The date of the appearance of the caterpillar is in July. It feeds on the Pine. To W. F. Kirby, Esq., of Camden Square, London, my best thanks are due for various most obliging assistances. COCCYX HYRCINIANA. Plate, XCI. Figure 13. Localities for this species are Brighton and throughout the country ; also in Scotland. The situations where it is found are in fir plantations. The perfect insect appears in May and June. Likewise also to Mr. T. Wilkinson, of Cliff Bridge Terrace, Scarborough, I am very much indebted. COCCYX DISTINCTANA. Plate XCI. Figure 14. Localities for this species are at Braithwaite near Winder- mere. It feeds on the Scotch Fir. My very best thanks are here also due to Frederick Smith, Esq., of the British Museum. 188 COCCYX USTOMACULANA. Plate XCI. Figure 15. Localities for this species are in the Black Forest, near Loch Kannoch, and various other places in Scotland, The perfect insect appears in June. The caterpillar is whitish, the hind segment edged and crossed with grey ; head very pale brown ; shield the same, but darker behind ; the spots brown. It feeds on the red Whortleberry, (Vacdnium Vitis-idcea.") COCCYX NANANA. Plate XCI. Figure 16. Localities for this species are in the South of England. The situations where it is found are spruce fir plantations* The perfect insect appears in June. It feeds on the spruce fir. COCCYX VACCINIANA. Plate XCI. Figure 17. Localities for this species are near Dublin, also in Devonshire, and the North of England. The situations where it is found are moors The perfect insect appears in April, May, and June. The date of the appearance of the caterpillar is in June July and August. 139 It feeds on the Bilberry (Vctccinhtm Mijrtillm,} The male flies in the afternoon. HEUSIMENE FIMBRIANA, Plate XCI. Figure 18. Localities for this species are the Brushes near Manches- ter, Darenth Wood, also near Edinburgh. The situations- where it is found are woods. The perfect insect appears in March and April, also sometimes in May ; April 12, April 16. It feeds on the oak. PAMPLUSIA MONTICOLANA. Plate XCI. Figure 19. Localities for this species are near Edinburgh, also in Yorkshire, Lancashire, and the north of England generally. The situations where it is found are moors and heathy places. The perfect insect appears in July and August. It feeds on the heath (Calluna mi/garis.) RETItflA BTJOLIANA. Plate XCI. Figure 20. Localities for this species are near Brighton, London, Manchester, &c., &c. 190 The situations where it is found are fir plantations. The perfect insect appears in July and August. The caterpillar is of a dull reddish brown colour ; head black ; shield black, divided by a pale line along the back, the hind segment with a cross row of darkish spots. The date of the appearance of the caterpillar is in May and June. It feeds on the young shooti of the fir. The chrysalis is shining chesnut brown. BETINIA PINICOLANA. Plate XCIT. Figure 1. Localities for this species are near Brighton, London, Manchester, &c., also in Yorkshire and Norfolk. The situations where it is found are young fir plantations. The perfect- insect appears in July and August. It feeds on the young shoots of the spruce fir. RETINIA TUKIONANA. Plate XCII. Figure 2. Localities for this species are Birch wood, West "Wick- ham Wood, Black Park, &c. The situations where it is found are among young Scotch firs. The perfect insect appears in May and June. m-tK 191 The date of the appearance of the caterpillar is early in April. It feeds on the young shoots of the Scotch fir. RETINIA PINIVOKANA. Plate XCII. Figure 3. Localities for this species are Brighton, Manchester, and near London, also in Norfolk, and Yorkshire. The situations where it is found are young Fir plantations. The perfect insect appears in July and August. The date of the appearance of the caterpillar is in May and June. It feeds on the young shoots of the Scotch Fir. RETINIA RESINANA. Plate XCII. Figure 4. Localities for this species are in Perthshire. The situations where it is found are among Scotch Firs. The perfect insect appears in June. It feeds under the gum that exudes from the twigs of the Scotch Fir (Pinus sylvestris.) EETINIA DUPLANA. Plate XCII. Figure 5. The situations where it is found are among Fir Trees. It feeds on the Scotch Fir. 192 RETINIA SYEVESTRANA, Plate, XCII. Figure 6. Localities for this species are at Bournemouth. The situations where it is found are cliffs on the coast. The perfect insect appears in June and July, June 23, July 1. The caterpillar is dull brown inclining to red ; the head jet black ; the shield chesnut brown, divided by the line along the back ; the spots raised and shining. It feeds on the young shoots of the Pinaster (Pinus yima) and the Scotch Fir (Pinus sylvestris.) CARPOCAPSA SPLENDANA. Plate XCII. Figure 7. Localities for this species are Brighton, Darenth, Green-*. hjthe, Plumstead, Wickham Wood, Hampstead, Epping Forest, Guildford and near London. The situations where it is found are woods. The perfect insect appears in June and July. The caterpillar is dull white, sometimes with a tinge' of pink ; the head pale rufus ; shield pale rufous. The date of the appearance of the caterpillar is in September and October. It feeds on the acorn. The chrysalis is enclosed in a pale brown cocoon, among mp.ss. 193 CARPOCAPSA GROSSANA. Plate XC1I. Figure 8. Localities for this species are Birch Wood, Darenth Wood, West Wickham Wood, Mickleham, Norbury Park, the New Forest, Croydon, and other places round London. The situations where it is found are beech plantations. The perfect insect appears in June and July. The caterpillar is of a dull pale yellowish colour, clouded with orange lines along the back with a dull lead-coloured spot on the twelfth segment ; the head brown and clear ; the shield luteous and transparent, underneath it is pale yellowish pink. The date of the appearance of the caterpillar is in August, and through the winter to May. It feeds on the beech-mast. The chrysalis is of a dull brown colour ; it is enclosed in a coeoon of whitish, silk. CARPOCAPSA POMQNANA,, Plate XCII. Figure 9. Localities for this specie are Brighton &c.; also in Ireland. The situations where it is found! are apple and pear orchards. The perfect insect appears in June and July. The caterpillar is of a pinkish colour, brightest when young ; the head pale brown, with four cross stripes of darker brown ; the shield luteous, shining, and trans* parent, with a pale division and a small spot on each side near the base ; the spots pinkish, oval shaped, and shining. The date of the appearance of the caterpillar is in Sep- tember, and it lives through the winter till April or May. It feeds on the apple and pear. The chrysalis is reddish brown, the fore part shining, the body dull. It is enclosed in a cocoon. OPADIA FUNEBKANA. Plate XCII. Figure 10. Localities for this species are near Cambridge, and Guildford The situations where it is found are gardens, and plum trees. The caterpillar is of a pale red colour ; head black ; shield luteous ; the spots, raised, shining pale red. It feeds in the fruit of the sloe or plum. The chrysalis is amber coloured, inclining to brown on the hinder part. ENDOPISA NEBRITANA. Plate XCII. Figure 11. Localities for this species are near Looe. The perfect insect appears in June — June 26. 195 ENDOPISA PISANA. Plate XCJI. Figure 12. Localities for this species are n«ar Brighton and many other places. The perfect insect appears in June. The caterpillar is yellowish white ; the head brownish ; the spots blackish. It feeds on pea pods, and the unripe seeds of the sown pea (Pisum sativum.) STIGMONOTA LUNULANA. Plate XCII. Figurt 13. The perfect insect appears in June. STIGMONOTA INTEREUPTANA. Plate XCII. Figure 14. Localities for this species are in Devonshire. The situations where it is found are among fir trees. STIGMONOTA CONIFERANA. Plate XOII. Figure 15. Localities for this species are Chatt-Moss, near Man- chester, West Wickham, Mickleham, etc. 196 The situations where it is found are among fir trees in, plantations and woods. The perfect insect appears in June and July. STIGMONOTA LEPLASTRIANA. Plate XCII. Figure 16. Localities for this species are Dover and Deal. The perfect insect appears in July. It feeds on the Sea Cabbage, (Brassica oleracea). STIOMONOTA HEEGERANA. Plata XCII- Figure 17. Localities for this species are at Whittlesea Mere. The perfect insect appear^ in July. STIGMONOTA PERLEPIDANA. Plate XCII. Figure 18. Localities for this species are York, Brighton, Wimbledon Common, Birch Wood, Darenth Wood, Raheny near Dublin, etc., etc. The situations where it is found are grassy places in woods. The perfect insect appears in May and June. It feeds on the Black Bitter Yeteh ( Orolus niger.) 197 STIGMONOTA INTERNANA. Plate XCII. Figure 19. Localities for this species are in Epping Forest. The situations where it is found are among furze bushes. The perfect insect appears in the end of May. STIGMONOTA COMPOSANA. Plate XCII. Figure 20. Localities for this species are Brighton, etc., etc., etc. The situations where it is found are among oaks, and also in clover fields. The perfect insect appears in May, June, July, and August. STIGMONOTA WEIRANA. Plate XCIII. Figure 1. Localities for this species are Mickleham, and Horndean. The situations where it is found are among beech trees. The perfect insect appears in May — the end of the month, and June. This species flies in the sunshine. STIGMONOTA EEDIMITANA. Plate XCIII. Figure 2. Localities for this species are near Looe. The perfect insect appears in July. 199 STIGMONOTA TRAUNIANA. Plate XCIII. Figure 3. Localities for this species are York, Scarborough, Phnn- stead near Woolwich, Brighton ? Darlington, Looe, Bexley., The perfect insect appears in June and July. It feeds on the maple. STIGMONOTA REGIANA. Plate XCIIL Figure 4. Localities for this species are Brighton, etc., etc. The situations where it is found are among sycamore trees. The caterpillar is dull white, the hind segment with a light blackish oval patch ; the spots oval-shaped, raised, and shining pale blackish edged with opaque white ; the head brown ; the shield transparent, clouded at the base with brown and divided by a pale line. The date of the appearance of the caterpillar is through the winter till April or May. The chrysalis is amber coloured. It is placed in a cocoon of white silk, covered with bits of bark. STIGMONOTA PUNCTICOSTANA. Plate XCIII. Figure 5. Localities for this species are Brighton, Haslemere. The perfect insect appears in June. UNIVERSITY 199 STIGMONOTA GERMARANA. Plate XCIII. Figure 6. Localities for this species are Brighton, Coombe Wood, Wickham Wood, Darenth Wood, Sanderstead Downs, and other places near London. The situations where it is found are woods and downs. The perfect insect appears in the end of June and begin- ingof July. DTCRORAMPHA POLITANA. Plate XCIII. Figure 7. Localities for this species are Brighton and various places near London, etc., etc. The situations where it is found are grassy places. The perfect insect appears in June. DICRORAMPHA ALPINANA. Plate XCIII. Figure 8. Localities for this species are near Charlton. The perfect insect appears in July. It feeds on the Tansy, (Tanacetum.) 200 DICRORAMPHA SEQUANA. Plate XCIII. Figure 9. Localities for this species are Croydon, etc., etc. The situations where it is found are grassy places; The perfect insect appears in June. This moth flies in the middle of the day. ' DICRORAMPHA PETIVERANA. Plate XCin. Figure 10. Localities for this plentifully distributed species are Brighton, etc., etc., etc. The perfect insect appears in June and July. The caterpillar is of a pinkish white colour, the head luteous and shining ; the shield transparent, clouded with blackish. The date of the appearance of the caterpillar is through the winter to April. It feeds on the roots of the Yarrow, (Achillwa milhfolium.} DICRORAMPHA ULICANA. Plate XCIII. Figure 11. Localities for this species are Brighton, Mickleham, Epping Forest, West Wickham Wood, Guildford, etc., etc; The situations where it is found are woods. The perfect insect appears in June. 201 DICRORAMPHA SATURNANA. Plate XCIII. Figure 12. Localities for this species are Musselburgh, Aberdeen, and Brislington. The situations where is is found are grassy places. The perfect insect appears in July and August. DICRORAMPHA PLUMBAGANA. Plate XCIII. Figure 13. Localities for this species are Brighton, etc., etc., also in Ireland. The perfect insect appears in June. DICEORAMPHA ACUMINATANA. Plate XCIII. Figivre 14. Localities for this species are Charlton, Mickleham, Bristol, Dublin, Headley Lane, and other places round London. The situations where it is found are in grassy spots. The perfect insect appears in August. DICRORAMPHA SENECTANA. Plate XCIII. Figure 15. Localities for this species are near Dublin. The situations where it is found are on the coast. 202 DICRORAMPHA SIMPLICIANA. Plate XCIIL Figure 16. Localities for this species are Looe, Charlton, Green-* hithe, Northfleet, Dover, Croydon, and other places rouncj London, The perfect insect appears in June and July. The caterpillar is yellowish white with a brown head. The date of the appearance of the caterpillar is in the winter months, till about April. It feeds on the roots of the Mugwort (Artemisia mdgaris.), DICRORAMPHA TANACETANA, Plata XCIII Figure 17. Localities for this species are near Crewe. Jt feeds on the Tansy (Tanacetum vulgar e). DICRORAMPHA CONSORTANA. Plate XCIII. Figure 18. Localities for this species are Headley Lane, Brighton, Dublin, Withernslack, Haslemere, Croydon, etc., etc. The situations where it is found are on the coast. The perfect insect appears in July and August — • August 10. 203 PYRODES RHEDIANA. Plate XCIII. Figure 19. Localities for this species are Brighton, Coombe Wood, Birch Wood, Greenhithe, Darenth Wood, Ripley, Riddles- down, Lewisham, Meonstoke, the New Forest, Edinburgh, and Holywood in Ireland. The situations where it is found are woods. It feeds on the apple and the Service tree. CATOPTRIA ALBERSANA. Plate XCIII. Figure 20. Localities for this species are Brighton, the New Forest, Fox's Wood near Brislington, Bulwich Wood, West Wickham Wood, and other places near London. The situations where it is found are in woods. The caterpillar is greenish grey ; the head large and yellowish with a black spot on each side ; the shield yellowish, with two black dots of unequal size on each side ; the spots whitish. The date of the appearance of the caterpillar is in August. It feeds on the honeysuckle. CATOPTRIA ULICETANA. Plate XCIV. Figure 1. Localities for this common species are York, Brighton, Birkenhead, Looe, etc., etc., etc. The perfect insect appears in July. CATOPTRIA JULIANA. Plate XCIV. Figure 2. Localities for this species are Hyde Park, London, etc., etc. The situations where it is found are among oaks. The perfect insect appears in July. It feeds on acorns, it is said. CATOPTEIA MICROGRAMMANA. Plate XCIV. Figure 3. Localities for this species are near Deal, and near London. The perfect insect appears in July. CATOFTRIA HYPERICANA. Plate XCIV. Figure 4. Localities for this species are Brighton^ Looe, Coombe Wood, Darenth Wood, West Wickham Wood, Enniskerry, etc., etc The situations where it is found are woods, UNIVERSITY Vr 205 The perfect insect appears in July. It feeds on the tops of the St. John's Wort, ( Hypeiicum perforatum), and the (Hypericum hirsutumj. CATOPTRIA PARVULANA. Plate XCIV. Figure 5. Localities for this species are Freshwater in the Isle of Wight. The perfect insect appears in July. CATOPTRIA WIMMERANA. Plate XCIV. Figure 6. Localities for this species are St. Osyths, Gravesend, etc. The situations where it is found are on the coast. The perfect insect appears in July. CATOPTRIA SCOPOLIANA. Plate XCIV. Figure 7. Localities for this species are Brighton, etc., etc., etc. The situations where it is found are among thistles* The perfect insect appears in June arid July; The caterpillar is yellowish white. 20G It feeds on the seeds of the thistle. The chrysalis is found in the root of that plant. CATOPTRIA HOWENWARTHIANA. Plate XCIV. Figure 8. Localities for this species are York, Brighton, Looe, and, Dublin. The situations where it is found are where thistles grow. The perfect insect appears in July and August. CATOPTRIA C^ETCIMACULANA. Plate XCIV. Figure 9. Localities for this species are Headley Lane, Mickleham. The situations where it is found are chalky places. The perfect insect appears in July and August. CATOPTRIA MODESTANA. Plate XCIV. Figure 10. Localities for this species are at Charlton Pit. The situations where it is found are among mixed herbage, The perfect insect appears in July and August. 207 CATOPTRIA EXPALLIDANA. Plate XCIV. Figure 11. Localities for this species are near London, etc. The situations where it is found are grassy banks; The perfect insect appears in July. This species comes to a light. CATOPTRIA CITRANA. Plate XCIV. Figure 12. Localities for this species are Southend in Essex and Lytham. The perfect insect appears in July. It feeds on the Eest Harrow ? (Ononis arvensis.) CATOPTRIA CONTERMINANA. Plate XCIV. Figure 13. Localities for this species are near Folkestone. The situations where it is found are gardens and waste places. The perfect insect appears in July. It feeds on the lettuce. CATOPTRIA PUPILLANA. Plate XCIV. Figure 14. Localities for this species are in the Isle of Pdftianct, Isle of Wight, etc. 208 The perfect insect appears in August. It feeds on the roots of the Sea Wormwood (Artemisia maritima.) TRYCHERIS MEDIANA. Plate XCIV. Figure l'5. Localities for this species are near Brighton. SIMAETHIS VIBRANA. Plate XCIV. Figure 16. Localities for this species are York, Hurst in Sussex, Arundel, and Folkstone. The perfect insect appears in June ; also in September—- September 11. It feeds on the Fleabane, (Inula dysenterica) CHOREUTES SCINTILLULANA. Plate XCIV. Figure 17. Localities for this species are Falmouth, Preston, and Highgate. 209 XYLOPODA FABRICIANA. Plate XCIV. Figure 18. Localities for this species are Falmouth, Brighton, and Deal. The perfect insect appears in August. The date of the appearance of the caterpillar is in July. It feeds on the Pellitory-of-the-wall, (Parietana officinalis. XYLOPODA PARIANA. Plate XCIV. Figure 19. Localities for this species are Hurst, Highgate. COCHYLID^E. LOBESIA EELIQUANA. Plat* XCIV. Figure 20. Localities for this species are York, Brighton, Looe, DarenthWood, Swanscombe Wood, Dulwich, Epping Forest, the New Forest, and places near London. The situations where it is found are woods. The perfect insect appears at the end of June, in July, and the beginning of August. 210 LOBESIA SERVILLANA. Plate XCV. Figure 1. Localities for this species are Epping Forest, Brighton; Haslemere, Darenth Wood, and the Fens in Cambridgeshire. The situations where it is found are on Sallows in the fens, also in woods. The perfect insect appears in May and June. EUP^ECILIA NANA. Plate XCV. Figure 2. Localities for this species are Brighton, Birch Wood, Darenth Wood, West Wickham Wood, and other places near London. The situations where it is found are woods. EDPjECILIA DUBITANA. Plate XCV. Figure 3. Localities for this species are near Bristol, Farnham, and Probus. The perfect insect appears in July and August. EUP^lCILTA ALBICAPITANA. Plate XCV. Figure 4. Localities for this species are Hill of Howth, and near ^^^^^^^ 211 the sea coast of Cheshire. The perfect insect appears in June — June 20. EUP^CIUA ATRICAPITANA. Plate XCV. Figure 5. Localities for this species are Charlton, Clontarf, and near Dublin. The situations where it is found are sandpits, and sand- hills, and cliffs on the coast. The perfect insect appears in the middle of June, to July and August. EUP^ECTLIA MACULOSANA Plate CXV. Figure 6. Localities for this species are Brighton, Bristol, Dover, the New Forest, etc., etc. The perfect insect appears in May and June. EUP^ECILIA SODALIANA. Plate XCV. Figure 7. Localities for this species are Brighton, Darenth Wood, Croydon, Ripley in Surrey, West Wickham W ood, Sander- stead Downs near Bristol, etc. The situations where it is found are woods and hedges. The perfect insect appears in May, June, and July — June 29. 212 EU&ECILIA HYBRIDELLAi^j. Plate XCV. Figure 8. Localities for this species are Dublin, Headley Lane, Sanderstead Downs near Bristol, Stoats Nest hear Becken- ham, Dover, the New Forest, etc. EUPJ3CILIA AMBIGUANA; Plate XCV. Figure 9. Localities for this species are Haslemere and Edinburgh, The situations where it is found are among birch trees. The perfect insect appears in May and June. EUP^ECILIA ANGDSTANA. Plate XCV. Figure 10. Localites for this species are Brighton, Dover, the New Forest, and near London, etc., etc. The situations where it is found are woods. The perfect insect appears in^June and July. EUP^CILIA CURVISTRIGANA. Plate XCV. Figure 11. Localities for this species are Haslemere and Barnstaple, Lewes and Bristol. 213 The situations where it is found are among underwood. The perfect insect appears in May, June, and August. EUP^CILIA AFFINITANA. Plate XCV. Figure 12. Localities for this species are near St. Osyths, Ryde, and Gravesend. The situations where it is found are salt marshes near the sea. The perfect insect appears in July and August — July 8, August 5. EUP^ECILIA VECTISANA. Plate XCV. Figure 13. Localities for this species are near Eyde. EUP^OILIA UDANA. Plate XCV. Figure 14. Localities for this species are near Brighton. EUP^ICILIA NOTULANA. Plate XCV. Figure 15. Localities for this species are near Yarmouth in the Isle of Wight, etc., etc. The situations where it is found are marshes and moist places, 214 The perfect insect appears in July — the "beginning of the month. It feeds on the Sedge (Carex paludosa.) The moth flies a little before sunset. EUPJSCILIA RUPICOLANA. Plate XCV. Figure 16. Localities for this species are Dover, Brislington, and in the Fens in Cambridgeshire. The situations where it is found are fens, etc. EUP^CILIA FLAVICILIANA. Plate XCV. Figure 17. Localities, for this species are at Sanderstead, Epping, the Isle of Wight, etc. The situations where it is found are downs, etc, EUPJECILIA ROSEANA. Plate XCV. Figure 18. • Localities for this species are near Brighton. The situations where it is found are among teazles. The perfect insect appears in May, June, July, and August. The caterpillar is at first of a bright green colour, after- wards yellowish white, with a green line along the back ; 215 the head shining black ; the shield shining black ; the spots raised, oval shaped, and shining. It feeds on the seeds of the Teazle (Dipsacus Sylvestris. ) The chrysalis is found on the stem of the plant in a loose white silken web. EUP^ECILIA SUBROSEANA. Plate XCV. Figure 19. Localities for this species are Brighton, Stockton, Mickle- ham, Haslernere. The situations where it is found are among long grass, heather, and in woods. The perfect insect appears in June, July, and August. The date of the appearance of the caterpillar is in July, It feeds on the cowslip. RUP^CILIA RUFICILIANA. Plite XCV. Figure 20. Localities for this species are near Mickleham, Lewes, Guildford, etc. The perfect insect appears in May and June. The caterpillar is yellowish white, with a pale line along the back ; the head shining black ; the shield dark grey > the spots pale grey or olive coloured. 216 EUP^ECILIA ANTHEMIDANA. Plate XCV. Figure 21. Localities for this. species are Charlton Pit. The perfect insect appears in July and August — August 20. It feeds on the flower heads of the Camomile, (Anthemis cotula.) XANTHOSETIA ZOEGANA. Platt XCV. Figure 22. Localities for this species are Belfast, Brighton, Kilkenny, Probus, Charlton, Lewisham, Mickleham, Coombe Wood, Darenth Wood, and other places round London. The situations where it is found are woods and among rough herbage. The perfect insect appears in May and June. It feeds on the roots of the small scabious, (Scabiosa Columbaria.) XANTHOSETIA HAMANA. Plate XCVI. Figure 1. Localities for this species are York, Brighton, Humber- stone, Looe, Edinburgh, and near London. The situations where it is found are among thistles. The perfect insect appears in July and August, — July 19. fainted, lyffswbst.la I 217 CHROSIS TESSERANA. Plate XCYI. Figure 2. Localities for this species are Charlton, Deal, Brighton, Groydon, Sanderstead, Dover, Mickleham. The situations where it is found are among mixed herbage on the Downs, etc. The perfect insect appears in June, July and August. CHROSIS RUTILLANA. Plate XCVI. Figure 3. Localities for this species are Sauderstead Downs, and Stoats Nest. The situations where it is found are on the Downs. ^The perfect insect appears in July and August. The caterpillar is yellow, with a pale green line along the back ; the head brown ; the shield paler brown. It feeds on the berries of the Juniper. CHROSIS AUDOUINANA. Plate XCVI. Figure 4. Localities for this species are Loughton, Epping, Darenth Wood, Tuubridgo, Black Park, Haslemere, Stoats Nest, Sanderstead. The situations where it is found are woods. 218 The perfect insect appears in June and July ; June 10 ; June 28. ARGYROLEPIA BAUMANNIANA. Plate XCVI. Figure 5. Localities for this species are York, Brighton, Haslemere, Darenth Wood, the New Forest, Belfast, and near London. The situations where it is found are among rushes in damp places, and paths in woods. The perfect insect appears in May and June. AUGYROLEPIA SUBBAUMANNIAXA. Plate XCVI. Figure 6. Localities for this species are Darenth Wood, Mickleham, Croydon, Brighton, etc. The situations where it is found are chalky places on the Downs, and woods. The perfect insect appears in June and July. ARGYROLEPIA DUBRISAXA, Plate XCVI. Figure 7. Localities for this species are Brighton, Haslemere, Dover, Deal, Margate, the Old Tram Eoad near Croydon, etc. The perfect insect appears in May, June, July and August. 2J9 AIIGYROLEPIA SCHREIBERSIANA. Plate XCVI. Figure 8. Localities for this species are Yaxley and other places in the Fens, in Huntingdonshire and Cambridgeshire. The situations where it is found are the Fens. ARGYllOLEPIA BADIANA. Plate XCVI. Figure 9. Localities for this species are York, Brighton, Whittlesea Mere, Battersea Fields, Hackney Marsh, West Wickham Wood, the Isle of Wight, Dublin, Hertford, etc. The situations where it is found are fens, woods, and waste places. The perfect insect appears in July. It feeds in the stems of Burdock (Arctium Lappa.) ARGYROLEPIA CNICANA. Plate XCVI. Figure 10. Localities for this species are York, Haslemere, Epping, etc. The situations where it is found are among thistles and in woods. « The perfect insect appears in June, July and August. It feeds on the thistle. 220 AGRYROLEPIA yENEANA. Plate XCVI. Figure 11. Localities for this species are Brighton, Southend, Ep- ping Forest, Willesden. The situations where it is found are among thistles. The perfect insect appears in July and August. It feeds on the roots of the Ragwort (Senecio Jacobcea.) ARGYROLEPIA MUSSEHLIANA, Plate XCYI. Figure 12. Localities for this species are in Devonshire. ARGYROLEPIA MARITIMANA. Plate XCVI. Figure 13. Localities for this species are Deal. The situations where it is found are sand-hills on the coast. The perfect insect appears at the end of May and the beginning of June till July and August. The caterpillar is yellowish white with black spots. It feeds on the roots and stems of the Sea Holly, (Eryngyum maritimum.) The chrysalis is reddish brown. 221 COCHYLIS DIPOLTANA. Plate XCVI. Figure 14. Localities for this species are Charlton Pit, Croydon, Guildford, etc. The situations where it is found are among rough herbage. COCHYLIS FRANCILLANA. Plate XCVI. Figure 15. Localities for this species are Brighton, Darenth Wood, Dover, on the Railway Bank near Forest Hill, Croydon, Riddlesdown, Sanderstead, Charlton, Guildford, etc. The perfect insect appears in July and August. It feeds on the wild carrot (Daucus carota ) COCHYLIS DILUCIDANA. Plate XCVI. Figure 1G. Localities for this species are Charlton, Plumstead, Sanderstead, Reigate, the Isle of Wight, Dublin, and near London. The situations where it is found are waste grounds, etc. The perfect insect appears in July. It feeds on the stems of the wild parsnip (Pastinaca saliva.) 222 * COCHYLIS SMEATHMANNIANA. Plate XCVI. Figure 17. Localities for this species are Darenth Wood, Epping Forest, Barnes Common, Dover, and near London, etc. The situations where it is found are woods, commons, etc. The perfect insect appears in May and June, and also in July and August. The caterpillar ife dull amber coloured. It feeds on the flowers of the camomile (Anthemis cotula) COCHYLTS STRAMINEANA. Plate XCVI. Figure 18. Localities for this species are York, Brighton, Darenth Wood, Dover, the Isle of Wight, Probus, Edinburgh, Belfast, etc. The situations where it is found are woods. The perfect insect appears in May and June. COCHYLIS GIGANTANA. Plate XCVI. Figure 19. Localities for this species are Dover, Deal, Folkestone. 223 COCHYLIS INOPIANA. Plate XCVI. Figure 20. Localities for this species are the New Forest, Folkestone, Dover, Deal, Darenth Wood, Bipley in Surrey, etc. The situations where it is found are woods, etc. The perfect insect appears in July. It feeds on the Fleabane (Inula dysenterica.) APHELID^E. APHELIA PRATANA. Plate XCVI. -Figure 21. Localities for this species are Brighton, Dover, Folke- stone, Deal, Kipley in Surrey, Darenth Wood, the New Forest, etc. The situations where it is found are woods, etc. The perfect insect appears in July. It feeds on the roots or stems of the Fleabane (Inulu dysenterica.) TORTRICODES HYEMANA. Plate XCVI. Figure 22. Localities for this species are York, Brighton. END OP VOLUME III. UNIVERSh OF : j " 77Z, 1 r UNIVEF- :^ry,i:/ w dRARY - 5 £ y . ' ^<