oY f My me i Hibrary of the Museum | ae OF 4 COMPARATIVE ZOOLOGY, AT HARVARD COLLEGE, CAMBRIDGE, MASS. — Hounded by private subscription, in 1861. Phewwiftiewef LOUIS AGASSIZ. No. FA 24! THE NATURAL HISTORY | Lith r BRITISH, EN SECTS: EXPLAINING THEM IN THEIR SEVERAL STATE S, WITH THE PERIODS OF THEIR TRANSFORMATIONS THEIR FOOD, OECONOMY, &c. TOGETHER WITH THE HISTORY OF SUCH MINUTE INSECTS AS REQUIRE INVESTIGATION BY THE MICROSCOPE. . THE WHOLE ILLUSTRATED BY COLOURED BG. UR Bs, DESIGNED AND EXECUTED FROM LIVING SPECIMENS. By E. DONOVAN. LONDON: PRINTED BY BYE AND LAW, ST. JOHN’S SQUARE, CLERKENWELL, For tHe AUTHOR, -And for F, and.C. BANG EON: N° 62, St, Pauu’s Courcu-YaRD. “at DSEec,; 5 uns id A Ue sh ork iihela na RE DIF A Phe ms on, Ht x ie aA RDS Ue He aA A ‘ahah Ms THE NATURAL HISTORY OF BRITISH INSECTS. PL AVE EB COlLNeX XIX. SPHINX ATROPOS. DEATH Hea or Bee TicGer Motu. GENERIC CHARACTER. Antennz thickeft inthe middle. Wings deflexed, the outer margin declining towards the fides. SPECIFIC CHARACTER AND SYNONYMS. Wings entire ; pofterior pair yellow, barred acrofs with brown. Abdomen yellow, with black rings. -SpuHinx Atropos: alis integris : pofticis fiesia fa{ciis fufcis, ab- domine luteo: cingulis nigris. Lin, Syft. Nat. 2. 799. 9.—Mu/f. Lud. Ulr. 348. A2 - Reaum; 4 PLATE Geka... Reaum. Inf. 1. tab. 14. Roef. Inf. 3. tab. 1. 1. Haffelquift. Itin. 407. 104. 105. Scheff. Icon. tab. 99. fig. 1. 2. Efp. Inf. 2. tab. 7. Sulz. Inf. tab. 15. fig. 88. Albin. Inf. tab.6. Wrilks. pap. 9. tab. t. B. 1. The Sphinx Atropos is a magnificent creature, and the largeft of the European Lepidopterous Infe&is. ‘The characteriftic marks of this {pecies are very fingular ; on the thorax in particular the figure of a human {kull is ftrongly depicted. Thefe Infe&ts have been deemed a prefage of fome approaching calamity, by the peafantry in countries where they have appeared by chance; and Linnzus has himfelf named it after one of the three Fates, of the Heathen My- thology. ; _ This fpecies feems no where common. In this country it is rare. We have an Englifh Specimen in the winged ftate, and once met with its larva, of a full fize, but it died before it became a pupa. PLATE 2) t a a al PHA FE , CCXC “PE SPHINX ATROPOS. ‘Deatu Heap, or Bet Ticer Mors. This Specimen was found on the Jafmine, the latter end of Auguft. It is faid to feed alfo on Potatoes and Green Elder, It appears in the Fly ftate in July. PLATE + Qnigd AP yee: i » ere ij 4 . EVE La Bae hee ae? bo | elnino Aura rts ARPA ett ienht pny pine : eRe see Ay 2gt ue cree al Pew EE. COXCI. PEDICULI COLUMBE. PicgEeon’s LOUSE. APTERA. GENERIC CHARACTER. Six Feet. Eyes two. Mouth contains a fting.” Antenne length of the Thorax. SPECIFIC CHARACTER AND SYNONYMS. Body flender, thickeft towards the end, whitifh, a ferruginous line along each fide. _ PepicuLus CoLumB~#: corpore filiformi ferrugineis poftice clavato. Fab. Syft. Ent. 809. 31. Pediculus oblongus filiformis albicans, corporis lateribus utrinque ferrugineis. Geoff. Inf. 2. 599. 7. Pulex Columbz Majoris. KRedi de Infeétis tab. 2. fig. 1. This is the kind of Loufe found on the common Pigeon. It differs {pecifically from thofe of other Birds and Animals, as may be conjectured from its fignificant name, P. Columbz. - It: 8 PLATE CCXCL | It is fuppofed that almoft every creature has its peculiar {pecies of Pediculi, but not more than fifty diftin@ {pecies have been hitherto afcertained; and nearly the whole of thefe belong to the feathered tribe. Redi, Linneéus, Fabricius, and other Authors diftinguifh many of thefe Infe&ts by the names of thofe creatures they infeft, as P. Vuliuris, Orioli, Cuculz, Cygni, Pavonis, Phafiani, &c. &c. Fic. I. Natural Size. Fic. II. Magnified. P LA Ee ee ee Dag PL A’ BE. CGXCH. PAPILIO CARDUI: Paintep Lapy BuTreRFLy. GENERIG CHARACTER. . Antenne clubbed. Wings ere€t when at reft. Fly by day. SPECIFIC CHARACTER AND SYNONYMS. Wings indented, above orange variegated with black and white ; beneath, four eyes on the pofterior pair. Paritio Carput: alis dentatis fulvis albo nigroque variegatis : | potticis fubtus ocellis quatuor. Linn. Syft. Nat. 2. 774. 157.—Ln. Sv. 1054. —Fab. Ent. Syft. T. 3. p. 1. 104. fp. 320+ Scheff. Icon. tab. 97. fig. 5, 6. LErnft. Pap. Europ. 1. tab. 7. Albin. Inf. tab. 56. Cram. Inf. 3. tab. 26. fig. E. BF. Reaum. Inf. i, tab. 26. fig. 11, 12. Hoeffn. Inf. tab. 7. fig. 3. The Painted Lady Butterfly is a local fpecies, and therefore not very common. In fome feafons, thefe Infects appear in confider- able numbers, and then again are not feen for feveral years. They B were oo ea Ao eee | were taken in abundance in the fummer of 1795, in many parts of the kingdom, and particuJarly in Manchefter; but fince that time, few, if any, have been met with. - rH Tn point of beauty, this {pecies has an immediate claim to the notice of Englifh Entomologifts. Its larva feeds on nettles, thiftles, docks, and other herbage by the fides of ditches, and changes to the pupa {tate about the middle or latter end of July; the winged Infe& ap- pears twelve days after. ' Po ieA ft oe et yy eit Ri ‘ Ses 295 PLATE CCXCHI. FIG. I. PHALEHZNA ULMATA. Scarce Erm Morn. GENERIC CHARACTER. _Antennz taper from the bale. Wings in general deflexed when at reff. Fly a night. SPECIFIC CHARACTER | AND , SYNONYMS. _Antennz fetaceous, Wings white, with a double row of pale black fpots acrofs the middle: a ferruginous brown fpot at the bafe, and another at the pofterior margin of the firft pair: a fimilar fpot in the interior margin of tig fecond pair alfo. PHaLzna Utmata: feticornis alis albidiss fafciis duabus ferru- gineo fufcis; poftica maculari. Fab. Ent. Sy. Ze p- 2 p. 176. Sp. 171. Phalena pantaria pectinicornis alis albis: fafcia maculari flavicante, abdomine luteo nigro punftato. Linn. Sy/t. Nat. 2, 863. 218. es _ This fpecies bears fome affinity to the Phalena Groffulariata, or Currant Moth. It is very rare, and has been hitherto found only in Yorkfhire. It appears the third week in June. The larva feeds on the elm: it is green, ftreaked with black, and has a black head ; the pupa blueish. B2 FIG. 12 a A Bir C@xXcut BG PHALENA MARGINATA. SPECIFIC CHARACTER AND SYNONYMS. Antenne fetaceous. Wings white, with a deep irregular brown margin of interrupted fpots. PHALZNA MARGINATA: feticornis alis omnibus albis: margine exteriori limbo fufco interrupto. Linn. Sy/t. Nat. 2. 870. 257.—Fn. Sv. 1279. Sulz. Inf. tab. 16. fig. 96. Geoff. Inf. 2. 139. 60. Clerk. Phal. tab. 2» fig. 5. Phalzna Geometra Marginata* is rather common. It lives on the nut, and is found in the winged ftate in May. , * As the fpecific name Marginata occurs in the defcription of a Moth in Plate CL. it may be proper to obferve, that the Infe&t there figured, is Noéfua Marginata of Fabricius. —The feétional divifions of the Phalzenz muft be particularly attended to, when the fame fpecific name occurs more than once. a PL Ay 2 -eexcim: 13 TE SE-G: Sc PHALENA.PRUNARIA, Par. FEMALE OranceE Moru. Male, Plate 23. Br. Inf. The male of Phalzna Prunaria is reprefented and defcribed in the early part of our Britifh Infects; but it differs fo confiderably from the fingular variety of the fame fpecies now before us, that we pre- fume to introduce it in the annexed plate of Geometre. B3 PLATE si! t st figdis A shy bag i ino, yldan Abit bo ob uf RE hi ey i eS, ei nhl Sai cable og a0 tit adishaganed oi ‘ ‘ Li ue ' . UN CROITY cAlseilGe MA USA 2.94 . OP aE BCC xXClv! MUSCA SOLS ELIVIIPALLS: _ GENERIC CHARACTER. The mouth formed by a foft flefhy Sicha as with two lateral lips. No palpi. ‘SPECIFIC CHARACTER AND SYNONYMS. Antennz furnifhed with a lateral hair. Wangs white, with four formewhat connected black bars acrofs. Scutellum yellow. Musca SoLsTITIALIs: antennis fetariis, alis albis: fafciis quatuor ‘connexis nigris, fcutello flavo. Linn. Sy/t. Nat. 2. 999. 127.—Fn. Sv. 1879. Degeer. Inf. 6.42. 16. tab. 2. fig. 10, 11. La mouche des tetes de Chardons. Geoff. Inf. 2. 499. 14. Found in the middle of fummer on thiftles, and is an elegant object for the microfcope. - B4 of PLATE ozs LASRARY - _ BARD EER ERSITY | CAMBIUDGE. ~~ USA. 295 - : PLA ER CCXCV. PAPILIO COMMA. PEARL SKIPPER BUTTERFLYe GENERIC CHARACTER. Antennz clubbed at the ends. Wings erect whenat reft. Fly by day. Plebeit Urbicola. SPECIFIC CHARACTER. Wings entire, divaricated, brown, having a black ftreak along the middle of the anterior pair. Beneath, {potted with white. Parit1o Comma: alis integerrimis divaricatis fulvis: punctis albis | lineolaque nigra. Linn. Syft. Nat. p. 793- 258. Hesperta Comma: Fab. Ent. Sy/t. ¢. 3: p- . p. 325- 233: Paritio Comma: Wien. Verz. a 4. In the beginning of Auguft, 1772, a brood of thefe Infects were taken near Lewes in Suffex, by the late Mr. Green; and we believe no other fpecimens have been taken fince that period. It is not very unlike the Papilio Sylvanus of Fabricius, but may be readily diftinguifhed from it by the fquaze {pots on the under- fide being perfectly white. PLATE r te wa a suk ae e: 3 a ign gaol Heri asa 8 agit is hae a edt paiouy o ? 3) as Na nl al fe a | a} PEK Hist hab ut: gilt is ones i Stee ~ ao fe i192 | PL, AE“ CCXCVI. SPHI NS. PEN AS FT RT. PINE Hawk Moru. GENERIC CHARACTER. Antenna thickeft in the middle. Wings deflexed when at reft. Fly flow, morning and evening. SPECIFIC CHARACTER AND SYNONYMS. Wings entire, Greyifh white: three contiguous black lines in the middle of the anterior pair. Abdomen brownifh, with bands of ' white. f Spuinx Pinastrt: alis integris canis: anticis lineolis tribus con- fertis nigris, abdomine fufco: cingulis albis. Lznn. Syft. Nat. 2. 802. 22.—Fn, Sv. 1088. Fab. Ent. SyfteT. 3. p. ts ps 367.35. Efp. Inf. 2. tab. 12+ Roef. Inf. 1. phal. 1. tab, 6. Reaum. Inf. 1. tab. 13. fig. 8. We have only a traditionary report that Sphinx Pinaftri has been fometimes found in Scotland; but as it is generaily admitted, on that authority, toa place in the cabinets of Englith Infeéts, we cannot refrain inferting it in the prefent work. » It is an European Infect, and in particular is found in the Pine forefts of Germany. Roefel has figured it with the larva and pupa, in go 0. RRL AG By Cart in the plate above quoted ; and as we may, perhaps, never ‘meet with it in that ftate, we conceived the copies of them in the annexed plate, would at leaft be fatisfactory to fuch fubfcribers as have not the works of that German author. PLATE : " ® ¥ye PLATE COXCVILE (h CIMEX BICOLOR. ’ Brack AND WuHuiteE Fietp Buc. GENERIC GHARACT ER. _ Roftrum infle&ted. Antenna longer than the thorax. One wing- cafe folded over the other. Feet formed for running. SPECIFIC CHARA TER AND SYNONYMS. Black. Wing-cafes variegated with black and white; a femi- circular white fpace in the middle. Wings tranfparent and whitifh. Crnex Bicotor: niger elytris albo variis, alis albis. Zinn. Sy/. Nat. 2.722. 55.—Fn. Sv. 936.—Fab. Ent. Syft. T. Ae ps P21. 4p. TOU. _ La Punaife noire a quatre tachesblanches. Geoff. Inf. 1.p.470. /p. 73+ : Scheff. Icon. tab. 41. fig. 8. 9. Stoll. Cimic. tab. 32. fig. 224. Petiv. Gazoph. tab. 14. fig. 7. The natural fize is reprefented at Fig. I. PLATE a dearth aia Ve. 4 = mT Pe Ne ON SR aR eS, poli Pinion i 298 a : Ease PLA Pee. - CCXCVITE PHALENA TRIPLACIA. Seon sens MoruH. GENERIC CHARACTER. Antenne taper from the bafe. Wings in general deflexed when at reft. Fly by night. * * Noéiua. SPECIFIC CHARACTER AND | SYNONYMS, Thorax crefted. Wings deflexed; firft pair greyith, with a double ferruginous arch; at the bafe, and another in an oppofite direction near the apex. Puarzena Tripracta: critata alis deflexis; anticis arcu duplici contrario maculifque tribus glaucis intermediis. Linn. Sy/?. Nat. 2.854. 175.—Fn. Su. 1202. Fab. Ent. Syft. T. 3. p. 2. 117. 354. Degeer. ‘Inf. I. fab. 6, fig. 20. 21. Merian. Europ. tab. 97. + This Infe&t is remarkable for a fanciful kind of marking that encircles the eyes, and feems to refemble a pair of fpeétacles. It is found in the winged ftate the fourth week in June. PLATE i mez LISRARY ves / MARV RS Ua INGA SRSA: 299 PL A.T EE CCXCrEX; PHAL NA ROBORIS. GENERIC CHARACTER. _ Antennz taper from the bafe. Wings in general deflexed when at reft. Fly by night. ; * * Noétua. SPECIFIC CHARACTER 4 AND SYNONYMS. Wings deflexed, greyifh: two undulated white waves acrofs the ‘anterior pair: a white fpace in the middle, having a lunar black mark in its center. PHALZNA Rosoris: levis alis deflexis cinereis: ftrigis duabus undatis albis, macula centrali nivea: lunula nigra. Fab. Ent. Syft. 3. p. 2+ p- 35+ Jp. 90- ee A {carce f{pecies ; it is found on the nut-tree. : % @ her PLATE ogy anette waggle ia Rate yee A: ee EE ee qe NT ee AR iat sONe ' toad , ) , Be EK IRC BESTS fa SB he Sa a34 ita Ro r &, > oc ee CMI ee dvr 0 Meare ipa me ORBIN g eh “he $ 0 360 By Wie ae PLATE CCC TIPULA POMON &. GENERIC CHARACTER. Head lengthened out. Upper jaw arched. Palpi two, curved, ‘longer than the head. Probofcis fhort, and bent inwards. SPECIFIC CHARACTER AND SYNONYMS. Shining black. ‘Wings whitifh, with a central dark {pot in the _ anterior margin. Thighs ferruginous. Tiputa Pomona: glabra nigra alis la&teis: punéto nigro, femo- ribus ferrugineis. Fab. Ent. Syft. T. 4. p. 249. |p. 74. We met with both fexes of this uncommon Infe& in Coombe Wood, Surry, in the beginning of June, 1798.—The {pecimen Fabricius defcribed was taken in this country alfo, May 13, ona fruit-tree. PLATE he! : ~ oe pe el Rs “ARTONANNS SIkaus 9 “darn on ‘uel badoie wink. ‘cet ue paint sad tins ‘Pod sidtodond shai | Hi die “sawonannd AVENE, te Oy ih \ ty prea eteid i a pes sie 2apPal dif gigia srdefg : iaiiaee A aN A H>8 Soy fi am > hae ‘as a uate eae q a,’ -——— Pisin’ a? i! dal apes Tae Dray 2h 4 age dod slsiay, ae 3 | ine ‘aio! nt... aa ft eaivt cae Crepe we | nie tT hath a” “ sti bl ase, att rho Dalits pridhiygl et 3 rr hee ere o’ j i i ras ia * 4 “4 ‘ ig ; YOne om . H ‘ z ‘ Arita A A a 4 rm bir a aa i 7 bn Rey | | 7, bn SQCw4 PLATE CCCI. GELCINDERA RIPARIA. GENERIC CHARACTER. Antennz fetaceous. Jaws advanced and armed with teeth. Eyes prominent, Thorax roundifh and margined. SPEOChPIC €CHARACT ER AND SYNONYMS. Greenifh, bronzed, with many excavated round fpots on the wing- cafes. CicinpELA RipariA: viridi-znea, elytris pundtis latis excavatis. Fn. Suec. 741. Gmel. Linn. Syft. T. 4. p. 4. po 1925. Jp: 10. Cicindela viridi-anea maculis rotundis excavatis grifeo-viridibus. Degeer. Inf. 4. p. 117. 2. 4. t. 4. fi 9. _ We found this beautiful fpecies in fome Benty.3 ina little marfhy {pot behind the town of Newton, on the fea fhore of Glamorgan- fhire. Gmelin fays it is found in wet places, and obferves that its colour often varies. It is a minute infedt, and is reprefented magnified in the annexed plate. ~D PLATE yee “acfh ‘a fed Bit ie " Suits ui 3 4 : F 4 ’ a . x Ps * { a ‘ Med ae op Raveena ont a (at sone bathe a . te ti * Ey . ; pa q t TN Ve é tie + \s % peter ) < od Che Oe | wT Age hie eo 4 ie , is ‘ = ¥ ~ > * a iE ' é ie} bP e - St > Pe . > - * ri “ : r be s » ie, i v ‘ < a “gh = j + ‘ ; wy u ‘i apttee Croan ‘a vis MIME ea 4 PiAcA vt & CCCH. PAPILIO AGLAJA. Sttver Spor Fritrirary BuTTeRFLyY: GENARIC CHARACTER: Antenne clubbed at the ends. Wings ere&t whenat reft. Fly by day. SPECIFIG CHARACTER AND SYNONYMS. Wings dentated, fulvous, with black fpots. Twenty filver fpots on the under fide of the pofterior wings. : Papritio AGtiajA: alis dentatis fulvis nigro maculatis: fubtus 21. maculis argenteis. Linn. Syft. Nat. 2. 785: 21t.—Fn. Sv. 1064.—Fab. Ent, Sy. T. 3. p. 1s p- 144. fp. 442. Wilks Pap. tab. 2. ai 12. Efp. Pap. 1. tab. 17. fig. 3: Scheff. Icon. tab. qs figs Ty"R A very beautiful and not uncommon Britifh fpecies ; the Larva feeds on the Violet, &c.; it is of a dirty black colour, fpotted with brown, and armed with long fpines, asin P. Antiopa. This Larva . is found in May, changes to the pupa ftate the latter end of the fame month, and appears twenty-one days after a winged infect. Da PLATE eet Sing ah Pay oye Meu Oe “ah ET gO TEER Aas Wier, aM ‘ Soars tak Ce ome ead PRP SRY OLA OEOINY rl 2) AS, AGS As BeBe PE Ein Ak EON AG RNAS ig ae) eae ae i ‘2 Ries efits a new 103 wns hy BP ee ’ is reuncabnic, Plinsesige nt Ry m4 aK ae Cane PLATE CCCI DYTISCUS 2PUNCTATUS. Two Spot Boar BEETLE. GENERIC CHARACTER. Antennz either fetaceous, or furnifhed at the end with a perfoli- ated capitulum. Hind feet formed for fwimming, and hairy. SPECIFIC CHARACTER AND SYNONYMS. Black brown. Thorax yellow with two black points: wing- cafes variegated with yellow and brown. Dytiscus 2 Puncratus: ater thorace flavo: punctis duobus nigris, elytris flavo fufcoque variis. Fab. Ent. Sy/t. DP. 2s pe Vs fx BO2 fp. 22. Fabricius defcribes this as a German infeé&t. It has not been figured by any author, and is uncommon in Great Britain. Lives in the water. D 3 | PLATE Fy abd. aghistoh a 49%, bal Ese 9 PLATE CCCIV. PHALENA ABISINTHIL Wormwoop Mors. GENERIC CHARACTER. Antennz taper from the bafe. Wings in general deflexed when at reft. Fly by night. * Noéua. SPECIFIC CHARACTER AND SYNONYMS. ‘Thorax crefted. Wings deflexed: white, fafciated and {potted with black in a fomewhat quadrangular manner. PHALZNA ABISINTHII: crifta alis deflexis canis: faciis punc- tifque in tetragonum pofitis nigris. Linn. Sy/?. Nat. 2. 845. 133.—fn. Sv. 1182. Fab. Ent. Syft. JT. 3. pod. p. 88. [p. 261. Phalena Abifinthii is certainly an elegant fpecies, and particularly interefting as a native of this country. A few years fince it was very highly efteemed by colleétors of Englifh natural hiftory, and at pre- fent it holds a diftinguifhed rank amongft the more valuable infeés of our cabinets. Has been found on fome wormwood in Bunhill- fields, about twenty years ago. D4 The 4) PLAT ry: The larva is beautifully variegated eal red, and tender fhades of green and yellow on a whitifh ground: it feeds on the wormwood, and becomes a pupa within a cafe, or fpinning. Found in the winged ftate in July. PLATE 7m ¢? re ee PLATE CCCV. CERAMBYX OCULATUS. ** Saperda. GENERIC GHARCTER:; Antenne articulated, tapering towards the ends. Thorax either armed with fpines, or gibbous. Wing-cafes throughout of equal breadth. . SPECIFIC CHARACTER AND SYNONYMS. _ Cylindrical: Thorax without fpines, yellow, with two black fpots. Wing-cafes grey with linear ftreaks of excavated black points. \ _ Ceramsyx Ocutatus: thorace mutico cylindrico luteo: punctis duobus nigris, elytris faftigiatis linearibus nigris, SaPerDA. Linn. Faun. Suec. 664.—Cerambyx ferrugineo-rufus, elytris nigro cinereis pundtis excavatis nigris. Uddm. Diff: 31—Gzmel. Lina. Syft. T. 1. p. 4. p. 1841. fp. 60. SAPERDA OcuLaTa. Fab. Ent. Syft. T. 1. p. 2. p. 308. Scheff. Icon. tab. 128. fig. 4. The — Es owe ae PL AT ia Oey. a This infect is defcribed and figured, by fome of the continental, writers on entomology, as a native of France, Italy, and Germany, but has not, we believe, been hitherto noticed asa Britith fpecies. Like other local infedts it is faid to be extremely common in the Ifle of Ely, Cambridgefhire, and perhaps is not found in any other part of the country. PLATE ea) f 399 PL’*A TUE GCeccver PHALENA QUADRA. ( Ws SrpoTTreD Footman Morn. i GENERIC CHARACTER. Antennz taper from the bafe. Wings in general deflexed when at reft.- Fly by night, re SPECIFIC CHARACTER ~ AND SYNONYMS. Thorax fmooth. Wings depreffed, yellow, with two dark blue Spots on the anterior pair. PHALZNA Quapra: levis alis depreffis luteis: anticis punctis duobus cyaneis. Linn Syfts Nat. 2. 840. 14. —Fab. Ent. Syft. T. 3. p 2+ px 24. JP So Scheff. Elem. tab. 98. fig. 5. ‘Roef. Inf. 1. phal. 2. tab. 17. The larva of this fpecies rarely occurs, and the winged Infe& 1s _ notcommon. Linnzus has taken his specific character of this Moth from the four blue {pots on the anterior wings : it is therefore necef- fary to obferve, that the other fex has no fuch fpots, and has erro- _heoufly been made a diftin& fpecies by the fame author, becaufe it was deftitute of them.—Found in the winged ftatein May and June. PLATE Rae sy BE) ria ‘ : . or (Otay a srcdaepieniia OT en’ ei ake aaa adl RM a. f gent sth we L whieh et WY ee SE GAR - ce! a. ere te ere [41 J PLATE CCCVI. PHALZANA POPULI. DecEMBER Morn. GENERIC CHARACTER. Antennz taper from the bafe. Wings in general deflexed when at reft. Fly by night. SPECIFIC CHARACTER AND SYNONYMS. Brown: an irregular pale ftreak acrofs the anterior pair, anda {maller one near the bafe. Ai fingle pale ftreak acrofs the pofterior pair. PHatana Poputtr: fufca antice pallida, alis reverfis fufcefcen- tibus : ftriga fefquialtera repanda albida. Linn. Sy/ft. Nat. 2. 818. 34.—n. Sv. 1101. — Fab. Ent. Syft.T. 3. p. 2. p. 429. fp. 70. Wien, Verz. 58.9. Raef. Inf. 1. phal. 2. tab. 60. We feldom meet with this interefting fpecies, for it is found boti. in the larva and perfedt ftate in the feafon, when few collectors are difpofed to feek for it. It feeds on the white-thorn, becomes a pupa in November, and the Moth appears in December as its trivial Englifh name implies. 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A Re: j me eee Lame Soe ry 7 4 f . ~~ ay 4 Ree ep ra) 7 aN + By i « , ey ; ‘ ' x “e , Lepy eh pa, ies BR { » ‘ x } > hy M / ay ae 7 = | « 5 - 4 ‘ad » F . , rs $ A ¥ A Y § ex r ‘ é a : 1 i Ps xt 4 “ a tie ’ Po anvoOO aT Aaa ney ener.” CAMBRIDGE MALUSA + / ‘ 3] Sp) [ 43 ] PLA TH Veecvill: STAPHYLINUS ERYTHROPTERUS, GENERIC CHARACTER. Antenne moniliform. Elytra not half the length of the abdomen, Wings folded, and concealed under the elytra. SPECIFIC CHARACTER AND. SYNONYMS. Black. Wing-cafes, antennz, and legs red. STAPHYLINUS ERYTHROPTERUS: ater, elytris, antennarum bafi pedibufque rufis.—Fz. Suec. 842. Gmel. Linn. T. 1. BAe ps 20272 ff. As Fab. Ent. Syft. Degeer. Inf. 4. p. 21. n. 6, Scheff. Elem. tab. 117. —ATcon. tab. 2. fig. 2, Found in general in moift or fandy places. PLATE OF and mareitelete a oe qtate : 2 tre eraattliead om ai) Waa oe i be egat hina ag - toa) Dee ae mere P ’ i ag Sescaten, apg hoes” Da ort. Grea aia ae. aa POE ty ea ae | Re aatatas Fae ay ai ye ide, Rs » aA Deen cetiath oad ie 98 sab st meg! eee Mere Mic Spd pa ON ‘ov ohn ; Be 4g Pb Ao Be OCCEY, PHALAN AY CORY EE NuT-TREE Tussock Moru. GENERIC CHARACTER. Antennz taper from the bafe. Wings in general deflexed when atreft. Fly by night. SPECIFIC CHARACTER. Wings deflexed greyifh : a broad ferruginous fpace acrofs the an- terior wings, marked in the middle with two black points encircled with white. PHALa“NA Corytt: alis deflexis glaucis: fafcia ferruginea 3 puncéo nigro albo annulato, thorace variegato. Linn. Syft. Nat. 2. 823. 50.—Fn. Su. 1123.—Laé, Bath Sift. Td. fs 2. p. 444. [po EVA, Degeer Inf. t. tab. 18. fig. 4. 5. Roef. Inf. t. phal. 2. tab. 58. Albin. Inf. tab. go. Found on the nut-tree in Coombe Wood in the larva ftate in May s and formed a fine web within the leaves, where it became a pupa. The Moih appeared in July. E PEATE \ A) etn Agente nnes ‘i > A saa tee ‘genres > Bean | Pik ACh Bx CCEX, PHALANA VERNARIA. _ Green House-wire Morn. GENERIC CHARACTER. Antennz taper from the bafe. Wings in general deflexed when at reft. Fly by night. SPECIFIG CHARACTER. Antennz feathered ; fetaceous at the apex.- Wings angulated, green, with two equidiftant whitifh bars acrofs: margin of alternate {pots of brown and white. PHALZNA VERNARIA: pectinicornis alis angulatis virefcentibus: ftrigis duabus albis repandis, antennis apice fetaceis. Linn. Syft. Nat. 2. 858. 195.— Fn. Sv. 1227. Fab. Ent. Syft. T. 3. p. 2. p. 129. 169. fp. 3. A very common and pretty little fpecies. Is found on the jaf- mine and honeyfuckle. PLATE me a nee ier dines cain lay iF 4 Pipes ee : hes Sones iohancunidenaoimecenni 9 * Bes be: Pee: BRT ELE bse ‘ey ee % . 14 ee A if > a a eng aos a ee t 249°] PL A Pit COORL PHALHNA PRONUBA. YeELLow Unperwince Mors, GENERIC GHARAGT ER. Antennz taper from the bafe. Wings in general deflexed when at reft. Fly by night. Pe MGREEG CHAR AGTER |: %, AND SYNONYMS. Thorax crefted. Wings incumbent. Firft pair variegated brown and grey. Second pair yellow, with a black band near the margin, PHatzna Pronusa: criftata, alis incumbentibus, pofticis rubris, fafcia atra fubmarginali. Fad. Sy/t. Ent. 603. 55. —Sp. Inf. 2. p. 22%. 73. Phalena pronuba. Linn. Sy/?. Nat. 2. 842. 121.—-Fn, Sv. 1167. Phalzena antennis fetaceis, alis brunneis aut cinereis, pofticis luteis, fafcia maginali nigra. Degeer. Inf. Verf. Germ. 2. Es 280s Ts Goed. Inf. 1. tab. 14. Frifch. Inf. 4. tab. 32. Ammiral. tab. 8. Scheff. Icon. tab. 196. fig. I. 2. Geoffr. Inf. 2. 146. 76. F Vhe ko PLATE €CCKL The larva of this beautiful, though common Moth, is found in the month of May, feeding on the roots of grafs, &c. &c. ; changes to the pupa, and appears in the winged ftate in Auguft. — hos MGZ, LRA Ry SHARMAN UNIVERSITY CANBHIOGE. MA USA. Ne - G12, Bi ga PLATE CCCkXI. PAPILIO EUPHROSYNE. PEARL BorDER FRITILLARY BUTTERFLY. LEPIDOPTERA. GENERIC CHARACTER. Antennz clubbed at the end. Wings ere&t whenatreft. Fly by day. SPECIFIC CHARACTER AND SYNONYMS. Wings indented. Upper fide fulvous brown with black fpots. A border of filver fpots on the underfide. PapiLio EvpHrosyne: alis dentatis fulvis nigro maculatis: fubtus maculis novem argenteis. Linn. Sy/t. Nat. 2. 786. 214. En. Sv. 1069. Fab. Ent. Syft. T. p. t. p. 147. fp. 450. Geoffr. Inf. 2. 44. 18. Degeer. Inf. 2. tab. 1. fig. 10. 11. Efp. pap. 1. tab. 18. fig. 3. ie An elegant fpecies. Is common in woods, and appears in thd winged ftate in May. F 3 PLATE . th Sean UTLS> A ei, a: Roy NE ‘iu Fic 1 Boy rani php Shady, ea dame ta Mak art 313 £7334 PLATE CCCXIII. CARABUS NITENS. SHINING CARABUS, GENERIC CHARACTER. Antenne fetaceous. Thorax heart-fhaped truncated at the apex. Elytra margined. SPECIFIC CHARACTER. AND SYNONYMS. No wings. Elytra rugged, with feveral longitudinal ridges, green margin reddifh gold. Legs black. CaRABUS NITENS: / apterus elytris porcatus fcabris viridibus : . margine aureo, pedibus nigris. Linn. Sy/?. Nat. 2. 669. 6.—/n. Su. 185. Carabus nitens. Hab. Ent. Syft. T. I. p. 131. fp. 39 Carabus nitens. Paykull. Monogr. 24. 12. Carabus aureus. Degeer. Inf. 4.94. 9. Scheff. Icon. tah. 5%. fig. 1. " Sulz. Hifi. Inf. tab. 7. figs 3. The Carabus nitens is a very rare and recently difcovered fpecies in Great Britain. It is lefs uncommon in other parts of Europe, and efpecially in Germany, from whence the Englifh collectors are ufually furnifhed with fpecimens for their cabinets. The fmalleft figure denotes the natural fize. F 3 PLATE i) napa aft ie ako in Ropers ir ae enN ee 4 4 . q we wt whee Py | ny git hy th P| WY : MN —y > ks aah ha Te hemi , i a : eve f ibbte Hey. 4) naga hae ‘Se ata i ts i tah eon i es 4] PLATE, CCCXIV. SPHINX PORCELLUS. SMALL ELepHant Hawk Moru. LEPIDOPTERA. GENERIC CHARACTER. Antennz thickeft in the middle. Wings defleQed when at reft- Fly flow, morning and evening. SPECIFIC CHARACTER AND SYNONITMS. Wings entire, variegated with yellow and purple. Body red, with white {pots on the under fide. Seuinx Porce tus: alis integris flavo purpureoque variis, abdo- mine fubtus fanguineo albo punctato. Linn. Sy/t. Nat, 2. 801. 18.—In. Sv. 109go. Bab. Ente Syl. 1. 3. pe f. pa Bagge Roef. Inf. 1. phal. 1. tab. 5. Albin, Inf. tab. 9. _ Efp. tnf. 2. tab. 19. Geoff. Inf. 2. 88. 12. A fpecimen of this Infect in the winged ftate was found in Hyde Park this fummer ; it is one of the fcarceft of the Britith Sphinges, and was found by Harris many years fince in ‘* meadows—Ofterly 6¢ Wood, near Brentford, May 27th.” F 4 The 56 PLA BE, COCxIy: The larva is of an uniform dull brown, with three eye-fhaped fpots on each fide, and is furnifhed with a tail; it feeds on the epilobium, and changes to Chryfalis about the end of July. PLAte “CZ. LIBRARY - WARY. 99 2 iveASEY 34S barry PiL,.A-T E«:. COCKY. RAPEHIDIAY OPHIOPSTS: NEUROPTERA. GENERIC CHARACTER. Head depreffed or flat. Mouth armed with two teeth, and fur- nifhed with four palpi. Three ftemmata. Wings defleted. An- - tenn long as the thorax, anterior part of which is lengthened out _and cylindrical. Tail of the female terminated by a flexible crooked briftle. SPECIFIC CHARACTER. Thorax cylindrical ; a brown marginal fpot on each wing. Rapuipia Opuiopsis: thorace cylindrico, alis macula marginali fufca. Rapuipia Opuiopsis. Linn. Syft. Nat. Raphidia notata. Fab. Spec. Inf. 1. p. 402. 106. /p. 1. Roef. Inf. 3. tab. 21. fig. 67. Scopolt, Carn. 711. Scheff. Icon. tab. 95. 1. 2. Elem. tab. 107. Wecan fcarcely conceive what motive induced Fabricius to con- - found the Raphidia Ophiopfis and notata as one fpecies in -his laft work, after having defcribed both with accuracy in his former pub- lication: it appears indeed, that his names were erroneous, and his fynonyms mifapplied; but it was needlefs to correct one error by committing another. The mS 58 PL AT RPCCEy, The firft fpecies of Raphidie known, was figured in the works of Roefel, Die Fleine Landhaelfige. Laniibelle fig. 6.7. pl. 21, it was defcribed in the Fauna Suecica, by Linnzus, under the fpecific name Ophiopfis; and again in the Sy/ema Natura of the fame author, with a reference to the only figure of it then extant, that of Roefel. Hence it appears that the true Raphidia Ophiopfis of Linnzus, is that figured by this author. In later editions, the works of Sulzer, Scheffer, Geoffroy and Scopoli, were added to the fynonyms, but the figures thus quoted, evidently include two fpecies, one with wings perfectly clear, the other having a marginal black fpot on each. Linnzus feems to have confidered the two as varieties of the — fame fpecies, but he is evidently miftaken, for the two fexes of both kinds are now clearly afcertained. Fabricius has followed Linnzus in his Species InfeCtorum, has indifcriminately adopted all the fynonyms, and thereby confounded all the figures of the two Raphidz that have been noticed by authors on European Infects, under the name of Ophiopfis: and after this he defcribes that very fpecies which has fpots on the wings as a new and unfigured kind, under the name of xotata. ‘Thorace cylindrico alis macula marginali fufca. Habitat in anglia. Had he referred to the volumes of Roefel, he muft have known that his notata was the Linnean Ophiopfis, and if either Infect was new, it muft certainly be that deftitute of fpots. Gmelin in his Syftema Natura perpetuates the fame error; he follows the Species Infe€torum of Fabricius, and gives the characters thus: “ R. Ophiopfis alis immaculatis. Fab.” é& <‘* R. notata, ‘¢ alis macula marginali fufca. Fad.” but whilft the works of Gmelin are preparing for publication, Fabricius alters his opinion ; and in the laft._work. Sy/t. Ent. emendet et aucia, abolithes his fpecific cha- “yaGters, and merely fays there is no difference between his former fpecies ‘¢ Raphidia notata, nullo modo diftincta.” Fab. Ent. Syft. L, 2:1). OD As Pi AEE CCORY. 59 As we have all the fpecies defcribed by thofe authors before us, we fhall endeavour to reftore them to order, and that by retaining the former defcriptions of Fabricius, changing the names, and di- viding the fynonyms, for both are fuficiently charateriftic ; that with marginal fpots is figured by Roefel, Schaffer and Scopoli, and the immaculated or clear-winged kind by Geoffroy and Sulzer. The firft we deem the true R. Ophiopfis, and the latter as a diftin infea, which may be called the Raphidia Immaculata with propriety. Both fpecies of this fingular creature are extremely rare. Geoffroy, {peaking of the unfpotted kind, fays he never found it but twice, and then in woods *. The larva is unknown; in the pupa ftate it is furnifhed with legs, and runs faft. .® Geoffroy Hiftoire des Infe&tes, PLATE He * his ‘ua sini yy ie A ae Re Stoo: AWA Tat yt Dd od Bald gg pis BelBivin aapsital oil) Sek tial 40 Ab ss ith fa a saab si finBiohenste ett sci hol fas ad ye hn Hist peaeiaa: dbaatieto! Re Bhs Rie la Yh Pontos ¥ diet ee og an aa 4af) ath Te whe rire) ed Oy wre TA TERE HALA Bartgtain all wi B ee: out me: hye ab eho a Dye) bids berid | i + AD acut baa, ai chia PLATE CCCXVI. PHALENA GONONSTIGMA. SCARCE VAPOURER More. GENERIC CHARACTER. Antennz taper from the bafe. Wings in general deflexed when at reft. Fly by night. SPECIFIC CHARACTER AND SYNONYMS. Wings incumbent, brown. Iwo white fpots on the firft wings ; one placed on the anterior, and the other nearly oppofite, on the pofterior margin. Female without wings. Pyatzna GononsTIGMA: acis incumbentibus fufcis: maculis duabus albis oppofitis, foemina aptera. Linn. Sy/. Nat. 2. 826. 57.—Fab. Ent. Syft,T. 3. p. 1. p. 477+ Sp. 217. Roef. Inf. 1. phal. 2. tab. 40. Albin. Inf. tab. go. Se Ee The Phalzena Gononftigma, and Phalana Antiqua are very fimilar both in the larva and winged ftate, as well as in the extraordinary appearance of the apterous female. Hence former collectors of Englifh infeéts denominated them trivially the Scarce and Common Vapourer Moths. _ It is evident from thofe allufive names, that the latter 62 PLA TF EE’ COCKVL latter was more frequently taken than the other ; at this time Pha- lena Antiqua is found very.common, but the latter fo rarely, that we never met with it, in the winged ftate, till this fummer. Once found the larva on an oak in Coombe Wood, Surry, but it died foon after. PLATS Fes al PLATE CCCXVII. PHALENA PERSICARIA. GENERIC CHARACTER. Antennz taper from the bafe. Wings in general deflexed when at reft. Fly by night. SPECIFIC CHARACTER AND SYNONYMS. Thorax crefted, wings deflexed, dark and clouded. A white kidney-fhaped {pot, with a yellow lunar pupil in the middle on each. PHALENA Persicari#: crifta alis deflexis fufco nebulofis: ftig- mate reniformi albo ; pupilla lunari flava. Linu. Syft. Nat. 2.847. 142.—Lfn. Suec. 1208. Geoff. Inf. 2. 157. 94. * Ammir. Inf. tab. 157. Reef. Inf. L. phal. 2. tab. 30, A very common infect ; and is often obferved near fruit trees. PEATE +A, > Py fade boigib. (eva! hed ah asi wat ne) sen siete tne ret ‘date sn, wef thy) ai) i 1 LATO ANG. Alea tee arciiee Kalk aie A’ decbisnly rh 4 er pee cio stab inmgst ab beady! P : , Ae, hey Poesy PLAT E. .CCCXVI. PHALENA DIDACTYLUS. Birip-Winc Prume Morn. GENERIC CHARACTER. Antennz taper from the bafe. Wings in general deflexed when at reft. Fly by night. # Alucita. Linn, SPECIFIC CHARACTER | AND SYNONYMS. _ Wings divided into plumes, brown, barred with white. Anterior wings confifts of two feathers, po pair of Log PHatzna Dipacrytivs: alis fiffis fufcus: ftrigis albis anticis bifidis, pofticis tripartitis. Linn. Sy/t. Nat. 2. 899. 454.—fn. Sv. 1453. Pterophorus Didaétylus. Fab. Ent. Sift. T. 3. p. ag. 345. /p. 200. Geoff. Inf. 2. 92. 2+ Wren. Verz. 145. 2. Scheff. Icon. tab. 93. fig. 7- Elem. tab. 104. G The 66 PLATE CCCXVIL The larva of this very fingular creature is faid to feed on the convolvulus and Geo rivali. We have confidered it as one of the {carceft fpecies of the Plume-Moths found in this country: our fpecimen was taken in Epping Foret, in June It is a moft beau- tiful object for the microfcope. PLATE 319 PC oR 7] PLATE CCCXIX, SPHINK L'OrT, Five Spot Burnet SpPHINX. GENERIC CHARACTER. Antennz thickeft in the middle, Wings deflected when at reft. Fly flow, morning and evening. SPECIFIC CHARACTER AND SYNONYMS. Anterior wings greenifh, with five red f{pots. Pofterior wings red, bordered with fine blue. Zyc#NA Lott: alis anticis viridibus: punétis quinque rubris, pofticis fanguineis: limbo cyaneo. Fad. Ent. Syf. T. 3. p. 2. p. 387. Jp. 5- SpHinx Loti. Wien. Verz. 45. 3. Scheff. Icon. tab. 16. fig. 6. 7. Sphinx Lonicere. E/p. Inf. 2. tab. 24. fig. 1. This beautiful little fpecies may be eafily confounded with the Sphinx Filipendula, figured in the fixth plate of this work ; its ge- neral refemblance is ftriking, and it differs chiefly in the number of red fpots that adorn the fuperior wings, Sphinx Filipendula has in- variably fix fpots on each wing, and the latter as conftantly only five. Some 68 PLA ie ea GCCce pe Some readers may be inclined to deem it a mere variety of the fort, from its general appearance, but it will be perceived by the — fynonyms quoted above, that all the continental writers on the fub- ject admit it as a diftin@ fpecies ; nor can we for a moment hefitate to agree in the fame opinion. It is rare in this country, and the larva unknown, or at leaft is undefcribed. PLATE i 6a ty PEA Tt EF COCKX; PAPILIO JANIRA. Meapow Brown ButrerF.Ly. GENERIC CHARACTER. Antennz clubbed at the end. Wings erect when at reft. Fly by day. SPECIFIC CHARACTER AND SYNONYMS. Wings dentated above, brown beneath, firft pair yellowith, with a black eye-fhaped mark, fecond pair brownifh, with two {maller eye-fpots. “ PapPILio JANIRA: alis dentatis fulcis ; anticis fubtus luteis; ocello utrinque unico, pofticis fubtus punétis tribus. Linn. Syft. Nat. 2. 744. 156.—Fn. Sv. 1053.— Fab. Ent. Syft. 3. p. &. 241. 752. Scheff. Icon. tab. 273. fig. 1. 2. 5. 6.—-Geoff. Inf. 2. 49. 17. § Papitio JurTina: alis dentatis fufcis: anticis fupra litura flava ocello utrinque unico. Linn. Syft. Nat. 2.774; 155.—Ln. Sv, 152. Reef: Inf. 3. tab. 34. fee 4. 8. Linneus deferibed the two fexes of this Butterfly as diftinG Species under the names of Janira and Jurtina, The firft is the male and the latter the female infect, H The 70 PLATE CCCXX, The Bee is hairy, green, a a lateral white line and bifid tail, and feeds on grafs. It is very common in the winged ftate, fre- quenting meadows, &c. whence it is called the Meadow Brown Butterfly. ee PLATE ee SO Pom Oh SM). ee Dan PILATE CCCXXI. BGs wie k CHRY SONEL A CORY EE aterm GENERIC CHARACT ER. Antenne compofed of globular articulations which become larger towards the ends. SPECIFIC CHARACTER AND SYNONYMS. Black. Thorax and wing-cafes teftaceous brown, without fpots. Curysometa Coryur: Linn. Syft. Nat. 2. p. 598. 88.—Fn. Suec. 555 - Cryptocephalus. Gmel. Linn. Sy/?. Nat. T. 1. p. 6. 1704. fp. 28. CryprocePHALus CoryLi: niger, thorace elytrifque teftaceis | immaculatis. Fab. Spec. Inf. 1. p. 142. n. 24. We have frequently obferved this fpecies amongft the Infects of Germany, where it is probably not uncommon. In England it is very rare, having been found only by the Rev. John Burrel of Letherinfet, near Holt, Norfolk. In one fex the thorax is red, in the other black. H 2 FIG: 72 oP LTE COCKE. FG. OL. a CHRYSOMERA | SH RIC ER. SPECIFIC CHARACTER ¢ AND SYNONYMS. Bluifh green. Antenne black. CurysoMELa SERICcEA. Linn. Syft. Nat. 2. p. 598. 1. 86.— Fn. Sv. 554. Cryptocephalus. Gmel. Linn. Sy/t. 1. p. 6. p. 1706. Sp. 43. Cryptocephalus fericeus: viridi-ceeruleus antennis nigris. Fab. Sp. Inf. 1. p.143. n. 32. Found in June. fy 73d PLA. TjE » COCXXIH. BY Gti Ek PAPILIO ALSUS. LEPIDOPTERA. GENERIC CHARACTER. Antennz clubbed at the end. Wings in general ere€t when at reft. Fly by day. Plebeit rurales, SPECIFIC CHARACTER. Wings entire brown, without fpots; beneath grey, with a row of eye-fhaped f{pots. Hesperia Atsus: alis integerrimis fufcis immaculatis fubtus cinereis, ftriga punctorum ocellatorum. ad. Ent. Syft. T. 3. p. 1. p. 295. 125. Scheff. Icon. — 2. tab. BARS) fig. I. 2, This pretty Infect is found late in June. Its larva is unknown. 74 PLAT & CCCXXIL. FIG. IL IL PAPBILI@Q) IDAS. SPECIFIC CHARACTER. Wings entire brown. An equal marginal row of red fpots both on the upper and underfide. A black fpot in the middle of the anterior wings. ¥ Parixio Ipas: alis integris fufcis, fafcia marginali utrinque tubro- maculata, anticis macula media nigra. rr cn En This infe&t muft not be confounded with the Papilio Idas of Linnezus. The Linnzan P. Idas is evidently the female of P. Argus, a circumf{tance unknown to that author, who confiders them asa diftinét fpecies from their very diffimilar appearance. In one fex the upper furface is brown, and in the other a fine blue ; this is not, however, peculiar to the P. Argus, for feveral of the Papilio tribe known amongft lnglifh colleCtors by the trivial name Blues differ in the fame manner. We fufpecé that our Infe@t has not been defcribed by any author; it is certainly unnoticed by Fabricius in his laft Sy{tem of Entomo- logy, and the fpecific name /das omitted. This name is therefore preferred for our InfeGt, which feems to approach nearer to the female Argus defcribed by Linnzus as Idas, than to any other. Found in May. PLA TE bo te 7S Cs PRA TE CCCXXHY. SCARABAUS LURIDUS. GENERIC CHARACTER. Antennz terminate in a club, which is divided longitudinally into laminz or plates. SPECIFIC CHARACTER AND SYNONYMS. Scutellum, thorax and head black. Wing-cafes pale brown, ftriated, and fomewhat teffellated with linear black marks. SCARAB#US LuRIDUs: {cutellatus capite tuberculato ater, elytris grifeis nigro ftriatis. Fab. Ent. Sy/?. T. 1. p. 29. Sp. OI. SCARABUS LuRIDUS. Oliv. Inf. 1. 3. 90. 100. tab. 18. fig. 68. and tab. 26. fig. 168. Scarabeus teffellatus. AZyll. Zool. Dan. Fabl. Coleopt. 2. tab. 18. fig. 3 Fabricius defcribes this fpecies from a fpecimen in the cabinet of Sir J. Banks, and notes its haditat England. From this circum- ftance we may infer that it is not common in other countries, though we are certain it is a native of Denmark and Germany. H4 PLATE 304 7 gPeep i PLATE CCCXXIV, ‘“PHALANA SPONSA Crimson Unperwinc Morn. GENERIC CHARACTER. Antenne fetaceous. Wing deflexed when at reft. Fly by night. SPECIFIC CHARACTER AND SYNONYMS. Thorax crefted. Anterior wings greyifh, undulated, fpotted with brown. Pofterior pair crimfon, with two black bars acrofs. Abdomen grey. Puatzna Sponsa: crifta, alis planis cinerafcentibus fufco undu- latis: pofticis rubris; fafciis duabus nigris, abdo- mine undique cinereo. Linn. Syft. Nat. 2. Sa: 118. Raef. Inf. 4. tab. 19. 5s titiaie as In the defcription of Phalana Nupta, we have offered fome ree marks on the Sponfa, Nupta, and Paéta of Linnzus and Fabricius; and have only to add in this place, that an accurate figure of P. Pada i is given in Fuefl. Archiv. tab. 15. fig. 3- This figure is {maller than the fpecies found in Great Britain, and in particular has the upper furface of the abdomen crimfon, as authors have de- {cribed it. The 78 PLATE cocky, | The Synonyms of the three fpecies, as they ftand in the works of Linnzus and Fabricius, are very incorrect. We venture to retain that to Roefel’s plate, vol. 4. t. 19. in which the larva we have. figured is given. The Caterpillars feed ait the tops of the higheft Oaks, change to the pupa ftate in June, and appears a winged Infect early in the month following. 9 TO Ve @ Bass: Te COLEOPTERA, Scarabzus luridus - = ne Chryfomela coryli - = Be a fericea - a * -Cerambyx oculatus - 2 is Cicindela riparia = = a Dytifcus pun@atus - - tae _Carabus nitens - - = Staphilinus Erythropterus = = Cimex bicolor 4 0 Papi Gaudui Janira Jurtina Aglaja TS RS Tt aa HEMIPTERA. Senna ia LEPIDOPTERA. 297 292, 320 320 302 LDN NN a ANG OE N THES Papilio Papilio Euphrofyne — - ‘ - —— Comma eS is i! -Alfus . - 4 is © ——— [das - L a e Sphinx Pinaftri 5 i 2 —-—— Porcellus es a i Loti = . ~ A Phalzena Populi - < a —- gonoftigma - “3 as - roboris - epiome os - perficarize - = bb ——- {ponfa - = - ————- pronuba ~ = 2 | Carylt z r 2 —-- triplacia - e ii - abfinthit - ote a ———- Quadra - - ul ———- Ulmata - - = ~ ———-. marginata - - is - prunaria a = e uc vernaria - - = ——--- didactylus = 2 ae: NEUROPTERA. Raphidia Ophiopfis = - 4 a ps DLP TERA. Tipula pomone : : ue ) Mutfca folftitialis + - . "a 312 Plate Fig, 295 222. VEGney 322 Qe 2 296 214 319 397 316 i 299 ’ 3t7 324 ZL 399 298 304 i 306 293 I. a 203) aug ; 310 q 318 i 3t5 300 294. ALPHABETICAL INDEX TO Wi OF foo De Abfinthii, Phalana, Wormwood Moth - Aglaja, Papilio, Silver Spot Fritillary Butterfly Alfus, Papilio + - - - bicolor, Cimex, black and white Field Bug - Cardui, Papilio, Painted Lady Butterfly - Comma, Papilio, Pearl Skipper Butterfly = - Coryli, Phalena, Nut-tree Tuffock - - Didactylus, Phalena, bifid-wing Plume Moth Erythropterus, Staphilinus - - Euphrofyne, Papilio, Pearl Border Fritillary Butterfly . - gonoftigma, Phalzna, Scarce Vapourer ss - Janira, Papilio, Meadow Brown Moth - Idas, Papilio = a ¥ * Jurtina, Papilio - - - Loti, Sphinx, Five Spot Burnet Moth = - marginata, Phalzna - ~ y nitens, Scarabseus, Shining Carabus a oculatus, Cerambyx - x ts ophiopfis, Raphidia - iat 1 perficariz, Phalena a NM pinaftri, Sphinx. Pine Hawk Moth < pomonz, ‘Tipula = ~ 2 populi, Phalena, December Moth pe s porcellus, Sphinx, Small Elephant, aad! Moth - - 2 Fig, 2. pronuba, PON. De Ba pronuba, Phalzena, Yellow Underwing Moth prunaria, Phalena, Female Orange Moth 2. punctatus, Dytifcus, Two-fpot Boat Beetle Quadra, Phalzna, Spotted Footman Moth riparia, Cicindela = = roboris, Phalana = = folftitialis, Mufca = P Sponfa, Phalana, Crimfon Underwing Moth triplacia, Phalena, Spectacle Moth Ulmata, Phalzena, Scarce Elm Moth Vernaria, Phalena, Green Houfewife Moth Plate 311 293 393 306 301 299 294. 324 298 293 310 Fig. This Day is Publifbed, AS A COMPANION TO THE HISTORY or BRITISH INSECTS, Price Twa Shillings and Sixpence each Numser, of an entirely new, and elegantly finifhed Work, To be continued Monthly, ae ET THE NATURAL HISTORY OF BELTS ho Bl RD Se SELECTION or rut MOST RARE, BEAUTIFUL, anv INTERESTING Bib oR Wei S | WHICH INHABIT THIS COUNTRY: THE DESCRIPTIONS FROM THE STSTEMA NATURZ OF LINNAUS? WITH - GENERAL OBSERVATIONS, EITHER ORIGINAL, OR COLLECTED FROM THE LATEST AND MOST ESTEEMED ENGLISH ORNITHOLOGISTS; AND EMBELLISHED WITH sige Matis