PHALXENID/G (Geometridse.) Loopers, Spanners. 



i. Eutrapcla clematata ; 2-\- in. ; buff, brown sprinkled. 

 Caterpillar feeds on elm and 

 clematis. 



2- transversata ; 2 in. ; cream, buff or brown 



marked darker. C. feeds on sweet 

 gale and geranium. 

 Tetrads crocallata : if in.; ochre, yellow and brown. 



C. feeds on chestnut and sumach. 

 " lorata ; if in ; cream white with faint line 

 from tip to middle across forewing. 

 On sweet fern. 

 Metanema qiterciroraria ; i-J in. ; whitish ash, and 



brown. Caterpillar feeds on oak. 

 inatomaria ; if- inch; pale gray with 

 pinkish tint. Caterpillar feeds on 

 poplar 

 7. Drepanodes puber ; \\ in.; orange buff and light 



reddish-brown lines. 

 rants : i\ in. ; orange, buff and black 

 speckled, 3 spots on forewing. 

 Feeds on juniper. 



9. Caberodes confusaria : i-j- in. ; light gray, outer edge 

 lighter, thickly speckled. Feeds on 

 clover. 



3- 

 4- 



5- 

 6. 



10. 

 1 1. 



13- 



14. 



16. 



'T- 

 IS. 



19. 



Caberodes majoraria ; i|- in. ; light yellow. 

 Etigonta alniaria ; 2^ in.; transparent buff shad- 

 ing to red brown, dark on edge. 

 Feeds on birch, alder, and chestnut. 

 " subsignaria ; if in.; pure white, shaped 



like 9, forewing angled. 



Seknia kentaria ; i in.; ochre yellow, violet 

 between lines, like 13 but 3 bands 

 across forewing. 

 Azelina hubnerata ; if in.; reddish brown and dark 



brown. 

 Endropia serrataria : 2 in. ; yellow and fawn. 



" ejftctaria ; 2 in.; deep fawn speckled 

 with black, deep serrate, extra light 

 line in border. 

 " bilinearia ; \\ in. ; brown and dark brown. 



Feeds on plum and oak. 

 armataria ; i\ in.; brown, violet tinge, 



marks blurred. Feeds on currant. 

 " textrinaria ; i in. ; pale yellow, lines 

 broad and blurred, shape like 19. 

 Thickly sprinkled, feeds on oak. 

 " vinulentaria ; i\ in.; sand color and 

 brown. 



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