BRITISH AXD EUROPEAN BUTTERFLIES AND MOTHS. 



The caterpillars are stout and smooth, with 

 a few small hairs. They live on the leaves 

 of Clematis, and the chrysalis is enclosed in a 



slight cocoon. 



Genus Thyris, 111. 



T. fenestrella, Scop. Wings dark brown, 

 with numerous orange dots. In the centre of 

 the wings are two square milk-white trans- 

 parent spaces, which are larger in the hind 

 wings, and extend towards the base. There 

 is often a third spot near the inner margin, 

 in a line with the others. The hind margins 

 of all the wings have two indentations, in wliich 

 the fringes are white. On the under side the 

 wings are lighter brown, and the dots more 

 yellow and more suffused, the white spots 

 being as above. The head is brown, varied 

 with orange. The abdomen is dark brown, 

 with two white rings. It is found in Southern 

 and South-Central Europe, but is local. The 

 moth appears in June. The caterpillar feeds 

 gregariously on the leaves of Clematis vitalba 

 in July and August. 



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Small moths with long wings; the fore 

 wings with eleven or twelve nervures and 

 two simple submedian nervures , the hind wings 

 with eight nervures and three inner submedian 

 nervures. Antenna; fusiform or clubbed, some- 

 times almost thread-like ; ocelli present ; ab- 

 domen cylindrical. These moths fly in the 

 sun around flowers, and rest upon them with 

 their wings sloping over the abdomen. The 

 larvae are short, more slender behind, with 

 a retractile head, and slightly pubescent. The 

 pupse have a tough oval or fusiform cocoon. 



Genus Aglaope, Latr. 



Small moths with the antennae ciliated 

 in the male. Palpi short. Wings rounded. 

 Abdomen short, not projecting beyond the 

 wings. Legs slender, the hind tibiae with 

 terminal spines only. The female has an ovi- 

 positor. The only European species is: 



A. infausta, Linn. Wings blackish, thinly 

 scaled. On the fore wings the costa is red 



from the base to the middle, and the hind 

 wings have the basal half red. Antenme black, 

 strongly pectinated in the male. Collar red. 

 The moth is on the wing in June, and inhabits 

 some parts of France and of the Rhine pro- 

 vinces of Germany. It is found flyitig about 

 sloe and whitethorn bushes. The caterpillar 

 is violet, with a broad yellow dorsal and a 

 whitish lateral line. It feeds on sloe and 

 whitethorn in May. 



Genus Ino, Leach. 



Fore wings uniform bright green or blue. 

 Hind wings grey, rounded at the tips. All the 

 nervures of the fore wings separate. Body 

 rather slender, sessile. Proboscis spiral, well- 

 developed. Antennae bipectinated in the males. 

 Larvae with bristle-bearing tubercles. Pups 

 in an elongated cocoon. In order the more easily 

 to identify the species they are divided into 

 two groups. 



I. Antenna: pointed at the extremity. 

 I. pruni, W. V. PI. XVI. fig. g. is common 

 in most parts of Europe, but is not foimd in 

 Britain. The fore wings are dark brown, with 

 a metallic-green lustre ; the hind wings dark 

 brown. Head and back bright metallic green. 

 The moth appears in June. The larva is 

 retidish or yellow, with a dorsal row of black 

 spots, and black spiracles and legs. It feeds 

 on sloe, heath, etc., in May. 



I. globulariae, HCibn. The Scarce Green 

 Forester. Fore wings coppery green, with a 

 bluish shine. Head and back bluish green. 

 It resembles the next species, but is larger, 

 and may readily be distinguished by the an- 

 tennae. The larva is black, with a yellow 

 dorsal stripe, on which stand green triangular 

 spots. On the sides are red spots, edged above 

 with blue, and above the legs there is a light 

 and a dark green line. It feeds on Centaurea 

 scabiosa and Globularia in May and June. This 

 species is widely distributed in Central Europe. 

 In England it is extremely local, being confined 

 to a few localities in Kent and Sussex. 

 11. .Antenna: terminatins in an obtuse club. 

 I. statices, Linn. The Green Forester. 

 PI. X\T. fig. lo. Fore wings bright green, 

 hind wings dark grey. Antennae with an obtuse 

 club in the male, before which they cease to 

 be pectinated. It is found in June and July 



