BRITISir AXD ECROrEAX lU-TTERFLfKS AXD MO'/V/S. 



P. pigra, Hufn. The Small Chocolate-Tip. 

 The fore wings are brownish grey, with four 

 transverse lines, as in the last two species, a 

 white spot on the costa, with a few dark spots 

 in the hinder half, but with no dark spot at 

 the tip. It is conmion throughout Europe in 

 May and July. The larva is dark grey, with 

 the back yellow, pale ashy grey, or greenish 

 grey, with a blackish spot on each segment, 

 bordered with yellow dots, a double yellow 

 line above the legs, and a hairy wart on the 

 fifth and last segments. It feeds on willow 

 and poplar, between leaves which it has sptin 

 together, in June and late in the Autumn. The 

 pupa is reddish brown, with black wing-cases; 

 it is also enclosed between leaves. 



FAMILY 



CYMATOPHORIDvE. 



This group forms a link between the 

 BOMBYCES and the NOCTU/E. From the 

 latter it is distinguished by the neuration of 

 the hind wings, inasmuch as nervure 6 rises 

 from the anterior margin of the cell, and 8 

 from the base, without any connection with 

 the slender costal nervure of the discoidal cell. 

 The antennae are setiform, and the legs short, 

 the anterior tibiffi without setiform spines. The 

 head has a tuft of hair on the vertex, and the 

 abdomen is also tufted. Tlie larvfc are smooth, 

 and sit with their bodies curved like a hook, 

 either on the surface of the leaves or between 

 leaves lightly spun together. They pass into 

 the pupa state between leaves. 



Genus Gonophora, Bruand. 



Antennae slightly ciliated in the males. 

 Abdomen with small tufts on the front seg- 

 ments and large ones on the sides. Legs 

 very short, the middle tibiae clothed with wooll}' 

 hair. The larvae have excrescences on the 

 third and twelfth segments. The)' sit with the 

 head and tail raised. The only species is: — 



G. derasa, Linn. The Buff Arches. PI. 

 XXIII. fig. 2. This is found in Central Europe 

 in June and July. The caterpillar is yellowish 

 brown, with coffee-coloured hexagons on the 

 back, divided by a black line, and with blackish 

 dotted lateral lines. There are two pale yellow 

 blotches on the sides of segments 5 and 6, and 



warty elevations on 3 and 12. It rests, curved 

 like a hook, between two connected leaves. 

 The pupa is dark grey and placed between 

 leaves spun together. 



Genus Thyatira, Ochs. 



The antennas are strongly ciliated in the 

 male. The collar has three dark transverse 

 lines. There is no woolly hair on the middle 

 tibiae. The abdomen has no tufts of hair on 

 the sides. The only European species is: — 



T. batis, Linn. The Peach Blossom 

 Moth. PI. XXIII. fig. 3. Larva 3a. This is 

 not uncommon in woods in the greater part 

 of Europe in June and July. The larva is 

 very variable in colour and markings. It is 

 found in September in open woods on all 

 species of Ritbus, such as bramble, wild rasp- 

 berry, etc., always resting in a crooked posture 

 on the middle of the leaves. The pupa, which 

 is rounded in front, but pointed behind, is 

 dark brown, and is placed between leaves 

 spun together. 



Genus Cymatophora, Treit. 



Fore wings broad, with long, rather oblique 

 hind margins. Both blotches, both transverse 

 lines, and the submarginal line are more or 

 less distinctly marked. The tegulae have two 

 long tufts of hair on the back. The larvae 

 are smooth, flattened, slightly arched, and 

 narrow behind, with a large globular head. 

 They live between two adherent leaves, and 

 pass into the pupa on the ground, in a slight 

 cocoon between leaves and moss. The moths 

 emerge early in Spring, and are fond of sitting 

 on the trunks of young trees. 



C. or, W. V. The Poplar Lute String- 

 Fore wings broad, with long, slightly oblique 

 hind margins, ashy grey, with a somewhat 

 lighter reddish costa. There are four blackish 

 transverse lines in front, and also four behind. 

 Tlie subterminal line is whitish and indistinct, 

 with blackish nervures, and 'the apex ends in 

 a small hook. The central area is not darker; 

 it is narrowed towards the stigmata, and there 

 is a long greenish white reniform stigma divided 

 below by a small brown wedge-shaped spot, 

 and near it is often a second round greenish 

 yellow spot towards the base. The marginal 

 line is black, and the fringes are streaked with 



