TORTUICID.t;. LOZOT.ENIA. 7^ 



Variable in size and colour, as well as in tiie intensity and strengtfi of the 



markings. 

 Caterpillar feeds on the oak, ash, birch, hazel, &c.: it is green, slender, and 



hairy: the hnago appears towards the end of June. 



Not very common ; found at Coombe, Birch, and Darenth woods; 

 also in the New Forest. 



Sp. 8. Corylana. AUs anticis rctusis,Jlavo-te$taceis cinnamomeo perlepidl rcti- 

 culatis, xtrigis trilms ohliquis suhwquidistantihus cinnainomeis, ciliis Julvu- 

 aureis ; posticisjiavesceutihus. (Exp. Alar. 10 — 12 lin.) 



Vy. Corylana. Fabricms. — Lo. Corylana. Steph. Catal. ii. 170. No. 6857. 



Anterior wings retuse testaceous-yellow, prettily reticulated with dark cinna- 

 mon colour, with three oblique, nearly equidistant darker streaks, and a 

 fourth short one on the costa near the apex ; cilia fulvous-orange : posterior 

 wings flavescent, with the base brownish; the apex occasionally reticulated 

 with ferruginous. 



Like its congeners this species is variable : in some cases the base of tha 

 anterior wing to the first streak, and the space between the two posterior 

 streaks is sometimes dusky : the posterior wings are occasionally entirely 

 fuscous, and sometimes nearly all yellowish. 



In the males the head and palpi are paler than in the females. 



The caterpillar feeds on the ash, birch, and hazel : it is green, with black 

 dots : the imago appears at the end of June or beginning of July. 



This species is likewise rather uncommon ; it occurs, nevertheless, 

 in all the usual collecting places within the metropolitan district, and 

 in Devonshire and the New Forest. 



Sp. 9. croceana. AUs anticis ang-usiis ohtusis testaceo-rufis, fascia media prw- 

 olj/i(/ud ?naculd(jiie aiiticd marginis tenuiuris saturaiioribus ohsolttis. (Exp. 

 Alar. 5— 9i lin.) 



To. croceana. Huhner. — Lo. croceana. Steph. Catal. ii. 17 J. No. 6875. 



Anterior wings narrow, obtuse, testaceous-red, with an obsolete very oblique 

 darker fascia in the middle, and a small spot towards the base of the inner 

 margin of similar hue: the costa between the fascia and the hinder margin 

 is whitish, and the cilia are yellowish-red : posterior wings dusky-brown. 



Extremely variable in size, and slightly so in colour, and in the intensity of its 

 markings. 



Not very uncommon in woods and hedges within the metropolitan 

 district ; found also in Devonshire and the New Forest in June ; 

 likewise at Monk's wood. 



