1. Fantaria Lin7i.— Hub. Geo. \6. S4-.— Goda. 8. pi. 187./. 3. 

 This, which I suspect is only a fine variety of the following, 



is said to have been taken in Devonshire : it is very comn^on 

 in the South of France, upon Ash trees, in May. 



2. Ulmata Fab.— Curt. B. E. pi. 515. 



The Rev. Richard Allen Barney of Rimpton, Dorset, has 

 reared this beautiful moth and favoured me with the following 

 observations: — " The Larvae vary much, and many older ones 

 resemble the young ones; while some, near their maturity, are 

 almost wholly white, with yellowish extremities, and all the 

 usual marks more or less obscure. They inhume, or take to 

 the earth, about Sept. 2nd or 3rd, (some later,) having fed 

 exactly eight weeks from the egg ; and emerge from May 20th 

 to June 14lh. In the year 1824 1 reared fifty of these larvae 

 from eggs found in clusters on leaves of young Elms, besides 

 many from captured larvae and some in the imago state. I 

 never found any except in one particular and very limited spot 

 of the wood. When the moths emerge, they take a station on 

 the upper side of any large leaf, of whatever kind, and there 

 rest, beautifully expanded, and very conspicuous, through all 

 the heat of the day. If disturbed, they flutter helplessly to the 

 ground, especially the females, and make no effort to escape. 

 Where they frequent, nothing is so easily found, as they do 

 not hide on the underside, but display their beautiful white 

 wings on the upper surflice of any leaf large enough to afford 

 them a convenient situation. I considered their high season 

 of emersion to be from May 20th to the 25th or 30th, though 

 some come out later." 



In Yorkshire this Moth is comparatively common. Mr. 

 Dale, 1 believe, has taken it at Charmouth, the middle of June; 

 and on the 25th of the same month and a few days later I 

 found it at Ambleside. The Caterpillar is believed to feed also 

 upon the Beech and on the Oriental Plane, with which M. Du- 

 ponchel supposes it was introduced into England. 



3. Grossulariata Linn. — Do7i. v. \.pl. 4. 



This handsome Moth is common in our gardens and hedges 

 the end of July. Its pretty Caterpillars, which resemble the 

 Moth in colour, are very destructive to the leaves of our currant 

 and gooseberry bushes: it will also feed upon the Black-thorn, 

 and some say on the Almond. Its glossy black Pupa is belted 

 with yellow. 



4. marginata Linn. — Don. 9. 293. 2. — naevaria Hilb. and pol- 

 lutaria Hiib. xmrs. 



Abundant in woods, bushy places and thickets from May to 

 August. The Caterpillar feeds upon the Hazel. 



As the legs of this insect agree with those of Abraxas, and 

 it seems to associate well with it in other respects, 1 have added 

 it to the genus before us. 



A branch of the Common Elm ( Ulmiis campcs/iis?) in fllower, 

 is represented in the Plate. 



