﻿" 
  Phalaena 
  antennis 
  pectinatis, 
  alis 
  horizontalibus 
  dentatis 
  luteis, 
  

   strigis 
  atomisque 
  fuscis." 
  " 
  Degeer 
  Ins. 
  Vers. 
  Germ.," 
  2, 
  1, 
  249, 
  

   2, 
  tab. 
  5, 
  fig. 
  14. 
  

  

  " 
  Phalfena 
  isoscelata. 
  Scop. 
  Carn., 
  558, 
  $ 
  . 
  Phaljena 
  pennata. 
  

   Scop. 
  Carn., 
  569, 
  <? 
  , 
  

  

  ".Geoff. 
  Ins.," 
  2, 
  133. 
  50. 
  " 
  Kleman. 
  Ins." 
  1, 
  tab. 
  34, 
  mal. 
  

   Habitat 
  in 
  Europse 
  Tilia. 
  

  

  " 
  Larva 
  laevis 
  grisea, 
  lineis 
  numerosis 
  ferrugineis 
  interruptis, 
  

   postice 
  tuberculis 
  duobus." 
  

  

  Lister. 
  De 
  Geer. 
  " 
  Gen. 
  et 
  Sp. 
  Ins.," 
  p. 
  41. 
  1783. 
  

  

  " 
  Ph. 
  atoDtaria, 
  spirilinguis, 
  antennis 
  pectinatis, 
  alis 
  dentatis 
  

   planis 
  aurantiis 
  punctis 
  liueolisque 
  transversis 
  griseis 
  numerosis. 
  

   Vol. 
  II., 
  p. 
  344, 
  pi. 
  5, 
  fig. 
  14." 
  

  

  Fuessly. 
  "Archives." 
  Trans. 
  Fr., 
  1794, 
  p. 
  31, 
  pit. 
  10. 
  1794. 
  

  

  Herbst. 
  Ph. 
  Geom. 
  atomaria. 
  (In 
  the 
  original 
  edition, 
  1782, 
  it 
  

   was 
  named 
  arteinisaria.) 
  

  

  " 
  The 
  larvffi 
  I 
  have 
  found 
  on 
  Artemisia 
  sylvestris 
  in 
  August 
  and 
  

   September. 
  

  

  " 
  In 
  its 
  young 
  stage, 
  one 
  has 
  difficulty 
  in 
  finding 
  it, 
  because 
  its 
  

   greenish 
  colour 
  and 
  red-brown 
  spots 
  on 
  the 
  sides 
  show 
  much 
  

   resemblance 
  to 
  the 
  plant 
  upon 
  which 
  it 
  is 
  found. 
  But 
  after 
  several 
  

   moults, 
  it 
  becomes 
  more 
  brown 
  ; 
  a 
  dark 
  line 
  runs 
  along 
  the 
  back, 
  

   and 
  each 
  segment 
  is 
  marked 
  right 
  and 
  left 
  by 
  an 
  obscure 
  triangular 
  

   spot 
  ; 
  between 
  these 
  spots, 
  particularly 
  above 
  the 
  forefeet 
  the 
  colour 
  

   is 
  much 
  lighter 
  and 
  of 
  a 
  brown 
  -red 
  ; 
  the 
  stigmata 
  are 
  edged 
  with 
  

   black. 
  Full 
  grown 
  at 
  the 
  end 
  of 
  five 
  or 
  six 
  weeks, 
  it 
  then 
  goes 
  into 
  

   the 
  ground, 
  where 
  without 
  forming 
  a 
  cocoon 
  it 
  passes 
  to 
  the 
  

   chrysalis 
  state. 
  In 
  the 
  following 
  May 
  the 
  moth 
  emerges. 
  

  

  " 
  The 
  designs 
  and 
  colours 
  of 
  the 
  wings 
  are 
  difficult 
  to 
  determine 
  

   on 
  account 
  of 
  the 
  numerous 
  varieties 
  of 
  this 
  species. 
  The 
  ground 
  

   colour 
  is 
  of 
  all 
  shades, 
  from 
  pure 
  white 
  to 
  brown. 
  The 
  transverse 
  

   lines 
  are 
  more 
  or 
  less 
  expressed, 
  but 
  the 
  whole 
  of 
  the 
  wings 
  are 
  

   always 
  powdered 
  with 
  atoms. 
  The 
  fringes 
  are 
  always 
  of 
  the 
  

   dominant 
  colour 
  of 
  the 
  wings, 
  chequered 
  pale 
  and 
  dark. 
  

  

  " 
  If 
  one 
  observes 
  so 
  many 
  varieties 
  in 
  the 
  perfect 
  insect, 
  one 
  meets 
  

   with 
  no 
  less 
  variation 
  in 
  the 
  larva. 
  This 
  varies 
  from 
  a 
  brown-green 
  

   to 
  a 
  pale 
  green, 
  from 
  those 
  marked 
  with 
  a 
  small 
  amount 
  of 
  red, 
  

   with 
  different 
  shades 
  of 
  red, 
  to 
  red-brown. 
  All 
  these 
  changes 
  are 
  

   perhaps 
  due 
  to 
  the 
  plants 
  on 
  which 
  the 
  larva 
  feeds." 
  

  

  Food 
  Plants. 
  — 
  Herbst 
  is 
  the 
  first 
  to 
  deal 
  at 
  length 
  with 
  the 
  

   larva 
  (see 
  above). 
  He 
  says, 
  it 
  is 
  not 
  delicate 
  in 
  its 
  choice, 
  Hypericum 
  

   perforatum, 
  Polyyonum 
  persicaria, 
  Medicayo 
  falcata, 
  Lytrum, 
  

   salicaria, 
  Spiraa 
  aruncus, 
  Artemisia 
  sylvestris, 
  etc., 
  are 
  equally 
  to 
  

   its 
  taste." 
  

  

  St. 
  John, 
  "Larv. 
  Coll. 
  and 
  Breed.," 
  gives 
  the 
  following 
  list 
  

  

  