52 Observations on various Insects 



yellow spots on the first and second segments, the remainder 

 margined with yellow. Wings obscure-ferruginous ; stigma and 

 nervures brighter. Legs yellow — 1st pair the palest ; the hinder 

 thighs striped, black inside ; length 8 lines ; expanse of wings 

 11 lines. This ichneumon is seen flying in the sunshine in 

 June, in fir groves ; it has been taken on the mountains of West- 

 moreland, and has been bred from the pixpa o{ L. trifolii. 



There are two very pretty moths which may be seen flying over 

 clover-fields during the day and sporting in the sunshine, like some 

 of the smaller butterflies called " skippers." It may be supposed 

 that they lay their eggs upon some part of the plant, as the cater- 

 pillars which are produced from them feed upon the leaves. 

 These moths belong to the FAMILY NoCTUID.E and the GENUS 

 EUCLIDIA ; one is named 



9. E. GlyphICA (Linn.) : the Burnet Moth. 



Head small, eyes somewhat globose ; the horns, which are in- 

 serted on the crown of the head, are moderately long, and like 

 bristles, but densely ciliated beneath in the males. In front of 

 the face are two recurved scaly palpi or feelers ; between these is 

 concealed a spiral tongue, which, when unrolled, is as long as 

 the horns. The thorax and body hairy ; the latter is short, obtuse, 

 and tufted at the apex in the male, but stout and cone-shaped in 

 the female. Wings slightly deflected, and forming a triangle in 

 repose : fore shanks very short, with an internal spine, inter- 

 mediate furnished with several acute spines on the inside, and 

 terminated by a very long and a shorter spur ; hinder shanks not 

 much longer, but stouter and hairy outside, with a very long and 

 a short spur at the apex and a similar ])alr a little above them ; 

 the feet are longer than the shanks, especially the front pair ; 

 they are spiny, and composed of 5 joints, and are terminated by 

 minute claws and cushions. The colour of the head and thorax 

 in this species is orange-brown, the body black, with scattered 

 ochreous hairs ; the tail more ochreous ; upper wings rosy-brown, 

 with a dark brown patch at the base, a broad rich brown fascia 

 across the middle, the ground-colour forming a band down the 

 middle ; sometimes there is an oval spot on the disc of the same 

 colour, and towards the tip a triangular brown spot : underwings 

 of an orange colour, the base and fringe black, as well as a border 

 more or less rayed internally, and 2 waved lines from the anal 

 angle across the disc : underside bright orange, with a black spot 

 on the centre of each wing, and several of the lines and spots on 

 the upper side slightly apparent. Expanse of wings 1 inch to 

 1 inch and 2 lines. 



The caterpillars are termed Semi-loopers, from their peculiar 

 action in walking. They are cylindrical, destitute of hairs, with 



