B14 ORDKR UrPIDOPTrJlA. 



eyplft hplng In t)ic miildlc : the anal angles dlvariratr, Irnvlnf; a Mridc triangular 



ThiH «|k-<-1p3 wiw first described, I believe, by theKcv. Mr. Kiaar iu the Fuuna BorttUi 

 Jimtricana. 



Lycii'iiiilar. 



LVC.KNin.K I LrArii). I'OI.YOMMATIP.K (Swaixho.h). 



The insect?* of tliis I'aiuily are pninll and weak, but finely and «leli«-ol«'ly roli.ntl ami 

 marked. 'I'hi- t'orcbe'' arc fitted I'or ualkini:. nnd tlii' la.-t joint of thr |>id|>i in small and 

 naked. Tlie rntiri'illar ha.i a small Imul n<arly c<>nrral«-«l under the first rinv'.and m-< urrs 

 itst^'ir, whrn about to underuo tntn.srormation, by the hindfeet and a lo<i|> aUmt the IxKly. 

 The chrysalis Is tlat i>u the underside ; its ends are nmnd : the imugo six r.«.i.<! s..i lal. 

 and ofl«>n coIU-cttHl luto gruups uiwu sweet-scented flowers. 



TnixLA Acis. (Plate xliii, figs. 2, 3.) 



PoLToMMATi-s ( Latrrillc & Godart). pAriMo acis ( Druf}). P. ixio.t ( Fabridon). 

 S»>|«erior wing^t immaculate and djuk brown uIhivc, jmler l>eueath : posterior, bicaudate ; 

 the two inner the longest, and immediately al>uve are two red siKtts, and two more 

 ujnm the anal angle. Undfji side, the wings arc lead-colored, crossed by a narrow 

 white and black line running parallel to the external edges ; tlie i>osterior are cri>sse«l 

 by an indeuteil irregular line : the four long reddisli ^n>\& stoiid ulx>ve four black 

 ones. 



TiiKci.A uiMVLt ( Harris). 



Anterior or primary wings dusky bn>wn on their upix-r sides, tintetl with bluish gray ; 

 anil, in the males, they are als<i marked with an oval sfK»t en the fmnt edge. The 

 posterior wings are slenderly tailed, but, unlike those of the acis, they art tipixtl with 

 white ; and the margin posteriorly is also marked by a row of |>ale blue spots, among 

 which is a crescent of orange marked in the centre with a black dot. It is a little 

 larger also than the acis ; expanding alviut an inch nnd a tenth, while the acis is only 

 about an inch. 

 Fn its caterpillar state, the T. huinuli feeiis upon the heads of the hop, as is implied by 



its s|M>cific name : its color is gre«-n. and its skin is downy. Dcscrilxil by IlAaaiit in his 



Work ou ins«'cts injurious to vegetation, p. 'J3r), *2d etUtion. 



