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LLOYDS NATURAL HISTORY. 



On the inner side of the triangle is a black dot, from which 

 runs a ferruginous line, which is continued on the hind-wings, 

 and is bordered by a fine pale violet line. Beyond this is a large 

 yellow spot in the centre of the wings, which extends as far as 

 the hind margin. The fringes are ferruginous. The hind- 

 wings have similar markings, but the violet line has several 

 black dots on the lower half. The margins of all the wings are 

 irregularly dentated. 



The larva feeds on jasmine, willow, privet, lilac, &c. It is 

 somewhat stout, with a small head, and is buff or reddish- 

 brown, shaded with grey. There are two smooth, reddish- 

 yellow, fleshy tubercles on the sixth segment, and two smaller 

 black ones on the seventh, besides the horns on the eighth 

 segment. The pupa is shining dark brown, shaded with 

 darker, and with yellowish spots on the head and thorax. It 

 is generally suspended. The moth is found in May, and again 

 in July and August. 



GENUS GEOMETRA. 

 Geometra, Linnseus, Syst. Nat. (ed. x.), i. p. 519 (1758); 



Haworth, Lepid. Brit. p. 271 (1809); Stephens, 111. Brit. 



Ent. Haust. iii. p. 163 (1831); tiec Leach, Edinb. 



Encycl. ix. p. 134 (18 r 5). 

 Eugonia, Hiibner, Verz, bek. Schmett. p. 291 (1822 ?) 720m. 



prceocc. 

 Ennof/ios, Treitschke, Schmett. Eur, vi. (i), p. 3 (1825) ; 



Guen^e, Spec. Gen. Lepid. Uran. et Phal. i. p. 173 (1857). 



The antennae are strongly pectinated in the male, and 

 dentated in the female ; the body is stout and woolly, and the 

 abdomen tufted ; and the wings are dentated, with a strong 

 tooth in the middle of the hind margin. 



The larvse are long and tuberculate, and feed on trees ; the 

 pupae are enclosed by a few threads between leaves. 



