lOO LLOYDS NATURAL HISTORY. 



When it was first reputed distinct, it was mistaken for some 

 time for a South European species called A. fenuicornis (Zeller), 

 notwithstanding the unusual thickness of its antennae. 



THE SCARCE FORESTER. ADSCITA GLOBULARI^. 



Sphinx globiilarm, Hiibner, Eur. Schmett, ii. taf. i bis, figs. 



2, 3 (1797)- 

 Atychia glohularicE, Ochsenheimer, Schmett. Eur. n. p. 13 



(1808). 

 Procris glohularicB.Qo^^xi, Lepid. France, iii. p. 160, pi. 22, 



fig. 16 (1821); Buckler, Laiv^ of Brit. Lepid. il p. t, 



pi 18, fig. 2 (1887); Barrett, Lepid. of Brit. Isl. ii. p. 109, 



pi. 58, figs. I, \a (1894). 

 Ino globularice, Kirby, Eur. Butterflies & Moths, p. 86, pi. 21, 



figs. 2, 2c7, b (1879). 



Green or bluish-green, with dark grey hind-wings. The 

 antennae are pointed at the tip, and are sharply serrated in 

 the female. The abdomen is sometimes coppery in the 



male. . 



The male expands a little over an inch, the female about % 



inch. 



The species inhabits Europe and Western Asia. In England 

 it is confined to a few localities in the south, though, like the 

 other species, it is abundant wherever it is found. 



The larva is blackish with a dorsal series of triangular green 

 spots, and a lateral blue stripe containing a row of yellow dots. 

 It feeds on Centaurea scabiosa, mining the young leaves. 



GENUS AGLAOPE. 

 Aglaope, Latreille, Gen. Crust. Ins. iv. p. 214 (1809). 

 Antennae bi-pectinate, the branches slightly thickened at the 

 tips. 



