ii8 LF.PIDQPTEKA. 



with reddish- brown, the dark colour also running out in 

 streaks upon the nervures. In the same collection is one 

 having the usually white ground colour pale yellow. 



On the wing at the end of May and in June ; also rarely, 

 as a very partial second generation, in August. 



Lauva rather stout, flattened beneath, attenuated in front ; 

 second, third, and fourth segments swollen at the sides ; 

 head small ; face flattened ; the usual raised dots emit short 

 pale bristles ; colour emerald green, with a row of red dorsal 

 triangli-s having their bases towards the tail, and the sides 

 broadly margined with red-brown from the fifth to the 

 twelfth segments inclusive ; spiracular line white, edged below 

 from the second to the fourth segment with a purplish line, 

 this line continued above the first pair of prolegs, which are 

 shaded laterally with the same colour ; anal prolegs and flap 

 dull crimson ; under surface pale green, with three ill-defined 

 whitish lines ; the ventral spots white and distinct : dorsal 

 line faintly darker than the ground colour and thread-like. 

 A very handsome larva. (C. Fenn.) 



July or August, sometimes till September or even October ; 

 on raspberry, bramble, and wild strawberry ; feeding at 

 night, resting during the day extended on the under side of 

 the midrib of a leaf, ^\'lu■u disturbed it curls up its anterior 

 segments into a spiral. 



]'i'i"A rather stout, smooth, and compact, thickest in the 

 middle, and evenly tapering each way ; wing and limb-covers 

 gloss}-, hardly showing any sculpture; anteuu;v distinctly 

 cross-barred ; dorsal region glossy and hardly pitted ; 

 abdominal segments pitted in a narrow front band ; anal 

 segment swollen and rounded ; cremaster conical, pointed, 

 but without bristles or spines. Colour dark purplish-brown, 

 segmental divisions paler ; cremaster black. In a tough oval 

 cocoon in the earth. 



This moth hides during the day in thick Inislies or masses 

 of brambles, from which it is readily disturbed, flying to no 



