LARENTWM—CIDARIA. M9 



are obtained iii the last-named region, but as a species it 

 stands very much alone in Europe. 



Genus 13. CIDARIA. 



Antennte simple ; palpi projecting ; head rather rough ; 

 thorax more so, either from long loose scales or densely 

 raised scales in the middle, or from being gathered into a 

 tuft at the back ; abdomen often faintly tufted with small, 

 sometimes minute, dorsal crests; the lateral tufts fullyformed ; 

 fore wings broad but decidedly elongated and rather pointed ; 

 hind wings elongated but ample, rounded behind, veins 

 7 and 8 united to half the length of the cell. 



LarV/E usually elongated, slender, not attenuated in front, 

 the head often bifid ; feeding on trees, shrubs, or herbaceous 

 plants. 



PuPiE usually prettily coloured. 



We have fifteen species, difiicult to tabulate, from the 

 extreme variability of some of them. The attempt is, per- 

 haps, desirable ; it mainly follows Mr. Stainton. 



A. Fore wings some shade of green. 



B. The green dark, clouded with purple or pink. 



C. psittacata. 

 B*. The green rather bright, banded with darker. 



C. miata. 

 &. The green a mere tint on dark ground, a white band 

 beyond the middle. C. jncata. 



A". Fore wings some tint of greyish-white or brownish- 

 grey. 



C. Dark central band narrow, jagged, commonly broken. 



V. rori/lafa. 



C^ Central band very broad, often partly obliterated, 

 bluntly toothed outside. C. russata. 



C- Central band broad, shariily toothed, and jagged out- 

 side. ('. immanafa. 



