286 LEPIDOPTERA. 



extremity bristlv. with two vciy minuti- points; bead quad- 

 rate, llattened and rather slopinj^ in front ; usual raised spots 

 furnislied witli sliort bristles. 



\'ar. 1. JIazcl-brown, much mottled and shaded with pale 

 grey or whitish-grey at the divisions ; having a series of pale 

 grey, or wliitish, dorsal diamonds, each lying over two seg- 

 ments, the anterior half of each the more distinctly indicated, 

 and forming a palo triangle; sjiots small, white ; a black 

 collar surrounds the protuberance on the third segment; 

 undersurface greeuish-grey with distinct white sjiots, and a 

 whitish central stripe enclosing a black dash at each divi- 

 sion ; head brown, the face with two vertical white dashes. 



Xfix. 2. Ha/.el-brown, shading into greenish-grey at the 

 commencement of each segment ; a small dorsal triangle, the 

 base of which is very white, at tlu' termination of each seg- 

 ment ; spots distinct, whitish : the collar on the third 

 segment black. 



War. ;!. \'ery pale green tinged with red, having a series 

 of whitisli dorsal triangles with the base behind, the sides 

 formed by red V-Iike markings; collar on the third segment 

 black ; head pale red ; spots whitish ; undersurface pale green 

 witli a reddish spot at each segmental division. (C. Fenn.) 



March (ir April to ^lay or even June ; on gooseberry, and 

 red and black currant, feeding at night. During the day it 

 remains very stilf and rigid, upon its food-plant, its legs 

 closely folded beneath the head. Said also to feed some- 

 times upon blacktluirn. 



The winter is passed in the egg state. 



I'l I'A elongate, head slightly projecting; organs well 

 defined ; anal extremity produced and liooked ; greyish- 

 ochreous, dusted with brown, and clouded with blackish-brown 

 dorsal and alnlominal shades or stripes ; venation of the wing- 

 cases, the orgnns, and the anal jioint dark brown. Spun up 

 loosely among leaves on the tree or among moss on the surface 

 of the ground. (C. Fenn.) 



