A. / A7: \ riD.i:-lA '/.■( '/'//( 'A'. /. ,;9i 



tliat ill Sdiiir districts it is ;i coiiiinnn jiriicticr In lastt-u u|iiiii 

 tlie lower pait of tlie trunk of each fruit-tree a Ijand of cart- 

 grease, into which the female, wlieii she attempts to ascend 

 the tree, inadvertent! \ ste])s. to her own destnietioii. 

 Ciardeners seem to be ai,'reed that liy this method tlie trees 

 are very greatly protected. Some, however, allege tiiat 

 female luoths are carried through I In- air hv tiieir partners, 

 to the trees, where they mav deposit their eggs; and this liv 

 others is as strenuou.sK denied : as hefore, in the case of 

 Hihcraiii riijHi'cprn ila , 1 confess myself very doubtful. The 

 male moth though furnished with aiii])le wings, is one of the 

 weakest of our specie.^, and a])parently iiica})al>le of, as well 

 as indisposed (or, any itiiiscuhir elforl. ;iiid very positive 

 evidence indeed is re(|uisite liefore the circumstance k( its 

 carrying the female, which e(|uals double of its own weight, 

 can be ac(e()ted. ^loreovei', when sitting in pairs on outside 

 twigs they inav be accideutallv swe])t off into the net. as 

 though caught in llight. On very mild evenings the males. 

 alone, may be found lluttering about hedges anywhere: and 

 so much are they attracted i)y iiglit that I have seen a gas- 

 lamp in a suburban laneipiite covered, on its sheltered sides. 

 with them. 



.Vbuudant throughout hinghind. Wales, anil Ireland, and 

 in the Mastern parts of Scotland: elsewhere in that country 

 less plentiful in woods, ,ind more .ittached to orcliards : 

 reooriled. though not abundantly, in the Orkney and .Shetland 

 Isles, and ])ossiI)ly abseni from s(jme of the other islands. 

 Found tiiroughout Central ;ind Northern i']uro])e, the north 

 of Sijain .•md of Italy, and iu south western Russia. 



(;eniisL>L' LOBOPHORA. 



Auteniuc of the male simple, almost nakeil : |i;il|>i various; 

 head and thorax modeiatelv smooth ; abdomen smooth, 

 Slender, and rather short, having small raised tufts of scale.s 

 at. the edtifes of the segments: fore wiutrs somewhat ovate- 



