41 8 LRI'inOPTERA. 



of a single generation in the year ISIM, from Marcl 

 September 28th. 



l.AiUA elongated, not attenuated ; head rounded, shining, 

 ]iale green, face flattened ; body pale green with a bhiish 

 1 inge ; dorsal line darker : subdorsal lines threadlike, whitish 

 or yellowish, narrowly i-dged with darker green; spiracular 

 lines white, inconspicuous, contiiuied round the anal flap ; 

 between the last two lines is a very minute whitish thread ; 

 on the uudersurface are three white or bluish-white stripes; 

 and the divisions of the segments yellowish ; spiracles black; 

 ventral raised dots very minute, Ijlack. 



\'ery closely allied tci that of f,'. spartiatc, rather more 

 slender, and the subdorsal line edited with dark green. 

 (Chas. Fenn.) 



July to September, on broom. Tiie manner of its feeding 

 is rather peculiar, it bites through the pedicil of the trifoliate 

 leaf, then takes a leaflet up in its front feet and twists it 

 round and round, eating it u]) entirely, and continues to take 

 fresh leaflets in the same manner until satisUed. 



I'lPA rather fully rounded and the wing-covers much 

 thickened towards their tips, also sculptured with shallow 

 incised lines ; limb-covers closely packed and smooth, but 

 the antenna-cases barred with the forms of the joints ; back 

 of the thorax figured with inscribed lines, dorsal and abdo- 

 minal segments with abundant pitting, except the usual 

 smooth hind bands ; anal segment rather swollen, creraaster 

 conical, furnished with recurved twin spikes ; colour dull 

 red-brown ; wing-covers tinged with green ; cremaster black- 

 brown. Buried at some depth in the earth. 



In this condition tlirough tlie winter, and sometimes 

 through a second. 



Tiie moth hides during the day among broom bushes, and 

 in bright sunny weatiier may sometimes be aroused by the 

 beating stick to fly a short distauce ; usually however it is 

 indisposed to fly in the daytime; its natural time for moving 



