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only faint traces of the markings along the margins, the 

 general area merely smeared with pale brown. 



Underside very plain ; fore wings pale smoky-brown, with 

 a yellowish dash in the middle of the costa, and the apex 

 pale tawny-brown. Hind wings white with smoky clouding 

 and a pale tawny apex. 



On the wing in June and July. 



Larva plump, tapering to each extremity, whitish-grey, 

 sometimes tinged with bluish-green. Head and plates 

 shining black, the dorsal plate with a white collar, and some- 

 times edged with white behind ; legs black ; prologs pale 

 green, dotted with black. When younger pale slate-colour 

 with black dots on the third and fourth segments, and the 

 dots behind these faintly white ; rather pugnacious, when 

 touched discharging a reddish fluid from its mouth with a 

 threatening action. 



May and June, polyphagous on leaf-trees, rolling up the 

 leaves. 



Pupa pitchy black ; wing and limb covers smooth ; seg- 

 ments furnished with two rows of distinct teeth ; cremaater 

 strong, beak-like, furnished at the tip with fine curved 

 bristles. In the larval habitation. 



The moth hides in trees and shrubs during the day, in 

 woods, hedges, and gardens, and is very readily disturbed, 

 flying promptly to some similar hiding place. Abundant in 

 the South, and apparently somewhat common throughout 

 England and Wales. In Scotland it is found in Dumbarton- 

 shire and the Clyde district generally, in Perthshire, and 

 Midlothian ; in Ireland in the Counties of Dublin, Cork, 

 Wicklow, and Antrim. Abroad it is common throughout 

 Central and Southern Europe, Scandinavia, the Caucasus 

 and Taurus Mountain districts, and in Japan. 



6. T. rosana, Linn. ; laevigana, (?».— Expanse f to | 

 inch (15-18 m,m.). Fore wings rather short, truncate, glossy 



