290 LEPIDOPTERA. 



lanes and fieid-sides in wooded districts, over the whole of 

 the southern half of England, and in less abundance through- 

 out the reoiainder ; also common in Wales, but apparently 

 only found in the South of Scotland in the Solwayand Clyde 

 districts. In Ireland it seems to be common wherever there 

 are woods, or other suitable spots. Abroad it has a wide 

 distribution through Central Europe, temperate Northern 

 Europe, Northern Italy, the Balkan States, Southern Russia, 

 Bithynia, Tartary, China, Corea, and Japan. 



Cenus 1. NEMORIA. 



Antenna3 of the male simple, ciliated ; palpi minute ; head 

 rather rough, divided transversely in front ; thorax slender, 

 smooth ; abdomen small, tapering, smooth ; fore wings not 

 especially thin, dull, triangular and rather pointed ; hind 

 wings somewhat narrow, angulated behind. 



We have but one species. 



1. N. viridata, Z,— Expanse | to 1 inch. Fore wings 

 rather narrow, dull green, fading readily to brownish-green ; 

 first line obscure, second distinct, white, the latter continued 

 across the hind wings. 



Antenna3 of the male simple, rather thick ; ciliated, pale 

 brown ; palpi short and slender, pale red-brown ; face 

 smooth, rich red-brown, edged above by a cross-channel ; 

 head rough on the top, dull green ; thorax softly clothed 

 with long loose scales, dull green, paler at the back ; abdomen 

 smooth, whitish-brown ; lateral tufts whitish ; anal tuft 

 conical, light brown. Fore wings trigonate ; costa gently 

 arched ; apex angulated ; hind margin rather oblique and 

 very little curved ; dorsal margin straight, strongly ciliated ; 

 colour dull green, dusted with shining white scales; first line 

 obscure and very slender, slightly curved, white ; second line 

 distinct, oblique, and a little sinuous, shining white ; costa 

 narrowly edged with pinkish-brown ; cilia very glossy, green 

 tipped with white. Hind wings decidedly elongated ; angu- 



