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*H. Prasinaua, Linn, (the Green Silver-lines), has green fore-wings, with three suffused obh'que 

 whitish transverse Hnes ; the fringes, costa, and hind margin are purpHsh-red in the male, and 

 yellow in the female ; and the hind-wings and abdomen are yellow in the male, and white in 

 the female ; the antennje are purplish-red. Expands from \\ to ij inches. Common in 

 May in Europe and Siberia. The larv^a is yellowish-green, mottled with yellow, with three 

 yellowish lines on the back, and red dashes on the claspers. It feeds exposed on oak, beech, 

 and other trees, from July to October. The transformations are figured at PI. 42, Fig. 9, a — d. 



GENUS II. — CHLOEPHORA (STEPH.). 



Fore-wings broad, even at the base, and a little broader behind, with the hind margin 

 oblique, and rather convex in the middle ; hind-wings rather long and broad, extending to 

 three-quarters of the length of the abdomen ; the last joint of the palpi short. The larva 

 has a slight protuberance on the 3rd segment. The only species, *C. Bieolorana, Fuessly, 

 {Qnercana, W. V. ; the Scarce Green Silver-lines), has green fore-wings, with two parallel 

 pale yellow straight and oblique lines ; abdomen and hind-wings white. Expands about 

 if inches. It inhabits Central and Southern Europe and Asia Minor in July. The larva 

 is yellowish -green, with two }-ellow lines on the back after the 4th segment. It feeds 

 on oak from autumn to June. The transformations are figured at PL 42, Fig. 10, a — d. 



GENUS III. — EARIAS (HUBN.). 



Rather small moths, the fore-wings broadly triangular, with the costa strongly arched, 

 and the hind margin straight and a little oblique ; hind-wings rounded, extending nearly to 

 the tip of the abdomen ; the palpi clothed with smooth scales. The larvae are thickened in 

 the middle, and clothed with short hair. 



1. E. Vernana (Hiibn.). — Fore-wings pale green, with two dark transverse lines, con- 

 verging on the costa and hind margin ; hind wings and abdomen white. Expands about 

 I inch. It inhabits Austro-Hungary, Piedmont, and Pomerania in May ; and the larva 

 feeds on silver poplar in September. 



2. E. Insnlana (Boisd.). — A variable species ; fore-wings bright grass-green, sometimes with 

 white stripes on the costa and inner margin ; hind-wings iridescent white, with a suff"used 

 brown border. Expands about three-quarters of an inch. Common in the extreme south 

 of Europe, Africa, Australia, and Southern and Western Asia. Its larva is often very 

 destructive to the cotton crop. 



"^3. E. Chlorana (Linn.). — Fore-wings green, with the costa whitish ; hind-wings and 

 abdomen white. Expands from three-quarters of an inch to an inch. Common in Europe 

 and Siberia from April to June. The larva is gre}', with a light stripe on the back, divided 

 with dusky. It feeds on willow in June and autumn. 



BREPHID.-E. 



Fore-wings rather broader behind, with the tip rounded and the hind margin regularly 

 curved ; clouded with brown and grey, with indistinct transverse and subterminal lines ; hind- 

 wings long, extending as far as the tip of the abdomen ; black, with a broad yellow band 

 before the hind margin, and a broad yellow longitudinal stripe bej'ond the middle, only 



