THE ENTOMOLOGIST. 



No. 153.] 



MARCH, MDCCCLXXVI. [Price Gd. 



Enkomos angulaeia (male aud female). 



Varieii/ of Eniwmos angidaria. — The figures, male and 

 female, of Eniiomos angulaiia, are not only singular as a 

 variety, but also singular as being so much alike as almost to 

 induce the conclusion that they might be referred to some 

 new and undescribed species. They were bred by Mr. Neave 

 from the same batch of eggs, and were the only specimens of 

 this particular coloration. The fore wings have tiie upper 

 surface uniform dark brown, with a transverse oblique median 

 band of a pale fulvous; the hind wings are paler, shaded to 

 darker towards the margin. Mr. Neave has kindly lent them, 

 purposely for figuring in the ' Entomologist,' and has accom- 

 panied them with the following information : — "In the early 

 part of 1874 I had eleven eggs of Ennomos angularia given 

 to me ; they were all laid singly on the glass lid of a pill- 

 box : of these only four hatched. The larvae were fed the 

 whole time upon whitethorn, and produced imagos on the 



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