THE FESTOON. 345 



be changed to thrit here adopted. Meyrick, who sinks Lima- 

 codes in favour of Apoda^ Haworth, uses Heterogeneidse as the 

 family name. 



The Festoon {Cochlidion {Heteroge?ica) limacodes). 



The fore wings of the male are orange brown, more or less 

 smudged or clouded with blackish ; two oblique black lines, the 

 first inclined inwards, and the second outwards and apparently 

 terminating on the outer margin just above the inner angle, but 

 there is a slender dusky curve from this point enclosing a clear, 

 orange-brown spot. Hind wings blackish, except on the inner 

 margin, which is broadly orange brown. Female, ochreous 

 brown, with lines on the fore wings as in the male ; hind wings 

 suffused with dark grey or blackish, except on the inner area ; 

 generally rather larger than the male. (Plate 153, Figs. 16,2$.) 

 Not infrequently, the fore wings of the male are so much 

 clouded with blackish that the cross lines are obscured, and the 

 spot on the inner margin alone remains clear. 



The caterpillar (Plate 149, Fig. i, from a coloured drawing 

 by Mr. A. Sich) is green, with two reddish-edged yellow lines on 

 the back ; between these lines are yellowish spots; a yellow line 

 along the sides extends along the front edge of the second ring, 

 where it is marked with red. It feeds on oak, and may be 

 beaten from the boughs in the autumn. The brownish cocoon 

 is depicted on Plate 149 ; Fig. la shows the hinged lid which 

 covered the opening through which the chrysalis protruded 

 previous to the moth's escape; Fig. \b represents one from 

 which the moth has not emerged, and in nature this would be 

 attached to a leaf and covered with a delicate film of silk. The 

 moth is out in June and July, and both sexes may be beaten 

 trom the branches of trees, or seen flying around their tops in 

 the sunshine. 



