THE GENERA OF BRITISH MOTHS. 93 
PLATE XXXVII. 
No. 1.—The Scotch Annulet (Charissa obfuscata). No. 7.—The Gray Carpet (Aleucis pictaria). 
No, 2.—The Brown Annulet (@nophos pullata). No. 8.—The Birch Mocha (Ephyra pendvlaria). 
No. 3.—The Barred Umber (Anagoge pulveraria). No. 9.—A Variety of the Birch Mocha. 
No. 4.—The Caterpillar of the Barred Umber. No. 9}.—The Caterpillar of the Birch Mocha—Chrysalis of the 
No, 44.—The Chrysalis of the Birch Mocha. Birch Mocha (see No. 44). 
No. 5.—The Common White Wave (Cabera pusaria). No. 10.—The Dingy Mocha (Ephyra orbicularia). 
No. 6.—The Caterpillar of the Common White Wave. No. 11.—The Clay Triple-lines (Ephyrea trilinearia). 
Tue Gnophidi form the ninth sub-family of the Geometride, and contain but two British genera : Charissu 
and Gnophos. 
The genus Charisse. The insects assigned to this genus present a peculiarity in the antenne of the male, 
the joints of which are, according to Mr. Westwood, ‘* compressed and produced internally.” The palpi are short 
and straight, and do not lean together producing the form of a beak. The abdomen is long and slender; the 
wings are ample, and the fringed edge of the hinder pair is but very slightly indented ; those insects having the edge 
of the hind wings strongly indented, which were formerly classed as Charisse, having been removed to another 
cenus. The Caterpillars are short, and have a bifid tail. Only one British species is now assigned to the genus 
Charisst. 
Charisse obfuscata (the Scotch Annulet, No. 1) is a rare and local insect, being found chiefly in the North, 
in the Islands of Arran and Bute, and at Flisk on the Scottish coast. The Caterpillar is not well known. 
The genus Gnophos. The insects assigned to this genus have the antenne of the male simple, but slightly 
thickened. The hind wings are dentate. The Caterpillar is short, with two small humps on the twelfth segment, 
and a bifid tail. The Chrysalis is subterranean, 
Gnrophos pullata (the Brown Annulet, No. 2). This insect was formerly included in the genus Charissa as 
C. Pullata. Tt is found in August in many places along the south coast, and in some localities it is very abundant 
at that time, especially in the Isle of Wight. It is also found in Wales. The Caterpillar is unknown. 
There is another species, @. obscwrata, the wings of which are very much darker than those of G, pullata. 
The tenth sub-family of the Geometride is that of the Caberidi, containing four genera: Anagoge, Cabera, 
Aleucis, avd Ephyra. 
The genus Anagoge (the Numeria of Duponchel) contains but one British species. The characteristics of 
the genus are—antenn of males bipectinated, except at the extreme tip, and the wings rounded and not dentate. 
The Caterpillars are slender, with small dorsal humps on the hinder segments ; and the head is bifid. The Chrysalis 
is formed in a cocoon among leaves. 
Anagoge pulveraria (the Barred Umber, No. 3). This is rather a common species in woods. The Cater- 
pillar (No. 4) feeds on the Sallow. The perfect insect appears in June. The neighbourhoods of Brighton, Bristol, 
and many other places as far North as Argyleshire, are recorded as localities in which it has been recently captured 
in some abundance. 
The genus Cabera, The insects assigned to this genus have the antenne of the males slightly bipectinated 
