THE GENERA OF BRITISH MOTHS. 95 
PLATE XXXVIII. 
No. 1.—The Blood-Vein (Bradyepetes ainataria). No. 7.—The Straw Belle (Aspilates gilvaria). 
No. 2.—The Caterpillar of the Blood-Vein. No. 8.—The Grass Wave (Perconia strigillaria). 
No. 3.—The Dark-bordered Beauty (Epione vespertaria). No. 9.—The Caterpillar of the Grass Wave. 
No, 4.—The Caterpillar of the Dark-bordered Beauty. No. 10.—The Belle (Ortholitha plumbaria). 
No. 5.—The Scorched Wing (Plagodis dolabraria). No, 11.—The Brown Silver Line (Lozogramma petraria). 
No, 6.—The Caterpillar of the Scorched Wing. No. 12,—The Oblique Striped (Mesogi'anina lineolata). 
‘Tur eleventh sub-family of the Geometride is that of the Zpionidi, containing three genera : Bradyepetes, 
Epione, and Plagodis. 
The genus Bradyepetes. The insects assigned to this genus have the antenne rather strongly bipectinated 
nearly to the tip. The fore wings are sharp at the anterior angle, and rather hooked ; the hind wings being 
strongly angulated in the middle of the margin. The Caterpillars are short and dilated towards the head. The 
Chrysalides are formed among leaves. There is only one British species. 
Bradyepetes amataria (the Blood-Vein, No. 1). This pretty species is tolerably common everywhere. 
The Caterpillar (No. 2) feeds on Sorrel and other herbaceous plants. The perfect insect appears in June. 
The genus Epione. The species of which this genus is composed, have the antenne of the males pectinated 
quite to the tips. The front wings are acute at the anterior angle, with the fringed margin extending into a 
projection in the middle, and the hind wings are indented in the centre of the margin, The Caterpillars are 
slender and attenuated towards the head. The Chrysalides are enclosed in a cocoon among leaves. 
Epione vespertaria (the Dark-bordered Beauty, No. 8). This beautiful. species is very rave. The Cater- 
pillar is ashy brown, having the anterior segments striped with white, and the rest of the body mottled. It feeds 
on the Hazel, and the perfect insect appears in May. It appears to be rather a northern insect, having occurred 
principally in Yorkshire and the adjoining counties, 
There are two other species. JZ. apiciaria (the Bordered Beauty) is far less rare than the preceding 
species, and is found in damp, shady lanes, appearing in July. #. advenaria (the Little Thorn), closely resembles 
the other species in form and markings ; but is of light cream colour, the bands and speckles being of pale brown. 
In appears in woods in June, but is not common. 
The genus Plagodis. The insects forming this genus (the Zurymene of Duponchel) have the antenne 
of the male pectinated, and the fore wings oblong, projecting in the middle of the fringed edge. The hind wings 
are pointed in the middle of the posterior margin and slightly indented at the angle next the body. The 
Caterpillar is twig-like, with a hump on the ninth segment, and the head is rather forked at the top. The 
Chrysalis is subterranean. There is but one species, 
Plagodis dolabraria (the Scorched Wing, No. 5) is a widely-dispersed, but rather uncommon species. 
The Caterpillar (No. 6) feeds on Oak and Lime, and the perfect insect appears about the end of June, It has 
been recently taken in some plenty near Halton in Buckinghamshire, and at Tenterden; its capture has been 
recorded also at Brighton, Bristol, Plymouth, York, and several other places, 
The twelfth sub-family of Geometride is that of the Aspilatidi, containing five genera: Aspildtes, Pers 
conit, Ortholitha, Lozogramma, and Mesogramma, 
