Variation in 
Lepidoptera. 
461 
whom none are more competent to speak on the subject) with the 
following table, which I reproduce in eatenso :— 
Species. 
Vanessa Atalanta. 
V, cardui. 
Arge Galathea, 
Thecla quercus. 
Smerinthus populi. 
Acherontia Atropos 
Sphinx convolvuli. 
Cherocampa } 
elpenor. 
Macroglossa } 
stellatarum., 
Zygena filipendule. 
Orgyia pudibunda. 
Trichiura crategi. 
Pecilocampa | 
populi. J 
Saturnia carpini. 
Rumia crategata. 
Odontopera 
bidentata. 
Crocallis elinguaria. 
Ennomos fuscan- 
taria, 
E, angularia. 
Biston hirtarius. 
Amphidasys betu- 
laria. 
Boarmia repandata. 
B, rhomboidata. 
Tephrosia hiundu- 
laria, 
Food-plant. 
Urtica dioica. 
Carduus. 
Graminacee. 
Quercus. 
Populus ; Salix, 
Solanum tuberosum. 
Convolvulus ; Impa- 
tiens, &c. 
Epilobium ; Vitis ; 
Fuchsia, &e. 
Galium, various 
species. 
Lotus corniculatus, 
&e. 
Polyphagous. 
Prunus spinosus ; Sa- 
lia; Crategus, &e. 
Populus; Quercus ; 
Salix ; Prunus; Be- 
tula. &e. 
Calluna ; Salix ; 
Rubus, Xe. 
Prunus spinosus ; 
Crataegus, &c. 
Frarinus ; Hedera 
Helix, &c. 
Salir; Prunus; 
Crategus, &e. 
Quercus; Ligustrum 
vulgare. 
Quercus ; Fagus? 
Salix; Quercus, 
&c., &e. 
Salix; Rubus; Cra- 
tegus ; low plants. 
Variation of Larva. 
Various shades of 
ground-tint. 
Various shades of, 
ground tint ; lines 
more or less distinct 
and bright. 
Ochreous or green. 
Various shades of warm 
brown ; greenish. 
One or two tints of 
Notes on Imago. 
C.—constant. 
(0, 
Rather varia- 
b’e in tints. 
Cc; 
(e 
Variable in 
green ground colour ;|tint of ground- 
sometimes more or 
less blotched with red. 
Brown or yellowish. 
Green or brown, &c. 
Green ; brown. 
Green; lead-colour ; 
olive- brown. 
Green ; yellowish- 
reen. 
Green ; yellow; brown ; 
white? &e. 
Brown; white; black; 
red spots, &c. 
Brown ; blue; grey, 
&e. 
Spots yellow or pink. 
Green, red spots ; brown- 
grey, green spots, &c. 
Grey; brown; white ; 
green. 
Brown; grey; green- 
ish ; ochreous, &c. 
Green; brownish-grey, 
&e. 
Brownish ; green ; 
(sometimes smooth). 
Dark brown; greyish- 
brown ; slaty. 
Greenish ; grey; 
brown, &c. 
Grey; whitish- 
ochreous, &c, 
Ligustrum ; Hedera ;; Warm brown ; reddish ; 
Crategus ; Ulmus ; 
Spartium ; Vitis ; 
Trifolium ; Clema- 
tis, &c. 
Larix and ? 
dirty white, with black 
markings, &c. 
Reddish ; blackish ; 
ochreous-grey. 
colour. 
C. 
Tolerably 
constant. 
Tolerably 
constant, 
(oF 
Rather 
variable. 
Cc. 
Permanent 
varieties. 
Variable. 
Variable. 
Variable. 
