26 GREEN FORESTER. 



on the roots of the hop, as is implied by the 

 specific name. The peculiar nemires of the wing 

 are seen in cut Gr, .fig. 1, page 21. 



A tolerably common example of the family of 



the Procridae is found 



,. - iS^^^ i^ t^6 Green Forester 



-^^tj^''^^^=^€^^~-^ ^^j^^ ^Procris Statices). 



fl^^^^BB^^V Its shape may be seen 



^^B^^^H^^^^ from the accompanying 



^^^^^^^F illustration, which is of 



the natural size. The 



Green Forester. 



upper wings are green, 

 with a peculiar translucent gloss, and the lower 

 wings are brown. The short, stout, dark green 

 caterpillar feeds on the sorrel. 



The only other British member of this famiily, 

 the Scarce Forester (Procris Glohularice), re- 

 sembles the Green Forester in shape, but may be 

 distinguished by the coppery gloss of the upper 

 wings. 



IText in order comes the pretty and common 

 Six-spot Burnet Moth (Anihrocera filipenduloe), 

 which though by no means the largest is certainly 

 one of the handsomest of the British Moths. The 

 body and fore-wings are a deep metallic indigo 



