228 THE APRIL MISELTA. 



ferent kinds of forest trees, such as the ash, ^elm, 

 beech, &c. The moth first appears in the middle 

 of April, and there is another hatch in Octoher. 

 " This," says Mr. Haworth, "is at once a plentiful, 

 well known, and beautiful insect ; but it is remark- 

 able that none of our collectors ever take it in the 

 winged state, and very rarely in that of a larva. 

 The usual mode of procuring it being by digging 

 about the roots of oaks an inch deep for the pupae, 

 which are annually found in that manner in con- 

 siderable numbers." The insect is not plentiful in 

 Scotland, but is found occasionally throughout the 

 southern counties. 



PEACH-BLOSSOM MOTH. 



Tliyatira Batis. m 

 PLATE XXIII. Fig. 2. 



Curtis, Steph. 



THYATIRA has the antennae simple in both sexes ; 

 maxilla as long as the antennae ; palpi placed 

 siderably apart, the radical and terminal joints 

 equal length, both of them short, the intermediate 

 one very long and thick, the apical one with sucl 

 small scales that it appears nearly naked ; the head 

 transverse ; the superior wings moderately wide, 



