DESCRIPTIVE NOTICES OF CONSPICUOUS SPECIES 147 



FAMILY III. NOTODONTIRE. 



LEIOCAMPA VICTJEA. THE SWALLOW PRO- 

 MINENT MOTH. 



This insect seems pretty generally distributed 

 throughout the country. 



The expansion of the wings is about 2 inches. The 

 fore-wings are whitish, varied with pale brown and dark 

 brown ; in the hind-margin are several linear whitish 

 streaks, of which the lower one is wedge-shaped (in the 

 closely allied Lesser Swallow Prominent the lower streak 

 is distinctly triangular and white) ; the hind-wings are 

 whitish, with a dark brown spot at the anal angle, sepa- 

 rated from the fringes by a narrow whitish line. 



The larva is whitish-green, with a broad pale-green 

 lateral stripe, and a slender yellowish-green stripe 

 below the spiracles, the twelfth segment is slightly 

 humped ; a brown variety is sometimes found, without 

 any lateral stripes ; it feeds in September on poplars 

 and willows. 



The perfect insect appears in May and June, and may 

 not unfrequently be found at rest on palings or trunks 

 of trees. 



FAMILY III. NOTODONTID.E. 



DILOBA C^EPULEO-CEPHALA. THE FIGURE- 

 OF-EIGHT MOTH. 



(Plate IV., Fig. 3.) 



Generally distributed throughout the country. 

 The expansion of the wings is between 1J and 1 

 inch. The fore-wings are of a leaden grey, with a 



