bESCBIPTIVE NOTICES Otf CONSPICtJOtfS SPECIES 197 



FAMILY IX. HADENID^E. 

 POLIA CHI. THE JULY CHI. 



This species is common, and generally distributed in 

 Lancashire, Yorkshire, and further to the north, but is 

 seldom found in the southern portion of the islands. 



The expansion of the wings is nearly 1^ inch. The 

 fore-wings are whitish-grey, with several darker, wavy, 

 transverse markings, and with the margins of the 

 stigmata darker ; below the stigmata is a short, black 

 streak, forked at each end ; a little before the hind- 

 margin are several small wedge-shaped black spots. 



The larva is green, with the subdorsal line whitish 

 and the spiracular line yellowish. It feeds in May on 

 lettuce, sow-thistle, etc. 



The perfect insect appears in August and September 

 and may often be found in the daytime, reposing on 

 the stone walls, which, in the northern counties, replace 

 the hedges which enclose our fields in the south. 



FAMILY X. HADENID.E. 



AGRIOPIS APEILINA. THE MARVEL-DU- 

 JOUR. 



This is common, and generally distributed through- 

 out the country. 



The expansion of the wings is between 1J and If 

 inch. The fore-wings are green, with a broadish black 

 transverse line in the middle, and several other slender 

 transverse black lines, more or less edged with whitish ; 

 the stigmata are also outlined with black ; the head is 

 pale green, the front of the collar also pale green, the 



