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top of the collar black (in Dipthera Orion, see p. 176, 

 it is exactly the reverse). 



The larva is reddish-grey, with black streaks ; the 

 dorsal line is blackish ; the spots are large and white. 

 It feeds on oak in June. 



The perfect insect appears in September, and may 

 often be found in the daytime resting on the trunks of 

 trees ; at night it comes very freely to sugar. 



FAMILY X. HADENID.E. 



PHLOGOPHORA METICULOSA. THE ANGLE 

 SHADES. 



This handsome species is very abundant throughout 

 the country. 



The expansion of the wings is about 2 inches. The 

 fore-wings are pale ochreous, with a faint rosy tinge ; 

 not far from the base is a large olive-brown patch on 

 the inner margin : then follows an oblique, pale, 

 transverse line, beyond which is a large triangular 

 brown blotch (the apex on the inner margin), in this 

 blotch the stigmata appear as two paler spots, and their 

 margins meet at the lower end; the hind-margin is 

 curiously scolloped. 



The larva is greenish or brownish, with numerous 

 pale dots ; the dorsal line is white, slender, and inter- 

 rupted ; the spiracular line is pale. It feeds on all sorts 

 of low plants throughout the winter and early spring, 

 and also in June and July. This larva is extremely 

 plentiful in greenhouses, where occasionally it does 

 much havoc. 



The perfect insect appears in June and September ; it 

 comes very freely to sugar, and sometimes to light; 



