DESCBIPTIVE NOTICES OF CONSPICUOUS SPECIES 209 



FAMILY II. ENNOMID^:. 



ENNOMOS TILIAEIA. THE CANARY- 

 SHOULDERED THORN. 



(Plate IX., Fig. 3.) 



This fine insect is by no means uncommon in the 

 south of England, and occurs northward as far as Dar- 

 lington ; it has not been observed in Scotland, but has 

 been noticed in Ireland. 



The expansion of the wings is about 1J inch. The 

 fore-wings are deep yellow, dusted with fuscous, with 

 two dark fuscous transverse lines and a dark fuscous 

 central spot ; the hind-wings are duller, dusted with 

 fuscous, with a central transverse line ; the conspicuous 

 feature of the insect is the canary-coloured downy-looking 

 thorax. 



The larva is brown, with dark brown lozenge-out- 

 lines on the back ; the sides delicately mottled with 

 grey and pink ; with humps on the sixth and ninth 

 segments. It feeds on sallow, birch, oak, etc., in June 

 and July. 



The perfect insect appears at the end of August and 

 beginning of September ; it comes very freely to light, as 

 do also the other species of Yellow Thorns, which are 

 likewise on the wing in August and September. 



FAMILY III. AMPHIDASIM;. 

 NYSSIA ZONARIA. THE BELTED BEAUTY. 



(Plate IX., Fig. 4, $ and ? .) 



This insect seems with us almost confined to the 

 sand-hills of the Cheshire coast, near the mouth of the 

 Mersey ; but I strongly suspect that it must occur in 



