261 BKITISH BUTTERFLIES AND MOTHS 



The female has only very short pointed wings ; in the 

 male the expansion of the wings is about f inch. The 

 fore-wings are greyish-brown, with a slight purplish 

 gloss, with a broad paler grey streak from the base along 

 the disk, on which are two dark brown spots, one before 

 the middle and the other beyond the middle. 



The perfect insect appears in November and Decem- 

 ber, and may be sometimes met with flying in the day- 

 time, or found sitting on palings ; after dark it may be 

 found sitting on hedges. 



FAMILY I. EXAPATID^I. 



CHIMAJ3ACCHE FAGELLA. THE MARCH 

 DAGGER. 



(Plate XV., Fig. 2, <J.) 



This species is very generally distributed throughout 

 the country, and very abundant. 



The female has the wings only partially developed, 

 the fore-wings terminating in a sharp point ; its expanse 

 of wing is about f inch ; in the male the expansion 

 of the wings is rather more than an inch. The fore- 

 wings vary much in the shade of colour, they are whitish- 

 grey, or yellowish, more or less dusted with brownish, 

 sometimes almost entirely suffused with the darker 

 colour ; below the middle is an oblique, dark, transverse 

 line, then follow two or>three small black spots on the 

 disk, and then beyond the middle is a short dark streak 

 transversely placed. 



The larva has the third pair of anterior legs club- 

 shaped, it is greyish -green, with the head yellowish- 

 grey ; it feeds on most kinds of trees and bushes, between 

 unitad leaves in August, September, and October. 





