DESCRIPTIVE NOTICES OF CONSPICUOUS SPECIES 269 



yellow band, bordered on each side by a violet band ; 

 beyond this the yellow ground-colour is almost suffused 

 with violet-brown. The male insect is remarkable for 

 its extremely long antennae, nearly 1 inch; the 

 antennae of the female are much shorter, little longer 

 than the anterior wings. 



The larva is yellowish- white, with the head black ; 

 the second segment with a blackish plate, and the third 

 and fourth segments with some grey spots above ; it 

 constructs a bivalve case of pieces of dead leaves, adding 

 piece after piece till it attains the required length, and 

 feeds on a variety of low plants in the autumn and 

 early spring. 



The perfect insect appears in June ; it frequents 

 woods and thickets, and flies up and down in the sun- 

 shine ; its long antennae and brilliant colouring give it 

 a very graceful appearance. 



We have several species of Long-horn moths ; the 

 commonest is Adela viridella, which deports itself 

 amongst oaks at the end of May, flying up and down in 

 little companies like gnats. 



FAMILY IV. HYPONOMEUTID.E. 

 HYPONOMEUTA PADELLUS. 



This species is very abundant throughout the country; 

 it sometimes strips the hawthorn hedges perfectly bare 

 in June. 



The expansion of the wings is about f inch. The 

 fore-wings are white, more or less tinged with grey 

 (sometimes quite grey), with three longitudinal rows of 

 black dots ; the cilia are pale grey, or white with pale 

 grey tips. 



