272 BRITISH BUTTERFLIES AND MOTHS 



FAMILY VI. G-ELECHIM. 

 PHIBALOGEEA QUEECANA. 



(Plate XV., Fig. 6.) 



This pretty species is generally common throughout 

 England and Ireland ; but I do not remember that it 

 has occurred in Scotland. 



The expansion of the wings is about f inch. The 

 fore-wings are of pale rosy-grey, clouded with rosy and 

 with some obscure darker markings ; on the costa at 

 the base is a narrow, elongate, pale yellow spot, and on 

 the middle of the costa is a quadrate pale yellow spot ; 

 the cilia of the hind margin are also pale yellow ; the 

 hind-wings are pale whitish-ochreous. The antennae 

 are rather longer than the fore-wings. 



The pale green larva has the dorsal line darker, 

 edged with whitish-green ; it feeds on various trees and 

 shrubs in May and June, keeping on the underside of 

 the leaf beneath a flat web. 



The perfect insect appears in July and August ; it is 

 often beaten out of hedges, when it flutters sluggishly 

 to the ground ; it comes rather freely to light, hence is 

 often found in houses. 



FAMILY VI. 

 YPSOLOPHUS MAECrTNELUTS. 



(Plate XV., Fig. 7.) 



This pretty species seems confined to chalky localities 

 in the south of England; the Londoner may find it on 

 the Sanderstead Downs, near Oroydon. 



The expansion of the wings is rather more than \ 



