GEOMETERS. 



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FAMILY II. ENNOMIDJE. 



104. The Dark-bordered Beauty (Epione vespertaria). 



105. The Bordered Beauty (Ep'ume apiciaria). 



106. The Little Thorn (Epione advenaria). 



107. The Brimstone Moth (Rumia cratwyata). 



108. The Speckled Yellow (Venilla inaculata). 



109. The Orange Moth (Anyeroiia prunaria). 



110. Light Emerald (Mctrocamjia maryaritaria). 



111. The Barred Red (Ellopia fasciaria). 



112. The Scorched Wing (Eurymene dolobraria). 



113. The Lilac Beauty (Pericallia syringaria). 



114. The Early Thorn (Selenia iUunaria). 



115. The Lunar Thorn (Selenia lunaria). 



116. The Purple Thorn (Selenia illustraria). 



117. The Scalloped Hazel (Odontopera bidentata). 



118. The Scalloped Oak (Crocallis elinyuana). 



119. The Large Thorn (Ennomos alniaria). 



120. The Canary -shouldered Thorn (Ennomos tiliaria). 



121. The Dusky Thorn (Ennomos fuscantaria). 



122. The September Thorn (Ennomos erosaria). 



123. The August Thorn (Ennomos anyularia). 



124. The Feathered Thorn (Himera pennaria). 



THE SECOND FAMILY of Geometers, called 

 EnnomicUe, or Thorns, contains twenty-one 

 British species. 



Male. 



Female. 

 104. The Dark-bordered Beauty (Epione vespertaria). 



104. THE DARK-BORDERED BEAUTY. 

 Wings of the male orange, with a very broad 

 hind border of purple-brown ; on the fore 

 wings is a curved transverse line half way 

 between the base of the wing and the mar- 

 ginal border ; and there is a central dot half 

 way between the curved line and the border. 

 Besides these markings the orange colour is 

 everywhere sprinkled with the same purple- 

 brown as the border. The wings of the female 

 are yellow, the border almost of the same 

 colour as the rest of the wing, but separated 

 from that by a dark transverse line; the head, 

 thorax and body are yellow-orange. Cater- 

 pillar brown, with a large pale spot on the 

 sixth segment, and a yellowish spot on each 

 of the five succeeding segments. There is a 

 slender white line on each side, commencing 

 at the end and extending to the sixth segment: 

 it feeds on hazel. The caterpillar is found in 



August, and the moth in the following June 

 It occurs in Yorkshire and Hampshire, but 

 is not considered a common insect. (The 

 scientific name is Epione vespertaria.) 



105. The Bordered Beauty (Epione apiciaria). 



105. THE BORDERED BEAUTY. All the 

 wings bright orange, with a broad purple- 

 brown hind border, which comes to a sharp 

 point at the apex of the fore wings. There is 

 also an angled dark transverse line very near 

 the base of the fore wings, and a central dot 

 half way between this and the outer border ; 

 head, thorax and body yellow-orange. Cater- 

 pillar whitey-brown, with a paler mark on the 

 sixth segment, and a slender white line on 

 each side. It feeds on willow, hazel and pop- 

 lar. The caterpillar is found in September, 

 and again in May, perhaps living through 

 the winter. The moth appears in July, and 

 is not uncommon in the south of England. 

 (The scientific name is Epione apiciaria.) 



106. The Little Thorn {Epione advenaria.) 



106. THE LITTLE THORN. All the wings 

 dingy-white, freckled with olive-brown ; there 



