io LLOYD'S NATURAL HISTORY. 



THE MARBLED GREEN. BRYOPHILA MURALIS. 



Noctua muralis, Forster, Nov. Spec. Ins. p. 74 (1771). 

 Noctua Ztchems, Fabricius, Syst. Ent. p. 614, no. 102 (1775); 



Esper, Schmett, iv. (i), p. 287, Taf. 118, fig. 8 (1789?). 

 Noctua glandifera^ Denis & Schiffermtiller, Syst. Verz. Schmett. 



Wien, p. 70, no. 2 (1776); Hiibner, Eur. Schmett. iv. 



fig. 24(1799?). 

 Bryophila glandifera, Treitschke, Schmett. Eur. v. (i), p. 58 



(1825) ; Stephens, 111. Brit. Ent. Haust. Hi. p. 44 (1829); 



Buckler, Larvae Brit. Lepid. iv. pi. 55, figs. 4-4 c 



(1891). 

 Bryophila muralis, Kirby, Tur. Butterflies and Moths, p. 152 



(1880). 



The Marbled Green. 



This Moth expands from an inch to an inch and a quarter. 

 It is found in most parts of Europe and temperate Asia. 

 The fore-wings are pale green, with a transverse row of black 

 streaks, edged on the outer side with white. In the middle 

 of the wing is a second double dark line, filled in with dark 

 brown, and bordered likewise with white. This is connected 

 near the inner margin with the basal row of spots by a sinuated 

 black streak. The stigmata are bordered with black, as is 

 also the third transverse line. The sub-marginal line rises 

 from a black spot on the costa, and has two excavations filled 

 in with black. The fringes are marked triangularly with 

 black and white. The hind-wings are lighter in the male than 



