2i8 LLOYD'S NATURAL HISTORY. 



The antennae are pectinated in the male, and ciliated in the 

 female ; the palpi are approximating, the abdomen long and 

 smooth, and the legs scaly, the hind tibiae being furnished with 

 two pairs of spurs. The wings are broad, and the hind-wings 

 slightly dentated. 



The larvae are pubescent, rugose, and granulose, with a small 

 head, and live on trees. The pupae are rugose, and enclosed 

 in transparent cocoons among moss. 



THE LARGE EMERALD. TERPNE PAPILIONARIA. 

 (Plate CXLVIL, Fig. 3.) 



Geometra papilionaria^ Linnaeus, Syst. Nat. (ed. x.) i. p. 522, 

 no. 151 (1758); id. Faun. Suec. p. 326 (1761); Esper, 

 Schmett. v. p. 40. Taf. 6, figs 1-4 (1795 ?); Hiibner, Eur. 

 Schmett. v. fig. 6 (1797) ; Treitschke, Schmett. Eur. vi.(i), 

 p. 103 (1827) ; Kirby, Eur. Butterflies and Moths, p. 335, 

 pi. 47, fig. 3 (1882); Buckler, Larvae of Brit. Lepid. vii. 

 pi. 114, figs. 4-4 </ (1897). 



Hipparchus papilionarius^ Stephens, 111. Brit. Ent. Haust. iii. 

 p. 178 (1831). 



The Large Emerald Moth is found throughout Europe and 

 Northern Asia. It expands from two inches to two inches and 

 a half. 



It is bright green, with a white band on the fore-wings, com- 

 posed of lunules bordered with deeper green. A second band 

 more distinct than the first, and also composed of lunules, runs 

 beyond the central area. In the central area, not far from the 

 costa, is a dark green lunule. The second transverse line is 

 continued on the hind-wings, and there is also a slight central 

 lunule. 



The larva feeds on birch, beech, elm, &c. It is green, with 

 a yellow lateral line, and a brownish-yellow head. On the 



