MACARIA. 231 



Geometra liluraria, Hiibner, Eur. Schmett. v. fig. 54 (1798?); 



fig. 314 (1802). 

 Macaria liturata, Curtis, Brit. Ent. iii. pi. 132 (1826); 



Stephens, 111. Brit. Ent. Haust. iii. p. 320 (1831); Kirby, 



Eur. Butterflies and Moths, p. 304 (1881) ; Buckler, Larvae 



of Brit. Lepid. pi. 121, figs. 4-4 b (1897). 

 Ennomos lituraria, Treitschke, Schmett. Eur. vi. (i) p. 12 



The Tawny-Barred Angle Moth. 



This Moth inhabits the greater part of Europe and 

 Northern and Western Asia. It expands about an inch and 

 a quarter. 



The antennae are light brownish-yellow, slightly pectinated 

 in the male, and simple in the female. The fore-wings are 

 violet-grey, dusted with dark grey. On the costa are three 

 dark brown streaks, from which run zig-zag transverse lines. 

 Then follows an ochre-yellow band shaded with brownish, and 

 often indistinct towards the inner margin, with a ferruginous 

 streak on its outer side at the costa. The hind-wings have a 

 central lunule, and the transverse lines are faintly continued 

 on them. 



The larva feeds on the Scotch fir. It is green, with a brown 

 head, and dingy white dorsal and sub-dorsal lines, and a pure 

 white, or pale yellowish spiracular line. 



The moth appears in May, and again in July and August. 



