CHIMNE Y-S WEEPER. 239 



XEV-SWEEPER (Tanagra chcerophyllata\ which is 

 represented herewith. 



Ab may be inferred from its popular name, the 

 colour of this Moth is sooty-black. The fringe is 

 grey, except at the tip of the upper 

 wings, where it is snowy-white. 

 The larva is rather a pretty one, 

 being dark green with a few lines 

 of olive-green and light green. 



r^-i , t -r, C j Tanagra choerophyllata. 



1 he spiracles are red. It feeds on 

 the common earth-nut, or pig-nut (Bnnium flexuosuvi), 

 and is full-fed at the beginning of June, when it 

 descends into the earth and changes to the pupal 

 state. At the end of that month it assumes its per- 

 fect form, and in many localities appears in great 

 numbers. 



