64 PALE BRINDLED BEAUTY. 



are wingless, for even in those cases where the 

 wings are tolerably conspicuous they are much 

 too small for the purpose of flight. 



The first of these insects is the PALE BRINDLED 

 BEAUTY (Phigalia pilosaria), Plate Y. figs. 4 

 and 5. 



It is very difficult to describe this insect, as its 

 colours are very indeterminate, and scarcely any 

 two entomologists have described it in exactly 

 the same terms. 



Unlike the angled wings of the preceding in- 

 sects, those of the present family, Amphydasydce, 

 are nearly rounded. The fore-wings are a pale 

 reddish grey, with a very faint tinge of green, 

 and crossed by four indistinct bars of a darker 

 green or brown. The hind-wings are some- 

 what similarly coloured, but are paler. 



There is an odd and almost indescribable look 

 about the wings, which have a hairy or " pilose" 

 appearance, giving rise to the specific title pilosa, 

 and they look much as if they had been much worn 

 and rubbed. The expanse of wing is about two 

 inches, or a little less. The male is a very com- 

 mon insect, and it flies about the beginning of 

 spring. 



As for the female, it is so odd-looking a crea- 

 ture that no one except an entomologist would 



