68 LARGE EMERALD MOTH. 



and the crop of fruit either lessened or totally 

 destroyed. 



The wings are greyish brown, and the fore- 

 wings are handed with six hlackish belts, the 

 hind-wings having only three belts. Both pairs 

 of wings have a sort of woolly look, owing to 

 the number of hair-like scales upon their sur- 

 face. As it is very plentiful in London, it has 

 gained the popular name of Cockney. It is one 

 of the early-flying Moths, being seen in March 

 and April. 



WANT of space compels us to omit the family 

 of Boarmidse, and proceed to the typical family 

 of the Loopers, the Geometridse. 



Chief among them is the LARGE EMERALD 

 MOTH (Geometra papilionaria), certainly one of 

 the handsomest of its kind, and pre-eminent 

 both in size and colour. The expanse of wing 

 is about two inches and a quarter. Both pairs 

 of wings, abdomen, and thorax are uniform bright 

 grass or emerald green, with two parallel trans- 

 verse wavy lines of a lighter shade. The abdo- 

 men is slender. 



Unfortunately for collectors, the colour of this 

 Moth is as fleeting as it is beautiful, and the 

 greatest care must be taken to keep it in the 



