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minute yellow markings throughout the dorsal 

 surface, in addition to the three narrow 

 stripes I have mentioned ; and along the upper 

 margin of the brown lateral stripe the green 

 is tinged with smoky-black. The belly, legs, 

 and claspers are pale semi-transparent green. 

 It buries itself in the earth, arid changes to a 

 CHRYSALIS about the middle of June. 



The MOTH appears on the wing in March 

 and April, frequenting the catkins of the 

 sallow. It is generally distributed through- 

 out the kingdom. (The scientific name is 

 Tceniocampa gothica.) 



574. The White-marked (Tccniocampa, leucegrapha). 



574. THE WHITE-MARKED. The palpi are 

 short, and slightly porrected, reddish-brown, 

 tipped with pale brown ; the antennae are 

 pectinated in the male, simple in the female ; 

 the fore wings are brickdust-red, inclining to 

 gray -brown ; the orbicular spot is pale gray, in 

 some specimens almost white ; the reniform is 

 rather darker gray ; two transverse series of 

 dots, rather darker than the ground colour, 

 cross the wing, the first befoi'e the orbicular, 

 the second parallel with the hind margin ; 

 none of the markings, except the pale dis- 

 coidal spots, are at all conspicuous : the hind 

 wings are pale reddish brown, and have a 

 slightly transparent appearance ; the fringe is 

 inclined to pink ; the head, thorax, and tip of 

 the body are brickdust-red ; the base of the 

 body is gray. 



" The CATERPILLAR is at present unknown, 

 except through a description given by Treit- 

 schke after Rincken-Sommer, on the fidelity 

 of which it would not do to place too 

 much reliance. It is, therefore, much to be 

 desired that our entomologists residing on the 

 banks of the Rhine would supply us with 

 exact figures and descriptions, which would 



decide whether I am right or wrong in placing 

 the species in this genus." Guenee. 



The MOTH appears on the wing in March 

 and April, frequenting the catkins of the 

 sallow. It is rare and local, and has been 

 taken at Lee Moor, Exeter, and Barnstaple, 

 in Devonshire ; in Somersetshire, by Mr. 

 Crotch ; in the Isle of Wight, Sussex, Suffolk, 

 Yorkshire, and the Lake District. I have no 

 records from Scotland or Ireland. (The scien- 

 tific name is Tceniocampa leucographa.) 



576. The Red Chestnut (Tceniocampa rubricota). 



575. THE RED CHESTNUT. The palpi are 

 very inconspicuous ; the antennae very slightly 

 serrated in the male, simple in the female : 

 the fore wings are brick-red, inclining to 

 gray-brown ; the discoidal spots are indistinct, 

 the orbicular pale gray, the reniform outlined 

 in pale gray, but filled up with gray-brown ; 

 three transverse pale gray lines cross the wing; 

 the first, which is interrupted, is before the 

 orbicular ; the second, which is much bent, 

 is beyond the reniform ; and the third, which 

 is broader and more conspicuous than the 

 other, is parallel with the hind margin ; the 

 costal margin has several darker as well as 

 lighter spots, all of them small but distinct : 

 the hind wings are gray-brown, the costal 

 margin and fringe paler, and inclining to red : 

 the head and thorax are red-brown, and 

 densely clothed with scales ; the body gray- 

 brown, inclining to red at the tip. 



The EGGS are laid about the middle of April, 

 on dock (Rumex), and are hatched in a few 

 days : theyoungCATERPiLLARscontinuefeeding 

 until the first or second week in June. When 

 full-fed, the caterpillar rests in a straight 

 position on the leaves or leaf-stalks of the 

 dock, but rolls itself in a compact ring and 



