ERIOCAHPA ROSJ;. 227 



the third cellule is longer, and the second cubital has 

 a horny point. 



Seemingly not a common species. Mr. Fletcher 

 takes it at Worcester, and Mr. Bridgman at Norwich. 



Continental distribution: Sweden, Germany, Hol- 

 land, France. 





G. EEIOCAMPA 

 PL II, fig. 5, Larva ; PI. XII, fig 3, ? . 



Sclamlria rosa, Harris, Cat., 1835; Injur. Ins., 416; Norton, 

 Trans. Am. Ent. Soc., i, 257 ; Cat., 

 118, 22. 



aethiops, West., Gard. Chron., 1848, 524; Ent. Ann., 



1862, 132. 



Selandria soror, Voll., Tidj. Ent., iv, 123. 

 Eriocampa limonensis, Gimmerthal, S. E. Z., 1844, 38. 



iiitida, Tischbein, S. E. Z., 1846, 75 ; Andre, Species, 



i, 320 ; Cat., 40 * 5. 



aethiops, Cam., E. M. M., xii, 192. 

 Eriocampa canince, Cam., E. M. M., xiv, 267. 



ocampa soror, Andre, Species, i, 322 ; Cat., 41,* 14. 



atratula, Thorns., Opus., 287, 7 ; Hym. Sc., i, 226, 7. 

 Athalia roste, Tasch., Naturg., 151, 64 (cf. Cam., E. M. M., xvi, 



Black, shining ; the knees, the four anterior tibia? and tarsi white ; 

 wings almost smoky, slightly darker at base, having a slight violet 

 tinge. Transverse radial nervure oblique, straight, received close to 

 middle of third cubital cellule. 



Length If 2 lines. 



This species may be known from E. cinxia by having 

 the whole of the anterior tibiae and tarsi white, instead 

 of only the base of the tibia3. E. testaceipes, again, 

 has no white on the legs, and the posterior are tes- 

 taceous. The wings in roscv are darker at the base, 

 and do not differ essentially from those of testaceipes ; 

 in <-iri. i ia they are different, being darker in the middle. 



The larvae feed on the upper surface of the leaves 

 of the common rose, to which they often do great 

 damage in gardens, by eating the upper skin of the 

 leaves and thus destroying their vitality. The larva 

 is pale yellowish-green with the food canal appearing 

 as a darker stripe down the back. The head is orange. 



