174 POPULAR ENTOMOLOGY. 



LEPIDOPTERA. GEOMETRIM. 

 ABEAXUS. 



Generic Distinctions. Antenna moderately long and simple ; 

 palpi short ; body and thorax slender ; wings broad and rounded, 

 edge entire. 



ABEAXUS GROSSULABIATA. (Plate XIV.) Gooseberry 

 Moth. This insect measures nearly two inches ; the upper 

 wings are white, with two bright yellow bands, and six trans- 

 verse rows of black spots ; the under wings have a few scat- 

 tered spots on the disc, and a series of larger size round the 

 border ; the body is also yellow, spotted with black. The 

 caterpillar is very similar in colour to the perfect insect, 

 being white tinged with blue, the under side yellow, and the 

 whole spotted with black. The moth abounds both in Eng- 

 land and Scotland, where the gooseberry and currant (the 

 appropriate food of the caterpillar) are found. 



HOMOPTERA. ClCADIM. 



CICADA. 



Generic Distinctions. Antenna six- or seven-jointed, very short 

 and setaceous. 



CICADA SPUMARIA is of a brown colour, with two white 



