174 POPULAR ENTOMOLOGY. 



LEPIDOPTERA. GEOMETRIDJE. 



ABRAXUS. 



Generic Distinctions. Antennae moderately long and simple ; palpi 

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

 entire. 



ABRAXUS GROSSULARIATA. (Plate XIV.) Gooseberry 

 Moth. This insect measures nearly two inches ; the upper 

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

 transverse rows of black spots ; the under wings have a few 

 scattered 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 England and Scotland, where the gooseberry and currant 

 (the appropriate food of the caterpillar) are found. 



HOMOPTERA. ClCADID,E. 



CICADA. 



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

 and setaceous. 



CICADA SPUMARIA is of a brown colour, with two white 



