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towards the head ; the ground colour is grass- 

 i ; the central medij-dorsal line is broad 



d dark green ; it is bordered on either side 

 a pale yellow line ; the segmental divi- 



011 s are yellow ; the medio-ventral line is 

 ellow ; these caterpillars were hatched in 

 March, from dark yellow eggs laid the pre- 

 vious August ; they fed till the last month on 

 the great hedge bed-straw (Galium mottugo), 

 and afterwards on Gulium aparine, and were 

 full-led the second week in May. The CHRY- 

 SALIS, which was enclosed in a slight cocoon 

 among leaves, was pale drab, resembling in 

 colour that of En-no mos angular id, or E. 

 trosaria. 



" A rather slender pale green caterpillar, 

 with yellowish segmental. divisions, and a broad 

 dark green dorsal line, bordered on each side 

 with yellow, which I found in spring feeding 

 on cleavers (Galiuni aparine], produced this 

 species, and I know it has also been botli 

 reared and taken on Galiuin viollur/a. Query, 

 Is Albin, as quoted by the Manual, right in 

 giving whitethorn as the food ? though I 

 suppose it is certain that Eupithecia vulgata 

 feeds on flowers of ragwort, &c., as well as 

 hawthorn." Rcr. J. Iff U ins. 



The MOTII appears on the wing in July, and 



urs rather frequently in different parts of 

 ngland. Mr. Eire-hall has also taken it at 

 Powerscourt and Howth, in ^Ireland. (The 

 ieutific name is Cidaria pyraliata.} 



365. The Spinach (Cidaria dotntc}. 



365. THE SPIXACII. The palpi are long 

 and porrected, and the antennre are simple in 

 both sexes ; the fore wings are ample, scarcely 

 pointed at the tip, and not at all falcate ; their 

 colour is ochreous yellow, with darker trans- 

 verse lines, all of which are sharply angled, 



the angles pointing towards the .hind margin : 

 the first and second of these lines are faint, 

 slender, and near the base ; the third is before 

 the middle of the wing, and is very distinct ; 

 the fourth and fifth are slender and indistinct ; 

 the sixth is beyond the middle of the wing, 

 and is very distinct, its interior margin is 

 gradually shaded off into the paler ground 

 colour ; its exterior margin is sharply defined 

 and accompanied by a paler line, which makes 

 it still more conspicuous; there is a faint 

 oblique streak at the tip of the wing, dividing 

 the costal and hind margins, the former of 

 which is the paler ; the fringe is pale with 

 eight brown spots : the hind wings are very 

 pale, slightly yellower towards the hind 

 margin ; their fringe is pale, with four or five 

 brown spots ; the head, thorax, and body are 

 pale yellow. 



Mr. Wormald has described the CATERPILLAR 

 thus: " It rests on the posterior claspers with 

 the head and the legs contracted ; it is smooth, 

 without lumps or warts, long, slender, and 

 attenuated towards the head ; the colour is 

 pale yellowish green, with the dorsal line 

 darker, and the sub-dorsal lines pale yellow 

 and indistinct ; it feeds at night on the black 

 currant (Rtbes niynuii] ; its habit is very 

 sluggish, remaining for several days on one 

 twig, and feeding on all the leaves within its 

 reach before changing its position. The EGGS 

 were laid on the 3rd of August, and hatched 

 in the second week of Apiil, and the cater- 

 pillar was full-fed at the beginning of June, 

 when it spun a slight cocoon on the surface of 

 the ground. The CHRYSALIS is pule yellow, 

 and semi-transparent." Mr. Doubleday in- 

 forms me that at Epping this caterpillar 

 always feeds on the red currant. 



The MOTH appears on the wing in June, and 

 has been found in many parts of England, 

 north and south. Mr. Eire-hall has taken it 

 at Cork, Powerscourt, and Kingstown, in 

 Ireland. (The scientific name is Cidaria 

 do fa fa.) 



Obs. This moth has been honoured with 

 four names : it is the Dotata of Linneus, the 

 inline at a of Sepp, the A asocial a of Eork- 

 hausen, and the Spinacittta of Haworth. 





XKXV.MAN'S Bun-is 



MOTHS Nil. l:i, I'KK K c,i). 



f LONDON : W. TWEEDIE, 

 ( :t:{ 7, STIMNU. 



