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BRITISH MOTHS. 



stony declivities of the Alps, Pyrenees," &c. 

 ( Gitcnee). " Once near Baron Wood, Carlisle " 

 (Statnton). A second specimen is reported 

 us having been taken in 1866. I copy the re- 

 cord : " On the 19th of August last I took what 

 I thought to be a good variety of E. mensurata > 

 a few weeks ago, when examining the speci- 

 men more closely, I found it answered exactly 

 the description in Staintoii's Manual of E. m<v- 

 niaia. I took it by beating broom.'' W. Prest, 

 York, Jan., 1867. (The scientific name is 

 Eubolia Mtsniafa.) 



Obs. The description and figure are taken 

 from an authentic Continental specimen : I 

 never saw a British one. 



369. The Small Mallow (Eubolla memuraria). 



369. THE SMALL MALLOW. The antennae 

 of the male are pectinated, those of the female 

 simple ; the fore wings are pointed at the tip, 

 and very slightly falcate ; their colour is clear 

 but rather pale brown, with a broad median 

 band of a darker tint ; this median band in- 

 cludes two lines of a still darker tint ; the in- 

 terior of these is much more slender than the 

 exterior ; between them is a small but conspi- 

 cuous black discoidal spot ; at the extreme tip 

 of the wing is a short oblique dark streak : the 

 hind wings are pale gray -brown with a darker 

 median line faintly indicated : the head, thc- 

 rax, and body are brown. 



The CATERPILLAR of tliis common insect is 

 unknown to me, and I do not find any pub- 

 lished description. 



The MOTH appears in June and July, and 

 occurs commonly in the south of England, and 

 probably also in the north, and Mr. Birch all 

 describes it as being common in Ireland. (The 

 scientific name is EuloUa i,i,',tx.rari.} 



Ms. This moth is the Chcno podiata of 

 English authors. 



370. The Belle (Eubolia palumbaria.) 



370. THE BELLE. The antennae are pecti- 

 nated in the male, simple in the female ; the 

 fore wings are pointed at the tip and lead- 

 coloured, with three transverse brown lines ; 

 the first is oblique and near the base ; it is 

 very slender, and both its margins are clearly 

 defined ; it is sometimes slightly sinuous, but 

 generally direct ; the second is oblique and 

 situated before the middle of the wing ; its in- 

 terior margin is sharply defined, the exterior 

 margin shading off gradually into the ground 

 colour ; the third is still more oblique, its in- 

 terior margin shades off gradually into the 

 ground colour, its exterior margin is sharply 

 defined ; between the second and third lines * 

 is a conspicuous black discoidal spot ; at the 

 extreme tip of the wing is a short oblique 

 streak of the same colour as the transverse 

 lines ; the hind-marginal area is not unfre- 

 quently of two shades of colour, the exterior 

 being the lighter, and the division between 

 the two acutely zigzag : the hind wings are 

 pale gray-brown ; the head, thorax, and body 

 are of the same lead-colour as the fore wings. 



The CATELPILLAR feeds by night only on 

 needle green-weed ( Genista Anulica], and some- 

 times, but less frequently, on the common 

 broom (Spartium scopariuni). Mr. Hellins in- 

 forms me that Mr. Buckler has figured 

 it, and has represented it as of a very pale 

 stone-colour with interrupted dorsal and sub- 

 dorsal lines, and apparently with three fine 

 irregular lines above the spiracles. Another 

 variety is dark gray on the back, the black 

 dashes of the interrupted dorsal line alternating 

 with small light oblong spots, which occur 

 just before the segmental divisions. They 

 appear to be full-fed in May. 



The MOTH appears in June, and continues on 

 the wing for some months : it is common in all 

 the southern and several of the northern 



