GEOMETERS. 



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English counties ; it has also been taken in 

 Scotland, and, according to Mr. Eirchall, is 

 jmmon in Ireland. (The scientific name is 

 lulolia palumlaria.) 



371. The Chalk Carpet (Eubolia bipunctata}. 



371. THE CHALK CAKPET. The palpi are 

 rather short, very approximate and beak-like : 

 the antennae of the male are pectinated, of 

 the female simple ; the fore wings are rather 

 pointed, and of a chalky-gray colour, with a 

 median band, both the margins of which band 

 are darker, but its median area is of the same 

 tint as the rest of the wing, and includes two 

 small round black spots placed transversely in 

 place of a discoidal spot : the hind wings are 

 ray tinged with smoky : the head, thorax, 

 id body are of the same chalky colour as the 

 jre wings. 



"The CATKRPILLAR is obese, pale brownish- 

 iv, with darker dorsal and sub-dorsal 

 tripes (Treitsclike)" Staintori's Manual, vol. 

 ii. p. 49. It feeds on the Birds' -foot Tre- 

 (Lotus corniculatm} and hybernates when 

 ery small. 



The MOTH appears on the wing in July : it 

 is excessively abundant on the chalk hills of 

 Kent, Sussex, and Surrey, and it is said also 

 to be found in the north. It occurs in Mr. 

 Greene's List of the Lepidoptera of Ireland, but 

 no locality is given. (The scientific name is 

 lipunctata.] 



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2. The Oblique-striped (Enboliii liniolatu). 



. Tin: OBLIQUE- STRIPED. The antennae 

 of the male are almost simple ; the fore wings 

 are pointed ; their colour is gray, with three 



compound bars, which are uniformly oblique 

 but direct, that is without conspicuous angles : 

 the first of these is near the base, and treble, 

 dark brown, and intersected by a pale line ; 

 the second bar is quadruple, the first portion 

 white, the second dark brown, the third pale 

 brown, the fourth dark brown : between the 

 second and third bars is a distinct discoidal 

 spot : the third bar is sextuple, the shades are 

 arranged thus light brown, white, dark 

 brown, light brown, dark brown, white ; there 

 is also a short dark streak descending from 

 the extreme tip towards the middle of the 

 wing : the hitid wings are gray, with trans- 

 verse lines both darker and lighter : the body 

 is gray. 



The CATERPILLAR is figured by Hiibner feed- 

 ing on ladies' bedstraw ( Galium veruni) ; its 

 colour is represented as wainscot-brown, with 

 a medio-dorsal and lateral line darker brown ; 

 the latter is bounded by a narrow yellow line. 

 Mr. Hellins informs me that Mr. Buckler has 

 figured it, and that his figure represents the 

 caterpillar as " pinkish on the back, with the 

 dorsal and spiracular lines dark green, the 

 latter edged below Avith pale green." Mr. 

 Hellins adds, " My own recollection of two 

 caterpillars I once possessed is somewhat 

 nearer Hiibner's description as given in the 

 Jfanual." 



The SJOTH appears on the wing in May and 

 June : it is abundant on the coast of Sussex 

 and on the Cheshire side of the Medway ; it 

 has also been taken in Cambridgeshire, and, 

 by Mr. Birchall, on Mangerton mountain near 

 Ivillarney, at a considerable elevation a 

 strange locality, as Mr. Birchall well observes, 

 for this coast insect. (The scientific name is 

 Eulolia Uncolata.} 



Obs. Guene'e says that this species varies 

 infinitely, and explains particular variations 

 at some length ; nevertheless, I do not find 

 any variations that strike me as worth figur- 

 ing : the beautiful varieties of the two species 

 next following, have been most obligingly 

 lent me for this work by Mr. Bond. I allude 

 to the second and third figures of Car&ia 

 imlutata and the second figure of Anaitis 

 plagiata. 



