08 POPULAR ENTOMOLOGY. 



Melit^a Athalia. F earl-bordered Likeness. Colour 

 tawny-orange^ marked with several undulating black lines, 

 running across the surface. Beneath, the anterior wings 

 are pale brownish-yellow, with transverse streaks of black ; 

 the hinder pair with several pale angular spots near the 

 base, edged with black ; behind this, there is a curved band 

 of large pale spots, also edged with black, and near the 

 margin two series of black crescents. The caterpillar, 

 which feeds on plantain and heath, is black and spiny, with 

 two rows of white dots on each segment. The insect is 

 rare in the north, but not so in Devonshire and other 

 southern countries. 



LePIDOPTEEA. NYMPHALIDiE, 



HIPPAECHIA. 



Generic Distinctions. — Antenna variable in length, clab gene- 

 rally tapering at both ends, sometimes short and abrupt ; palpi 

 longer than the head; anterior wings sometimes angular, at 

 others rounded, and generally toothed in the hinder pair ; fore 

 legs very short ; chrysalis suspended by the tail. 



HiPPAECHiAiEGERiA. Speckled Wood. Upper side brown, 

 the anterior wings marked with several pale yellow spots. 



