100 POPULAR ENTOMOLOGY. 



Lepidopteea. Hespeeid^. 



THYMELE. 



Generic Distinctions. — Antennce terminating in an acute hook 

 and the club curved. 



Thymele alveolus. (Plate X.) Grizzled Shipper, A 

 small species, seldom exceeding an inch in extent; ground- 

 colour of the wings brownish-black, anterior pair with straw- 

 coloured spots ; the under wings have, in addition, an irre- 

 gular band near the hinder margin; the under side is grey 

 tinged with green, having spots nearly corresponding to those 

 above. 



Thymele tages. Dingy Shipper. Larger than the 

 preceding; the surface rather dark brown, clouded with 

 ash-grey, a few white points, and a series of them round 

 the margin of all the wings ; under side tawny grey, with 

 ill-defined white spots. Caterpillar bright green, with a 

 yellow stripe, dotted with black, down the back, and others 

 on the sides. Not unfrequent at the end of the month. 



LEPIDOPTEEA. BOMBYCIDiE. 



SATURNIA. 



Generic Distinctions.- — Antennce. ]?eautifully fringed, like the 



