28 BRITISH MOTHS 



tliose of several of the Bombyt;idEe. They feed on various species of LeguminosfB and otlier herbs ; and when 

 full grown eonstruct a close cocoon of silk, which they attach to the steins of grass and low plants, out of the 

 upper end of which the ]uii)a partially works itself before it assumes the perfect state. The chrysalis is of the 

 ordinary conical form, without any angular prominency- 



INO, I.EAcn. PROCRIS, Fab. ATYCHIA, Ochsenheimer. 



This genus is distinguished by the more slender bod}', the somewhat broader wings, and the nearly straight 

 antennaj ; those of the males being slender, but bipectinated nearly to the tip, which consists of much thicker joints, 

 serrated on the inside ; those of the female are simple and clavate ; the hind tibite are only furnished with a pair 

 of very minute spurs. The larva is short, thick, and slightly pubescent, with six pectoral, eight abdominal, and 

 two anal feet ; and the chrysalis has the wing-covers elongated *. It is inclosed in a close cocoon, which is 

 spun amongst the leaves, and fastened by a number of loose threads of silk. 



The species arc few in numbei-, one only being found in this country; they are of uniform tints of bright 

 golden green, blue or brownish-bronze. The generic name, Procris, given to these insects by Fabricius, and still 

 .adopted by the French authors, has been rejected by Dr. Leach, being pre-occujued in zoology. 



SPECIES 1.— INO STATICES. THE GREEN FORESTER. 



Plate vi fig. 8—10. 

 SvNONYJiEs. — Sphinx Statiees, I.inrKus ; Donovan, vol. C, pi. ' Alyclihi Slnlices, Oc\\%enhmmi'. 



A(fJ(tnpe Statiees, Dulnian, Zetterstedt. 



Procris Statiees, Fabricius, Boisduval, Hubner, ^'el7,. bek, 

 Scbm. 



204, f. 2 ; Harris, Aurclian, pi. 34, fig. a— f. 



Ino Statiees, I.eacb ; Stt'plitns ; Curtis, Brit. Ent., pi. 396 ; 

 Wood, Ind. Ent. t. 4, fig. I ; Duncan, Brit. Moths, pi. 2, fig. 3. 



Tliis pretty species varies, in the expansion of its fore wings, from 1 to 1;^ inches. Its wings are semi-trans- 

 parent ; the body and fore wings clothed with green or golden green scales, having a silky appearance, the body 

 varying to bright copper colour ; the liind wings brownisii, and the antennas and legs blackish. 



The caterpilhar, as represented by Hiibner and copied by Curtis f , is pale-green, with two rows of black spots 

 down the hack, and a row of red dots on each side ; it is slightly depressed, with the body tapering at both ends; 

 the head being very small and black. It feeds on the Cardaniinc pratensis, Rumex acetosa (common sorrel), 

 common dock, &c. The perfect insect is by no means rare, but evidently local ; although widely dispersed over 

 England, it does not appear to have been found in Scotland. It frequents meadows and woods, appearing in 

 May and .June, and being much attached to the Thrift, Statice armeria. Its flight is rather sluggish. 



Ino Globdlarm of Iliilmcr, (Wood, Ind. Ent. t. 53, f. 19,) has been recorded as a native species ; but 

 upon examination of the specimen in question, Mr. Stephens ascertained that it was only a variety of the 

 preceding. 



* An tdaborate memoir on the transformations of this and the next genus, has been published in the posthumous researches of Lyounet. 

 t Mr. Stcpheus desciibcs the caterpillar as dusky, with two dorsal lines of whitish crescents, and asserts that the figure of Hubner, copied by 

 Curtis, is not that of I. Slatices. 



