AND THEIR TRANSFORMATIONS. ,03 



DESCRIPTION OF PLATE XLI. 



IN»,CT8.-Fig. 1. Apatcla Leporina (the miller). Fig. 12 in Plate 42. Tl,e Caterpillar. 13 in Plate 42. The Caterpilhu 

 wlien young. 

 " Fig. 4. Apatcla Bradyporina (the ashy miller). 



Fig. 5. Apatela aceris (the sycamore). 6. A .lark variety. Fig. 17 in Plate 12. The Caterpillar. 

 Fig. 8. Brj-ophila glandifera (the marbled gi-cen). Fig. 19 in Plate 42. The Caterpillar. 

 Fig. 10. Bryophila Pcrla (the marbled beauty). 



Fig. 11. Dipthcra Orion (the scarce marvel du jour). Fig. 112 in Plate 42. The Caterpillar. 

 Fig. 13. Thyatira Batis (the Peach blossom). Fig. 114 in Plate 42. The Caterpillar. 

 Fig. 15. Thyatira Derasa (the buff arches). Fig. 1 16 in Plate 42. The Caterpillar. 

 '• Fig. 17. Scolioptcryx libatrix (the herald). Fig. 118 in Plate 42. The Caterpillar. 



PtANrs. — Fig. 19. Rosa canina (the common Dog-roec). 

 " Fig. 20. Ligustrum vulgarc (the common Privet). 



The whole of the above insects are from the cabinet of Mr. Bentley ; and the caterpillars are from Hubner and Duponchel. 

 Figs. 18, IP". 114, IIG, 101.121, 141, 142, are catei-pillars, referring to Plate 42, and named in the description of that Plate. H. N. H. 



APATELA, Hui).vER. (ACRONYCTA, p., Ochsenheimer.) 



The antennas in this genus as restricted by Mr. Stephens, are simple in both sexes ; the palpi short, slightly 

 porrected, with the terminal joint slightly exposed ; the head with a dense tuft on the forehead, the thorax not 

 crested, the fore wings rather elongated, with the apical margin entire, the stigmata indistinct. The larva are 

 so densely hairy as to conceal the form of the body ; and whilst young they have several tufts along the back, 

 as in the '.arva) of some of the Arctiidie, which they greatly resemble. Boisduval and Curtis unite the species 

 w-th the Acronyctas, whilst Guen& confines the generic name Apatela to Leporina and Bradyporina. 



SPECIES 1— APATELA LEPOIUNA. Plate XLI., Fig. 1, and Plate 42, Fig. 13. 



Synonvmks. — Fhal. Noct. leporina, Linnicus ; HUbner ; Ilaworth ; Donovan, 10, pi. 327, fig. 1 ; Stephens; Wood, lud. Ent. pi. 14, fig. 309. 



Noctua Bradyporina, HUbner. 



This species measures from \-^-^ to l-h inch in the expanse of the fore wings, which, as well as the hind 

 ones, are white, the former with a few smaU black dots on the surface of the wings ; and one curved and larger 

 of ♦^he same colour, placed at the extremity of the discoidal cell. The cilice are also spotted with black ; all the 

 spottings are more distinct in some specimens than in others. The caterpillar is densely clothed with yellow 

 hairs, and has several gold-coloured tufts along tlie back. It feeds on the alder, willow, elm, birch, &c. ; and 

 the motli appears in May and August. It is a rare species, but is taken occasionally in the woods round London. 



SPECIES 2.— APATELA BRADY POKINA. Plate XLI., Fig. 4, and Plate 42, Fig. 12. 



SvNoNVMEs Acionijcla Bradyporina, Treitschke ; Stcph., 111. 3, pi. 26, fig. 3. ; Wood, lud. Ent. pi. 14, fig. 310. 



Bombyx leporina., Fuesly ; Hubner. 



This species is now considered by the Continental entomologists as a variety of the preceding, from which it 



differs, however, in the wings being much more irrorated with blackish scales than in that insect, with a slender 



line of fulvous and black running from the base towards the middle of the wing, as well as in having a much more 



conspicuous curved row of dusky arches extending across the wing obliquely between the place of the outei- 



stigma and the apical margin of the wings ; the hind wings are white, with the cilia maculated with black. Tlie 



caterpillar is grass green, with a dark dorsal line, and densely clothed with white hairs. It feeds on the Prunus 



domestica ; and the moth appears in the beginning of June, and is much rarer than the preceding. 



