AND THEIR TRANSFORMATIONS. 



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The caterpillar is greenish, with a red head ; the first three segments darker-coloured ; the sides of the body- 

 yellowish, and with two slender dark lines. The perfect insect is very common in woods, hedges, and gardens, 

 in July. 



' Synonym Fs. — Geometra Rhomhoidaria^ Wicn. S'crz. ; Hiibncr ; Haworth ; Stepbeos ; Wood, fig. 511. 



Geometra gemmariay Borklniusun. 



Species 5. — Alois consortaria '^. — (Plate LX., Figs. 28, 29.) — This species measures about 2 inches in 

 the expanse of the fore wings, which are pale, grayish ashy, and pulverose, with four somewhat indistinct, 

 dentated, darker strigae, of which the second and third closely approximate behind, and tlie fourth is considerably 

 dentate. The hind wings are marked by a central, brown, annular spot, and three strigae, the middle one of 

 which is occasionally dilated into a brown fascia ; the margin of all the wings with some dark spots. The cater- 

 pillar is pale grayish brown, varied with small dark dots and lead-coloured marks. It feeds on the poplar, 

 willow, &c., and the moth appears in June, frequenting woods in the south of England. 



■" Synonyme. — PhalcBTin consortariOf Fabricius ; Hiibncr ; Donovan, 10, pi. 333, fig. 2 ; Wood, fig. 609. 



Species t). — Alcis fimbriaria". — (Plate LX,, Fig. 30.) — This species measures 1^ inch in expanse, all 

 the wings being of a dull ashy buff from the base to beyond the middle ; the fore ones with a central black dot, 

 and various small black markings at the base and along the costa ; in the middle of the hind margin is a furcate 

 black mark, being the evident rudimental base of two obliterated strigiie, which may also be traced in several -.^^o^lfn'^^^u 

 bkkck dots on the veins above ; the hind wings have a central dark lunule, followed by a dentated brown striga ; J-^n- • 

 the apex of all the wings dark brown, in which are the rudiments of a pale striga. IMr. Stephens' imique specimen 

 is believed to be from Suffolk. 



° Synonvme. — Aicisjimbriaria, Sttiplens, 111. Haust. pi. 30. fig. 1; Wood. fig. 513. 



DESCRIPTION OF PLATE LXI. 



Insects. — Fig. 1. Hcmcrophila abruptaria (the waved umbre). 

 Fig. 2. Ttphrosia tetragonaria (the square spot). 

 Fig. 3. Tephrosia abictaria (the ingrailcd). 22 in Plate 



60 is the Caterpillar. 

 Fig. 4. Tephrosia crepuscularia (the small ingrailed). 5. 



The Caterpillar. 

 Fig^. 26 and 27. Small Torieties of Abietaria or Crepuscu- 

 laria, called Consooaria and Strgularia, probably 



late broods. 

 Fig. 6. Tephrosia exlensaria (the brindled white spot). 

 Fig. 7. Tephrosia punctularia (the gray birch). 8. The 



Caterpillar. 

 Fig. 9. Ualia vauaria (the common V moth). 10. The 



Caterpillar. 

 Fig. 11. Xumeria pulveraria (the barred umber). 12. The 



Caterpillar. 

 Fig. 13. Cabera pusana (the common white wave). 14. 



Caterpillar. 15. A variety called roluudaria. 



Insects. — Fig. 16, Cabera ezanthemaria (the common wave). 

 ,, Fig. 17. Ephyra omicronaria (the mocha). 

 ,, Fig. 18. Ephyria pendularia (the birch mocha). 19. A 

 variety. 24 and 25, The Caterpillar and Chrysalis. 

 ,f Fig. 20, Eph} ra orbicularia (the dingy moclia). 



,, Fig. 21. Ephyra porata (the false mocliu). 22. The 



Caterpillar of Punctaria, a nearly allied species. 

 t, Fig. 23. Ephyra trilincaria (the clay triplc.liues). 



With the exception H. Abruptaria, and B. Abictaria and Crepuscu- 

 laria from Mr. H. Doubleday, the whole of the insects in this plate are 

 from the cabinet of Mr. Bentley, The caterpillars are from Hubner 

 and Freyer, 



I have not figured Ephyra Punctaria, as my specimen so closely 

 resembled Porata that I scarcely thought them distinct. On examining 

 others, however, I find that a dark line traversing both wings, is much 

 mure defioed and regular than in Porata, where it is only represented 

 by a wavy cloud. Punctaria will be figured in the supplemental plate, 

 at the end of the work. H. X. H. 



HEMEROPHILA, Stephens. BOARMIA, pars. Boisduval. 



The antcniicB of the males are bipectinated nearly to the tip ; the palpi are short but distinctly visible, with 

 the tip obtuse, and the terminal joint scarcely visible ; the wings are large, with the apical margins dentated, of 



