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ANTICLEA, Stephens. CIDARIA, p. Boisddval. 

 This group is so closely allied to the preceding, that Boisduval unites the species together into his fourth division 

 of the genus Cidaria. Mr. Stephens, however, separates them, on account of the simplicity of the antennas in 

 both sexes, those of the males being tliickened at the base, the very short, obliquely porrected palpi, the 

 shortness and roundness of the wings, of which the anterior are traversed by a fascia at the base and an unsolid 

 one on the disc, the outer edge of which is terminated behind in a series of slender dark arches. 



Species 1. — Anticlea berberata ''. — (Plate LXIV., Figs. 9, 10, 11, 12.) — This species measures from 

 1 to li inch in expanse of the fore wings, which are ashy-red, with three dark fasciae, one near the base, a second 

 before, and the third beyond the middle ; the last very deeply toothed on the outside, and almost obliterated 

 towards the hind margin of the wing : the apex with a dark oblique dash preceded by a darker patch, and 

 followed by an obscure, pale, undulated line. The caterpillar is brown, varied with dark and with white and 

 red markings : it feeds on the barberry ; and the moth appears in May and August, according to. Boisduval, but 

 Stephens states the middle of June. Taken in Berkshire and Oxfordshire. 



' Synonyme. — Geometra berberata, Wien. Verz. ; Hiibner ; Stephens ; Wood, fig. 585. 



Species 2. — Anticlea rubidata ^. — (Plate LXIV., Fig. 13.) — This species measures rather more than 1 inch 



in the expanse of the fore wings, which are of a rusty reddish-brown colour, with a dark patch at the base and 



a broad dark central fascia, in which is a black dot, with the inner margin very much elbowed, and the outer 



margin preceded towards the costa by a darker shade, and terminated behind by five slender, deeply-waved black 



lines ; beyond which is a redder space, the extremity of tlie wing being pale brown, preceded by a slender 



obsolete whitish undulated line ; the hind wings slightly strigose. The caterpillar is green, with a dark line at 



the front and hind part of the body : it feeds on several species of Galium, and the moth appears in June and 



July, frequenting woods, but it is not a common species. 



^ SvNONvME. — Geome/ra rw6irfa^a, Wien. Verz.; Fabricius ; Hiibner; Haworth ; Stephens; Wood, fig. 586. 



Species 3. — Anticlea sincata '^. — (Plate LXIV., Fig. 14.) — This species measures rather more than 1 inch 

 in expanse, and has the wings whitish or snowy, the base varied with brown and reddish strigas, divided by pale 

 waved lines : beyond the middle, on tlie costa, is a dark patch or abbreviated fascia, terminated externally in 

 a series of dark arches, and followed by a reddish patch margined on each side with whitish, and with a sub- 

 marginal wavy pale striga. The hind wings slightly strigose. The caterpillar is green, with a yellow stripe 

 on each side, and a yellowish line edged with brown : it also feeds on the species of Galium, and the moth 

 appears at the end of June. Taken in Kent, Devonshire, and Berkshire ; but very rare. 



« SvNONYME. — Geometra sinuata, Wien. Verz.; Hiibner; Haworth; Stephens; Wood, fig. 587. 



Species 4. — Anticlea derivata". — (Plate LXIV., Figs. 15, 17.) — This species measures nearly li inch 

 in expanse of the fore wings, which are of a pale fleshy-brown colour, the base and apex more dusky ; the former 

 with two strigsB, the second the broadest, and angulated in the middle ; the centre of the wing plain, beyond 

 which is a striga, very deeply angulated outwards, in the middle ; the portion behind the angle being almost 

 obliterated : the hind wings slightly strigose. The caterpillar is green beneath, with alternate lines of brown 

 and white down the back, and a reddish head ; it is, however, described by Stephens, as green with triangular 

 spots, the legs and anus bright red, and as feeding on the dog-rose. It is rather a common species in gardens 

 and woods at the beginning of June. 



' SvNOirvHES. — Geometra derivata, Wien. Verz. ; Hiibner ; Harris Expos., pi. 6, fig. 7 ; Haworth ; Stephens ; Wood, fig. 588. 



Geometra violacea nigra striata, Villers. 



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