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BRITISH MOTHS 



SCOTOSIA, Stephens. ACIDALIA, p. Teeitschke. LARENTIA, p. Bdv. 

 This genus lias the antennae simple in both sexes ; the palpi long, and porrected into a beak ; the abdomen 

 long and tufted in the males ; the fore wings narrow, indistinctly or obliquely strigose, the margins of all the 

 wings being crenated. Tiie caterpillars are slender, not tuberculated, and marked with longitudinal stripes. 



Species 1. — Scotosia vetdlata''. — (Plate LXV., Figs. 15, 16.) — Varies from H to 1] inch in expanse; 

 wings dull brown, with various darker strigse, almost obsolete, running across all of them, chiefly indicated by 

 dots on the veins, and with a darker central fascia, and a dark dot in the middle of the wing towards the costa. 

 The caterpillar is dark brown, with white stripes down the base, and yellow marks at the sides ; it feeds on the 

 buckthorn, and the moth appears at the end of -June, in woods or chalky districts. Not very common. 



■^ Synonyme. — Geomeira vetulaia, Wien. Verz.; Hiibner; Haworth ; Stephens; Wood, fig. 619. 



Species 2. — Scotosia spaesama ''. — (Plate LXVl., Fig. 17.) — Measures 1 inch in expanse, and has the 



wings broYSTi, with almost obsolete dusky and whitish strig» running across all the wings, and with numerous 



black dots disposed over the fore wings, especially towards the costa, and in rows parallel with the apical 



margin ; a more distinct spot in the middle of the wing towards the costa. Taken in the New Forest, towards 



the end of June. 



^ Synonymes. — Geometra sparsaria,liuhneT; Stephens; Wood, fig. 620. 

 Geometra roraria, Esper. 



Species 3. — Scotosia rhamnata'^. — (Plate LXVI., Fig. 18.) — Measures from li to 1| inch in expanse ; 

 wings ehesnut brown, very much marked with undulated dusky strigs, a broad dark brown bar, edged with a 

 paler streak, and very much dentated on the outside, running across the middle of the fore wings, bearing several 

 slender strigse and a black dot ; an undulated pale line runs nearly parallel with the apical margin ; hind wings 

 with darker and paler strigse beyond the middle, continuous with those of the fore wings. The caterpillar is 

 green, with a brown line down the back, and the edges of tlie segments yellow ; it feeds on the buckthorn, and 

 the moth appears at the end of Blay. Found in woods, but not a common species. 



* Synonymes, — Geometra rhamnaia^ Wien. Verz,; Hubner ; Hiiwortb ; Stephens; Wood, fig. 618. 

 PhaltEna transversata, Hufnagle. 



DESCRIPTION OF PLATE LXVII. 



Insects. — Fig. 1. Triphosa cervinata (the scarce tissue), 



„ Fig. 2. Triphosa dubitata (the common tissue). 



„ Fig. 3. Triphosa cinereata (the ashy tissue). 



„ Fig. 4. Camptogramma bilineata (the yellow shell). 



„ Fig. 5. Eucosmia undulata (the scollop shell). 



„ Fig. 6. Charissa obscuraria (the dark annulet). 7. The 



Caterpillar. 



„ Fig. 8. Charissa dilucidaria (the pale annulet). 



„ Fig. 9. Charissa puUata (the bro\vn annulet). 



„ Fig. 10. Charissa serotinaria (the large Mocha). 



Insects. — Fig. II. Charissa operaria (the Scotch annulet). 



„ Fig. 12. Pachycnemia hippocastanaria (the ehesnut carpet). 

 „ Fig. 13. Chcesias spartiata (the streak.) 



14. The Caterpillar. 

 „ Fig. 15. Thera obliquaria (the chevron.) 



All the insects in this plate are from specimens in the cabinet 

 of Mr. Bentley ; the caterpillars .-u-e from Hiibner. The caterpillar 

 of Spartiata varies very much in colour, from reddish-brown to green, 

 but the mai'kings remain the sarac. — H. N. H. 



TRIPHOSA, Stephens. LARENTIA, p., Bdv. 

 The antennae are simple in both sexes ; the palpi are porrected into a short, stout beak ; the wings broad and 

 very strigose, the strigas forming dentated fascite across the middle of the wings, all of which are sinuated or 

 toothed along the apical margin, and the disc glossy. The caterpillars are rather robust, with pale longitudinal 

 stripes. 



