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BRITISH MOTHS 



DESCRIPTION OF PLATE LXXI. 



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Cleogene Diveata. 



Hyria Auroraria (the purple -bordered gold). 



Hyria var. 



Jlinoa Cbseropbyllata (the cbimney-sweeper). 

 Minoa Euphorbiata (the drab looper). 



6. Caterpillar. 

 Bapta bimaculata (the white pinion spotted). 

 Bapta punctata (the clouded silver). 



9. Caterpillar. 

 Aplocera Ctesiata (the February carpet). 



Aploceraj var. flavici aetata. 



Emmelesia decolorata (the sandy carpet). 

 Emmelesia affinitata (the rivulet). 

 Emmelesia urbaria (the middle rivulet). 

 Emmelesia rivulata (the small rivulet). 

 Emmelesia ericetata (the heath rivulet). 

 Emmelesia blandiata. 



Insects. — Fig. 18. Emmelesia albulata (the grass rivulet). 

 ,, Fig. 19. Emmelesia tasniata. 



,, Fig. '20. Emmelesia unifasciala (the single-barred rivulet). 

 ,, Fig. 21. Emmelesia bifasciata (the double-barred rivulet). 

 J, Fig. 22. Emmelesia rusticata, male (the least carpet). 



23. Ditto female. 

 J, Fig. 24. Emmelesia sylvata (the waved carpet). 

 5j Fig. 25. Emmelesia Blomeri (Captain Blomer's rivulet). 

 J, Fig. 26. Emmelesia candidata (the small white wave). 

 „ Fig. 27. Emmelesia luteata (the small yellow wave). 

 „ Fig. 28. Emmelesia heparata (the dingy shell). 



The whole of the insects figured in this plate are from the cabinet 

 of Mr. Bentley, with the exception of Cleogene niveata and Emmel. 

 tseniata, from the cabinet of Mr. Stephens, and E. blandiata, from 

 Hiibner. The caterpillars are from Hiibner and Freyer. 



H. N. H. 





CLEOGENE, Duponchel. MINOA, pars Treitschke- 

 The antennae are bipectinated in the males ; the palpi short, acute, and villose ; tlie spiral tongue long ; the 

 ■wings rounded, destitute of markings, and unicolorous ; and the insects of small size — the female being smaller 

 than the male ; the larvae are but slightly elongated and gibbose. The males fly by day in mountainous places, 

 the female resting amongst the grass. 



Species 1. — Cleogene niveata ^ — (Plate LXXI., Fig. 1) — Measures nearly 1 inch in expanse j fore wings 

 pearly- white, and without any markings ; hind wings snow white. Mr. Stephens possesses an unique specimen 



of the female from Scotland. 



' Synonyme. — Phalce7ia niveata, Sco-poM; Treitschke; Hiibner; 1 Geometrafarinala, Botkh^nsen. 

 Stephens ; Wood, fig. 684. 



Siona niveata^ Boisduval. 



Phaljena niveata, Fahricius, Ent. Syst. 3, part 1, p. 129 ("habitat in Anglia"), is distinct from the 

 above ; it has the wings subangulated and white ; the fore ones with the posterior margin brown, and a central 

 spot in the hind wings, black. 



Cleogene tinctoria ' — Measures 1 inch in expanse, and has all the wings of a pale clay colour, and 

 destitute of markings. Supposed to have been introduced by mistake into tlie British lists. 



^ Synonyme. — Geomeira tinctoria, Hiibner ; Treitschke ; Du- i Geometra lutearla, Esper ; Fahricius. 

 ponchel ; Stephens ; Wood, plate 54, fig. 63. ( Cleogene tinctoria, Boisduval. 



HYRIA, Stephens, Curtis. Fidonia, pars, Godart. 

 The antennaB of the males are ciliated, and furnished with long bristles on both sides ; in the males the 

 spiral tongue rather short ; the palpi very short and horizontal, obtuse at the tip ; the wings in repose form a 

 depressed triangle ; they are rounded and obtuse, and the hind tibiae in the males are destitute of spurs at the 

 tip, and those of the female have only a pair at the tip. The females are much rarer than the males ; they 

 rest amongst long coarse grass during the day, in marshy places. The caterpillars are long and vermiform. 



Species 1. — Hyria auroraria" — (Plate LXXI., Figs. 2, 3) — Measures about A of an inch in expanse ; 

 wings orange, varied with lilac-purple (which soon fades), leaving a moderate sized orange patch in the centre of 

 each, as well as the posterior portion and apical margin of the fore wings, and having a slender subapical blackish 



