72 BRITISH MOTHS 3 



DESCRIPTION OF PLATE LXXII. 



Insfcts. — Fig. 1. Strenia clatlirnta (the latticed hcatli). 



Fig. 2. Vcnilia maculata (the speckled yellow). 

 Fig. 3. Vcnilia— var. quatlrimaculaia (the pinion- 

 spotted yellow). 

 Fig. 4. Ptycliopoda dilutaria (the small fan. footed wave). 



Fig. 5. Ptychopoda var. firabriolata. 



Fig. 6. Ptychopoda lividata (the single dotted wave). 

 Fig. 7. Ptychopoda trigcminata (the treble brown spot). 

 Fig. 8. Ptychopoda trigeminata var. (bisetata). 

 Fig. 9. Ptychopoda ornata (the lace border). 

 Fig. 10. Ptychopoda incanata (the mullein wave). 



Inskcts.' — Fig. 11. Ptychopoda — var. contigiiaria (the tooth- striped 



wave). 

 „ Fig. 12. Ptychopoda immntata (the lesser cream wave), 



13. Caterpillar. 

 ,} Fig. 14. Ptychopoda rubricata. 



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

 the cabinet of Mr. Bentley, with the exception of Bisetata, from a 

 British specimen in the British Museum, and P. rubricata, from a 

 Contineutal specimen received from Dr. Becker, also in the Museum. 

 The caterpillars are from Hiibner. H. N. H. 



STRENIA, DupoNCHEL. HERCYNA AND ARTE, Stephens (olim). 

 Tlie nntennas are short and simple in both sexes, those of the males being slightly pubescent ; the palpi are 

 very short ; the spiral tongue rather long ; the wings, according to Boisduval, are elevated in repose, like those 

 of butterflies ; they are of a pale colour, marked with numerous dark lines, and the hind ones are rather slightly 

 dentated. The caterpillars are slender, smooth, and cylindric. 



Species]. — Steenia clathrata' — (Plate LXXII., Fig. 1) — Measures from 11 to 14 lines in expanse; 

 wings whitish or pale yellowish, irrorated with brown scales ; very variable in their markings, but ordinarily 

 having four irregular dark brown fascise, with an oblique short brown streak between the second and third ; 

 the fourth is much elbowed, and sometimes interrupted rather before the middle ; and all the veins of the 

 wings, as well as the apical margin, are brown ; hind wings similarly marked, but wanting one of the basal 

 fascia ; fringe white, with brown spots. The caterpillar is bluish-green, with a pale stripe spotted with black on 

 each side ; it feeds on the common trefoil, and the moth appears in May and July, in chalky fields, especially 

 in Kent, and is very common and widely dispersed. 



' Synonymes. — Phalcena Geometra clathrata, LinnsEua ; Dono- 

 van, 7, pi. 248, fig. 2 ; Hawortb ; Stephens. 

 Phalteua retialis, Soopoli. 



Phalcena radiattty Haworth (variety). 

 Phalcena retata, Hawortb (variety). 



VENILIA, Ddponchel. MELANIPPE, pars, Boisduval. 

 The antennEB are rather short and pubescent beneath in the males ; the palpi porrected liorizontally like a 

 short beak ; the spiral tongue long ; the wings forming a triangle in repose ; they are of a large size and 

 fulvous colour ; the apex of the anterior ones slightly hooked, and the hind wings slightly sinuated ; the hind 

 tibiae have two pairs of spurs. 



Species 1. — Venilia macularia" — (Plate LXXII., Fig. 2) — Varies from 1 to 1^^ inch in expanse; wings 

 fulvous or yellow ; the base freckled with dark scales, and the disc with numerous large purplish-brown blotches, 

 arranged into four irregular broken fascise ; the second and third interrupted in the middle, and the hind portions 

 generally confluent ; the apical margin itself also slenderly edged with the same dark colour. The markings 

 vary in almost every specimen. The caterpillar is greenish-blue, with a dark line down the back, and a pale 

 line on each side ; it feeds on several species of Lamium, and the moth is very abundant in woods, in May and 

 June. 

 ° SvHONYME PhalcBna Geometra macularia, Linnxus ; HUbner ; Donovan, 7, pi. 251, fig. 3 ; Harris ; Aurclian, pi. 28, fig. 1 ; Stepheoi. 



