AND THEIR TRANSFORMATIONS. 



DESCRIPTION OF PLATE LXXVII. 



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Fig. 5. 



Fig. 

 Pig. 



Insects. — Fig. 1. Eurrhypari urticata (the small magpie). 2. The 

 Caterpillar. 

 Mesographe forficalis (the garden pebble). 4. The 



Caterpillar. 

 JIargaritia diversalis (the yellow under-wiuged 

 pearl) . 



6. Jlargaritia asinalis (the dingy pearl). 



7. Margaritia lancealis (the long-winged pearl). 

 Fig. S. JIargaritia verticalis (the mother-of-pearl). 

 Fig. 9. Margaritia centro-strigalis (the central-striped 



pearl). 

 Fig. 10. Margaritia cinctalis (the lesser pearl). 

 Fig. 11. Margaritia palealis (the sulphur). 

 Fig. 12. Margaritia hyalinalis (the scarce pearl). 

 Fig. 13. Margaritia angustalis (the narrow-winged pearl). 

 Fig. 14. Margaritia termiualis (the bordered pearl). 



Insects. — Fig. 15. Margaritia glabralis (the dingy pearl). 



„ Fig. 16. Margaritia pallidalis (the delicate pearl), 



„ Fig. 17. Margaritia flavalis (the gold China mark). 



,, Fig. 18. Margaritia ochrealis (the small straw China mark). 



,, Fig. 19. Nascia cilialis (the orange cloud). 



„ Fig. 20. Mivrgaritia ferrugalis (the rusty dot). 



The wliole of the insects in this plate are from the cabinet of Mr. 

 Bentley, with the exception of Diversalis, from the specimen in the 

 British JIuseum ; Centro-strigalis and Pallidalis, from "Wood's figures 

 of Mr. Stephen's specimens ; and Cilialis, from HUbner's figure, which, 

 though differing slightly, appears to be the same species as Mr. Curtis's 

 specimen, figured by Wood. Pallidalis, on the contrary, differs much 

 from HUbner's figure, and is evidently different from the Pallidalis of 

 the Continental authors, Tho caterpillars are from Hiibner. 



H. N. H, 



EURRHYPARA, Hdbner, Scopula, paks, Curtis. 

 Tlie type of this group has the body long and slender, of an orange colour, fasciated with black ; the palpi 

 rather short, acute at the tip, and with tlie maxillary palpi distinct, slender, and porrected : the antennas long 

 and slender ; the wings moderately narrow, white, with black spots, arranged in fascise. The caterpillar is 

 slightly hairy, 16-footed, and undergoes its transformations within a rolled-up leaf. 



Species 1, — Eurrhtpara urticata" — (Plate LXXVII., Fig. 2) — Measures from 1 to li inch in 



expanse ; wings white, anterior with the costa and two adjoining spots, several spots towards the base of the 



inner margin, and two curved fasciae towards the extremity of all the wings, formed of spots of diiferent sizes, 



black ; the fringe of the fore wings black ; body orange, varied with black stripes and fasciee. The caterpillar 



is greenish, with two yellow dorsal lines. It feeds on nettles ; and the moth appears about the beginning of 



June, in lanes and gardens, and is one of the most abundant and prettiest species in the family. 



" SvNONYME. — Phalcena Geometra urticata, Linnaeus; Hiibner; Albin, pi. 37, fig. 00, i — m; Harris; Aurelian, pi. 6 ; Donovan, 10, 



pi. 349, fig. 2 ; Haworth ; Stephens; Wood, fig. 805. 





MESOGRAPHE, Hubnek, Stephens, Scopula, pars, Curtis. 

 The body is rather short and slender ; the palpi short, hairy, and deflexed at the tips ; the maxillary palpi 

 are prominent, elevated, and hairy ; the legs of moderate length ; the antennse slender ; the wings moderately 

 narrow, of a straw colour, marked with oblique slender brown strigje. The caterpillar is naked, and 16-footed. 



Species 1, — Mesographe forficalis p — (Plate LXXVII., Figs. 3, 4) — Measures from 1 to 1^ inch in 

 expanse ; wings straw-bufF ; the fore ones with four very slender and very oblique brown striga ; the interior 

 ones more or less obsolete ; the centre of the wing slightly blotched with brown, and a short dark-brown dash 

 running obliquely from the tip of the wing : hind wings with a slender brown striga beyond the middle ; 

 tips of all the wings with a slender dark edge. Caterpillar green, with a darker line down the back and sides, 

 the latter spotted with white ; the head brown. It feeds on horse-radish, &c. ; and the moth appears in gardens 

 throughout the summer, and is very abundant. 



P Sykonyme. — Phalcsna Pyralis forficalis, Linna:us ; Hiibner ; Haworth ; Stephens ; Wood, fig. 806. 



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