162 CATALOaUE OP MOTHS. 



PANOLIS, Hub. 



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122. Panolis piniperda, Esp. Pine Beauty. 



Trachea piniper da. Staint. Man., vol. i., p. 240. 



,, ,, i^ewm. Erit. Moths, p. 355. 



Panolis ,, Barr. Lep. Brit. Is., vol. v., p. 181. 



,, ,, Meyr. Hdbk. Brit. Lep., p. 76. 



Larva. Buck., vol. v., pi. Ixxx., fig. 1. 



Though this insect has been recorded by so few, I have little 

 doubt but it occurs in all places where there is plenty of Scotch 

 Fir. The Moth emerges early in the year before collectors are 

 really on the alert, and sits very high up the tree, where its 

 protective coloration makes it exceedingly difficult to see it. 

 The larvae, however, are not uncommon in August, and the pupae 

 may be found later among the fallen needles. Mr. Finlay says 

 "generally distributed and not uncommon among Scotch Pir." 

 Mr. Gardner says ''larvae not uncommon on Scotch Fir but the 

 insect seldom seen. Hezleden Dene, Edder Acres, Wolsingham, 

 and Stanhope." The larvae also is a good instance of protective 

 coloration, being striped with green and white longitudinally, 

 and its resemblance to a tuft of the Eir needles is very close. 

 I have often seen it going up the tree trunks on a windy day, 

 after having been dislodged by the wind. 



T^NIOCAMPA, Gn. 



123. Taeniocampa gothica, (L.), Hebeew Chaeactehs. 

 Tceniocampa gothica. Staint. Man., vol. i., p. 242. 



,, ,, JS'ewm. Brit. Moths, p. 356. 



,, ,, Barr. Lep. Brit. Is., vol. v., p. 186. 



Monima ,, Meyr. Hdbk. Brit. Lep., p. 75. 



Larva. Buck., vol. v., pi. Ixxx., fig. 3; O.Wils., pi. xxxvi., 



fig. 1. 

 A common insect everywhere, and remaining a long time on 

 the wing. In a forward season I have taken it at Sallow blos- 

 som at the beginning of April, and I have met with it at Campion 

 flowers late in June. A varietv without the black mark on the 



