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AMPHIDASIS HIRTARIUS. THE BRINDLED BEAUTY MOTH. 



Plate IX. fig. a—f. 



Synonyms. Phaleena (Geom.) hirtaria, Linn. Faun. Suec. no. 1236. Hubner. Haworth. Alhiris 

 Ins. pi. 39. fig. 62. a— d. Wilkes Eng. Moths, pi. 70. 

 Amphidasis hirtarius, Treitschke, Stephens. 



Upper Side. The antennae are brown and pectinated. This moth is totally light brown, 

 sprinkled all over with a darker brown ; which also forms bars or stripes across the superior 

 wings. The female is shown at (Z) ; and is known from the male by the antennae, which are 

 more like threads. 



The caterpillar feeds on moist fruit trees, as well as on privet, lime, and elm : it is of the 

 looper kind, and goes into chrysalis about the beginning of July ; which is seen at (d) ; the 

 moths appear about the beginning of April ; and may be taken early in the morning, sitting 

 against the trees. They lay their eggs in the cracks and holes of the bark. 



Expansion of the wings 1 \ inch. 



PIERIS CRATJEGI. THE BLACK- VEINED WHITE BUTTERFLY. 



Plate IX. fig. g — h—i — k. 



Synonyms. Papilio (Parn.) Cratsegi, Linn. Syst. Nat. ii. 758. Lewin's Papil. pi. 24. Haworth 

 Lep. Brit. p. 6. Donovan Brit. Ins. vol. 13. pi. 454. Wilkes Eng. Moths, pi. 95. 

 Albin's Ins. pi. 2. f. 2. a— d. 

 Pieris Crateegi, Latreille, Godart, Stephens. Curtis Brit. Ent. pi. 360. Duncan Brit. 

 Butt. pi. 11. fig. 2. Boisduval Hist. Nat. Ins. Lep. vol. i. p. 445. 



Upper Side. The head, thorax, and abdomen are of a darkish grey. The wings are white, 

 but all the tendons or veins are black. 



The under side is similar to the upper, except the inferior wings, which are a little powdered 

 with a darker colour. 



The caterpillars inclose themselves within a spinning : and come forth morning and evening 

 to feed, avoiding the heat of mid-day. In this web they remain during the winter, and in the 

 spring come forth again to feed on the buds and tender leaves : when full fed they appear as 

 represented at (Ji). When ready for their transformation, they fasten their tails by a strong web, 

 after which they girt themselves with another round their middle, when at the expiration of 

 twenty-four hours the chrysalis appears as represented at (g). The moths appear about the 

 beginning of June ; the male is shewn at (i), and the female at (k). They fly in corn-fields. 



Expansion of the wings Q\ — | inches. 



The caterpillars of this butterfly ordinarily feed upon the white and black 

 thorns, as well as apple and other fruit-trees. (Salisbury's Hints on Orchards, p. 56.) 

 They are comparatively rare in this country, but on the Continent are occasionally so 

 abundant as to become a pest of the gardens, as the species was called by Linnaeus ; 

 and Pallas mentions, in his Travels, that he saw them flying in such vast abundance 

 near the environs of Winofka, that he mistook them at first for flakes of snow. 

 The eggs are deposited at the extremity of the branches, and securely covered with a 

 coating of varnish. " In this state," observes Salisbury, " we have instances of their 



