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EUPITHECIA CENTAUREATA. THE LIME SPECK MOTH. 



Plate XIX. fig. a—f. 



Synonyms. Geometra Centaureata, Wien. Vers., Hubner, Haworth. 

 Eupithecia Centaureata, Stephens, Curtis. 



Upper Side. The antennse are like fine threads. The thorax and abdomen, which are 

 crested, are of a cream colour, having few or no marks thereon. The wings are also of a cream 

 colour, prettily marked with darkish lines and waved bars. 



The under side is pale, having few markings. All the wings are round or even edged. 



The caterpillar is of the looper kind, as seen at (a) and (b) : it feeds on the French marigold, 

 and changes to the chrysalis in the mould, the end of August. The part which contains the wings 

 is green, the rest brown, as may be seen at (e). The moth appears the end of June following. 

 The female is shewn at (d), and the male at (/). 



Expansion of the wings about one inch. 



CATOCALA PROMISSA. THE CRIMSON UNDERWING MOTH. 



Plate XIX. fig.g—l. 



Synonyms. Noctua Promissa, Wien. Vers., Fahricius, Hubner. 

 Catocala Promissa, Ocksenheimer, Curtis, Stephens. 

 Phalsena Nupta, Harris, 1st. edit. Wilkes' Eng. Moths, pi. 68. (sed nee Linn.) 



Upper Side. The antennae are like fine threads or bristles. The thorax and abdomen, 

 which are crested, are of a fine dark brown. The superior wings are also of a fine warm brown, 

 having a variety of shades and dark spots. The inferior wings are of a fine crimson, having 

 two broad bars of black thereon. 



The under side is lighter ; particularly the superior wings. I have shewn this insect flying 

 in three different positions, at (i), (T), and (/). 



The caterpillars feed on very high oak trees, from whence they are beaten, into sheets, spread 

 on the ground for that purpose. They are full fed the beginning of June, and appear as at (g) ; 

 they then spin themselves up in webs, against the tree, among the moss ; and the moths appear 

 the beginning of July. The chrysalis is shewn as taken out of the web, at (h). It is of a dark 

 red colour, covered with a bloom, which removes or comes off with touching. 



Expansion of the wings two inches and three-quarters. 



SMERINTHUS TILI^l. THE LIME HAWK MOTH. 



Plate XX. fig. a—ff. 



Synonyms. Sphinx Tiliee, Linn. Syst. Nat. ii 797- Donovan Brit. Ins. vol. x. pi. 325. Jlbin's 

 Lns. pi. 10. Wilkes Eng. Moths, pi. 23. 

 Smerinthus Tiliee, Latreille, Stephens, Curtis. Duncan Brit. Moths, pi. 4. f. 1. 



Upper Side. The antennae are a little notched, like a saw, and are thickest in the middle. 

 The thorax is of a dark olive, but light on the sides. The superior wings are angulated, of a 

 light brown in the middle part, in which are placed two spots of a dark olive colour, one of which 

 is rather large, and of a triangular form. The fan edges are of a pleasant olive ; the apices are 

 white. The inferior wings of a clay colour : the abdomen is also of an olive colour. 



