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of the common blackberry, and has often admired its fine flight as it has taken its 

 circuitous progress, sweeping the area of several fields, and then returning and 

 settling upon the same blossom again. Its flight appears to be taken almost without 

 effort, and is effected with the greatest leisure and coolness imaginable ; but if once 

 disturbed it darts off again with the impetuosity of the swiftest hawk. 



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INO STATICES. THE FORESTER MOTH. 



Plate XXXIV. fig. a—f. 



Synonyms. Sphinx Statices, Linn. Syst. Nat. ii. 808. Bonov. Brit. Ins. pi. 204. fig. 2. 

 Ino Statices, Leach, Stephens, Curtis. Duncan Brit. Moths, pi. 2. fig. 3. 



Upper Side. The antennae are thick toward the end. The head and thorax are of a fine 

 blue green. The superior wings are of a glorious green, shining like satin. The inferior wings 

 are of a dusky black, almost transparent. The abdomen is of a shining blue green. 



The caterpillar, which is described at (a) and (b), feeds on sorrel ; and is found full fed the 

 beginning of May. It spins up in a double buff-coloured case, shewn at (c) ; and changes to a 

 chrysalis, of a light brown colour, seen at (d). The moth appears the end of May. The female 

 is shewn flying at (e), and the male at (/*), shewing the under side. 



Expansion of the wings 1 — 1 J inches. 



This pretty little species is very abundant in grassy places, although evidently 

 affecting certain localities. It flies like the Burnet Moths by day, but its flight is 

 slow and destitute of that rapid motion so conspicuous in many other day-flying 

 Moths. 



HALIA VAUARIA. THE L. OR GOOSEBERRY MOTH. 



Plate XXXIV. fig. g—i. 



Synonyms. Phalsena (Geom.) Vauaria, Linn. Syst. Nat. ii. p. 863. Donovan Brit. Ins. vol. vi. 

 pi. 196. Jlbin's Ins.pl. 47. fig. 78. a—d. Wilkes' Eng. Moths, pi. 86. 

 Halia Vauaria, Duponchel, Curtis. 

 Granrmatophora Vauaria, Stephens' Cat. 

 Zerynthia Vauaria, Curtis. 



Upper Side. The antennse are like threads. The body and wings are of a pale brown. 

 The superior wings have three black marks on the sector edge ; the middle one of the three 

 is formed like the letter L. 



The caterpillar feeds on the gooseberry and currant trees ; is full fed, as at (g), about the 

 end of May : changes in the earth to a brown chrysalis, seen at (h) ; and the moth appears the 

 beginning of June. It is represented at (i), shewing the upper side of its wings. 



Expansion of the wings one inch and a quarter. 



