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Upper Side. This side is wholly of a dark brown colour, having a faint appearance of an 

 eye-like spot near the apex of the superior wings, in the fourth fan membrane. 



The under side is rather of a lighter brown than the upper, having a number of eye-like 

 spots in both wings; viz. the male has always fewer than the female : the latter having frequently 

 three in the superior wing, and six in the inferior. It is seen in the plate at (h) ; which represents 

 a male. They may be taken flying about the end of June, in woods. 



Expansion of the wings 1^ — %\ inches. 



This plain-coloured butterfly is a most abundant species, frequenting fields, 

 open skirts of woods, grassy lanes, &c. Its pretty eye-like markings are subject 

 to endless variations. The caterpillar is described as whitish grey or dusky, 

 with a black line behind ; it subsists chiefly on the annual meadow-grass, at the 

 roots of which it resides. The chrysalis is bright brown, with obscure streaks 

 and dashese 



HARPALYCE FULVATA. THE CLOUDED YELLOW MOTH. 



Plate XXXV. fig. I. 



Synonyms. Geometra Fulvata, Wien. Vers. Forster Cent. 1. 76. 

 Phalaena Sociata, Fabricius, Stewart. 

 Harpalyce Fulvata, Stephens. 

 Electra Fulvata, Curtis. 



Upper Side. The antennae are like fine threads. The head, thorax, and superior wings are 

 of a fine deep yellow, having a broad bar crossing the middle of the wings, of a brown colour 

 edged with a whitish line. They fly about the middle of June ; and are taken by beating hedges 

 of white-thorn. See the fig. at (J). 



Expansion of the wings one inch. 



CYCNIA MENDICA. THE SEVEN SPOT ERMINE, OR SPOTTED MUSLIN 



MOTH. 



Plate XXXV. fig. m. 



Synonyms. Phalsena (Bombyx) Mendica, Linn. Syst. Nat. ii. 822. Donov. Brit. Ins. xi. pi. 388. 

 Marshamin Linn. Trans, vol. 1. pi. 1. fig. 3. 

 Arctia Mendica, Leach. 

 Diaphora Mendica, Stephens. 

 Cycnia Mendica, Hubner, Stephens. 



Upper Side. The antennae are like threads. The moth is totally white, having seven black 

 spots in each of the superior wings, and three in each inferior. This I received from a gentleman 

 in Yorkshire. 



Expansion of the wings 1^ — 1^ inches. 





