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dark, the next light, and the inner one also dark. The inferior wings are dentated, having some 

 waved marks. See the moth as it is figured at (e). 



The caterpillars feed on nettles, chickweed, &c. When full fed, as at (c), they change to the 

 chrysalis state, one of which is figured at (d) ; and the moths appear the end of May. There 

 are two broods a year ; one appears in May, the other in September. 



Expansion of the wings one inch and three-quarters. 



DREPANA HAMULA. THE BROWN HOOK TIPPED MOTH. 



Plate XLI. fig. a—b. 



Synonyms. Bombyx Hamula, Wien. Vers., Hubner, Haworth. Albin's Lis. pi. 65. fig. a—d. 

 Phalsena Falcata, Fabricius. 



Phalsena Lacertinaria 1 Wilkes' Eng. Moths, fyc. pi. 30. Harris, 1st. edit. 

 Drepana Hamula, Stephens. 



Upper Side. The head, thorax, and superior wings are of a brownish orange, having two 

 narrow white lines crossing the middle of the latter. The apices of the wings are hooked. The 

 inferior wings and abdomen are much paler in colour than the superior wings, as may be seen 

 at (b). 



The caterpillar, seen at (a), feeds on oak ; changes to chrysalis the end of September, and 

 the moth appears the middle of May. 



Expansion of the wings one inch and a quarter. 







EUCLIDIA ML THE MASK, OR MOTHER SHIPTON MOTH. 



Plate XLI. fig. s. 



Synonyms. Phalsena (Noctua) Mi, Linn. Syst. Nat. ii. p. 838. 

 Euclidia Mi, Ochsenheimer, Curtis, Stephens. 



Upper Side. The antennae are like fine threads. The thorax brown. The abdomen is also 

 brown. The fringes of each annulus are yellow. The superior wings are of a very dark brown, 

 having narrow lines of a buff colour. In the centre, upon the bar tendon, is a round whitish 

 spot, having a black dot in the middle. The inferior wings are black, spotted all over with small 

 whitish spots. See the figure at (if). They are taken among the grass the end of May. 



Expansion of the wings one inch and a quarter. 



HIPPARCHIA ^GERIA. 



THE SPECKLED WOOD [OR WOOD ARGUS] 

 BUTTERFLY. 



Plate XLI. fig. f—k. 



Synonyms. Papilio (Nymph. Gemm.) Algeria, Linn. Syst. Nat. ii. p. 771. Lewin's Papil. pi. 19. 

 Bonov. Brit. Ins. vol. xiv. pi. 498. Wilkei Eng. Moths # Butt. pi. 103. 

 Hipparcliia Algeria, Fabricius, Leach, Stephens, Curtis. Duncan Brit. Butt. pi. 23. f. 4. 

 Papilio Oculatus, The Enfield Eye, Petiv. Pap. pi. v. fig. 5. ? . 



Upper Side. The whole insect is of a dark brown. The superior wings are speckled with 

 very pale brown spots : in one of these spots, near the apex, is a round black spot, with a white 

 speck in the middle. This spot is on the fourth fan membrane. The inferior wings have four 





