14 Pi ABE. )XXxill. 
Its truly elegant appearance would alone be fufficient to claim our 
attention ; but when we add that it is one of the rareft and moft 
valuable fpecimens of Britifh entomology, it will be confidered as a 
compenfation for thofe more common fubjeéts occafionally introduced ; 
and which the nature of our plan cannot permit us to refufe inferting. 
Our endeavours to procure the Caterpillar have hitherto been in- 
effectual, although it is very probably to be taken early in the feafon, 
feeding on the bramble. It is defcribed to be a brown larva, naked, 
or without hairs, with a conic gibbofity or rifing on all the middle 
fegments of the back, and one larger than the reft with a double 
pointed tip, towards the anterior part or head. 
Our Fly was taken in Effex, July 14th. Has been met with in 
Combe wood. 
Fb-sG.s ek 
PHALANA AMATORIA. 
Biroop VEIN, or Burr Arcos Motu. 
* Geometra. 
Wings pale, powdered with brown, with a ftraight purple line, 
and fufcous obfolete ftreak behind. 
PHALZNA AMATORIA: alis pallidis pulverulentis: fafcia purpurea 
recta ftrigaque fufca repanda. Linn. Fn. Suec. 
1223.—Fabr. Sp. Inf. 2. p. 242. n. 10. 
The Caterpillars of this Phalana feed on the oak leaves. They 
_are green, with yellow rings. The Fly is found in Effex very com- 
monly in the month of July. 
