CONSPECTUS OF MOTHS. 31 
CLOSTERA. 
' fue Rust Trp (Clostera anastomosis (StrPHENS). Said to be 
British on very doubtful authority. 
Tue RecLuse (Clostera reclusa, SreruHens) appears the end 
of May. Wings of the male one inch to one inch one-sixteenth, 
female one ineh to one inch one-fourth; brown; first pair 
ashy-brown, with four anastomosing white streaks, a reddish- 
brown patch near the tip, and a white marginal spot. Second 
pair dark brown. Caterpillar, brown, with abroad line on the 
back, yellowish-white, the sides with a chain-like series of yel- 
low circles; feeds on the aspen in September. Pupa brown. 
Rare, Darenth and Birch woods, Epping, Cambridge, and Dublin. 
Tue AncHorer (Cl. anachoreta, SrerenHeNns). Wings of the 
male one inch one-fourth, female one inch one-third; grey, 
with four whitish streaks, the fourth wavy, and passing over the 
rusty-brown spot at the tip; towards the posterior angle two 
black spots, the inner one largest. Caterpillar, brown, hairy, 
with a flesh-coloured streak on the back, with two warts, and 
spots on the sides yellow ; feeds on willows and poplars. Pupa 
brown. Very rare. 
Tue CnocoLare Tip (Cl. curtula, StEPHENS) appears the end 
of April or beginning of May. Wings of the male one inch one- 
third to five-twelfths, female one inch one-third to one-half; 
greyish-ash ; first pair with four nearly straight whitish streaks ; 
the tip reddish-brown, with an indistinct row of five dingy spots. 
Caterpillar, solitary; hairy, ash-coloured, with four rows of rust- 
red spots, feeds upon poplars and willows in September. Not 
common, Near London, Wanstead, and Coleshill. 
EPISEMA (OcusENHEIMER). 
Tne BuAck THorn (Hpisema ceruleocephala, OcusENHET- 
MER) appears the middle of August and in September. Wings 
of the male one inch one-fourth to five-twelfths, femal, one 
inch one-third to one-half; ashy-grey, rather oblonge, with 
confluent whitish points between two brownish streaks, and an 
ashy marginal band. Female ratherdarker. Caterpillar, smooth, 
bluish, with yellow lines and black spots; feeds on the white 
thorn, black thorn, and fruit trees. Pupa brown, within astrong 
silken web, Common. Near London. 
CERURA (Scurang). 
Tue Twin Pornr (Cerura bicuspis, SterHENS) appears in 
July. Wings of the male one inch one-sixth to five-twelfths, 
female one inch one-third to one-half; snowy-white; first pair, 
the base and hinder margin, spotted with black, with a slanting 
4sh-coloured waved band. Second pair with a central spot, and 
Nervures dingy yellow. Caterpillar, saffron-yellow, with three 
Teddish-brown spots on the sides, greenish underneath, feeds on 
Willow. Rare. Darenth Wood, and near Dublin, 
