buohlobis] GEOMETRIDAE 



and second lines indistinct, waved, whitish, first thicker near 

 dorsum, second ending in a brown white-bordered tornal blotch ; 

 cilia ochreous-whitish, barred with fuscous. Hindwings green ; 

 a terminal series of crescentic brown white-bordered marks, 

 much enlarged at apex and tornus; a dark fuscous terminal 

 line ; termen rounded ; cilia as in forcwings. 



England to York, not common ; C. Europe ; 7. Larva pale 

 brown, 5-9 with paler projections, head red-brown : on oak, 

 clothing itself with irregular adhering fragments of leaves ; 8-5. 



2. B. smaragdaria, F. 30-32 mm. Head green, lower part 

 of face ochrcous-white. Forewings green ; costal edge whitish- 

 ochreous ; first and second lines waved, white ; a small white 

 discal spot; cilia green, tips white. Hindwings green, paler 

 anteriorly; discal spot and cilia as in forewings; termen 

 rounded. 



Kent, Essex, very local ; C. and S. Europe, N. Asia ; 7. 

 Larva grey-brown, 5-9 with projections : on Artemisia maritima, 

 clothing itself with irregular adhering fragments of leaves ; 8-5. 



3. E. vernaria, lib. 30-36 mm. Face dull red, fillet white, 

 crown light green. Forcwings light green ; costal edge white ; 

 first line strongly, second slightly curved, white ; tips of cilia 

 white. Hindwings as forewings, but paler anteriorly, first line 

 absent ; termen very obtusely angulated. 



S. England to Hereford and Norfolk, rather common; 

 Europe, N. Asia ; 7. Larva green, with white dots, forming by 

 confluence subdorsal and spiracular lines; spiracles reddish; 

 head quadrifid, flesh-colour : on Clematis vitalba ; 9-6. 



4. E. lactearia, L. 21-24 mm. Head white, face yellow- 

 ochrcous. Forewings pale whitish-green (very fugitive) ; first 

 line curved, second almost straight, white ; cilia white. Hind- 

 wings as forewings, but second line angulated; termen angulated. 



Britain to the Clyde, Ireland, common; N. and C. Europe, 

 N. Asia ; 5, 6. Larva dark green ; 5-9 with purple posteriorly 

 ochreous-edged dorsal diamonds; 10-13 with a purple dorsal 

 line ; head rod-brown, bifid : on birch, oak, etc. ; 7-9. 



3. Geometra, L. 



Antennae in $ bipectinated to apex. Palpi shortly rough- 

 scaled. Thorax hairy beneath. Forewings: 10 out of 9, 11 

 sometimes anastomosing with 12 and 10. Hindwings: 6 and 7 

 separate, 8 approximated to cell towards base, diverging from 

 before middle. 



