SIPiiONOPHOEA RUBI. 
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curved, and sliglitly tliickened at tkeir bases ; then 
constricted, inflated at their midst, and finally expanded 
at their mouths. Cauda large and hairy. Tarsi black. 
ISTumerous during the month of May and June, 
clustered under the leaves of the bramble, Bubus 
fruticosusj and the wild raspberry, Bubus idceus. 
Later in the year, about The end of July, they are 
common on the broom, Sarothamnus scoparius. Often 
they may be seen ranged with much regularity on each 
side of the sutures of the green pods, all their heads 
being turned in one direction. Walker describes the 
nectaries as tipped with black. 
Winged viviparous female. 
Inches. Millimetres. 
Expanse of wings 0*4200 10*66 
Size of body 0*160x0*050 3*04xl’27 
Length of antennse 0*170 4*31 
„ cornicles 0*040 1*01 
Very large. Wholly green, but rather redder on 
the thorax. Head with conspicuous red ocelli. An- 
tennae nearly half as long again as the body. Rest of 
the insect like the larva. Wings iridescent, with 
yellowish insertions, yellow cubitus and stigma. The 
whole insect is slightly pilose. 
The Male, 
Inches. Millim^res. 
Expanse of wings 0*380 9*64 
Size of body 0*100x0*040 2*54x1*01 
Length of antennae 0*170 4*31 
,, cornicles 0*020 0*50 
Green. Head very broad and black. Ocelli dis-* 
tinctly marked. Antennae very long. Back, thorax 
and prothorax green, with black linear thoracic lobes 
and small scutellum. 
The abdomen very small, not equal to the length of 
