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28 BRITISH MOTHS 
those of several of the Bombycide. They feed on various species of Leguminosz and other herbs ; and when 
full grown construct a close cocoon of silk, which they attach to the stems of grass and low plants, out of the 
upper end of which the pupa partially works itself before it assumes the perfect state. The chrysalis is of the 
ordinary conical form, without any angular prominency. 

INO, Leach. PROCRIS, Fan. ATYCHIA, Ocusenurimer. 
SOPRA" 
This genus is distinguished by the more slender body, the somewhat broader wings, and the nearly straight 
antennz ; those of the males being slender, but bipectinated nearly to-the tip, which consists of much thicker joints, 
serrated on the inside; those of the female are simple and clavate; the hind tibie are only furnished with a pair 
of very minute spurs. The larva is short, thick, and slightly pubescent, with six pectoral, eight abdominal, and 
two anal feet; and the chrysalis has the wing-covers elongated * Tt is inclosed in a close cocoon, which is 
spun amongst the leaves, and fastened by a number of loose threads of silk. 
The species are few in number, one only being found in this country; they are of uniform tints of bright 
golden green, blue or brownish-bronze. The generic name, Procris, given to these insects by Fabricius, and still 
adopted by the French authors, has been rejected by Dr. Leach, being pre-occupied in zoology. 

SPECIES 1.—INO STATICES. THE GREEN FORESTER. 
Plate vi. fig. 8—10. 
Synonymes.— Sphinx Statices, Linnzus; Donovan, vol. 6, pl. | Atychia Statices, Ochsenheimer. 
204, f. 2; Harris, Aurelian, pl. 34, fig. a—f. |  Aglaope Statices, Dalman, Zetterstedt. 
Ino Statices, Leach ; Stephens ; Curtis, Brit. Ent., pl. 396; Procris Statices, Fabricius, Boisduval, Hiibner, Verz. bek. 
Wood, Ind. Ent. t. 4, fig. 1; Duncan, Brit. Moths, pl. 2, fig. 3. | Schm. 
This pretty species varies, in the expansion of its fore wings, from 1 to 1} inches. Its wings are semi-trans- 
parent ; the body and fore wings clothed with green or golden green scales, having a silky appearance, the body 
varying to bright copper colour; the hind wings brownish, and the antenne and legs blackish. 
The caterpillar, as represented by Hiibner and copied by Curtis +, is pale-green, with two rows of black spots | 
down the back, and a row of red dots on each side ; it is slightly depressed, with the body tapering at both ends ; 
the head being very small and black. It feeds on the Cardamine pratensis, Rumex acetosa (common sorrel), 
common dock, &c. The perfect insect is by no means rare, but evidently local ; although widely dispersed over 
England, it does not appear to have been found in Scotland. It frequents meadows and woods, appearing in 
May and June, and being much attached to the Thrift, Statice armeria. Its flight is rather sluggish. 
Ino GiopuLari# of Hiibner, (Wood, Ind. Ent. t. 53, f. 19,) has been recorded as a native species ; but 
upon examination of the specimen in» question, Mr. Stephens ascertained that it was only a variety of the 
preceding. 

An elaborate memoir on the transformations of this and the next genus, has been published in the posthumous researches of Lyonnet. 
+ Mr. Stephens describes the caterpillar as dusky, with two dorsal lines of whitish crescents, and asserts that the figure of Hiibner, copied by 
Curtis, is not that of I. Statices. 

