Some British Moths Described 
July and August. Larva and cocoon are figured on 
Plate IL, Figs. 5 and 6. Expanse of wings of moth: 
male, 24 inches; female, 3 inches. The figure is of a 
male; the female is light grey in tone; it lacks the 
tawny yellow and brown of the male, but it is equally 
beautiful in its more sombre dress, 
Family DREPANULIDA. 
Drepana lacertinaria: the Hook-Tip (Plate V., 
Fig. 5).—The Hook-Tips are a very small but interest- 
ing group comprising only half a dozen species, of 
which this is, perhaps, the commonest and most widely 
distributed. Double-brooded in the South, the moth 
being out in May and September; in the North there is 
only one brood, in June. Larva on Birch and Heather, 
in July and August. Wing-expanse, 14 inches. 
_Drepana falcataria: the Pebble Hook-Tip (Plate V., 
Fig. 4).—Does not reach so far North as the last 
species, but is equally common in the South, where it is 
also double-brooded. The moth is out in May and 
August; and between these times the larva may be 
found on Birch and Alder, where it forms a protecting 
shelter of leaves spun together with silken threads. 
Wing expanse, 12 inches. 
Family DicRanuRIDA&. 
Dicranura vinula : the Puss Moth (Plate V., Fig. £3 
larva and cocoon, Plate III., Figs. 3 and 3a).—The 
beautiful larva of this species is always a great favourite 
with youthful entomologists. It is found all over the 
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