. The Aurelian : a natural history of English moths and butterflies, together with the plants on which they feed. Lepidoptera. ^. 74 large light brown spots, only parted by the fan tendon: in each of which is a round black spot, which appears like the eye of a bird, and having a white speck in the middle. The figure is shewn at (A). The under side is seen at (i). It flies in woods. The caterpillar feeds on grass ; and the chrysalis hangs by the tail. See (f) and (g). There are three broods a year; viz. in April, June, and August. Expansion of the wings \\—2 inches. This handsome species is not
. The Aurelian : a natural history of English moths and butterflies, together with the plants on which they feed. Lepidoptera. ^. 74 large light brown spots, only parted by the fan tendon: in each of which is a round black spot, which appears like the eye of a bird, and having a white speck in the middle. The figure is shewn at (A). The under side is seen at (i). It flies in woods. The caterpillar feeds on grass ; and the chrysalis hangs by the tail. See (f) and (g). There are three broods a year; viz. in April, June, and August. Expansion of the wings \\—2 inches. This handsome species is not so common as some of the other species of the same genus, although distributed all over the kingdom, having occurred at Dover as well as in the north of Scotland. i LOZOT^NIA OBLIQUANA. THE BARRED HOOK TIPPED MOTH. Plate XLI. fig. m—n. Synonyms. Pyralis Obliquana, Fabricius ? Haworth (Tortrix 0.) Stephens (Lozotsenia 0.) Hubner (Cacoecia 0.) Upper Side. The antennae are like fine threads. The thorax and superior wings are lightish olive brown : the latter having three large dark spots, which lie across the wing in a diagonal form. The abdomen and inferior wings are paler. See the figure at (m). The caterpillar, seen at (7), feeds on oak, spun up in the leaves ; changes to the chrysalis the end of May ; the moth appears in July. Expansion of the wings one inch and a quarter. 1 \ HYDROCAMPA POTAMOGATA. THE BROWN CHINA MARK MOTH. Plate XLI. fig. o—q. / Synonyms. Phalsena (Geom.) Potamogata, Linn. Syst. Nat. ii. p. 873. Donovan Brit. Ins. vol. xi. pi. 363. fig. 1. Pyralis Nymphialis, Hubner Pyr. pi. 13. f. 85. Hydrocampa Potamogata, Latreille, Stephens. Upper Side. The antennae are like fine threads. The superior wings are dark brown, mottled with white spots. The inferior wings are very light brown, marbled or watered with spots, and double serpentine lines. The caterpillar, seen at (0), feeds on elder, spins up in a leaf; changes to chrysalis the end of May; and the moth a
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