Illustrations of British Entomology, or a Synopsis of Indigenous Insects, Vol. 3

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Excerpt from Illustrations of British Entomology, or a Synopsis of Indigenous Insects, Vol. 3: Containing Their Generic and Specific Distinctions, Haustellata With the anterior stigma expanded over the disc as a large brown spot. Caterpillar grass-green, with the margins of the segments and the sides paler, the head brown, the true legs reddish: - it feeds upon various plants, such as the common bramble, the dock, lettuce, &c., , and occurs in the autumn: - the imago appears in the following spring, towards the middle of June, and frequents woody and weedy banks. Not very common: I have met with three or four specimens at Coombe-wood, and about as many at Darenth. The insect has been taken in Devonshire, and in the New Forest. "Epping." - Mr. H. Douhleday. Genus CXI. - Hama mihi. Palpi short, subclavate, the basal joint clothed with elongate scales, the terminal exposed and conic, about as long as the first, subovate, compressed acute, the first short, rather bent, the second stout at the base, considerably attenuated at the apex: maxilloe scarcely as long as the antennoe. Antennoe moderate, rather stout, ciliated in the males, and sometimes subserrate, pubescent beneath, with a few bristles, in the females: head small, densely pubescent in the forehead: eyes large, globose, naked: thorax stout, woolly, subquadrate, scarcely crested: wings deflexed during repose, not folded, anterior rather long, emarginate on the posterior edge: cilia nearly entire: body moderate, carinated, and sometimes with some short fascicles of scales on the back, the sides and apex tufted in the males, scarcely so in the females. Caterpillar naked: pupa subterranean. From Euplexia, Hama is at once known by its denticulated wings and the nearly smooth thorax, exclusively of the difference in the proportions of the palpi, and the dissimilarity in the antennæ: the wings are not folded during repose, and the cilia are scarcely emarginate. From Apamea, its short palpi, and stout antennæ, with its obscurely crested, stout, woolly thorax, and pale wings, with nearly concolorous stigmata, distinguish it. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.