200 HAUSTELLATA. LEPIDOFTERA. 



The wings vary slightly in tint, and one, or more, of the minute black dots are 



sometimes wanting. 

 The caterpillar feeds on the scabious {Centaurea scabiosa), and other allied 



plants, and on thistles : the imago appears in July. 



Not very rare ; found amongst willows and in grassy places, near 

 Hertford, Darenth, &c.; also in Suffolk and near Edinburgh. 



Sp. 10. Sparrmanniana. Alis anticis pallidejiavis, punctis duobus disci longitu- 

 dinaliter digestis atris, posticis albidis. ( Kxp. Alar. 9 — 10§ lin.) 



Py. Sparrmanniana. Fabricius. — De. Sparrmanniana. Steph. Catal. ii. 194. 

 No. 7175. 



Anterior wings pale dull yellow, with two distinct minute deep black dots on 

 the disc, placed longitudinally, one before, the other a little behind, the 

 middle : on the hinder margin are two or three black or fuscescejit dots, and 

 frequently a brownish cloud towards the anal angle, or on the inner portion 

 of the disc ; and the latter is sometimes slightly marked with minute dusky 

 atoms: posterior wings whitish-immaculate and glossy, with yellowish 

 cilia. 



Caterpillar feeds on the Centaurea Jacea : the imago appears in August. 

 Not very uncommon: found in various parts of the country, as at 



Dover, the New Forest, Scotland, and within the metropolitan 



district. " Gibsidc." — G. Wailes, Esq. 



Sp. 11. Yeatsana. Alts anticis griseis, macula puncfisque duobus centralibus 

 nigr is, posticis albidis. (Exp. Alar. 8§ lin.) 



Py. Yeatsana. Fabricius. — De. Yeatsana. Stcph. Catal. ii. 194. No. 7177. — 

 Ph. albidana. Donovan, v. xi. pi. 37 7. f. 2. 



Anterior wings griseous, with a central black spot, and two minute darker 

 approximating dots, placed obliquely towards the base, and on the hinder 

 margin a row of dots, four or five in number ; cilia dull reddish-straw 

 colour : posterior wings whitish. 

 Not rare within the metropolitan district, at Darenth and Coombe 



woods, Hertford, liipley, &c.: also found in the New Forest and in 



Devonshire. 



Sp. 12. immaculana. Alls anticis pallidejlavis, immaculatis, atomis perpaucis 

 minutissimis atris, posticis fuscescentibus. (Exp. Alar. 8 lin.) 



De. immaculana. Steph. Catal. ii. 194. No. 7176. 



Anterior wings pale yellow or lemon-colour, totally immaculate, with a few 

 very minute black atoms ; posterior yellowish-ash, with a fahit purplish 

 tinge. 

 Taken in July 1821, in the New Forest, near Brockenhurst^ 



apparently rare. 



