92 HAUSTELLATA. LEPIDOPTERA. 



orange-red : it feeds on the plantain, black-thorn, &c. and may be found to- 

 wards the end of August, Avhen it changes to a dusky pupa, and the imago 

 appears in October. 



Of this beautiful insect I have hitherto seen but two indigenous 

 examples, both males, and taken in the autumn of 1815 near 

 Windsor: one of them is in the collection of the British Museum, 

 the other in my own cabinet, respectively presented by my valued 

 friend. Dr. Leach. The insect has been taken by Mr. Donovan in 

 North Wales, near Manachty, in the Isle of Anglesea ; but I be- 

 lieve only one specimen. 



Sp. 2. cribrum. A/is anticis cwrulescenti-alhis, iraiisverse nigi'o-puiictaiis, 



posticis cinereis. (Exp. alar. 1 unc. 4—6 lin.) 

 Ph. Bo. cribrum. Linne. — Eu. cribrum. Curtii, ii. pi. 5(5. Steph. Caiul. 



No. 6048. 



Ash-gray : head, spots on the collar and petagiae, and down the back and sides 

 of the abdomen, black ; apex of the abdomen yellow : anterior wings ashy- 

 gray, with five transverse angulated rows of black spots, two irregular longi- 

 tudinal stripes diverging from the base, and a few dusky streaks towards the 

 apex : posterior wings fuscous, with the margin darkest ; fringe of all pale 

 ashy ; beneath entirely fuscous. It varies considerably, some specimens having 

 more and others less black spots than others: the female is generally rather 

 less than the male. 



Caterpillar deep black when yoimg. 



For the discovery of this species as an inhabitant of Britain, 

 entomologists are unquestionably indebted to the exertions of Mr. 

 Bentley, who captured two males in June, 1819, near Ringwood, 

 and kindly supplied my cabinet with one of them, on his return 

 home in July : in the following year Mr. Dale also detected its 

 habitat in the same vicinity (Parley Heath, Hants), and has 

 since taken the insect in plenty, and to him I am obliged for part 

 of my series. Four seasons back, and subsequently, however, the 

 insect has been found in considerable abundance, I believe in the 

 same locality, and some of the females laid eggs, which hatched, 

 but the young larvae unfortunately died before changing their first 

 skin. 



Genus LXXXII. Deiopeia mihi. 



Palpi elongate, bent upwards, slightly clothed with scales, triarticulate, the 

 basal joint stoutest, the second longest, the third short, ovate: maxillw as 

 long as the antennjc. Antenna: simple in both sexes, rather short, sUghtly 

 hairy beneath in the males: head short, scaly: ivings deflexed, anterior 



