106 HAUSTELLATA. — LEPIDOPTERA. 



Not a very common insect, but occasionally found in tolerable 

 plenty : in June, 1826, 1 took a considerable number both of this 

 and the next species in a lane near Hertford ; and about sixteen 

 years back I also captured several of each, at the extremity of Lord- 

 ship-lane, near Dulwich. This species is also found at Darenth, 

 Birch, and Coombe woods. " Epping." — Mr. H. Douhleday. 



Sp. 7. Janthina. Alis anticis fuscis griseo-irroratis stigmatibus albido-cindis, 

 posticis atris, maculd medid margineque aurantiacis. (Exp. alar. 1 unc. 5 — 

 8lin.) 



No. Janthina. Wien. V.—Tr. Janthina. Steph. Catal. pt. ii. p. 63. No. 6070. 



Head and thorax aiiteriorlyof a pale cinereous; the latter posteriorly, abdomen and 

 anterior wings deep griseous brown, the latter varied and banded with a deeper 

 hue, with a subovate rusty-brown spot near the apex of the costa, in which 

 are three or four minute white spots at the costa itself; the ordinary stigmata 

 are very indistinct, being faintly exhibited by a few interrupted whitish spots, 

 which are occasionally wanting : the posterior wings have the base and a broad 

 submarginal band deep black, with the centre and fringe bright luteous orange ; 

 the fringe sometimes clouded with dusky towards the costa. 



Also a variable species, but less so than its congeners. 



Caterpillar whitish, with undulated dusky streaks on the sides, and black spots 

 posteriorly ; — it feeds on chickweed, &c., and changes to a brown pupa, with 

 two spines at its apex : the imago appears in July or August. 



Found in shady lanes, and on the borders of woods, with the fore- 

 going species, than which it is more abundant, though far from 

 common. " Epping." — Mr. H. Douhleday. " York and Suffolk." 

 —W. C. Hewitson, Esq. " Allesley/'— ifetJ. W. T. Brce. 



Genus LXXXVII. Cerigo mihi. 



Palpi rather porrect, ascending, slightly compressed, clothed with loose hair-like 

 scales, triarticulate, the joints of nearly equal length, the basal joint reniform, 

 the next cylindric, slightly attenuated at the apex, the terminal more slender, 

 bending outwards, and somewhat acute: maxillcB long. Antennw elongate, 

 setaceous, slightly pectinated to the apex in the males : head clothed with 

 loose scales: thorax stout, a little crested behind, loosely squamous: body 

 cyUndric, rather long, slightly carinated on the back, tufted at the apex : wings 

 horizontal, entire, anterior elongate-triangular, with three stigmata : posterior 

 suborbiculate-triangular, usually pale yellow, with a darker hinder border. 



Ochsenheimer places Cerigo in his extensive genus Polia, dividing 

 it, however, from the typical species by forming it into a section ; 

 but it appears to me that its characters are not only clearly distinct 

 from those of the true Polise, but that they are of sufficient im- 



