126 HAUSTELLA'IA. — LEPI DOPTERA. 



Sp. 24. subgothica. Plate 22. f. 3. Alis anticis griseo-fiiscis, cnstd basi, 

 plagd longitudinali fascifique posticd submarginali, stigmatihusque pallidis. 

 (Exp. alar. 1 unc. 4 — 6 lin.) 



No. subgothica. Haworth. — Steph. Catal. part ii. -p. 68. No. 6104. 



Somewhat resembling Ag. valligera : anterior wings griseous-brown, with a pale 

 longitudinal dash on the costa^ and another branching off from the central 

 nervure towards the anal angle, where it unites to a broad patch of the same 

 hue, which is carried on to the apex of the wing in the form of a band, with 

 two acute angles on the posterior edge near the anal angle; the margin itself 

 is irregularly dusky ; the anterior stigma is sub triangular, and the reniform 

 one ovate, rufo-ferruginous in the middle, with an ashy margin ; the teliform 

 stigma is very distinct, with its margin black, and rather acute at the tip ; 

 between the posterior stigma and the inner margin is a dusky or blackish 

 streak, and a patch of similar hue behind the stigma : the posterior wings are 

 whitish, with a faint central lunule, and a narrow dusky border. 



Decidedly a scarce insect : it has been captured three or four 

 times near London, and in Norfolk. " Near Barnstaple, Devon." 

 — W. Raddon, Esq., from whose specimen the accompanying figure 

 was designed. 



Sp. 25. exclamationis. Alis anticis fuscis aut rufescentibus, strigis tribus stig- 

 matibusque nigris, posticis maris albis. (Exp. alar. 1 unc. 4 — 8 lin.) 



Ph. No. exclamationis. Linne. — Ag. exclamationis. Steph. Catal. part ii. p. 68. 

 No. 6105. 



A very distinct but excessively variable species : head, thorax, abdomen, and 

 anterior wings fuscous or rufescent, sometimes dusky or piceous ; the latter 

 with a faint abbreviated waved striga at the base: an undulated transverse 

 one before the anterior stigma, black within and pale without, and to which 

 the teliform stigma is united ; this is generally very stout, rather short and 

 black ; behind the posterior stigma is a bent black striga, usually denticulated 

 exteriorly, and margined on that side with pale-ash ; on the hinder margin is 

 an undulated ashy streak, and the margin itself is slightly clouded with dusky ; 

 the anterior stigma is somewhat darker in the centre than the wing, and has 

 a black margin ; the posterior one is very large and dusky, with a pale streak 

 on its anterior edge, which is bounded with black : the posterior wings of the 

 male are white ; of the female deep ashy-brown. 



The strigae on the anterior wings are sometimes entirely obliterated, and the 

 ordinary stigmata are occasionally nearly obsolete; at others they are both 

 rounded and almost black : the colour of the wings varies considerably, and 

 the costal edge is frequently suffused with a bright purple tinge. 

 Caterpillar dirty reddish-brown, glossy, with black spots and a pale reddish 

 dorsal line : — it feeds on the groundsel (Senecio vulgaris). 



Extremely abundant near London towards the end of June, fre- 

 quenting gardens, hedges, and woods. 



