134 HAUSTELLATA. LEPIDOI'TERA. 



Sp. 13. baja. AHs anticis griseo-ferrugineis, medio obscure nebulosis, puncto 

 minuto hast ?naculiigue costali versus apicevi nigris. (Exp. alar. 1 unc. 6 — 8 

 Un.) 



No. baja. Wien. T.— Gra. baja. Steph. Catal. part ii. p. 69. No. 6120. 



Anterior wings rusty-griseous, with several obscure transverse strigae, composed 

 of fuscous lunular spots^ and a more distinct dusky angulated one in the 

 middle, passing between the stigmata, which are usually rather obsolete, the 

 anterior being discriminated by a pale marginal line, and tlie posterior by a 

 fuscous cloud and pale margin ; near the base of the wing is a minute but 

 conspicuous black dot, and towards the apex two or three united into an 

 oblique costal patch, from which an obscure pale transverse striga arises; 

 the hinder margin is deep rufo-griseous, with rufous cilia : posterior wings 

 deep fuscous, with the hinder margin sometimes irregularly paler ; the ciUa 

 rufous. 



In some examples the strigse and stigmata are more distinctly marked ; and the 

 ground colour of the insect varies considerably. 



Caterpillar varied with cinereous and brown, with three dorsal whitish lines and 

 a lateral yellowish one: it feeds on the nightshade {Atropa Belladonna), 

 and changes to pupa in June ; the imago appearing towards the end of July. 



Found nearly in similar places with the preceding insect, not 

 very uncommonly. 



Sp. 14. erythrocephala. AHs anticis griseo-ferrugineis, maculd sub-quadratd 

 inter stigmata fasciacjue posticd castaneis. (Exp. alar. 1 unc. 4 — 7 lin.) 



No. erythrocephala. Wien. V.f — Gr. erythrocephala. Steph. Catal. part ii. 

 p. 69. N'o. 6121. 



Somewhat resembling the preceding insect, but without the black costal spot, 

 and smaller: the anterior wings bright rusty-griseous, with several indistinct 

 undulated transverse strigte, and a broader dusky one between the stigmata 

 as in that species ; the posterior margin of the wing is brownish-chestnut, 

 with a distinct slightly waved pale castaneous striga ; the extreme margin 

 with a row of faint dusky spots ; the cilia rufous-brown, with a pale i-ufous 

 streak at the base; between the stigmata is a subquadrate castaneous spot, 

 and between the anterior one and the inner margin a minute black dot ; the 

 posterior stigma is sometimes yellowish, and the anterior has a dusky 

 margin, but in general they are very obscure : posterior wings fuscous, with 

 a darker central lunule. 



Caterpillar gray-brown, with a dusky streak on the back, and two whitish lateral 

 lines, and a few white spots; it feeds on the Plantain (^Platago lanccolatay? 

 is found in May, and the imago appears in July. 



Not common; found at Darenth and Birch-woods; also once 

 near Sydenham. 



Sp. 15. festiva. AHs anticis pallide incarnatis aut subferrugineis nebulosis, 

 ■niaculis angulatis saiuratioribus ad stigmatibus jlavis. (Exp. alar. 1 unc. 3 

 —6 lin.) 



