NOCTUlDiE. — GRAPHIPHORA. lo5 



No. festiva. Wien. V. — Gr. festiva. Steph. Catal. part \\. p. 70. No, 6122. 



A beautiful and variable species : anterior wings generally pale towards the 

 base, with two ordinary strigae, and a fuscous or rusty spot; then the stigmata 

 which are pale rufous-yeUow, but indistinctly margined ; between them is a 

 ferruginous quadrangular spot, and between the anteror stigma and the inner 

 margin is a dusky or black spot, more or less conspicuous ; the posterior half 

 of the wings is irregularly varied with ferruginous and griseous fascite, and 

 bears the two ordinary strigae, which are mostly very indistinct; and in the 

 margin is a row, more or less evident, of dusky or black spots ; cilia rufo- 

 ferruginous : posterior wings cinerascent, with a central luntde, a transverse 

 striga behind the middle, and the hinder margin dusky ; ciha rufous. 



Scarcely two examples occur precisely similar: some are beautifully varied 

 with rufous and purple shades ; others have the spots between the stigmata 

 black ; the strigae more or less distinct, and the stigmata themselves are fre- 

 quently rufous, and in some specimens the spots are nearly obliterated : the 

 insect is sometimes nearly cinereous, with a faint rosy tinge. 



CaterpUlar reddish-yellow, sprinkled with yellow spots, with a yellowish dorsal, 

 and two dusky lateral lines ; it feeds on the Primrose (^Primula vulgaris), and 

 changes to pupa in June, and towards the end of the month the imago 

 appears. 



Frequently taken at Darenth-wood towards the end of June or 

 beginning of July; it also occurs, though more sparingly, at 

 Coombe-wood, and near Hertford. " Buxton and Netley."" — Rev. 

 F. W. Hope. 



Sp. 16. punicea. AUsanticis griseo-roseis/usco-sirigatis, macula quadratd inter 

 stigrnatd obscurd, alicujue costali versus apicem fuscis. (Exp. alar. 1 unc. 2 — 6 

 lin.) 



No. punicea. Hiibner. — Gr. punicea. Steph. Catal. part ii. p. 70. No. 6127. 



Head and thorax immaculate rosy-griseous : anterior wings the same, with ob- 

 scure fuscous strigae placed nearly as usual ; the stigmata rather pale, with the 

 margins sometimes yellowish; the space between with an obscure dusky qua- 

 drate spot ; and between the anterior and the inner margin a minute black dot ; 

 behind the stigmata is the usual arcuated striga, which has a dusky outer edge 

 united to a similar coloured patch on the costa ; towards the hinder margin is 

 a slightly waved pale or flavescent striga, the margin itself is rather dusky, and 

 has occasionally a row of minute black specks on its extreme edge : cilia red- 

 dish: posterior wings cinerascent, with a dusky central spot, and the cilia 

 reddish. 



This insect varies considerably in the colour and intensity of the fuscous strigs. 



Caterpillar reddish-brown, with a yellow dorsal stripe, the sides with a pale 

 streak, irrorated with brown and yellowish : head brown. 



Less common than the last, but occasionally found in consider- 

 able plenty at Darenth-wood, and near Winchmore-hill in June. 

 " Epping."— if;-. H. Duuhkdaij. " Ne tley. "—i2ei;. F. W. Hope. 



