158 HAUSTELLATA. — LEPIDOPTERA. 



Sp. 8. Sepii. Alis anticis griseis nehulosis, Jascid postica undatft stigmatibusqnc 

 subdistinctis maculceformibus fuscis; posticis albidis. (Exp. alar. 1 unc. 

 2—4 lin.) 



No. Sepii. Hiibner. — Ca. Sepii. Steph. Cutal. part ii. p. 75. No. 6161. 



Head, thorax, abdomen, and anterior wings deep fuscous or griseous, the latter 

 clouded with dusky or fuscous, with spots of the latter colour on the costa ; 

 the ordinary slrigae are confused with the fuscous clouds, and the stigmata 

 are rather indistinct; behind the posterior stigma is a broad dusky fascia, 

 edged externally with an undulated pale clouded fimbria, which reaches to the 

 edge of the wing, where it is obscurely spotted with fuscous : posterior wings 

 rather large, ochraceous-white, with a slightly dusky central spot and a mar- 

 ginal fascia ; cilia pale ochraceous. 



This species varies a little in size and colour. 



Caterpillar reddish-brown, with a yellowish dorsal hne and reddish lateral 

 streaks: it feeds on the Convolvulus sepium: the imago appears in June. 



A common species in gardens, on tlie borders of woods, and in 

 sliady lanes, throughout the metropolitan district. 



Sp. 9. cubicularis. Alis anticis canescentibus nebulosis, punctis q^iatuor mar- 

 ginis anterioris nigris, strigdque posticd undulatd subrufd extus pallidd : pos- 

 ticis albidis margine fusco. (Exp. alar. 1 unc. 1 — 3^ Un.) 



No. cubicularis. Wien. V. — Ca. cubicularis. Steph. Catal. part ii. p. 76. JVo. 

 6162. 



Head and thorax hoary-ash ; anterior wings the same, clouded with fuscous, 

 the ordinary strigse rather indistinct ; the costa with four conspicuous black 

 spots towards the base, placed equidistantly, the fourth opposite to the pos- 

 terior stigma; the stigmata small dusky; the reniform one more or less 

 spotted on its edge with pure white, especially towards the inner margin of 

 the wings ; between this stigma and the hinder margin is first the ordinary 

 bent striga, composed of lunate dusky marks ; and, secondly, an undulated 

 pale striga, usually bordered on its inner margin with triangular arrow- 

 shaped red spots ; the hinder margin, except the anal angle and the ciHa, 

 fuscous : posterior wings whitish, with the hinder margin and the nervures 

 at the apex dusky. 



This species varies exceedingly : in some examples the strigse are nearly all 

 obliterated, and in others they are remarkably distinct: the rufous spots 

 towards the hinder margin of the anterior wings are sometimes wanting, 

 while occasionally they are nearly united into a broadish rufous striga ; all 

 the varieties however are characterized by the four dark spots on the costa. 



Caterpillar feeds on the Valeriana Locusta : the imago is found in the middle of 

 June. 



Common in gardens and meadows throughout the metropolitan 

 district. I have captured the insect in Birch-wood. 



