NocTuin.E. — gl/t:a. 161 



by my late friend E. Blunt, Esq., at Darentli-wood; in which locality 

 it has likewise been found within these two j^ears. 



B. The body depressed, a. Wings entire. 



f Sp. 2. rubiginea. Alis anticis Jlavis ferrugineo undatis, punctis numerosis 



irregularibus fuscis. (Exp. alar. 1 unc. 4 lin.) 

 No. rubiginea. Wien. V. — GI. rubiginea. Steph. Catal. part ii. p. 76. JVo. 6166. 



Head and thorax immaculate rusty-yellow; anterior wings griseous-yellow, 

 with several undulated ferruginous strigse^ and numerous irregular fuscous 

 spots, especially towards the hinder margin; the ordinary strigte are also 

 present, and at the base of the posterior stigma is a large and more con- 

 spicuous black spot : posterior wings fuscous, with the cilia fulvous. 



Caterpillar slightly hairy, brownish, with a black spotted longitudinal dorsal 

 line, the hirsuties griseous. 



The only indigenous specimen of this very distinct and con- 

 spicuous species that has come beneath my observation was ob- 

 tained by Dr. Leach from a friend in the country (but I know not 

 the exact locality), and by him deposited in the collection at the 

 British Museum. 



Sp. 3. Vaccinii. Alis anticis ferrugineis venosis fusco strigatis, strigaque pos- 

 ticu punctorum fuscorum. (Exp. alar. 1 unc. 3 — 4 lin.) 



Ph. No. Vaccinii. Linne. — Gl. Vaccinii. Steph. Catal. part ii. p. 76. No. 6168. 

 Albin. pi. xxiii. J". 34. 



Head, thorax, and anterior wings dusky ferruginous, the latter with the nervures 

 paler, with a fuscous striga, accompanied by a paler one before, and a second 

 arcuated pne behind, the stigmata: there is also a bent one between the stig- 

 mata ; towards the hinder margin is a series of fuscous dots, placed on an 

 irregular broad pale-castaneous fascia : cilia fusco-ferruginous, with paler 

 trigonate spots at the base : stigmata, with the margin alone, conspicuous ; 

 posterior one with a black spot at the base: posterior wings of a glossy 

 reddish-brown, with rufous cilia. 



The tint of colour and the intensity of the markings vary greatly : some of the 

 varieties approach so very closely to the two following species, that I cannot 

 but consider all of them as belonging to one variable insect ; but as I am not 

 certain, 1 have preferred following Hiibner and Haworth, to uniting them 

 without satisfactory proof of their identity. 



Caterpillar rusty-brown, with a paler lateral line, the collar and tail black, 

 striated with white : it feeds on the black and red whortleberries (Vaccinium 

 Myrtillus and V. Vitis ida;a), bramble, &c.: the imago is produced in Sep- 

 tember. 



Not uncommon in woody places near London : at Darenth and 

 Peckham woods I have frequently taken it in the larva state ; and 

 Haustellata. Vol. II. 1st May, 1829. m 



