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Sp. 4. oleracea. Alis anticis castaneo-ferrugineis macula reniformi lutescente 

 strigdque externa alba bidentatd. (Exp. alar. 1 unc. 6 — 7 lin.) 



Ph. No. oleracea. Linne.—M&. oleracea. Steph. Catal. part ii. p. 83. No. 6217. — 

 Albin. pi. XXVII. J". 4. a — d. 



Head and thorax castaneous, varying in intensity : anterior wings the same, 

 sometimes a little clouded, but in general plain, with the ordinary strigse ob- 

 literated : anterior stigma pale ashy-brown, small, round, sometimes the margin 

 alone conspicuous ; posterior fulvous ; in some examples the rudiments of a 

 third stigma are visible, they are sometimes fuscous, at others fulvescent : on 

 the posterior margin is a whitish bidentate striga : posterior wings whitish- 

 ash, with a dusky border. 



Caterpillar livid, spotted with black, with a fuscous dorsal and lateral whitish 

 line : — it is polyphagus, but prefers cabbage, lettuces, and similar plants : it is 

 found in the autumn ; the imago appearing in the spring, towards the end of 

 May. 



Very common in gardens in and about London, and throughout 

 the south of England : " Dublin." — Rev. J. Biilwer. " Kimpton." 

 —Rev. G. F. Riidd. " Netley."— Ee-^-. F. W. Hope. « Bottisham." 

 — Rev. L. Jenyns. " Alderley, Cheshire." — Rev. E. Stanley. 



Sp. 5. suasa. Alis anticis fuscis subnebulosis, lineold basi interrtiptd nigra, 



strigftque posticci bidentatd alba. (Exp. alar. 1 unc. 4 — 5 lin.) 

 No. suasa. Wien. Verz. — Ma. suasa. Step. Catal. part ii.p. 83. IVo. 6218. 



Head and thorax fuscous : anterior wings glossy brown, a little clouded with 

 darker shades: with an acute black lineola at the base, and the margins of the 

 stigmata of the same colour ; the stigmata of a pale ashy-brown, and situated 

 between two very obscure rather pale strigae : towards the posterior margin is 

 a white, deeply bidentate striga, with black arrow-shaped streaks on its an- 

 terior margin : the cilia and posterior wings are fuscous. 



Caterpillar green, with rufescent and bluish spots and three streaks of the latter 

 colour :— it is polyphagous, feeding upon the cabbage, dock, lettuce, plantain, 

 trefoil, &c. : the imago appears in June. 



Of this rare insect I have seen but four examples, three of which 

 were captured near London, and one in Norfolk ; my specimen, 

 which is the only female I have seen, was taken at Birch-wood in 

 the beginning of July, 1818 : it is rather in a tattered condition. 



Sp. 6. nigricans. Plate 24. f. 2. — Alis anticis subochraceo-nigricantibus, 

 stigmatibus strigisque ordinariis pallidioribus. (Exp. alar. 1 unc. 8 lin.) 



No. nigricans. Vieiveg? — Ma. nigricans. Steph. Catal. part ii. p. 83. JVb. 

 6219. 



Antennae rusty-luteous; head and thorax pale immaculate dusky-brown, with 

 an ochraceous tinge ; anterior wings the same, with obsolete paler and darker 

 Haustellata. Vol. IL 1st June, 1829. o 



