42 HAUSTELLATA. — LEPIDOPTERA. 



Sp. 1. C. album. Alts supra fulvis, nigro-maculatis, posticis siihtus C. albo 

 notatis. (Exp. alar. 1 unc. 9 lin.— 2 unc. 1 lin.) 



Pa. C. album. Linhe.—Lewin, pi. 5.— Va. C. album. Steph. Catal. 



Wings above fulvous, or dark orange, spotted with black and brown, with a 

 brown posterior margin ; black spots on the anterior wings, in form, shape, 

 number, and disposition similar to those on the following species : beneath, 

 the anterior wings are dusky-brown, with a broad, irregular, green-marbled, 

 pale band near the posterior margin : posterior wings very similar, with a 

 reversed snowy- white C in the middle : near the posterior margin of all the 

 wings is an irregular series of spurious ocelli, with a black pupil and green iris : 

 body above dusky, with greenish hairs on the thorax : antennae black above, 

 brown annulated with white beneath, with the tip of the club yellovdsh. 



Var. /E. With the wings beneath uniformly dusky, without the pale band near 

 the posterior margin. 



Var. y. AU the wings beneath brown, with ochraceous bands beneath. 



All the varieties have a white C beneath, which is more or less attenuated, and 

 angidated, in different specimens. 



The caterpillar is red-brown, with the back anteriorly yellow, posteriorly white : 

 it feeds chiefly on the hop, and also on elm, willow, nettle, gooseberry, cur- 

 rant, hazle, and honeysuckle. The chrysalis is flesh-coloured, contracted in 

 the middle, and spotted with gold : when viewed laterally the anterior part 

 bears a rude resemblance to the human face in profile, or rather, as observed 

 by LatreiUe, to that of a satyr as fabled by the mythologists. 



This species lias become somewhat scarce every where within 

 these few years. Prior to 1813 I used to find it very abundantly 

 near Hertford, but since that period I liave not seen it ; — it has, 

 however, occurred during tlie last and present seasons In several 

 parts of the country ; and it appears to be generally distributed over 

 the southern half of tlie kingdom*, frequenting woods, thickets, and 

 gardens. There are two broods in the year; the first appearing to- 

 wards the end of June, the latter about the middle of September. 



B. All the wings angulated, posterior with a short tail j colours beneath sombre : 

 palpi clothed with hair, with a few scales intermixed. Caterpillars with 

 simple heads, gregarious. 



Sp. 2. Polychloros. Alts supra fulvis, nigro-maculatis, posticis margine postico 

 vigro, lunulis c(Eruleis ; alis omnibus subtus cinereis nigro^-fasciatis. (Exp. 

 alar. 2 unc. 4 lin. — 3 unc.) 



Pa. Polychloros. LinnS. — Lewin, pi. 2. — Va. Polychloros. Steph. Catal. 



Wings above dark orange, with the base dusky, and furnished with greenish 

 hairs : the anterior with two transverse abbreviated costal fasciae, separated 

 by yellow ochre ; between which and the base is a somewhat ovate black 

 spot : on the disc are two roundish spots, and near the interior margin two 



* Mr. Backhouse informs me that it is abundant near York. 



