78 HAUSTELLATA. LEPIDOPTERA. 



f Sp. 4. Spini. Alis suprh fuscis , subtilx cinereis; lunulis viargmalibus fulvis 



maculdque anali c<srulescente.'—Fabr. (Exp. alar. 1 iinc. 4 lin.) 

 He. Spini. Fabricius. — Th. Spini. Steph. Catal. 



Allied to the last : the wings above brown, with several reddish spots towards 

 the apex posteriorly ; the posterior, with the tip of the tail, white : beneath 

 cinereous with a white stripe, a little angulated at the anal angle : towards 

 the hinder margin several tawny crescents, dotted with black, and a large 

 bluish spot at the anal angle, terminating in a black dot. Male with a dis- 

 coidal spot, as in the last. 



Caterpillar green, or reddish, with yellow dorsal lines, and a black head: it 

 feeds on the black-thorn. Chrysalis above brown, beneath cinereous. 



I have hitherto seen one specimen only of this insect, which is 

 in Mr. Havvorth's collection. I am not aware of its locality ; bnt 

 last July a second specimen was captured in Norfolk, by Mr. J, 

 Sparshall, F. L. S., &c. 



Sp. 5. Rubi. Alis supra fuscis, subttis viridibus, posticis sape strigCi punctorum 



ulborum ornatis. (Exp. alar. 1 unc. — 1 unc. 4 lin.) 

 Pa. Rubi. LinnS. — Lewin. pL iA>. — Th. Rubi. Steph. Catal. 



Above dusky-brown, with the nervures blackish : beneath green, the anterior 

 wings usually immaculate ; with the thinner margin pale dusky-brown : the 

 posterior wings not tailed, but denticulated on the hinder margin with an 

 interrupted series of white dots, which is sometimes nearly obliterated : the 

 ciha, both above and below, are brown, dotted with black on the posterior 

 wings ; the body is deep brown above and pale beneath. 



The male is discriminated, as in Th. Pruni and Spini, by an opaque spot on 

 the disc of the anterior wings near the costa. 



Var. B. The anterior wings with a row of white dots beneath on the costa ; the 

 posterior with a strong continuous series, fonning a streak. 



Caterpillar green, variegated with yellow, with the head black: it feeds on the 

 bramble, dyer's-weed, saint-foin, and broom. Chrysahs brown. 



A pretty and not very abundant species, frequenting hedges and 

 brambles, upon the buds of which last shrub the larvee also feed, thus 

 slightly receding from the habits of the genus, from which it is also 

 somewhat removed by the form of its antennae and of the posterior 

 wings, and by the circumstance of its being double-brooded ; the 

 first brood appearing at the end of May or beginning of June, and 

 the second at the beginning of August. It is found at Coombe and 

 Darenth woods, near London ; Bromley-thicket, Essex ; in Dor- 

 setshire, Devonshire, and near Andover, Hants, 



