128 HAUSTELLATA. — LEPIDOPTERA. 



B. Anterior wings very acute, subfalcate, the hinder margin having an emargi- 

 nation towards the apex : abdomen longitudinally striated : antenna obscurely 

 clavate. Larvae not spotted, some of the anterior segments with a single large 

 ocellus on each, and retractile ; caudal horn smooth, sometimes nearly obli- 

 terated : pupa enclosed in a coccoon of leaves on the ground. 



Sp. 5. Celerio. Alis anticis griseis, strigis albis nigrisque, fascia argenteu 

 nitente, posticis fuscis basi inaculisque sex ruhris. (Exp. alar. $ 2 unc. 10 

 lin. : $ 3 unc. 1 lin.) 



Sp. Celerio. Linne. — Harris' English Insects, pi. 28. f. 1. — De. Celerio. Steph. 

 Catal. 



Anterior wings griseous with black lines, and an incurved whitish streak from 

 the apex, almost to the base of the thinner margin ; the anterior edge wliite, 

 bordered with black; between this and the posterior margin is a second white 

 streak acutely bent towards the former at the anal angle, where there is a 

 blackish spot ; the margin of the wing is pale griseous, and on the disc is a 

 black spot edged with ochraceous : posterior wings brown, with the base and 

 six marginal spots rosy ; the hinder margin pale griseous : head cinereous, 

 with two whitish-ash streaks, in which the antennae are inserted, from the 

 palpi, passing over the eyes, to the base of the wings : thorax deep cinereous, 

 with a whitish-ash streak on each side, and another of a rich golden-yellow : 

 abdomen gray-brown, with a silvery- white continuous dorsal line, and a streak 

 of spots on each side. 



Caterpillar brown, with a series of lunules passing over the stigmata on each 

 side, and a lateral line terminating at the tail, yellowish ; the fourth and fifth 

 segments with a large ocellus, having a black pupil and yellowish iris : it feeds 

 on the common vine ( Vitis vinijera). The chrysalis is reddish-brown, with 

 the head and wing-cases dusky. 



The admission of this insect into the British Fauna has been the 

 subject of dispute with many persons, and its indigenous origin is 

 still questionable, as the only pabulum which has been hitherto 

 observed to aiford sustenance to the larvae is the common vine, 

 which is not an aboriginal native of this country : nevertheless, I 

 think it probable that it may subsist upon other plants, as M^e find 

 that many species which were formerly supposed to devour one 

 plant alone are now known to feed upon several. The first recorded 

 specimen of the perfect insect was taken flying in Bunhill-fields 

 burying-ground, so long ago as July, 1779 ; and the specimen now 

 exists in a high state of preservation in Mr. Haworth's collection, 

 having been purchased by him at the dispersion of that of Mr. 

 Francillon. Subsequently to the above capture the larvse have 

 been found several times in Cambridgeshire — first, by Mr. F. 

 Skrimshire, near Wisbeach, and afterwards by a friend of the Rev. 

 L. Jenyns, in the Isle of Ely : two or three were also taken about 



