228 LEPIDOPTERA. 



wiiite. with a faint suioky tinge, and edged with yellow-brown 

 clouding ; cilia yellowish-white. Female similar, but with the 

 body a little stouter. 



Underside of fore wings shining pale straw-colour, with 

 a jjurple tinge around the discal cell, and a faint partial 

 transverse line beyond it; hind margin tinged with purple. 

 Hind wings shining yellowish-white ; the front edge tinged 

 with orange. Body and legs straw-colour. 



On the wing in June and July. 



Larva. Head narrower than the second segment, into 

 which it can be partially withdrawn, slightly notched on the 

 crown, rough ; bodj' attenuated behind, segments of the body 

 divided each by a transverse fold. Head black, mouth and 

 papillae white ; a narrow ring round the neck pure white, as 

 also is the dorsal plate ; dorsal stripe yellow, intersected by a 

 narrow orange-yellow dorsal line ; on each side of this stripe 

 is a broad purple subdorsal stripe followed by a broad yellow 

 lateral stripe extending to below the spiracles, which are 

 black ; ventral surface smoky flesh-colour ; legs and prolegs 

 of the same colour ; raised dots black ; a black rough plate is 

 on each side of the second segment ; and a series of black 

 warts just above the prolegs. (E. Newman — condensed.) 



August on tiinaim alha (white mustard), and S. ca-wnsis 

 (charlock), feeding on the gTeen seed vessels ; living in a 

 silken tent during the day and coming out at night to feed. 

 Schmid adds, on SisTjmhriuni officinale and Thlasjn arvcnse 

 in a transparent web on the flowers and green seeds. When 

 full grown it descends to the earth and constructs a tough 

 cocoon of silk and earth, in which it lives unchanged through- 

 out the winter ; assuming the pupa state in May. 



Pita undescribed. 



The moth hides during the day among its food plants and 

 is noticed especially to i'requent those which grow among 

 standing corn. At dusk it flies about their blossoniF, and has 



