3<56 I.KPIDOPTERA. 



(J. P. ochrolevicana, Ilnh. — l-X-panse ■; incli (18- 

 20 mm.). Fore wings — basal two-thirds black-brovs'n, con- 

 taiuiug a broad faintly paler band : remainder of the wing 

 pale ochreons. 



Antenna^, palpi, head, and thorax blackish-brown ; abdo- 

 men grey-brown : anal tuft ochreons. Fore wings moderately 

 broad : costa gently arched ; apex bluntly angulated ; hind 

 margin oblique, straight; basal two-thirds of the wing brown 

 black, often Vt-ith a faintly paler broad band of ochreons 

 mottling, which indicates the interval between the basal 

 blotch and the central band ; remaining third soft pale 

 ochreons or salmon colour, its margin minutely dotted with 

 grey-brown ; cilia ochreons, much dusted with grey. Hind 

 wings ])ale smoky brown with whitish cilia. Female similar, 

 but with darker hind wings. 



Underside of the fore wings smoky black, dotted and 

 dusted behind with pale yellow. Hind wings smoky 

 white. 



llather variable in the depth of the ochreons colouring, 

 and also in the colour of the ape.x and hind margin, which 

 sometimes are clouded with blaclc. 



On the wing in June and .Inly. 



Larva dark olive, the raised dots hardly darkei' ; head and 

 legs black ; dorsal plate black, edged in front with olive- 

 brown, with a narrow paler middle line ; anal plate green ; 

 anal segment minutely spotted with black. (Rev. E. Horton.) 



April, May and the beginning of June on wild rose {Rosa 

 canina) and other species of rose, sometimes on cultivated 

 varieties in large gardens ; between joined-together leaves. 



Pupa black, upper edge of abdominal segments serrated. 

 (Rev. E. Horton.) Spun up in the larval habitation. 



The moth hides during the day in rose bushes, especially 

 those growing in hedges, and is easily induced to fly to 

 another bush ; where often it will sit on the upper side of a 



