62 LEPIDOPTERA. 



1. C. verbasci, L. — Expanse If to 2 inches. Costa 

 of fore wings strongly arched beyond the middle; hind 

 maro-in deeply crenulated ; pale wainscot-brown shaded with 

 red-brown, and with a rich mahogany or dark chocolate 

 stripe along the costal and dorsal margins. Hind wings 

 white, shaded with red-brown ; hind margin strongly crenu- 

 lated. 



Antenna? of the male long, simple, naked, light brown ; 

 palpi loosely tufted, yellow-brown shaded and striped outside 

 with red-brown ; eyes reticulated, deep black, lashes black ; 

 tongue very long ; head whitish-brown, barred across the face 

 with tawny, above this divided into four tufts, two above 

 and two below the antenna?, and additional tufts at the bases 

 of the latter, all tawny above, white beneath ; collar extremely 

 large, peaked, and divided in the middle, white with four 

 faint tawny bars, and an edging at the back of purple- 

 brown; shoulder lappets large and very long, white tinged 

 with reddish-brown in the front half, edged at the back with 

 tawny ; middle area of thet horax disposed in large divided 

 crests at the top and back, red-black shading to black at the 

 tips, but faintly frosted with white ; fascicles thick, white ; 

 abdomen pale reddish-brown with abundant very long white 

 hair-scales on the basal segments, and on the dorsal ridge, 

 three prominent black-tipped crests, on the following 

 segments are one or two less conspicuous tufts; lateral 

 tufts spreading, purplish-white ; anal tuft small, reddish- 

 brown. Fore wings long and narrow ; costa very faintly 

 hollowed before the middle, beyond it strongly arched ; apex 

 sharply pointed ; hind margin deeply scalloped and crenulated, 

 rounded but slightly excavated above the anal angle, which is 

 rather sharp ; dorsal margin hollowed and gracefully curved ; 

 colour whitish-drab or wainscot-colour, tinged with pale 

 tawny ; entire costal region to the apex clouded with rich 

 chocolate-red, shading off below, but toward the apex 

 disposed in long stripes between the nervures; another 

 broad chocolate stripe lies along the dorsal margin from near 



