76 LEPIDOPTERA 



on both sides with black ; a stripe paler than the ground 

 colour lies between the subdorsal and the line below it ; 

 spiracles white, edged with black. 



Or, head purplish spotted with black ; colour pale greenish- 

 grey with a purplish tinge ; dorsal line very bright yellow ; 

 two subdorsal lines yellow, spiracular line as in the type ; 

 sides suffused with purplish-red ; between the subdorsal and 

 spiracular lines are two parallel black threads ; undersurface 

 whitish-grey down the middle, purplish-red at the sides. 

 (C. Fenn.) 



July, August, and September on Solidago virgaurea and 

 Aster tripolium, preferring the blossoms, feeding both by 

 day and by night. Also occasionally upon China-aster 

 (Callistephus chincnsis) in gardens. 



Pupa short, fusiform, with a projection in front of the 

 body at the ends of the limb-cases, and a slight protuberance 

 at each side of the head above the eyes ; rather soft and 

 semi-transparent, orange-brown ; incisions of the segments 

 and dorsal line darker ; spiracles black, and there is a small 

 black mark at the base of each wing-case ; anal extremity 

 dark brown. Subterranean, in a thick cocoon. (C. Fenn.) 



This species also is far more frequently found in the larva 

 than in the imago state, yet the moth comes occasionally to 

 flowers at dusk, to honeysuckle-blossom quite eagerly, and I 

 have taken it flying over white tobacco, and other flowers 

 such as red valerian (Centranthus ruber). It also comes 

 more rarely to a strong light. Probably to be found, if 

 searched for, in most parts of England in which the golden- 

 rod is plentiful, and on the more muddy seashores where 

 Aster tripolium abounds, but evidence is wanting. It is, 

 however, not very uncommon in Norfolk, Suffolk, Essex, 

 Kent, Surrey, Sussex, and Hants, but is rare in Dorset, and 

 apparently not noticed in the extreme south-west, yet is 

 known to occur in Herefordshire, and at Grange and Wither- 

 slack in North Lancashire, as well as in North Wales. So 



