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the wings, and the former seldom exceeding sixteen 

 or eighteen lines. The sexes are likewise very 

 dissimilar in colour: the male has the surface of 

 the upper wings pale yellow, with the anterior and 

 inner edge as well as the fringe, rose-red ; the disk 

 of each with a large somewhat crescent-shaped 

 brown spot edged with red. The under wings are 

 pale yellowish- white, with a dusky crescent in the 

 middle anteriorly, and a broad dusky band near the 

 hinder margin, the fringe rose-red. The thorax and 

 abdomen are of the same colour as the adjoining 

 wings ; the legs and stalk of the antennae reddish. 

 In the female the portion of the upper wings just 

 described as light yellow, is of a reddish-yellow 

 inclining to brown ; the hinder wings dusky at the 

 base, and having a marginal band, varying in shape 

 and size in different individuals. 



The caterpillar is thickly covered with fascicles 

 of short hair, sometimes reddish, at other times in- 

 clining to orange-yellow. The body is dusky-brown, 

 with a pale yellow dorsal line, and a series of yellow 

 spots on each side. It feeds on a variety of plants, 

 among which are the hound's tongue (Cynoglossum 

 officmale), field scabious, and narrow-leaved plantain. 

 The moth is not generally distributed, but is found 

 in some plenty in Coombe Wood, the New Forest, 

 near York, &c. : likewise in the vicinity of Edin- 

 burgh, but not plentifully, and in Dumfries-shire 

 near Raehills. 



