near the outer corner, and a long one within it. Hind 

 wings dull orange-yellow, from the inner corner two 

 black streaks, the upper one bent upward to the margin, 

 and the outer margin with black spots, one on and the 

 other within it, and an edge of the same along the 

 upper part of the outer margin, and also at the lower 

 corners. The thorax is black, striped with buff, the 

 body brown-black, with buff on the sides. 



Female: fore wings with less black than the male, but 

 otherwise similarly marked. Hind wings with the space 

 between the streaks from the inner corner filled up with 

 black. The female is rather smaller than the male. 



Localities for this species are Sandal Beat near Don- 

 caster, Melbourne near Pocklington, York, Manchester, 

 Falmouth, West Wickham, Worthing, Winchester, 

 Brighton, Blean Wood near Canterbury, Black Park, 

 Scarborough, Lower Guiting, Dovedale, Worcester, 

 Birmingham, Stow Wood, Broomsgrove, Newmarket, 

 Sudbury, Halton, Dursley, Peterborough, Mansfield, 

 Gloucester, Durham, Chat-moss, Preston, Huddersfield, 

 Lewes, Perth, Teignmouth, Castle Eden, Carlisle, and the 

 Pentland Hills. 



The situations where it is found are open places in 

 and adjoining woods. 



The perfect insect appears at the end of May, and 

 the beginning of June. 



The caterpillar is dull brown, with long black hairs on 

 the second, third, fourth, eleventh, twelfth, and thirteenth 

 segments, and reddish-brown on the alternate ones. 



The caterpillar is to be looked for in May, living 

 on through the winter, to the month of September. 



It feeds on the plantain ( Plantago lanceolataj. 



This species is subject to considerable variety, both 

 in colour and markings. 



