Localities for this species are Thorne Moor, Cambridge, 

 Oroydon, Horning, Chat Moss, Manchester, Lyndhurst, 

 Preston, Bristol, Killarney. 



The situations where it is found are heaths and 

 marshy places. 



The perfect insect appears in July. 



The caterpillar is yellowish-grey, with a pale streak of 

 spots along the back, and paler ones below it on the sides. 



The date of the appearance of the caterpillar is in June. 



It feeds on the plantain, ( Plantago lanceolata.) 



The chrysalis occurs under the ground. 



ASTHENA LUTEATA. 

 SMALL YELLOW WAVE. 

 Plate XXIII. Figure 1. 



THIS insect measures three quarters of an inch or a 

 little over in expanse. 



Male: fore wings rather deep yellow; first line darker 

 yellow, which colour is spread to the inner corner; second 

 line, a double one, also darker yellow; third line of similar 

 colour; central spot black. Hind wings rather deep yel- 

 low, crossed by three or four lines of darker yellow, and a 

 dark fulvous central dot. 



Localities for this species are York, Scarborough, Hud- 

 dersfield, Dorking, Barnstaple, Sanderstead, Darlington, 

 Brighton, Kingsbury, Worcester, Lower Guiting, Preston, 

 Cambridge, Worthing, Killarney, Tenterden, Exeter, 

 Halton, Bristol, Lewes, Newnham, Chat Moss, Man- 

 chester, Pembury, Newcastle-on-Tyne. 



