EMMELESIA DECOLORARIA. 



SANDY CARPET. 

 Plate XXIX. Figure 4. 



THIS insect measures from an inch to an inch and a 

 quarter in expanse. 



Male: fore wings -white, crossed by several waved dull 

 yellowish lines; central band with a broad white one out- 

 side it; third line dull yellow, jagged, and with shades 

 beyond it to the outer margin. Hind wings pale yellowish- 

 white, with a very faint cross darker streak and the space 

 within the outer margin also darker. 



Localities for this species are York, Scarborough, Glas- 

 gow, Renfrew, Darenth Wood, Barnstaple, Exeter, Stow- 

 market, Faversham, Worcester, Falmouth, Brighton, 

 Kingsbury, Wavendon, Bowdon, West Looe, Darlington, 

 Manchester, Sudbury, Edinburgh, Newcastle-on-Tyne, 

 Marlow, Bristol, Lewes, Bromsgrove. 



The perfect insect appears in June and July. 



It feeds on the flowers of the red campion (Lychnis 

 diurnaj. 



EMMELESIA T^ENIATA. 

 Plate XXIX. Figure 5. 



THIS insect measures from three quarters of an inch 

 to nearly an inch in expanse. 



Male : fore wings dull yellowish-grey, with a dark grey 

 blot or patch at the inner corner; second line white, bent, 

 and rather indented, most conspicuous near the upper 

 margin ; central shade dark grey. 



