248 BRITISH BUTTERFLIES AND MOTHS 



FAMILY XV. PHYCID^E. 

 PEMPELIA CARNELLA. 



(Plate XIII., Fig. 3.) 



This gaily-coloured species is not at all uncommon 

 where it occurs ; but has been only observed in a few 

 localities in the south of England, principally near the 

 coast. 



The expansion of the wings is about an inch. The 

 fore-wings are rosy, with a broad yellow stripe along 

 the inner margin, occupying nearly one half of the 

 width of the wing ; there is often a pale yellowish or 

 whitish streak just below the costa, but in other speci- 

 mens that portion of the wing is entirely rosy. 



The larva seems hitherto to have escaped observation. 



The perfect insect appears in July; and may be 

 readily disturbed from the herbage as we walk along, 

 in a locality frequented by this insect. 



FAMILY XV. 



PEMPELIA FORMOSA. THE BEAUTIFUL 

 KNOT-HOEN. 



(Plate XIII., Fig. 4.) 



Few localities have been recorded for this pretty 

 species, of which at one time I caught a considerable 

 number at Lewisham by means of my attracting light, 

 and I apprehend it might be obtained in many parts 

 of the south of England by the same device. 



The expansion of the wings is about f inch. The 

 fore-wings are of a pale reddish-grey, more distinctly 

 reddish along the base of the inner margin ; nearly in 

 the middle of the wing is a rather broad, blackish, trans- 



