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and three-quarters between the tips of the wings, whilst the former 

 seldom exceeds an inch and a quarter to an inch and a half 

 in expanse. The sexes are likewise very dissimilar in colour. 

 The male has the fore-wings lemon-yellow, with the costa and 

 inner margin, as well as the fringes, rosy-red ; the disc is marked 

 with a large, somewhat crescent-shaped, brown spot edged with 

 red. The hind-wings are yellowish-white, with a dusky crescent 

 in the middle anteriorly, a broad dusky band near the hind 

 margin, and rose-coloured fringes. The female is rusty-yellow, 

 with brownish-red nervures and fringes; the hind-wings are 

 dusky, with a marginal band. The spots are as in the other 

 sex. 



Clouded Buff ?. 



The larva is dark brown, with a yellow dorsal line dotted 

 with red, reddish or orange-yellow tufts of short hair, longest 

 towards the hinder extremity, and white spiracles. It feeds on 

 a variety of plants, including plantain, dandelion, field scabious, 

 hound's tongue (Cynoglossum officinale\ &c. 



It spins a light web, in which it changes into a reddish-brown 

 pupa, the Moth emerging in about fourteen days. 



It is found in open bushy places among ferns, throughout 

 Europe and Northern and Western Asia. 



GENUS PARASEMIA. 



Parasemia, Hiibner, Verz. bek. Schmett. p. 181 (1822 ?). 

 Nemeophila, Stephens, 111. Brit. Ent. Haust. ii. p. 72 (1828). 



