64 LLOYD'S NATURAL HISTORY 



rare in Britain, having only been captured once or twice in the 

 South of England. It expands about an inch and a quarter. 



The head and thorax are pale yellow, and the collar and 

 tegulse are bordered with yellow. The abdomen is greyish- 

 yellow, whitish on the sides, with a light brown anal tuft. The 

 antennae are light brown, slightly notched in the male, and 

 finer and filiform in the female. The legs are greyish -yellow. 



The Viper's Bugloss Moth. 



The fore-wings, on which all the transverse lines are dis- 

 tinctly marked, are pale yellow, extensively marbled with dark 

 brown and white. The half-line ends in a brown or black dot. 

 The first and second transverse lines are formed of brown 

 lunules, with the convexity directed inwards. The orbicular 

 stigma is distinctly yellow, ringed with white. The reniform 

 stigma is ear-shaped, with a dark centre. The claviform stigma 

 is represented by a black streak. The sub-marginal line is 

 white and clearly defined, and the marginal band is fawn- 

 coloured. The fringes are brown and whitish, and are edged 

 with a white line. The hind-wings are greyish-yellow towards 

 the base, with a slight lunule, and a curved line, beyond which 

 there is a brown band, and whitish fringes. 



The larva feeds on Viper's Bugloss (Echium vulgare\ and on 

 Gypsophilapaniculata'vcL July. It is yellowish-grey in colour, 

 and is obliquely striped with darker on the back. 



The moth appears in May and June. 



