PERIPHANKS. 77 



CJiaridea, Curtis, Brit. Ent. ii. pi. 76(1825); Stephens, III. 

 Brit. Ent. Haust. iii. p. 92 (1829); Guenee, Spec. Gen. 

 Lpid. Noct. ii. p. 167 (1852). 



Antennae simple, the basal joint pilose beneath ; palpi 

 thickly scaled; proboscis well developed; front with a truncated 

 cone-shaped projection. Thorax slightly crested in front ; 

 abdomen crested at the base, and more or less tufted on the 

 sides and at the tip ; fore-wings rather pointed ; legs short and 

 stout, pilose; front tibiae very short, with two shining horny 

 spurs at the extremity, the inner one long and curved. 



THE PEASE-BLOSSOM MOTH. PERIPHANES DELPHINII. 

 (Plate CXXVIIL, Fig. 7.) 



Noctua delphinii, Linnaeus, Syst. Nat. (ed. x.) i. p. 518, no. 124 

 (1758); Esper, Schmett. iv. (i) p. 664, Taf. 175, figs. 1-4 

 (1793?); Htibner, Eur. Schmett iv. fig. 204 (1799?), 

 fig. 622 (1804?). 



Xylina delphinii, Treitschke, Schmett. Eur. v. (3), p. 82 (1826). 



Chariclea delphinii, Curtis, Brit. Ent. ii. pi. 76 (1825) ; 

 Stephens, 111. Brit. Ent. Haust. iii. p. 92 (1829); Kirby, 

 Eur. Butterflies and Moths, p. 257, pi. 39, fig. 8 (1881). 



The Pease-blossom Moth is common in many parts of 

 Central and Eastern Europe, but has only been taken once or 

 t\vice in Britain. It expands about an inch and a quarter. 



The fore-wings are of a beautiful purplish-red colour, paler in 

 some parts, and darker in others. The basal area is pale rose- 

 colour as far as the first transverse line. The first and second 

 transverse lines are both white, with a purple border on each 

 side. The central area is whitish towards the costa, but 

 becomes darker near the reniform stigma, which exists only as 

 a dark spot, from which a shade extends across the wing. 

 The hind margin is dull yellow, and so are the fringes, The 



