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BRITISH MOTHS. 



wing, but exterior to the first short transverse 

 line ; the second on the costal margin, nearly 

 above the orbicular; the third near the inner 

 margin and towards the anal angle, and the 

 fourth towards the apical angle and within 

 the compound transverse line. 



The CATERPILLAR feeds on the Viper's 

 Bugloss (Eckium vulyare), and also, according 

 to Guenee, onlhe flowers of Gypsophila pani- 

 culata, which grows on stony hills near 

 Vienna, but has not been found in England. 



The MOTH appears on the wing in June. 

 The only known British specimen was taken 

 by the Rev. A. H. Wratislaw, at rest, on a 

 plant of Eckium vulgar e, as recorded in the 

 Entomologist, vol. iv. p. 214. (The scientific 

 name is Dianthcecia Echii.} 



This beautiful species stands at the head of 

 the genus Dicvnth&cia, and next to Ilarus 



ochroleuca, which in colour, as well as the 

 distribution of markings, it closely resembles. 



692. The Small Marbled. 



The words at the end, which stand thus, 

 must be ei'ased : " I incline to refer both 

 insects to the Phytometra minuta of Ha worth." 

 I learn from Mr. Doubleday that the species 

 in question is North American, and is the 

 Acontia cande/acta of authors. 



698. The Burnished Brass. 

 700. The Gold Spot. 



The figures above these two names are 

 unfortunately transposed ; the figure of the 

 Burnished Brass is numbered 700, that of the 

 Gold Spot 698. The descriptions in both 

 instances are correct. 



