66 HAUSTELLATA. LEPIDOPTERA. 



No. centrago. Haworth.—Xa.. centrago. Curtis, ii. pi- S'i.—Steph. Catal. pt ii. 

 p. 98. No. 6321. 



Head and thorax of a rich orange-yellow tinted with red : anterior wings golden- 

 orange : with a dusky spot, or ahbreviated line at the base, a broad reddish- 

 brown fascia in the centre, broadest towards the costa, where it is nearly 

 obliterated; and on the hinder margin is another fascia of similar hue, rather 

 irregularly crenate in its anterior edge ; cilia also fuscescent : in the central 

 fascia, towards the costa, is a deeper somewhat quadrate spot in place of the 

 posterior stigma, and the fascia itself is margined with pale golden-yellow : 

 posterior wings pale reddish-yellow, the margin darkest, and two obscure 

 striga; behind the middle ; ciha brownish. 



The crenated and somewhat angulated anterior wings of this elegant insect 

 obviously distinguish it from its congeners, with which it chiefly seems to 

 agree in its orange colours. 



Four or five specimens only were knov/n of this handsome species 

 Isefore the summer of 1827, when five or six pair were captured in 

 the north of England, by Mr. Weaver: — the former specimens were 

 captured, one in Dorsetshire, and three in Norfolk ; and one was in 

 Mr. Francillon"'s collection, but of its locality I am not aware. 



Sp. 6. citrago. Alisanticis luteis rufo adspersis, strigis quatuor venisqueferrugineis' 



(Exp. alar. 1 unc. 4 — 6 hn.) 

 Ph. No. citrago. Linne.—Xa.. citrago. Steph. Catal. part ii. p. 98. iVo. 6322. 



Head luteous-orange : thorax the same, with a rufo-fuscous stripe down its 

 centre: anterior wings rich luteous-orange, thickly sprinkled throughout, 

 especially towards the apex, with minute rufous atoms, with the nervures 

 and four transverse strigge ferruginous ; the first striga abbreviated, incurved, 

 and basal ; the second before the anterior stigma angulated near the costa, and 

 somewhat flexuous to the inner margin; the third between the stigmata much 

 broader than the others, slightly bent towards the middle, placed obUquely, 

 and nearly uniting with the second on the inner margin, which is deep fuscous ; 

 the fourth is placed behind the stigmata, and runs nearly parallel with the 

 third; and between it and the hinder margin is a rather obscure pale striga, 

 composed of lunular spots; the hinder margin itself is faintly edged with fer- 

 ruginous ; the anterior stigma is very distinct, round, pale-luteous, with its 

 centre rufescent, and its margin ferruginous; the posterior is also clouded 

 with rufous, with the margin ferruginous ; ciha reddish-orange : posterior 

 wings pale reddish-yellow, with the margin darker, and the cilia luteous : ab- 

 domen flavescent, with a row of rufo-fuscous tufts of hair down the back. 



Caterpillar fuscous, with a pale dorsal and lateral streak, a flavescent line above 

 the legs, and two elongate black spots on the side of each segment : head red- 

 dish; — it feeds on the lime : — the imago appears about the middle of August. 



Rather uncommon : the only locality that I am acquainted with 

 is Epping Forest, near Walthamstow, where the late Mr. Blunt 



