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Sp. 12. Absinthii, Alis anticis canis, fasciis jmndisque in tetragonuvi positis 

 nigris; posticis albicantibuSyJimbrid fused. (Exp. alar. 1 unc. 6 — 7 lin.) 



Ph. No. Absinthii. Linne.—Don. ix. pi. 304.— Cu, Absinthii. Steph. Catal. 

 part ii. p. 103. A'^o. 6365. 



Head deep brown, varied with white : thorax hoary-white, with the anterior 

 margin rather dusky, and three transverse brownish streaks : anterior wings 

 hoary-ash, with two irregular black transverse fasciae, the first before the 

 middle, somewhat geminated, the second about the middle, on the costa, 

 and between this last and the apex are sometimes the rudiments of a transverse 

 arcuated striga ; between the fasciae, in place of the anterior stigma, are four 

 distinct black spots, placed in a square, and between the hinder fascia and 

 the rudimentary striga are four other black dots similarly placed ; on the 

 hinder margin is a row of black dots; and on the costa, towards the apex, 

 are three or four minute white ones ; cilia grayish white : posterior wino-s 

 whitish, with a dusky fimbria, cilia white. 



Caterpillar green, streaked with yellow and red spots:— it feeds upon the 

 wormwoods (Artemisiae absinthium and vulgaris) ; the pupa is brown, ante- 

 riorly green: — the imago appears about the beginning of July. 



This insect used formerly to be not uncommon in the neigh- 

 bourhood of London, occurring in plenty in Bunhill-fields ; but 

 for nearly half a century I believe few, if any, examples have been 

 taken ; on the coasts of South Wales and Devonshire, numerous 

 captures have been made within these few years. " Barnstaple."" 

 — T. Cocks, Esq. " South Wales." — Captain Blomer. 



f Sp. 13. Artemisiae. AHs anticis viridihus, maculis argenteis; posticis alhidis, 



margtne dilutiore cinereo. (Exp. alar. 1 unc. 6 Un.) 

 No. Artemisiae. Wien. F.— Cu. Artemisiae. Steph. Catal. part \\. p. 104. No. 



6366. 



Head and thorax silvery-white, with greenish transverse lines : anterior wings 

 bright clear green, with seven or eight silvery spots, one placed at the base, very 

 large, and giving off" a twig on the inner margin of the wing, then a gemi- 

 nated one, divided by a longitudinal dusky streak, and edged on the inner 

 margin with the same; this is followed by a second geminated spot of an 

 ovate form and smaller size, also divided by a dusky streak ; on the costa, at 

 the apex, is a large flexuous one, and parallel with the hinder margin is a 

 linear elongate one; the hinder margin is silvery; and the cUia white: poste- 

 rior wings white, with a pale dusky border ; cilia also white. 



Caterpillar sUghtly pilose, green, spotted with white, with a dorsal and lateral 

 series of red tubercles: — it feeds on the Artemisia sylvestris: — the pupa is 

 green, and folliculated : — the imago appears in June. 



This conspicuous insect evidently differs considerably from its congeners, both 

 in its primary and final stages; its larva being pilose and warty; and the 

 imago having its wings adorned with brilliant metallic scales, and being of a 



