98 HAUSTELLATA. LEPIDOPTERA. 



base and apex clouded with glaucous and brown^ the centre fuscous, forming 

 a kind of fascia, bounded on the basal edge with an arcuated black striga, 

 edged anteriorly with rusty-griseous, and on the posterior margin with a 

 similar striga turning outwards; the stigmata are placed between these 

 strigae, pale glaucous, with a black margin, the anterior with elevated scales 

 at its discoidal extremity; behind the posterior stigma is a distinct geminated 

 pale glaucous fascia, of which the outer branch terminates at the apex of the 

 costa, where it intersects a black spot composed of two or more confluent 

 black streaks ; on the hinder margin is an undulated black striga ; cilia fus- 

 cous, with the base paler: posterior wings fuscous, with the base rather 

 paler ; cilia cinereous, with fuscous clouds. 

 Caterpillar grass-green, with longitudinal darker shades, a whitish lateral stripe, 

 the fourth and fifth segments with a black mark, edged with white on the 

 back, the remaining segments with some white spots on the sides : it feeds 

 on the nettle (Urtica dioica) : — the imago appears towards the end of July. 



Common in the neighbourhood of the metropolis, affecting 

 banks, shady and woody lanes, shrubberies, &c. " Netley, Salop." 

 —Rev. F. W. Hope. « Epping."— i/r. H. Douhleday. " Kimp- 

 ton, common." — Rev. G. T. Rucld. 



Sp. 4. illustris. Alis anticis cinereo-ceneis viridifuscoque nebidosis, rubro micanti~ 

 bus, strigis alb'is duplicatis, exteriore Jlexuosu. (Exp. alar. 1 unc. 6 — 8 lin.) 



No. iUustris. Fabricius. — Ab..'* illustris. Steph. Catal. part ii. p. 105. No. 

 6373. 



Head rosy-ash ; thorax cinereous, with the anterior margin shghtly ferruginous, 

 and the crest a little tinted with green posteriorly; anterior wings brassy-ash, 

 very glossy, and varied with greenish and fuscous, with rosy tints; with an 

 abbreviated oblique whitish striga at the base, between which and the middle 

 is a double oblique rosy- white striga, i-eaching on the inner edge nearly to the 

 base; beyond the middle is another duplex reddish-white striga, which is 

 slightly flexuous, and between this and the posterior margin is a single flexuous 

 striga of similar hue, arising from near the apex of the costa, and terminating 

 on the anal angle; and on the posterior margin itself is another striga of 

 similar colour ; between these two last strigae are two rusty spots, one at the 

 apex of the costa, and the other in the middle of the posterior margin ; and 

 on the inner margin near the anal angle is a third ; between the duplex strigae 

 the stigmata are placed ; they are simply indicated by whitish margins ; the 

 posterior one, however, sometimes having two cinereous clouds ; the central 

 nervure is also whitish; the cilia reddish-ash: posterior wings cinereous, with 

 a darker central striga and posterior margins. 



Caterpillar bluish-green, with a yellow lateral stripe, with three black patches 

 on each segment on either side, and a dirty-green stripe on the back, and 

 beneath the lateral line three other minute black dots on each segment : it 

 feeds on the Aconite : pupa green, spotted with brown, enclosed in a dehcate 

 web : — the imago appears in June or July. 



