106 HAUSTELLATA. — LEPIDOPTERA. 



arising from the posterior stigma, which is very obsolete : the anterior ordi- 

 nary striga is very obscure, the second simple and slightly biangulated, the 

 third also simple, passing through the golden patch, in which it is biangulated, 

 and terminating in a pale lunular mark on the inner margin ; cilia purplish- 

 brown : posterior wings very glossy, and of a yellowish-brown, with the base 

 rather paler, and the nervures and hinder margin fuscescent ; cUia rufescent : 

 abdomen yellowish-gray. 

 Caterpillar green, with a whitish dorsal line, and a broad whitish-green streak 

 on each side, each segment with a white spot : it feeds on the hemp agrimony 

 (Eupatorium cannabinum) :— the imago is found in June. 



Unlike the foregoing, this is an insect of considerable rarity, and 

 but few instances have occurred of its capture near the metropolis; 

 specimens have been found near Crayford, in Kent, and I believe 

 in Ashdown Forest; but near Newberry, in Berkshire, the insect 

 lias been taken in some plenty by Mr. Dale, from whom I received 

 a pair, though for several years past it seems to have disappeared. 

 Examples have also occurred near Manchester. 



Sp. 11. bractea. Alis anticisfusco-purpurascentibus, macula magnd angulatfi 

 ante medium aured, nitidd. (Exp. alar. 1 unc. 8 — 10 lin.) 



No. bractea. Wien. Ver%. — Sowerby, pi. 28. — PI. bractea. Steph. Catal. part ii. 

 p. 107. No. 6385. 



Head, palpi, and anterior margin of the thorax rich purplish-red, the latter 

 dusky posteriorly : anterior wings marbled with purplish-brown and griseous, 

 with the base and hinder margin palest ; near the former is an obscure abbre- 

 viated striga, then another margined on each side with fuscous, considerably 

 before the middle, rather obscure on the costa, but very distinct from the 

 discoidal nervure to the inner edge, and placed obhquely ; behind the middle 

 is a third striga also bordered with fuscous on each side, and slightly undu- 

 lated ; from the apex to the anal angle is a fourth, rather indistinct, and much 

 angulated, the space between which and the posterior margin is pale ; the 

 apex of the wing itself having an oblique darker cloud ; between the second 

 and third strigse the disc is of a deeper hue than the rest of the wing, the 

 costa excepted ; and on the outer edge of this blotch is a brilliant, large, angu- 

 lated golden spot, varying considerably in form ; ciha pale purplish-brown : 

 posterior wings ochraceous-ash at the base, with the nervures, an oblique 

 striga, and the hinder margin, dusky; ciha ochraceous-ash, with a reddish 

 hue near the base. 



Var. |S. Of a smaller size, with the discoidal spot of a silvery hue. 



A native of the northern districts of England and the south of 

 Scotland, frequenting mountains, heaths, and exposed gardens, &c. 

 I possess a splendid example from the neighbourhood of Edinburgh, 

 and others from Derbyshire : it has been found near Birmingham. 



