154 HAUSTELLATA. — LEPIDOPTEKA. 



Found abundantly on heathy places by the sides of woods, and 

 on palings and trunks of trees within the metropolitan district, 

 towards the end of February and during March. " Epping." — 

 Mr. Douhleday. " Little Orton, Cumberland."— T. C. Heijsham^ 

 Esq. " Newcastle, Meldon-park, &c."— G. Wailes, Esq. 



Sp. 2. connectaria. Aiis atomosis fusco-brunneis, strigis tribus wquidistantibus 

 fuscis, maculdque postica costali quadratd pallidci. (Exp. alar. 1 unc. 7 lin.) 



Ge. connectaria. Haworth. — La. connectaria. Steph. Catal. part ii. p. 116. 

 No. 6449. 



Anterior wings specMed with fuscous-brown, with a slightly incurved fuscous 

 striga near the base, a second stouter oblique straight one nearly in the 

 middle, a third repanded one behind, and between it and the margin another 

 obscure striga of somewhat distant pale spots ; in the bend of the third striga, 

 towards the costa, is a large pale trapeziform spot sprinkled with fuscous : 

 posterior wings whitish, speckled with very minute darker atoms, with two 

 evanescent strigse in the middle, and a spot between, fuscous : the hinder 

 margin of all the wings with a row of fuscous spots. 



I suspect that this is merely a fine autumnal variety of the foregoing. 



Found in November and December in the neighbourhood of the 

 metropolis, but not common. " Epping." — Mr. Douhleday. 



Sp. 3. prosapiaria. Alis anticis fulvescentibus, atomosis, strigis duabus aid 

 tribus punctoque medio fuscis ; posticis pallidis, puncto medio strigdque unica. 

 (Exp. alar. 1 unc. 6—8 lin.) 



Ph. Ge. prosapiaria. Linne. — La. prosapiaria. Stepk. Catal. part ii. p. 116. 

 No. 6450. 



Bright fulvous-orange; anterior wings the same, sprinkled throughout with 

 purplish-brown atoms, with an oblique striga of the same hue towards the 

 base, and a second, slightly flexuous one, behind the middle, between which, 

 towards the costa, is a discoidal purplish spot ; between the posterior striga 

 and the hinder margin is an interrupted striga of fuscescent-purplish spots: 

 posterior wings paler fulvous, with a single transverse purplish-brown striga, 

 and a central spot of the same hue. 



Female brown, spotted with grayish-yellow : antenna and legs black, annulated 

 with yellow. 



Variable : in some examples the strigBe on the anterior wings are almost obli- 

 terated; others have an additional striga at the base; and the base itself and 

 apex are sometimes (but very rarely) deep fuscous, with an interrupted striga 

 of darker spots towards the hinder margin. 



Caterpillar greenish, with a brown longitudinal line edged above with a white 

 streak on each side of the body, above the stigmata : the head and legs pale 

 orange: — it feeds upon the oak, birch, and horn- beam: pupa brown, short; 

 changes finally in October or Noveraiier. 



