224 HAUSTELLATA. — LEPIDOPTEKA. 



Black; anterior wings with the base black, in which is a delicate white striga, 

 then a white space with a few black spots in it, followed by a broad black 

 band, slightly attenuated towards the inner margin, crenate or flexuous 

 v/ithout, and with a conspicuous darker dot towards the costa : beyond this 

 is a narrow flexuous white striga, in which is a row of black dots, and the 

 hinder margin of the wing is black, with a more or less distinct white striga : 

 cilia white, irregularly interrupted with black; posterior wings similar. 



The central fascia is generally spotted or streaked with white ; the insect is in 

 other respects very variable, not only in colour, but in the relative width of 

 the strigas ; the dark parts being sometimes ashy-black, and the light cinereous 

 or pale ochraceous, and the latter, in some instances, occupy above half the 

 extent of the surface of the wings. 



Caterpillar yellow, with red-brown longitudinal stripes Or some white dots on 

 the sides: it feeds on the Galium verum: — the imago appears in June. 



Very rare in tlie south of England, but not uncommon in some 

 parts of the country, " Meldon-park." — G. Wailes, Esq. " Rae- 

 hills, very common." Rev. W. Little. " York, rare."— TF. C. 

 ITeztitson, Esq. " Devonshire." — Capt. Blomer. 



Sp. 7. subtristata. Alls fasciis strigisque fuscis, cinereis, albisque; limbi omni 

 cinereo-fusco strigd obsoletd communi ex arcuhus albis concatenatis. (Exp. 

 alar. 1 unc.— 1 unc. 2 lin.) 



Ph. subtristata. Haworth. — Ha. subtristata. Steph. Catal. part ii. p. 133. JVo. 

 6564. Ph. contristata. — Donovan, xv. pL 610. f. 2. 



Wings pale ashy-brown at the base ; anterior with a white striga, in which is a 

 broad and a slender fuscescent one, followed by a broad fuscous fascia, having 

 a dark spot towards the costa, and its hinder margin with a single angle, and 

 a little arcuate towards the costa; this is followed by a white common fascia, 

 in which is a fine ashy-brown striga, and the outer margin of all the wings is 

 ashy-brown, with a striga of white arches : cilia fuscous, with darker clouds: 

 the abdomen with a double series of fuscous spots down the back. 



Variable a little in colour, and considerably in the width of the central fascia 

 on the anterior wings, which is sometimes very broad, and in very rare 

 instances perfectly disunited, in the middle, so as to form two transverse spots, 

 the one on the costa being largest, and having a black dot within: — this 

 variety forms the Ph. degenerata of Haworth. 



The caterpillar is supposed to feed on the Alchemilla vulgaris : the imago appears 

 in June, and again in August. 



Extremely abundant in bushy lanes and on the borders of woods 

 throughout the metropolitan district ; and not uncommon in other 

 parts of the country. " Cargo, Cummersdale, King-moor, &c." — 

 T. C. Hey sham, Esq. " Raehills, common." — Rev. W. Little. 

 " York and Newcastle."— TF. C. Hewitson, Esq. 



