240 HAUSTELLATA. — LEPIDOPTERA. 



Vai'iable in tint ; the markings are sometimes very dark, at others light ; the 

 form of the fasciae also varies a little, and some examples are very much clouded 

 "vvith fuscous. 



Caterpillar green varied with yellow, with a red-brown spot on each joint, head 

 yellow : it feeds on the poplar : — the imago appears in July. 



Not found in the south of England, but apparently very abundant 

 in the north and in Scotland. " Isle of Arran." — Dr. Leach. 

 " Cuddock."— r. C. Heysham, Esq. " Alderley, Cheshire." — 

 Rev. E. Stanley. 



Sp. 3. Spinachiata. Alls anticis Jlavo fulvogue variis strigis tribus angulatis, 

 lineoldque oblique apicisfusco-fulvis, ciliis pallidis fusco maculatis. (Exp. alar. 

 1 unc. 4—6 lin.) 



Ge. Spinachiata. Haworth. — El. Spinachiata. Steph. Caial. part ii. p. 135. 

 N'o. 6580. 



Anterior wings pale luteous with darker clouds, with an angulated fulvous- 

 brown striga near the base, a second towards the middle, and a third behind 

 the middle, the two last forming, with the intermediate space, an open fascia, 

 within which are sometimes two dusky strigse, having a strong lobe in the 

 middle of its outer edge ; towards the hinder margin is an obsolete striga of 

 whitish dots, and at the apex an oblique dark striga ; cilia whitish-yellow, 

 with very distinct and remote fuscous spots: posterior wings immaculate. 

 Female less varied, with the strigse more slender. 



Slightly variable as to the form of the angulated strigse and the comparative 

 distances from each other, as well as in their intensity of colour. 



Caterpillar green, with a paler lateral line edged with a darker tint above ; it 

 feeds on the gooseberry and currant : — the pupa is pale green : the imago 

 appears about the middle of July. 



Abundant in some gardens, especially at Ripley: I have also 

 taken the insect at Hertford, and in my own garden, at the Her-. 

 mitage. " Epping." — Mr. Douhleday. " Strand-on-the-green." — 

 Rev. A. H. Matthezvs. 



Sp. 4. testata. Alis griseo-fulvis, fascid laid medio saiuratiore extus albo mar- 

 ginatd hneoldque obliqud apicis albd ante viaculam marginalem hemisphwrirMm 

 fulvam. (Exp. alar. 1 unc. 4—5 lin.) 



Ph. Ge. testata. Linne.—El. testata. Steph. Catal. part ii. p. 135. No. 6583. 



Anterior wings griseo-fulvous, with the base darker ; and having a rectangular 

 fulvous striga, and the middle with a broad darker a little rectangular 

 fascia, margined on both sides with whitish, its outer edge somewhat bilobed 

 in the middle ; at the apex is an oblique white striga, enclosing a somewhat 

 ovate fulvous patch, and shaded off into the pale hue which borders the 



