280 HAUSTELLATA. — LEPIDOPTERA. 



is an interrupted black line : posterior wings cinereous, with obsolete pale 

 and darker strigae, especially towards the inner margin. 

 Caterpillar green, with darker spots on the back, and a dull lateral Une : it feeds 

 on the toad-flax (Antirrhinum Linaria) : — the imago appears in August. 



Not common : taken occasionally in the vicinity of Darenth and 

 Birch Woods, and near Dover. 



Sp. 2. pulchellata. Alis anticis cinereo-alhidis rufo fuscocjue nebulosis et strigosis, 

 fascia insolidd medio fused. (Exp. alar. 9 — 10^ lin.) 



Eu. pulchellata. Steph. Catal. part \\. p. 144. No. 6643. 



Anterior wings ashy- white clouded and strigated with fuscous and rufous, with 

 an unsolid central fuscous fascia, in which is a black dot, the posterior margin 

 slightly clouded with fuscous, and having a very obscure pale waved striga ; 

 cilia clouded with fuscous : posterior wings whitish, rather thickly marked 

 with transverse fuscous strigae, especially towards the inner edge : cilia cine- 

 reous, with a few small fuscous spots at the base. 



Slightly variable; and differs from the last by having the wings somewhat 

 longer, much more clouded, and the transverse fasciae being broken into 

 strigae ; the posterior wings are paler. 



Also uncommon : found near Coombe and Birch Woods in July. 



Sp. 3. rectangulata. Alis viridibus aut fuseescentibus strigis, nebulis maeuUsque 



tribus posticis rhombeis fuseis. (Exp. alar. 8 — 10 lin.) 

 Ph. Ge. rectangulata. Linne. — Eu. rectangulata. Steph. Catal. part ii. p. 144. 



No. 6644. 



Extremely variable : wings in general green, with various undulated fuscous 

 strigae, and a whitish one towards the hinder margin, which is usually of a 

 dark hue, and bears about three subconfluent rhomboid darker clouds ; the 

 costa is also more or less spotted with fuscous : posterior wings almost 

 similar, excepting in wanting the clouds on the hinder margin. 



In some examples the strigae in the middle of the anterior wings are condensed 

 into a distinct dark fascia, having the usual central black spot : in others 

 they are almost obhterated ; and frequently the wings are faintly greenish, 

 being totally suffused with fuscous or black, with the ordinary markings 

 barely visible. 



Very abundant in gardens throughout the metropolitan district, 

 towards the middle and end of June. " Epping." — Mr.H. Douhle- 

 day. " Meldon-park." — G. Wailes, Esq. " Strand-on-the-green.'" — 

 Rev. A. H. Matthexvs. " Raehills, rare."— Eeu. W. Little. 



Sp. 4. subaerata ? Alis anticis viridibus strigis tribus subangulatis atris, limbo 

 • subnebuloso. (Exp. alar. 8—9 hn.) 

 Ge, subaerata. Hilbner ?— Eu. subaerata. Steph, Catal. part ii. p. 144. No. 6645. 



