304 HAUSTELLATA. — LEPIDOPTERA. 



margin of tlie anterior is excised, and of the posterior a little sinu- 

 ated ; the palpi have the basal joint very long, and are loosely 

 clothed with long hair-like scales : such, at least, are the prevailing 

 characters. 



Sp. 1. maculata. AUsfulvis autjlavis, maculis numerosis sparsis fuscis. (Exp. 



alar. 1 unc. 1—3 lin.) 

 Ph. Ge. maculata. Linne.—Don. vii, pi. 251./ 3.— Hercyna maculata. Steph. 



Catul. part ii. p. 150. No. 6704. 



Wings fulvous or yellow, the base with a few scattered fuscous atoms; the an- 

 terior with four rows of large fuscous spots ; the first towards the base nearly 

 confluent as a fascia 3 the second before the middle mostly divided ; the third 

 behind the middle, and uniting with the second on the inner margin ; the 

 fourth towards the hinder margin, usually composed of three large spots ; the 

 hinder margin itself and the cilia are fuscous, more or less interrupted, espe- 

 cially towards the anal angle, with fulvous or yellow: posterior wings nearly 

 similar, but the hinder margin more divided. 



Variable as to the bulk, as well as intensity of the strigaeform spots, and in their 

 confluence: in some instances they are universally united, and in others 

 divided ; sometimes they are very faint in colour, at others nearly black. I 

 have seen an example (in Mr. Witherington's collection) in which the two 

 rows of central spots are wanting, and the hinder margin has a continuous 

 fascia, which gives a most singular appearance to the insect. 



Caterpillar green, with a black dorsal and pale lateral line ; it feeds on the arch- 

 angel (Lamium album etpurpureum): — the imago appears towards the end 

 of May. 



Extremely abundant in all the metropolitan woods, and in other 

 parts of the south. " Epping." — Mr. Douhleday. " Corby-woods, 

 Allesley, and not observed elsewhere in this county (Warwick- 

 shire) ; Oxford, not uncommon.'" — Rev. W. T. Bree. " Strand- 

 on-the-green." — Rev. A. H. Matthews. 



Sp. 2. quadrimaculata. Alis luteo-Jlavis aut sulphureis, costa bast nigra irro- 

 rata maculisque tribus aut quatuor cequidistantibus atris. (Exp. alar. 1 unc. 

 1 lin.) 



Ge. quadrimaculata. Hatchett. Entom. Trans, v. i. pi. 7./. 3.— Hercyna 4-ma- 

 culata. Steph. Catal.part ii. p. 150. No. 6705. 



Wings luteous-yellow or sulphureous ; the anterior with the base of the costa 

 sprinkled with fuscous, and the costa itself with three or four distinct black or 

 fuscous spots : posterior wings rather darker, immaculate. 



I possess a specimen wanting the spot towards the apex of the anterior 



