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which form the extremity of the third ordinary striga ; these are placed in a less oblique direction than in the 

 allied species, the innermost one fcillowed by a dark striga reaching to the apical margin, which bears the rudiments 

 of a pale subuiarginal striga : the liind wings are pale ashy-buff at the base, with the border dusky. The 

 caterpillar is of a yellowish-white colour, with two slight brownish bands along the back, which are paler in the 

 middle of each segment ; they are separated by an irregular yellowish dorsal stripe : there are also several 

 minute black specks dispersed over each segment, and there is a dusky stripe above the spiracles. It feeds 

 on Verbascum Lychnitis and some allied species of the same genus, but not on V. Thapsus, according to 

 M. Rambur. Taken near London and Cheltenham. The insect in the British Museum, referred to by Mr. Stephens 

 (111. H. Vol 3, p. 87),under this species, is C. solidaginis. 



SPECIES 4.-CUCULLIA LYCHNITIS. Plate XLVIII., Fig. 1-3, 14. 

 Synonymes.— Cucuffia Lijchnilis, Rambur, in Ann. Soc. Ent. de France, 1833, pi. 1, f. 3 ; Boisduval. 

 C. ScTophularim (variety), Treitsclil<e ; Freyer. 



This species is about the size of C. Scrophularife, from which it differs in the wings being rather more elongated ; 

 they are of a reddish-buff colour ; the costa gray-brown, with a slight tinge of red, marked by transverse lines : 

 the lines which arise from the outer margin near the tip of the wing, are but slightly marked ; the pale shade 

 near the posterior angle is larger than in C. Scrophulariffi, whilst the line by which it is edged anteriorly is more 

 distinct ; the two crescent-like marks on the inner margin of the wing are of its ground colour ; the basal striga 

 is slightly marked, its angulations being much elongated ; the stigmata are very imperfectly discernible, the 

 round one marked with four small black dots on the margin, and the reniform one with ten or twelve similar dots. 

 The hind wings are pale. The caterpillar resembles that of C. Scrophulariaj ; the two hind spots on the back of 

 each segment are elongated, confluent together, and often also united to the spot above the spiracles; the two 

 intermediate lateral spots are also often confluent, thus forming an oblique line ; each segment is marked with a 

 semicircle of yellow, on which the spots are placed. It is occasionally almost entirely yellow, with the spots 

 more or less indistinct. It feeds on Verbascum Lychnitis, sinuatum, nigrum, &c., of which it cats the flowers 

 and seeds. We understand that Mr. Ingall possesses a British specimen which has been assigned to this species. 



SPECIES 5.— CUCULLIA PRENANTHIS. Plate XLVIII. Fig. T.5. 



Synonymes. — Cucnllia prenanthisy Boisduval. N. Sp. Gu6n^e. 

 Cucullia Blattarias, Duponeliel, pi. 124 ; (ncc Esper.) 



This species is about the size of C. Verbasci, from which it differs in having the costal portion of the fore 

 wings darkly and broadly shaded with red-brown, which extends more than half-way across the wing, with 

 scarcely any traces of darker markings ; near the apex of the costa are three small pale dots, and the second 

 stigma is indicated by a pale patch. There is a rather narrow whitish band running longitudinally from the base 

 almost to the apical margin, behind which is a stripe of red-brown coloiu', interrupted towards the anal angle by 

 the two white crescents placed very obliquely, beyond which there are two red-brown bars ; there are also two 

 other brown dashes in the middle towards the apical margin, and two shorter ones towards the tip ; the hind 

 wings are pale reddish-brown, with the margin much darker: the thoracic crest, and abdominal segments, are 

 tufted with red-brown hairs. Mr. Stephens possesses two British specimens, which accord with Duponchel's 

 figure of this species. 



