AND THEIR TRANSFORMATIONS. 2^5 



streaks of pale red-brown ; the stigmata are irregular and broken into small spots of red-brown, the inner margin 

 is deep chestnut, vvith usliy and black hues interrupted by a pale-gray crescent edged with a chestnut lunule; the 

 hind wings are brown with the base ashy ; the thorax crested and abdomen tufted with red-brown. The 

 caterpillars vary considerably in colour, being pinkish or green with darker longitudinal lines, and a pale-yellow 

 stripe down the back and another on each side above the spiracles. It feeds on the golden rod and china aster. 

 It is rare in this country, but has been found in September at Darenth Wood, Kent, also near Croydon, Fulham, 

 in Norfolk, also near Dulwich Wood, in June by Mr. Douglas. Tiie moth appears in July. 



SPECIES 8.— CUCULLIA ABSINTHII. Plate XLIX., Fig. 5. 



SvNoNYMEs. — I'hal. Noclua absinthii, Iinn.Tus ; Iliihuer; Fabricius ; Tiiclscljke ; Duponchel ; Han-or.h ; Stepliens ; Wood, Ind. Ent. 

 |il. IG, fig. 387 ; Donovan 9, pi. 301. Phalcena punctigera, Ilufnagle. 



This species measures about 1^ inch in the expanse of the fore wings, which are of a hoary ash-colour varied 

 with brown clouds and darker dots and patches ; the base is pale, and marked with several small dark dots followed 

 by a strongly dentated pale striga edged with dark brown on each sido, the place of the stigmata is occupied by 

 several blackish dots, some being i)laced in a square representing the anterior stigma, between which and the outer 

 stigma runs a dark striga to the costa ; the apical margin has a row of black dots ; and the costa is marked near 

 the apex with several small white dots. The hind wings are pale-hoary, with a dark border; the abdominal 

 segments and thoracic crests, with dark tufts. The caterpillar is green with yellow streaks and red spots. It feeds 

 on different species of Artemisia. It used to be taken plentifully sixty years ago in Bunliill-fields, but it has in 

 late times been found on the coasts of Devonshire and South Wales, where it is not uncommon. 



SPECIES 'J.— CUCULLIA UMBRATICA. Pi-atk XLIX., Fig. G, 7. 



pi. 25, fij. 3, G ; EnjramelU-, pi. 248, Eg. c — (/ — e ; Iliibner, larva-, 

 4, p!. -222, 20, and 223, a— 4. 



Synonymes. — I'halwna Xoclua umhratica, Linnaeus ; Oclisenliei- 

 mcr; Iliibner; Hawortli ; Donorau, 8, pi. 262, lig. 2j Boisduval ; 

 Stephens ; Wood, liid. Ent. pi. IR, fiii. "81 ; Rauibuv ; Kosel, vol. 1 ., 



This species measures from 1 J to 2 inches in the expanse of the fore wings, which are very pale gray, shaded 

 towards the costa with pale ochre, with fine streaks of ashy and black, some of which are much angulated and 

 duplicated, faintly representing the ordinary striga ; there is a more distinct black streak running from the base of 

 the wing, beyond which, towards the costa, are three or four small black spots, between which and the apical 

 margin, is another faint angulated striga edged with whitish on the outside ; the apical margin itself with a row 

 of short black lines ; the hind wings are clear-whitish, with a slight-brown margin. The caterpillar is dark- 

 brown or obscure-gray, with a row of red spots down the back, two being placed on each segment, and another 

 row on each side above the spiracles. It feeds on different species of Sonchus. The moth appears in the middle 

 of July ; it is widely dispersed, and by no means rare. 



SPECIES 10.— CUCULLIA TANACETI. Plate XLIX., Fig. 8,9. 

 SYNONYME.-A^oc^«a Tmaoeti, Wien. Ver^. ; Fabricius ; Hubner ; Ocl.scnbeimer ; Haworth ; Stephens; Wood, Ind. Ent. pi. 16, fig. 382. 



This species measures 1| or nearly 2 inches in the expanse of the fore wings, which are of a darker or more 

 slaty gray than in the last species, shaded to brown on the fore and hind margins, and with the streaks and 

 dots of black much more distinct ; the black basal streak is present, reaching nearly to tlie middle, and followed 

 by a shorter one (behind the place of the stigmata, which are slightly indicated by black dots) ; the costa is 

 marked near the apex with several pale dots, and the apical margin with black streaks ; tlie inner margin has a 

 more distinct streak interrupted before the anal angle by an angulated pale line, being the basal rudiment of the 

 third ordinary striga ; the apical angle bears two black dashes ; the veins are brownish ; the hind wings nearly 



G G 



