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and yellow stripes, dotted with black on the back and sides ; it feeds on the Eryn- 

 gium campestre and Lotus corniculatus. The butterfly is widely distributed all 

 over the kingdom. 



GORTYNA FLAVAGO. THE MOTTLED, OR FROSTED ORANGE 



MOTH. 



Plate XXXV. fig. a— e. 



Synonyms. Noctua Flavago, Wien. Verz., Hubner. 



Gortyna Flavago, Ochsenkeimer, Curtis, Stephens. Duncan Brit. Moths, pi. 24. fig. 2. 



Noctua Ochraceago, Haworth. 



Ph. Noctua Lappse, Donovan Brit. Ins. vol. x. pi. 340. 



Noctua Rutilago, Fabricius. 



Upper Side. The antennae are like fine threads. The thorax is crested, and of a fine dark 

 brown colour. The superior wings are of an orange colour ; have a cloud, which covers the 

 shoulder part, and a stripe or band of a dark brown colour which crosses the wing over the fan 

 membranes. The inferior wings are almost plain. The male is smaller, and much paler. See 

 the figures at (d) and (e). 



The caterpillar feeds in the stalk of the burdock, upon the pith. When full fed, as at (a), 

 it changes into chrysalis, seen at (&), within the stalk, stopping up both ends of its cell with the 

 dung, and leaving a hole, as at (c), covered over thinly with silk : and the moth appears the 

 latter end of August. 



Expansion of the wings one inch and a half. 



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CEROPACHA DILUTA. THE HALF MOURNER MOTH. 



Plate XXXV. fig. f-g. 



Synonyms. Noctua Diluta, Wien. Verz., Fabricius, Hubner, Haworth. 

 Ceropacha Diluta, Stephens. 

 Tethea Diluta, Ochsenheimer, Curtis. 

 Noctua Octogena, Esper. 4. pi. 128. fig. 6. 



Upper Side. The antennse are like hairs. The thorax is smooth. The whole insect is of 

 a light greyish brown, having two dark greyish bars crossing each of the superior wings. The 

 inferior wings are something similar to the superior-, but much paler. See the figure at (g). 



The caterpillar, which is described at (/), feeds on the oak ; changes to chrysalis the 

 beginning of June, in a spinning against a leaf, &c. and the moth appears the latter end of 

 August. 



Expansion of the wings one inch and a half. 



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HIPPARCHIA HYPERANTHUS. THE RINGLET BUTTERFLY. 



Plate XXXV. fig. h. 



Synonyms. Papilio (Dan. Fest.) Hyperanthus, Linn. Syst. Nat. ii. 768. Lewins Papil. pi. 20. 

 Donov. Brit. Ins. vol. viii. pi. 271. 

 Hipparchia Hyperanthus, Ochsenheimer, Leach, Curtis, Stephens. Duncan Brit. Butt. 



pi. 24. fig. 4. 

 Papilio Polymeda, Scopoli, Hubner. 





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