CONSPECTUS OF MOTHS. 45 
Tur Necro Boy (F. Muscella, STEPHENS) appears in June. 
Wings five lines one-half to six lines, slightly oblong, deep black, 
transparent, unspotted; the body covered with hair; the anten- 
ne brown. Notcommon. Essex, Hertfordshire, and Kent. 
Tuk TRANSPARENT Necro (IF. Bomb, cella, STEPHENS). Wings 
six lines to six one-half, rounded, s ghtly transparent, livid, 
sprinkled with brown, Very rare. 
Tak Liont Necro (F. pectinea, SrerHENs). Wings one-half 
inch, rounded, ashy-brown, transparent, unspotted, margined 
with brown. Very rare, 
NUDARIA (Haworrn). 
THe Musuin (Nudaria munda, Haworrn) appears in July and 
August. Wings nine to eleven lines, blunt, dingy white; first 
pair with two waved brown streaks, and a brown spot between 
them; second pair spotless. Caterpillar, brown, hairy, feeds 
upon lichens. Pupa brown. Not uncommon, Hertfordshire, 
Cheshire, Kent, and Surrey. 
Tug LAcE-winoa (N. Hemerobia, S@EPHENs) appears the end of 
July. Wings one-half inch to five-sixths, transparent, spotless, 
with scaly margin and yellowish fringe. Not common. Kent, 
Tuk ANTIQUE MusLIN (N. Senex, STEPHENS) appears in Jiily. 
Wings two-thirds to three-fourths of an inch, rounded, dingy 
yellow; first pair with a dingy spot a little beyond the middle, 
beyond which there is a very indistinct arched streak, composed 
of dusky dots, or small dingy lines ; second pair with a crescent- 
like dingy spot in the centre. Rare. Cambridgeshire and Surrey. 
HETEROGENA (Knocn). 
THE AsEL.us (Heterogena Asellus, SrerHENS). Wings one- 
half inch to three-quarters, of a glossy brown, spotless, with 
dusky fringe. Caterpillar, egg-shaped, red, with a yellow line 
down the back, spotted with black ; the sides green ; feeds on the 
poplar. Pupa brown, enclosed in a case, Local. New Forest, 
near Lyndhurst and Kimpton. 
LIMACODES (LaTREILLE), 
THE Festoon (Limucodes Testudo, SternHens) appears the end 
June. Wings of the male two-thirds of an inch to eleven- 
twelfths, female five-sixths of an inch to one one-third, yellowish 
revs first pair with two slanting dusky streaks ; colour deeperin 
lesecond pair. Caterpillar, green, egg shaped, smooth, with two 
a lines on the back; feeds on the oak. Rare. Norfolk, 
