46 CONSPECTUS OF MOTHS. 
NOCTUINA (Rennie). 
LITHOSIIDZ (StTerHENs). 
CALLIMORPHA (LATREILLE). 
Tae CinnABAR Morn (Callimorpha Jacobe@, LATREILLE) ap. 
pears in May. Wings one inch one-half to eleven-twelfths ; first 
pair brown on both surfaces, with a streak and two spots of a 
blood-red colour ; second pair blood-red, irregularly dusky at the 
upper edge, fringe ashy-brown, Caterpillar, hairy, black, with 
yellow rings ; feeds on the flowers of the rag-wort. Pupa blunt, 
reddish, enclosed ina slight cocoon, Not common. Near Lon. 
don, Yorkshire, Cambridgeshire, Suffolk, Devon, Somersetshire, 
Cork, and Bute. 
Tue Rose Wine (C. vosea, LATREILLE) appears the end of 
June and beginning of July. Wings five-sixths of an inch to 
one one-third; red, or rose colour ; first pair with three waved, 
slanting, blackish streaks, the last of which is near the hinder 
margin, and composed of distinct black dots. Caterpillar, brown, 
with whitish tufts; head reddish-brown, with orange down; 
feeds on birch, ash, and oak. Pupa brown, acute, enclosed ina 
strong web formed of silk and hair. Not common. Yorkshire, 
Hertfordshire, and Middlesex. 
EULEPIA, (Curtis.) 
THE FEATHERED LAcKry (Hulepia Grammica, Curtis) ap- 
pears in October. Wings one inch one-third to one half, yellow; 
first pair streaked with black, with a black spot towards the hin- 
der margin; second pair with a central crescent and margins 
black. Caterpillar, brown, with a yellow streak on the back, the 
sides with two lines, one white and one yellow ; the legs orange- 
red; feeds on black thorn, plantain, &c. Pupa dusky, Rare, 
Berkshire and Anglesea. 
Tue Sreve LAckEy (Ku. Cribrum, Curtis) appears in June. 
Wings one inch one-third to one-half, ashy grey, first pair with 
slanting rows of black spots ; second pair darker. The corselet 
white, with black spots. Caterpillar when young deep black. 
Very local, Parley Heath, Hampshire. -_ 
DEIOPEIA, (STEPHENS). 
Tuk Pretry Crimson (Deiopeia pulchella, SteEPHENS) appears ) 
the end of September. Wings one inch five-twelfths to three- | 
fourths; first pair straw yellow, with very numerous black and | 
red square spots, disposed nearly in a slanting arched series; 
second pair snow-white, with a central blotch, and the hinder | 
margins black. Caterpillar, bluish gray, with black and red | 
spots, and a broad white stripe down the back; feeds on mouse 
ear, and forget-me-not, Rare, Yorkshire, Hampshire, and Sussex | 
LITHOSIA (Faprictvs). | 
Tue ORANGE Lackey (Lithosia Aureola, OCHSENHEIMER) A) 
