48 CONSPECTUS OF MOTHS. 
black spot on the back, and black lines on the sides; feeds on 
birch, fir, &e. Pupa black, in a strong web. Plentiful. Essex, 
Kent, Surrey, Swifolk, Devonshire. 
GNOPHRIA (SrernEns). 
Tue Biack LAckey (G@nophria Rubricollis, SrRPHENS) appears 
the middle of July. Wings one inch one-twelfth to one-third, 
black, with the anterior margin of the corselet blood-red. @a- 
terpillar, hairy, blackish, with deep black bands; head-pitch 
black and two white streaks: feeds on various kinds of lichens 
in June. Pupa reddish-brown, in a grey web in July. Not 
searce. Bssex and Kent. 
SETINA (STEPHENS). 
Tus Dew Lackey (Setinairrorea, ScurRANK) appears in June, 
Wings of the male one inch to one inch one-fourth, female three- 
fourths to one inch, yellow; first pair with three slanting 
streaks of black spots; second pair with very few spots; corselet — 
and extremity of the abdomen orange yellow. Caterpillar black, 
with yellow stripes on the back and sides; feeds on lichens, © 
Pupa red-brown. Rare, Kent. | 
Tue SMALL Dew Lackey (S. roscida, Scurank). Wings of 
the male five-sixths to one inch, female two-thirds of an inch, 
Appears to differ from the preceding insect in size only. Un- 
common, Surrey. 
Tur Four. Seor Lackey (L. eborina, Sreruens) appears the 
beginning of August. Wings of the male one inch one-fourth, 
female five-sixths to one inch; first pair whitish and glossy, with 
the upper edge and hinder margins yellow, with two black spots, 
one on the upper edge, and the other on the inner margin; 
second pair above dusky ; margins on both sides yellow; beneath 
whitish yellow. Notcommon. Essex, Kent, and Surrey. 
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NOCTUIDZZ (SveEPHENS). 
TRIPH ANA (OcHSENHEIMER). 
Tae Lunar Unperwine (Triphena orbona, OcHSENHEIMER) 
appears the end of June and beginning of July. Wings one in 
seven-twelfths to two-thirds ; first pair liver-brown, with dotted 
streaks; second pair of a deep yellow, with a central black 
crescent and marginal streak. Caterpillar greenish, with black 
spots on the sides, Not scarce, York, Salop, Essex, Kent, 
and Surrey. 
Tae Crescent UNDERWING (T. subsequa, OCHSENHEIMER): 
Wings one inch two-thirds to three-fourths, grey-brown, with 
an obscure kidney-shaped spot and black streak at the tip of the 
first pair; second pair yellow, with a dusky central crescent and 
marginal band. Rare. Scotland, 
