CONSPECTUS OF MOTHS. 49 
THe BRipE-MAID (7, Pronuba, OcuSENHEIMER) appears the 
beginning of June and middle of July. Wings two inches to two 
inches one-fourth or one-third ; first pair of a cloudy grey ; second 
pair bright yellow, crossed with a narrow black band. Cater. 
pillar, greenish, with two interrupted black lines on the back ; 
feeds on the primrose, violet, auricula, cabbage, &c., found 
throughout the winter beneath stones, clods, &c., in the day- 
time, and changes to a reddish pupa about April or May. Com- 
mon. Durham, York, and South of England. 
Tue Viren (Tr. Innuba, OcHSENHEIMER). Wings two inches 
to two inches one-third, of uniform colour; upper wings liver 
brown; under wings yellow, with a black submarginal streak. 
Probably a variety of 77. Pronuba. Common, 
THE BROAD-BORDERED UNpERWING (7%. Fimbria, Ocusen- 
HEIMER) appears the end of June and beginning of July; first 
pair of a pale grey, with waved streaks of a lighter colour; 
second pair clear yellow, with a very broad black marginal 
hand, Caterpillar buff grey, with a reddish head, a pale line on 
the back, and black spots on the spiracles ; feeds on the primrose, 
violet, potato, &c., in spring and autumn. Rare. Yorkshire, 
Derbyshire, Norfolk, Suffolk, Kent, and Devonshire. 
Tue SMALL-BoRDERED UNDERWING (T'r. Interjecta, OCHSEN- 
HEIMER) appears in June. Wings one inch one-sixth to five- 
twelfths ; first pair of a dingy red, with various indistinct streaks 
of black dots, and a double one towards the hinder margin ; 
second pair yellow, with a black cireumference. Not common, 
Hertfordshire, Essex, Kent, and Surrey. 
Tar TAnTuE (7. Ianthina, OcHSENHEIMER) appears in July 
or August. Wings one inch five twelfths to two thirds, grey ; first 
pair variously banded with dusky, with white crescents in the 
middle in place of the ordinary stigmata; second pair with the 
base and broad marginal band deep black, and the centre bright 
orange yellow. Caterpillar whitish, with waved dusky streaks 
and black spots posteriorly; feeds on chickweed, &c. Pupa 
brown, Not common. York, Suffolk, Essex, and Warwick. 
CERIGO (SrePueEns). 
Tae Straw Unverwine (Cerigo texta, SreeHENS) appears 
about June. Wings one inch one-half to three-fourths, dusky 
varied with grey; first pair with waved streaks, bordered with 
black; second pair straw colour, with a broad dusky margin. 
Caterpillar whitish, with a black stripe on the back; feeds on 
goat's beard, Not common, Norfolk, Essex, Middlesex, Kent, 
and Surrey, 
LYTAA (STEPHENS). 
Tur Six-strire Rustic (Lyfea umbrosa, STEPHENS) appears 
the end of July, Wings one inch one-third to two-thirds, rosy 
grey; first pair with six dusky streaks; second pair with a 
broad dusky margin, Caterpillar greyish white, with a dingy 
Stripe on each side, Notcommon. Salopand Kent. 
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