52 CONSPECTUS OF MOTHS- 
middle; the anterior stigma longish and acute; of the female 
with a pale cloud towards the middle of the upper edge; second 
pair white, with dusky nervures; female dusky, with a darker 
central crescent, Rare. St. James’s and Greenwich Parks, Nor. 
folk and Devonshire. 
Tue Arrow (A. sagittifera, OcHSENHEIMER). Wings one inch 
five-twelfths ; first pair grey, clouded with whitish, the base with 
an arrow-shaped black line, and another beneath the ordinary 
stigmata; second pair milk-white. Rare. Near London. 
Tue Line Dart (A. lineolata, Curtis) appears the middle of 
August. Wings one inch four lines to one-half; first pair reddish 
brown, stigmata whitish, and a streak on the hinder margin of 
wedge-shaped black lines; second pair whitish, with a dusky 
border. Caterpillar shining grey ; found in June under stones, 
&c. Rare. Dublin and Kent. 
Tur Puri, DARt (A. pupillata, Curtis) appears in July, 
Wings one inch five-twelfths; first pair brownish, with two 
somewhat waved streaks, between which the colour is paler; 
two of the stigmata somewhat ocellated, and the third teliform, 
Rare. Huntingdonshire, near London, and Deyon, 
THe Eacie (A, aquilina, OcHSENHIMER) appears the middle 
of July. Wings one inch five-twelfths ; first pair ashy, streaked 
with black, the upper edge spotted with black at the base, and 
with white towards the tip; second pair in the male whitish, inthe 
female ashy. Caterpillar, ashy, head reddish, sides dusky; 
feeds on the bed straw. Scarce. Near London and Glamor 
ganshire. 
Tur Wuear Darr (A. Tritici, OcuSENHEIMER) appears in 
June or July. Wings one inch five-twelfths ; first pair pale dusky 
brown, with the ordinary stigmata paler, and a streak towards 
the hinder margin composed of wedge-like spots, and a white line 
placed lengthways. The teliform stigma is conspicuous from its 
black edging ; second pair of the male whitish, of the female 
pale ash, with the margin dusky. Caterpillar, pale grey, with 
paler lines; feeds on corn in May. Not scarce. Near London 
and Whittlesea-Mere, 
Tux Eyever Morn (A. ocellina, OcHSENHEIMER). Wingsone 
inch one-fourth to one-third ; first pair blackish, with a shortish 
ashy line placed lengthways, two black spots and two pale-co- 
loured streaks. Rare. Dublin, Kent, and Hants. 
Tur Wepor-Bar (A. cuneigera, Curtis) appears the begin- 
ning of July. Wings one inch one-quarter to five-twelfths; 
first pair greyish brown, with three stigmata and a streak of 
brown wedge-like spots towards the hinder margin ; second 
pair whitish, with the nervures and margins dusky, Scarce 
Middlesex and Kent. 
Tae VeInep DArr (A. venosa, STEPHENS) appears in July. 
Wings one inch five-twelfths ; first pair brownish grey, with three 
slanting ashy streaks, at the hinder margin is also a whit 
