58 CONSPECTUS OF MOTHS, 
margin ; between these and the hindermargin, a straight slanting 
brownish streak, externally edged with a pale tint; behind 
which, and near the hinder margin, is a row of very minute 
brown spots. Probably only a variety of O. sparsa. Surrey. 
Tue Steapy Quaker (0. stabdilis, OcusENHEIMER) appears | 
the beginning of April. Wings one inch one-fourth to one-half, 
rusty grey; first pair, the stigmata with yellowish margins, an 
external pale streak edged with dusky, and a row of small black 
dots on the hinder margin. Caterpillar yellowish, with prim. 
rose yellow lines and blue head; feeds on the oak, elm, beech, 
lime, poplar, cherry, &c. Common. Salop and Essex. 
Tue BLossom UNDERWING (0. minioso, OcHsSENHEIMER) ap. 
pears the end of March. Wings one inch one-third to one-half; 
first pair pale ashy red, with three waved streaks and broad cen- 
tral band vermilion red; second pair rosy white, with a central 
dusky spot, and in the female particularly, an interrupted dusky 
band behind the middle. Caterpillar black, with an interrupted 
yellow line on the sides; the head with’ three streaks; feeds 
on oak and birch in May and June. Rare. Essex and Kent, 
THE Dwarr QuAKER (0. cruda, OcusENNEIMER) appears the 
end of March. Wings eleven-twelfths to one inch one-fourth; 
first pair brownish ash, the base with scattered brown spots, the 
stigmata obscure, dusky, margined with grey, and two indistinct 
streaks of reddish spots; second pair dusky red. Caterpillar 
reddish brown, sprinkled with white on the back, with a yellow- 
ish line on the sides; the head green with white and black ; feeds 
on the oak, wild rose, &c., in June. Plentiful. Near London. 
Tue Tiny QuaKer (0. pusilla, Curtis) appears the end of 
March. Wings one inch, grey, rounded or retuse, the stigmata 
contiguous, and a stout reddish, somewhat interrupted line, 
passing from the anterior stigmato the base. Rare. Surrey, 
Tus Brown Sror Pinion (0. litura, OCHSENHEIMER) ap- 
pears the end of September and beginning of October. Wings 
one inch one-sixth to one-half, greyish brown, with five black 
spots or patches on the upper margin. Caterpillayx green ot 
yellowish, with a dark stripe on the back, edged with white, and 
whitish line on the sides; the head brown; feeds on sloc, 
birch, willow, rose, trefoil, &c., in May and June. Scarce. 
Yorkshire, Derbyshire, Essex, and Hertfordshire. 
Tue Cuestnur (0, Pistacina, OcHseNHEIMER) appears in 
September. Wings one inch one-fourth to one-half, yellowish 
brown; first pair with five very indistinct streaks composed of 
yellowish brown spots. Caterpillar green, with a whitish stripe 
and pale spots on the sides ; feeds on the Centaurea scabiosa and 
Ranunculus bulbosus. Scarce, Kent, 
Tue Lunar Unperwine (0. lunosa, Curtis) appears in Sep- 
tember. Wings one inch one-third to one-half, greyish brown; 
first pair with a distinct streak of black spots towards the hinder 
margin; second pair white, with a central dusky crescent and 
