68 CONSPECTUS OF MOTHS. 
June. Wings one inch one-fourth to one-third; first pair grey, 
with the ordinary spots, and a waved band, yellow; second pair 
white, witha whitish fringe. Caterpillar yellowish and brown, 
with a yellow line and black spots on the back, the sides spotted 
with white; feeds on the Tussilago farfara in August. Scarce, 
Near London, Derbyshire, and Gloucestershire. 
‘Tur SuEers (H, plebeia, Sreruens) appears in June. Wings 
one inch one-fourth to one-third ; first pair varied with ashy and 
dusky, with an indistinct black arch, having three ash-coloured 
stigmata; second pair ashy brown, with a darker margin. (a- 
terpillar dull brown, clouded with red, and with black lines on 
the sides and back, the head black and shining ; feeds on dande. 
lion. Rather common. Warwickshire, Cheshire, Norfolk, Es. 
sex, Kent, Suffolk, and Devonshire, 
Tue Warts Sror Sarers (H. leucostigma, SteruENS) appears 
in June. Wings one inch one-fourth to one-third ; ashy white, 
with an indistinct arch composed of yellowish spots, having 
three whitish stigmata, the lower one divided; differs from the 
preceding chiefly in colour, being paler. Surrey. 
Tue TAwNy Surers (H. ochracea, Srweuens) appears the 
end of June. Wings one inch one-fourth to one-third ; first pair 
buff colour, with four streaks, and the ordinary stigmata pale, 
having the third stigma wedge-shaped and blackish; second 
pair bright whitish yellow, with a brown border and a yellow 
fringe, Rare. Norfolk, near London, and Suffolk. 
Tne Larry Grey (H. Lythoriza, Srepuens) appears the end 
of April. Wings one inch one-fourth to one-third; first pair ash- 
coloured, with an irregular central dusky band, interrupted by two 
ordinary ear-shaped stigmata ; second pair dusky, with an inter- 
rupted blackish streak on the margin, the fringe rosy. Not 
scarce. Cheshire, and near London. 
Tur Campion (H, Cucubali, OcuseNnEIMER) appears the end 
of June. Wings one inch one-third to five-twelfths ; first pair 
variegated with ashy and brown, the stigmata indented at the 
base, and divergent, having yellow borders, and disposed be- 
tween two double streaks of a bright violet hue; second pair 
dusky, with a tinge of yellow, and darker at the hinder margin. 
Caterpillar greenish, varied with ashy, having obscure dusky 
spots; feeds on the Lychnis dioica and Cucubalus bacciferus. 
Scarce. Warwickshire, Derbyshire, Bedfordshire, Gloucester 
shire, and Kent. 
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THe Lycunis (H. Capsincola, OcuskNuEImER) appears the | 
end of June and beginning of July. Wings one inch one-fourth j 
to one-third ; first pair variegated with ash colour and brown, with 
three indistinct whitish streaks, the stigmata distinct, margined by 
a white line; second pair dusky ash, with the margin and & 
slender central crescent dusky. Caterpillar greenish, with 
blackish spots, having streaks on the sides, and a whitish line 
underneath; the head glossy brown; feeds on the Lychnis dioica. 
Comba. Near London, Devonshire, South Wales, and Nor 
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