CONSPECTUS OF MOTHS. 69 
Tur Soar Wort (H. Saponaria, OcHhSENHEIMER) appears the 
middle of July. Wings one half-inch to two-thirds ; first pair 
dusky brown, with the nervures and streaks brownish white ; 
second pair whitish, with a very distinct brown margin. Cater- 
pillar greenish, with darker shades; the head and first segment 
brownish; feeds on the Saponaria officinalis and other plants. 
Rare, Norfolk, Kent, Suffolk, and Devonshire. 
HELIOPHOBUS (BorspuvAt.) 
Tae FEATHERED Gornic (HH. Popularis, SterHENs.) Wings 
one inch seyen-twelfths to three-fourths ; first pair brown, with 
the nervures whitish, having two double streaks inthe middle, 
and another towards the hinder margin, with three-cornered 
spots; second pair whitish, with a broad dusky margin. Com- 
mon. Salop, Hertfordshire, Kent, Devonshire, and Cornwall. 
Tor Wuitr-wavep Gorntic (HH. leucopheus, STEPHENS) ap- 
pears in July. Wings one inch two-thirds ; first pair rather in- 
dented, variegated with grey, white, and brown; second pair 
ashy white, with a dark brown central spot in slanting streaks, 
and a faint dusky marginal border, Rare. Somersetshire, 
MAMESTRA (OcHSENHEIMER.) 
Tue Diney (M. furva, OcuseNHEIMER.) Wings one inch 
five-twelfths to seven-twelfths ; first pair variegated with brown, 
ashy, and yellow, with a whitish kidney-shaped spot, and mar- 
ginal streak ; second pair ashy brown, with the nervures, a cen- 
tral crescent, and the hinder margin dusky. Not common. 
Yorkshire, near London, Kent, and Suffolk. 
Tur Broom (M. Pisi, Ocusenueimer) appears in June, 
Wings half an inch to two-thirds; first pair reddish, clouded 
with grey, having towards the hinder margin a white wavy 
streak, dilating at the posterior angle into a large spot-like 
patch; the second pair in the male are whitish, with a dusky 
margin; in the female ash colour at the base. Caterpillar pale 
brownish red, with yellow stripes; feeds on papilionaceous 
plantsin autumn. Rathercommon. Dublin, Durham, Derby- 
shire, Essex, Middlesex, and Surrey. 
Tur Suinina (M. splendens, OcHSENHEIMER) appears in 
July. Wings one inch five-twelfths ; first pair reddish brown, 
with three slanting darker streaks, the outer one terminated 
with white; the stigmata pale reddish ash. Second pair buff 
ash, with the margin, an interrupted transverse streak, a central 
crescent, and nervures dusky. Rare. Cumberland. 
Tur CapBacer Brigutiine (M. oleracea, OCHSENHEIMER) ap- 
pears the end of May. Wings one inch one-half to seven-twelfths ; 
first pair chestnut red, with a yellowish kidney-shaped spot, and 
A white streak at the hinder margin; second pair whitish, with 
adusky margin. . Caterpillar livid, with a dusky line on the 
