74 CONSPECTUS OF MOTHS. 
Tue HiperniAn (C. Hibernica, StePHENS). Wings one inch — 
one-fourth ; first pair reddish brown, with a band towards the 
hinder margin, and an indented streak paler, having the first 
stigma indistinct ; second pair with the central crescent and mar. 
gin darker, Local. Near Dublin. 
SCOTOPHILA (SrepHEns). 
THE Porpnyry (S. porphyrea, StePHENS) appears the end 
of July. Wings five-sixths to one inch one-sixth; first pair 
dusky red, with a purplish tinge, with several white streaks and 
spots, margined with black ; second pair ash grey, with a black 
marginal streak, Caterpillar feeds on various kinds of heath, 
Scarce, Yorkshire, Kent, and Hampshire, 
ACHATIA (Hupner). 
THe Pine (A, piniperda, Sreruens) appears in March, 
Wings one inch one-third to one-half; first pair varied with 
rush brown and yellow, with the ordinary stigmata confluent; 
second pair brown, with a rosy tint. Caterpillar bright green, 
with a white line on the back and two on each side ; feeds on the 
Pinus sylvestris and other firs in June. Not scarce, Yorkshire, 
Derbyshire, Norfolk, and Hertfordshire. 
ACTEBIA, (SterHENs). 
THE PoRTLAND (A. precox, SrreneNs) appears in June and 
September. Wings one inch seven-twelfths to two-thirds ; first 
pair translucent ashy green, with a broad waved red streak to- 
wards the posterior margin; second pair ‘dusky ash, with a 
white fringe. Cuterpillar grey, witha pale line on the back; 
feeds on the Sonchus oleraceus, Viola tricolor, and other plants in 
sandy places on the coast. Notscarce. North of England, Port- 
land Island, and Devonshire. 
TRACHEA (OcusENHEIMER). 
Tue OrrAcu M. (7, Atriplicis, OcuseNHEIMER) appears the 
end of June and in September. Wings one inch two thirds to 
five-sixths ; first pair somewhat ashy grey, clouded with yellow 
or green, having a large whitish spot in the centre; second pair 
dusky, with a darker border. Caterpillar reddish, spotted with 
white, with a brown line on the back ; feeds on dock, Atriplex, 
Polygonum hydropiper, &c. Scaree, Cambridgeshire, near Lon- 
don, and Gloucestershire. 
VALERIA (GeRMAR). 
Tue Oxvive Dor (V. oleagina, German) appears the middle of 
July. Wings one inch two-thirds to five-sixths; first pair 
marbled with green and brown, with five white spots on the 
upper edge towards the tip; the anterior stigma brown, with & 
