CONSPECTUS OF MOTHS. 77 
Wings one inch three-fourths; first pair obscure greenish ash, 
with waved streaks, and the ordinary stigmata yellowish, the 
fringe greenish ash, with dusky spots; second pair yellowish 
ash, with a dusky streak behind the middle, and an indistinet 
one towards the hinder margin, the fringe ash colour. Rare. 
Lancashire, Warwickshire, and Devonshire. 
Tur Suiver (P. Polymita, OcusENuEIMER). Wings one inch 
three fourths ; first pair ash white at the base, the tip with a 
greenish brown band in the centre, in which the ordinary stig- 
mata are placed; second pair dusky, with an obscure crenated 
streak behind the middle, and a whitish cloud at the inner angle, 
the fringe whitish. Rare. 
Tun YELLOw Grirv.e (P, flavocincta, OcHSENHEIMER) appears 
the end of June. Wings one inch two-thirds to five-sixths; first 
pair hoary, varied with ash brown, and orange colour, having a 
faint streak of triangular brownish spots externally edged with 
yellow at the hinder margin ; second pair whitish, with a brown 
crenated streak behind the middle, and an ash coloured marginal 
border. Caterpillar green, witha pale line on the back and sides ; 
feeds on the dock, currant, gooseberry, lettuce, willow, &c. Not 
common. Yorkshire, Essex, and Hertfordshire. 
Tur Crow Foor (P. dysodea, OCHSENHEIMER) appears the 
middle of July. .Wings one inch one-third to five twelfths ; 
first pair ash coloured, with orange yellow spots, a blackish 
band in the centre, and two streaks of crescent-shaped spots, 
the fringes ashy and tawny ; second pair ashy grey, with adusky 
horder. Caterpillar dark green, with dusky spots on the back, 
and a yellowish line on the sides; feeds on lettuce, wormwood, 
&e. Notscarce. Essex, Hertfordshire, Kent, and Surrey. 
Tue BROAD-BAR Wuire (P. serena, OCHSENHEIMER) appears 
the end of June. Wings one inch one-sixth to one-third ; first 
pair ashy white, with a broad dusky band in the middle, bounded 
oneach side by whitish streaks, the stigmata ash coloured with 
white margins, having the fringe pale ash grey, spotted with 
white; second pair ash grey, with a central spot and margin 
dusky, the fringe white. Caterpillar feeds on the Hieracium 
umbellatum, Leontodon hispidum, Sonchus palustris, &c. Not 
scarce. Kent. 
Tae BRINDLED GREEN (P, seladonia, StePHENS) appears the 
middle of April and middle of October. Wings one inch one- 
third to one-half; first pair varied with green and ash, with 
indistinct black streaks, scattered black clouds, and near the 
hinder edge a pale streak of irregular black triangular spots, and 
amarginal row of more regular black triangular spots; second 
pair ash grey, with a brown border, in which is a whitish streak. 
Caterpillar dirty green, with various dusky and pale stripes and 
dusky clouds ; feeds on the oak, Not scarce. Shropshire, Essex, 
Hertfordshire, Kent, and Surrey. 
Tae Jury Cm (P. Chi, OcusENHEIMER) appears in July, and 
frequents barren districts, Wings one inch five-twelfths to one- 
