CONSPECTUS OF MOTHS. 85 
XANTHIA (Hiinner). 
Tuk Pink-BAR (X. flavago, Curtis) appears the beginning of 
September. Wings one inch one-fourth to one-third ; first pair 
orange coloured, with purplish spotson the upper edge and dise, 
anda slanting spotted band of the same tint behind the middle ; 
fringe purplish ; second pair pale yellow, with an obscure dusky 
streak behind the middle; fringe yellow. Caterpillar, brown, 
rather clouded, with dusky, having a round head; feeds on the 
sallow and plantain, Notscarce. Kent, and Surrey. 
Tur GonpEN SALLOw (X. fulvago, Curtis) appears the middle 
of September. Wings one inch one-fourth to five-twelfths ; first 
pair yellow, clouded with bright gold, with two very much inter~ 
rupted reddish brown spotted bands ; second pair yellowish white 
witha primrose yellow fringe; thorax yellow. Caterpillar, pale, 
with a brown head; feeds on the birch. Very common. Near 
London. 
Tur LEMON SALLOw (X. gilvago, HAworrH). Wings one inch 
one third to five. twelfths ; first pairlemon coloured, with a dusky 
spot behind the middle, and a streak of dusky spots towards the 
hinder margin; second pair and fringe pure white. Very rare. 
Essex, Kent, and Surrey. 
Tue BARRED SALLOw (X. aurago, HAworrtn) appears the end 
of August or beginning of September. Wings one inch one-third 
to five-sevenths; first pair golden yellow, clouded with red, with 
two dusky purplish bands ; second pair whitish, with a posterior 
streak, margin and fringe red. Cuterpillar, grey, with small 
slanting red lines; feeds on sallows and willows. Not common. 
Kent and Surrey. 
Tun Cenrre-Bar (X. centrago, Curtis). Wings one inch 
one-third to five-twelfths ; first pair crenate golden orange, with 
a brownish one-angled band in the middle, and the hinder margin 
ofthe same colour; second pair pale reddish yellow, darker at 
the margin, with two obscure streaks behind the middle, fringe 
Wrown. Rare. North of England, Norfolk, and Dorsetshire. 
Tus ORANGE SALLOW (X. citrago, HAwortn) appears the 
middle of August. Wings one inch one-third to one-half; first 
pair bright orange yellow, with the streaks and margins of the 
stigmata brownish red. Caterpillar, brown, with a pale streak 
on the back and sides, and a yellowish line above the legs, head 
reddish; feeds on the lime. Rather scarce. Essex, 
Tus Frince (X. fimbriago, SreeuENS). Wings one inch one- 
third ; first pair yellow, clouded with red, with the hinder margin 
very broad and dusky-red; second pair reddish yellow, with the 
base whitish. Very rare. Locality unknown. 
Tur OrANGE Urrerwina (X. eroceago, OcHSENHEIMER) 
Appears in September. Wings one inch one-twelfth to one-third; 
first pair and stigmata golden orange, with brown streaks and 
Spots, and the anterior margin spotted with white; second pair 
white, with a transverse rosy waved streak towards the middle, 
Sometimes very indistinct. Caterpillar, yellowish, with a brown 
