90 CONSPECTUS OF MOTHS. 
fourths ; first pair buff coloured, dusky brown at the margins, 
with a pale mark towards the anal angle resembling the figure 3 F 
second pair whitish, with a brown border, Caterpillar, greenish 
white, the head yellowish, the back and sides with some black 
and yellow spots; feeds on the Verbascum and Scrophularia, 
Scarce. Suffolk, Middlesex, Kent, Surrey, and Gloucestershire 
Mute (C. Verbasci, OcnseNnnEIMER) appears April and 
May. Wings one inch three-fourths to two inches; first pair 
blackish brown, with the margins darker, in the middle of the 
inner edge isa pale white patch resembling the figure 8, or the 
Greek letter €; second pair white, with a very broad blackish 
border, Caterpillar, ash-coloured or whitish, with yellow and 
black spots ; feeds on the various species of Verbascum in July, 
Not scarce, Suffolk, Hertfordshire, and Kent. 
Tur Starworr (C. Asteris, Curis) appears the beginning of 
July. Wings one inch five-sixths to two inches ; first pair dusky 
brown, with a very broad whitish streak } Second pair ashy 
brown; darker in the female. Caterpillar, with the head brownish, 
spotted with dusky, a broad yellow stripe on the back, beneath 
which is a narrower violet one, then a broad dull green one, and 
then a whitish yellow one, the legs green; feeds on various Spe- 
cies of star-wort. Not common. Norfolk, Middlesex, Kent, and 
Surrey. 
Tae Sueruerp’s Crus (C, Thapsiphaga, OcuseNurimeEnr) 
appears in June. Wings one inch five-sixths ; first pair ashy 
white, with dusky margins and two rows of black dots towards 
the hinder edge. Rare. Kent. 
Tur SHark (C. Umbratica, OcnsENuEIMER) appears the mid- 
dle of July, and frequents low hedges, Wings one inch two- 
thirds to two inches; first pair streaked with hoary, with a cen- 
tral rusty patch, and a black longitudinal line having contiguous 
black spots ; second pair whitish, with dusky nervures. Cater. 
pillar, blackish, with three rows of red Spots; feeds on the 
Sonchus oleraceus and L. arvensis. Not very common, York- 
shire, Shropshire, Suffolk, Essex, and Surrey. 
Tue Lerruck Saar (C. Lactuca, SrepnEns) appears in July, 
Wings one inch five-sixths to two inches ; first pair obscure ash 
coloured waved with brown, reddish in the centre; wnder- 
neath dusky, pale at the base and margin, with three whitish 
Spots on the upper edge; second pair dusky, with a whit- 
ish disk. Caterpillar, black, with white rings on the sides, anda 
tawny line and spot on the back ; head black ; an anterior forked 
white line ; feeds on the lettuce, &c, Scarce. Yorkshire, Kent, 
and Surrey. ‘ 
Tue TANsy Suark (C. Tanaceti, STEPHENS) appears the end 
of July. Wings one inch two-thirds to five sixths; first pair 
streaked with hoary, having two black lines lengthwise, and 
three spots on the upper edge; second pair above white, witha 
blackish margin ; underneath Spotless. Caterpillar ash coloured, 
spotted with black and lined with yellow ; feeds on the tansy, 
