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wormwood, &c. Scarce. North Wales, Norfolk, Suffolk, near 
London, and Devonshire. 
Tur Nicut Suave (C. lucifuga, StermENns) appears the 
beginning of July. Wings one inch five-sixths; first pair of a 
bluish ash, with black nervures and lengthwise streaks; second 
pair on both sides dusky, darker at the border. Caterpillar, dull 
yellow, with greenish blue spots, and four streaks on the sides ; 
head,shining brown; feeds on Sonchus oleraceus, &c. Not com- 
mon. Shropshire. 
Tur CHAMOMILE SHARK (C. Chamomilla, SreruENs) appears 
inJune. Wings one inch one-half to three fourths, ash colour, 
first pair streaked with black, with two hairy spots in the mid- 
dle, and three ash coloured spots on the upper edge ; underneath 
with three white spots on the upper edge; second pair streaked, 
with white fringe; underneath witha small central brown cres- 
cent. Caterpillar, ash coloured, with two curved rusty lines on 
both sides of cach segment ; when young spotted with white 
and feeds on the flower of the Chamomile. Rare. Essex, Kent, 
Hampshire, and Devonshire. 
Tus Twin SHARK (C. jissina, SteeHENS) appears in April. 
Wings one inch one-half to seven-twelfths ; first pair streaked, 
clouded with brown, with a whitish somewhat central spot; 
yellow; second pair brown; tail forked. Not common. Essex, 
Kent, Surrey, Devonshire, and Hampshire, 
Tur Cupweep (C. Gnaphalii, Sreruens). Said to be British 
on doubtful authority. 
Tus Wormwoop (C. Absinthii, OcHSENHEIMER) appears the 
beginning of July, Wings one inch one-half to seven-twelfths ; 
first pair hoary white, with black bands, and spots disposed in a 
square, a row of black dots on the hinder margin; second pair 
whitish, with a brown band. Caterpillar, green, streaked with 
yellow and red spots; feeds on wormwood. Pupa in a case, 
brown, anteriorly green. Not scarce. South Wales, Middlesex, 
and Devonshire. 
Tus Muc-worr Suark (C. Artemisia, OCHSENHEIMER) ap- 
pears in June. Wings one inch one-half; first pair green, with 
silvery spots: second pair whitish, with a pale ashy margin ; 
fringe of all the wings white. Caterpillar hairy, green, spotted 
with white, with a series of red tubercles on the back and sides ; 
feeds on the Artemisia sylvestris. Pupa green, enclosed in a 
case. Rare. Oxfordshire. 
CALOPHASIA (STEPHENS). 
THE ToAp-FLAX (C. Linaria, SrermeNns) appears in June. 
Wings one inch one-sixth to one-quarter; first pair brownish 
ash, streaked with white and black, with a white kidney-shaped 
spot, margined with black towards the hinder edge ; second pair 
pale brown, with the nervures and margin dusky , fringe white, 
Caterpillar pale yellow, with a broad stripe on the back, and 
