92 CONSPECTUS OF MOTHS. 
black and white streaks on the sides; head ash-coloured, with 
black spots; feeds on the Antirrhinum linaria. Rave. Essex, 
CHARICLEA (Strpu=ns), 
Tre PEASE Buossom (C. Delphinii, (Curtis) appears in June, 
Wings one inch one-quarter to one-third; first pair red, with a 
purplish band at the base, and another towards the hinder mar. 
gin; on the margin a streak of the same colour; fringe yellow- 
white, and longer than any of the Noctua; second pair white, 
with a brown border, outwardly margined with purple; fringe 
white, Caterpillar, yellowish, with black spots, and two yellow 
lines; feeds on the Delphinium, Rare. Berkshire. 
EREMOBIA (SrepnENs). 
Tur Dusky SAuLow (EF. ochroleuca, SvePHENS) appears in 
July. Wings one inch one-third to one-half; first pair yaried 
with hoary white and ash, witha dusky spot at the base of the 
upper, and three dusky bands; fringe white, spotted with ash. 
colour; second pair brownish, with a dark border ; fringe white, 
Caterpillar, faint yellow, with a bright yellow streak on the Sides; 
feeds on wheat. Not common. Norfolk, Bedfordshire, Kent, 
and Surrey, 
ABROSTOLA (OcusENHEIMER), 
Tar Darx Srrcracue (A. triplasia, OcusENHEIMER) ap- 
pears in July, in gardens, and near wood sides. Wings one inch 
one-third to five-twelfths ; first pair greyish brown, paler at the 
base, with two arched black streaks, margined with grey, and 
turned in an opposite direction; the stigmata pale brown; second 
pair ash coloured, with a dusky margin. Caterpillar, green ; the 
three first segments with a white streak, and the two following 
with a black spot; feeds on the nettle. Not scarce. Hertford- 
shire and Essex. 
Tue Srecraccey (A. Asclepiadis, OcuskNuEIMER) appears the 
end of July on banks. Wings one inch one-third to one-half, of 
a brownish black, paler at the base; first pair with an arched 
Streak at the base, and another behind the centre, turning in ap 
opposite direction, with black lines towards the outer edge. 
Caterpillur, pale, spotted with black, with a yellow line on the 
sides ; feeds upon the Asclepias vincetoxicum, Rare. North of 
England, 
Tue Nerrie (A. Urtice ? Stepuens) appears the end of July 
on banks, in woody places, &c. Wings one inch one-third to 
seven-twelfths ; first pair clouded with brown and glaucous, with 
two arched streaks, turning contrariwise ; second pair dusky. 
Caterpillar, glass-green, with a whitish Stripe on the sides; the 
fourth and fifth segments with a black patch, with a white bor- 
der on the back, and the other segments having white spots on 
the sides; feeds on the nettle, Common. Shropshire, Essex, 
and Devonshire, 
