CONSPECTUS OF MOTHS, 93 
Toe PurrLe Suapes (A. illustris, OcuSENHEIMER) appears 
inJune or July. Wings one inch one-half to two-thirds; first 
pair brassy ash, clouded with green and dusky, of a glossy hue, 
with three distinct red spots, two-fold white streaks, and a wave 
on the outer margin ; second pair ash coloured, with a central 
streak on the hinder margin darker. Caterpillar, bluish green, 
with a yellow stripe on the sides, with three black patches on 
the sides of each segment ; feeds on aconite, Pupa green, with 
ig spots, enclosedin a web. Rare. South Wales and Wilt- 
shire. 
CALOTANIA (SteruEns). 
Toe GREEN CALOTARNIA (C, viridis, SrePHENS). Said to be 
British on doubtful authority. 
PLUSIA (OcHSENHEIMER). 
Tue GoupEen Y (P. Jota, OcuseNuEIMER) appears the begin- 
ning of July, and frequents woody places. Wings one inch five- 
twelfths to two-thirds; first pair variegated with brown grey 
and rust red, with an interrupted golden character in the middle 
faintly resembling the letter y, or « of the Greeks; the stigmata 
remote, bordered with gold; second pair reddish ash, with a 
slanting streak, nervures and hinder margin dusky. Caterpillar, 
green, with white spots; feeds on the nettle, burdock, &e, Un- 
common. Devonshire, Yorkshire, Durham, near London, and 
Warwickshire. 
Tue Jor (P. Percontationis, OcusENHEIMER) appears the end 
of June. Wings one inch one half to two-thirds; first pair varied 
with brown and rust colour, with an angular mark resembling 
the Greek v or» in the middle and contiguous spot, of bright 
gold colour; second pair as in the preceding. Often con- 
Cea with the preceding. Not common. Hertfordshire and 
ent. 
Tne Inscription (P. bimaculata, Stepurns). Wings one 
inch two-thirds; first pair varied with dusky brown and rust 
colour, with two golden spots on the dise; second pair with a 
central crescent. Rare. 
Tae Yorssuire Y (P. interrogationis, OcuskNHEIMER) 
Appears the end of June or beginning of July. Wings one inch 
one-fourth to five-twelfths; first pair varied with ashy brown 
and rosy, in the middle a V-like character and a contiguous spot 
silvery; second pair dusky-grey. Caterpillar feeds on the nettle. 
(Urtica wrens). Not uncommon. Island of Arran, North of 
England, but not south of Yorkshire. 
Tue GAMMA Morn (P, Gamma, OcuskNHEIMER) appears in 
April, June, and September, and frequents flowers. Wings one 
inch one-third to two-thirds; first pair varied with grey and 
brown, having a silvery tinge, with a perfect silvery Greek let- 
ter gamma (7) towards the centre, and an adjoining rusty spot; 
Second pair pale ashy-brown, with the nervures and hinder 
