CONSPECTUS OF MOTHS. . 95 
HELIOTHIS (OcusennEIMeER). 
Tut BORDERED SALLow (H. marginata, OCHSENHEIMER) ap- 
pears the beginning of June. Wings one inch five-twelfths to 
one-half; first pair rusty, with reddish brown streaks, and a 
broad band on the hinder margin, composed of brown crescents ; 
second pair yellowish white, with the base, central crescent, and 
porder, brown. Caterpillar, green, clouded with reddish-brown, 
with a whitish stripe on the sides; feeds on the restharrow. 
Not very common. Hssex, Kent, Surrey, and Devonshire. 
The BorpERED Straw (H. peltigera, OcHSENHEIMER) ap- 
pears in July. Wings one inch seven-twelfths to two-thirds ; 
straw coloured; first pair clouded, with a row of very minute 
black dots on the hinder margin; second pair with a central 
crescent, nervures and margin dusky, with a marginal straw~- 
coloured spot. Rare. Yorkshire, Warwickshire, near London, 
Sussex, Hampshire, and Devonshire. 
Tut MARBLED CLover (H. dipsacea, OCHSENHEIMER) appears 
the middle of July and August. Wings one inch one-fourth to 
one-third ; first pair grey, with an irregular reddish-brown band 
behind the hinder stigma, and another behind the middle, be- 
tween and behind the stigmata a pale or yellowish square spot ; 
second pair white, with the base, a broad central crescent, and 
marginal border black, the border with a white spot. Caterpillar, 
red, with the head ash-coloured, the body with white lines ; feeds 
upon various species of teazle, &c. Uncommon. Kent, and 
Sussex. 
ANARTA (OcHSENHEIMER). 
Tut Beautiru, Unperwine (A. Myrtilli, Curtis) appears in 
June and July, on heaths. Wings five-sixths to one inch; first 
pair rusty, with waved whitish and dusky streaks, and a whitish 
central patch; second pair yellow, with a broad brown or black 
border on the margins. Caterpillar, grass green, with a bluish 
head, the segments with yellow and black marks, a black line 
on the back and sides; feeds on the whortleberry and heath. 
Lg common. Yorkshire, Durham, Norfolk, Kent, and Hamp- 
shire, 
Tak HeArT-BEARER (A. cordigera, SrEPHENS). Supposed 
British on doubtful authority. 
Tue Strawnerry Trex (A. Heliaca, OCHSENHEIMER) appears 
the end of July in laries. Wings seven-twelfths to three-fourths ; 
first slight coppery brown, with a wavy black streak in the mid- 
dle, and a pale band towards the hinder edge; second pair black, 
with a yellow bandin the centre. Not scarce. Yorkshire, Shrop- 
shire, Warwickshire, Hertfordshire, Essex, Kent, and Surrey. 
ACONTIA (OcHSENHEIMER). 
Tua FourSpor (A. luetuosa, OcHSENUEIMER) appears in June 
in clover fields. Wings one inch to one one-sixth, black; first 
pair with a large rosy-white patch on the upper edge behind the 
