CONSPECTUS OF MOTHS. 103 
HIBERNIA (LATREILLE). 
Tas Cross W1No (H. capreolaria, Duroncner) appears in Peb- 
mary and March. Wings one inch one-third to seven-twelfths ; 
first pair reddish grey, sprinkled with rust-brown spots, witha 
darker straight streak before the middle, and a marginal band, in 
which is a row of pale spots. Caterpillar, fawn yellow, the four 
first segments with brown, yellow, and red lines, the body with 
prown and yellow dots and lines, a row of white dots on each 
side; feeds on oak and birch, Pwpa greenish brown, Common. 
Cumberland, Durham, Essex, and near London. 
Tur UmBre Linx (H. connectaria, StePHENS) appears in No- 
yember and December, Wings one inch seven-twelfths; first 
pair speckled with dusky brown, with three equi-distant brown 
streaks, and a pale square patch on the upper edge near the 
hinder margin; second pair whitish, speckled with dusky dots, 
with two streaks in the middle, and an intermediate spot, brown. 
Rather scarce. Essex, and near London, 
Tux Scarce Umsre (L. prosapiaria, SterMENs) appears in 
October or November, Wings one inch one-half to two-thirds ; 
first pair tawny orange, sprinkled with brown dots, with two 
slanting brown streaks, and a spot of the same tint in the centre; 
second pair pale tawny yellow, with a central spot, and a single 
streak, brown; variesmuch, Caterpillar greenish, with a brown 
line edged above with white on each side of the body above the 
stigmata; head and legs pale orange; feeds on the oak, birch, 
and horn-beam. Pupa brown. Rather scarce. Edinburgh, 
Essex, Kent, and Surrey. 
Tux Umpre (C. defoliaria, SraraeNns) appears the end of 
October, in woods and copses. Wings one inch seven-twelfths 
to three fourths; first pair whitish, grey or rusty speckled, with 
two dusky streaks, and having a central spot; second pair paler, 
with a brown central spot, Caterpillar, rust brown, witha bright 
yellow streak on the sides, and a red spot with a white dot on 
each segment ; feeds on oak, lime, beech, &c, Pupa reddish 
brown, with the tip very acute. Common, Cumberland, Essex, 
and near London. 
PHIGALIA (DuponcueEL). 
Tue Winter Beauty (Ph. pilosuria, SrEPHENS) appears in 
March, Wings one inch one-half to two-thirds; greenish 
ash sprinkled with dusky, with a central spot and four inter- 
rupted streaks, black; the streaks arise from equi-distant spots 
on the upper edge; second pair similar, but pale, with a single 
streak in the centre, the fringes with a slender brown line more 
or less interrupted. The female without wings. Caterpillar, 
yellow, varied with reddish brown, with red spots and black 
dots; feeds on oak, birch, elm, &c. in June, Pupa brown. 
Scarce. Cheshire, Shropshire, Warwickshire, and Surrey, 
