104 CONSPECTUS OF MOTHS. 
NYSSIA (Duroncuen). 
~ Tue Hispm Beauty (N. hispidaria, STEPHENS) appears in 
March. Wings of the male one inch one-fourth, ashy-brown, 
with three dusky streaks, the two first waved, and the hinder one 
wavy, fringes pale, with dusky rather square spots 3 Second pair 
dusky, with a dark central line. Female without wings. Ca. 
terpillar, brown, with dark square Spots; feeds on the elm. Rare, 
Shropshire, Kent, and Surrey. 
BISTON (Lracn). 
THE OAK Beauty (B. prodromarius, LEacn) appears in March 
or April. Wings of the male one inch one-half, female one inch 
two-thirds to two inches one twelfth, whitish, powdered with 
dusky, with two wavy brown bands terminated with black; 
varies much. Caterpillar, variable ; brown or ash colour, mar- 
bled with yellow or dusky, with white dots and fourteen spir- 
acles ; feeds on the oak, lime, &c., in June. Pupa chestnut brown, 
with the spine terminating in two hooks at the tip. Rather 
Searce. Yorkshire, Warwickshire, and near London, 
Tue Srorren Ev (B. Betularius, Leacn) appears in June 
and September. Wings of the male one inch one-half to five- 
sixths, female two inches one-fourth to one third, white, thickly 
sprinkled with black, clouded; second pair having sometimes a 
black wavy streak behind the middle, body white, corselet witha 
black band. Caterpillar, variable, greenish, or brown, with a 
reddish line on the back,—or ashy-grey, with two warts on the 
eighth, and two on the eleventh Segment; feeds on oak, willow, 
rose, &e. Pupa brown, with a long spine at the tip. Common, 
Yorkshire, Durham, Cambridgeshire, and Scotland. 
THe Brinpiep Beauty (B. hirtarius, LeAcu) appears in 
April. Wings of the male one inch one-half to two-thirds ; female 
one inch two-thirds to five-sixths ; hoary, yellowish, or grey or 
dusky, with black cross streaks approximating at the hinder 
margin; second pair similar, with only two cross streaks. Fe- 
male with the wings greenish, more translucent, and the mark- 
ings less distinct. Caterpillar, brown spotted with grey, with ten 
slightly raised warts on the back, legs yellow tipped with reddish; 
feeds on poplar, lime, elm. Pupa short, dirty black, with a fine 
point at the extremity. Notscarce, Near London, 
HIMERA (Duponcuet), 
THE FeaTneReD THORN (A. pennaria, STEP Hens) appears the 
beginning of October in woods. Wings of the male one inch 
three-fourths to two inches, female one inch one-half to two inches 
one-fourth ; first pair reddish, with two thick streaks at the 
upper edge, and an interjacent spot, brown, and a black spot at 
the tip, bordered with white ; Second pair paler, with a central 
dusky spot and reddish Streak ; female paler, Caterpillar grey, 
varied with brown and white, with two reddish warts on the last 
segment, and two red spots on the first ; feeds on the oak, beech, 
