CONSPECTUS OF MOTHS. 107 
darker colours, and having the appearance of a piece of bark; 
feeds on the white thorn. Scarce. Roxburghshire, Shropshire, 
Yorkshire, Warwickshire, Kent, and Surrey. 
tue Kent TuorN (@. delunaria, HAwonrtH) appears in July. 
Wings one inch one-half, whitish grey, with an oblique dusky 
streak before the middle; first pair with an incurved streak in the 
middle; second pair with two dusky streaks in the middle, and 
“adjoining the outer one an obscure transparent crescent, Rare. 
Kent. 
Quz SuBLuNAR Thorn (G. sublunaria, STEPHENS). Wings 
one inch one half to two-thirds, deeply indented with a small 
white crescent; first pair from the base to behind the centre red- 
brown, with three dusky streaks, and the remainder purplish- 
white; second pair reddish, with a brownish band. Rare. Der- 
byshire. 
Tur PureLe THORN (G.illustraria, HAWorTH) appears in June. 
Wings one inch two-thirds to two inches one-twelfth, notched 
from the base to beyond the middle, commonly varied with brown 
andashy, with a whitish crescent towards the upper edge of the 
first, and in the centre of the dise of thesecond, pair, with a 
purplish white border. Caterpillar, brown, with whitish stripes 
on the sides, and brownish spots; feeds on oak, &c, Rare. 
Kent, and Hampshire. 
PERICALLIA (STEPHENS). 
Tur LinAc BEAuTy (P. Syringaria, StePHENs) appears the end 
of June, or beginning of July. Wings one inch one-half to two- 
thirds, notched, yellowish grey, with a somewhat short angular 
violet streak before the middle, and two others behind, of which 
one is brown and the other brown and violet; first pair with a 
violet crescent at the tip; second pair with some black spots 
towards the inner edge; female larger and paler. Caterpitlar, 
varied with black and brown ; feeds on privet, lilac; willow, &c. 
Pupa thick, brown. Scarce. Salop, Cambridgeshire, Warwick- 
shire, Essex, Middlesex, Kent, and Surrey, 
ANGERONA (DuponcHeL). 
Tur PLumnp ORANGE (A. Prunaria, STEPHENS) appears the 
end of July. Wings of the male one inch five-sixths to two 
inches, female two inches to two inches one-sixth, in the male 
bright orange ; in the female yellow, powdered with dusky, a 
dusky crescent in the middle, the hinder margin sometimes 
dusky ; fringe of the second pair with brown spots. Caterpillar, 
rust brown, with pale spots on the sides, head and spiracles 
reddish; feeds on the elm, sloe, white thorn, &e. Common. 
Westmoreland, Warwickshire, Essex, and near London, 
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RUMIA (DuroncueEL). 
Tuk Brimsvone (R. Cratayata, SrerHeNs) appears in April, 
