CONSPECTUS OF MOTHS. 125 
low, with rows of black spots. Caterpillar, white, with a yellow 
line on the sides, and various rows of black irregular dots and 
spots; feeds on the currant, blackthorn, &c., being hatched in 
the autumn, and living through the winter without feeding. 
Very common every where in the three kingdoms. 
MELANIPPE (DuroncueEr). 
Tue SreAr Beauty (M. hastata, SteeHENs) appears the be- 
ginning of June. Wings one inch one-third to one-half, white, 
all the margins black ; first pair with two black spotted bands. 
Caterpillar, dusky brown, with wavy yellow lines on the sides ; 
feeds on the birch, Scarce. Warwickshire, Essex, Kent, and 
Surrey. 
XERENE (TreiTscuKeE), 
Tue CLIrDEN Beauty (X.albicillata, OCHSENHEIMER) appears 
the end of June. Wings one inch one-third to one-half, milk- 
white, in the centre a black dot; first pair with a broad waved 
somewhat pitchy band at the base, streaked with lead colour, a 
large black three-cornered spot on the upper edge near the tip; 
the marginal border varied with whitish lead colour and dusky ; 
second pair with a dusky border, interrupted with whitish; be- 
hind a waved black double streak. Caterpillar, green, with the 
first and last segments with a brown line onthe sides, the inter- 
mediate ones with a brown crescent on the back ; feeds on the 
raspberry. Rare. Near London, Kent, and Norfolk, 
Tas CHALK Carper (X. procellata, OCHSENHEIMER). Wings 
one inch one-third to one-half, snow white; first pair, with the 
base, an abbreviated band on the upper edge, and the border 
dusky ; the latter with a square white spot in the middle; second 
pair with faint waved streaks, and a white one sometimes within 
adark marginal border, Common. Essex, Herts, and Kent, 
Tar CrirpEN Carpet, (X. adustata, OcusENHEIMER) appears 
the end of July, and middle or end of August, Wings one inch 
toone one-twelfth, cream-coloured or whitish ; first pair with the 
base tawny black, and a waved band of the same tint, towards 
thehinder margin ; a row of double black spots on the margin ; 
Second pair clouded or sprinkled with black, with streaks, and a 
band behind the middle, pale dusky, fringes white. Caterpillar, 
green, with a white spot on the margin, with red dots; feeds on 
ite paudleatres in chalky districts. Local, Essex, Herts, and 
ent, 
Tae Bus Borner (X. rubiginata, OCcHSENHEIMER) appears the 
end of June, and end of August. Wings three-fourths to one 
inch one-twelfth, snow-white; first pair with the base andan 
interrupted band in the middle, varied with tawny and brown ; 
the hinder margin of all wings lead-coloured, with a faint white 
Streak. Caterpillar, green, with a pale line on the back, and a 
yellowish green one on the sides; feeds on the alder. Local. 
Durham, and Surrey. 
THe Plumper (X. plumbata, SrerHens). Wings one inch to 
