130 CONSPECTUS OF MOTHS. 
the tip, and towards the hinder margin an indistinct darker 
bandlet bordered with white. Caterpillar, green or yellow, with 
a light stripe on the sides; feeds on the broom. Local. War. 
wickshire, and Surrey. 
Tue Broom Tre (Ch. obliquaria, OcuseNHEIMER) appears in 
May. Wings one inch one-sixth to one-fourth ; first pair red. 
dish-grey, somewhat clouded, at the base a right angled evanes. 
cent dusky brown streak; and a second wavy band-like white 
streak near the hinder margin, which terminates in an oblique 
pitch-black line at the tip; on the hinder margin is a slender 
black interrupted streak, inwardly bordered with whitish; second 
pair pale dusky, spotless. Scarce. Durham, Essex, and Surrey, 
THERA (Srernens). 
Tue IsvANnp Carper (7. simulata, SrePHENs) appears the 
end of June. Wings one inch one-sixth; first pair ashy red, 
with the base reddish, and an angular central band of the same 
colour, with a dusky border, and having a dusky dot towards 
the upper edge ; second pairreddish-white. Scarce. Fifeshire, 
and Kent, 
Tue Grey Carrer (T. variata, SrepaENns) appears in June, 
andin September, Wings five-sixths to one inch one-sixth; first 
pair ashy-brown, with a dusky band at the base, and a second in 
the middle, angular and wavy near the upper edge, but thin and 
almost broken towards the inner edge; between this and the 
hinder margin is a broad indistinct somewhat dusky streak, out- 
wardly pale ; fringe spotted with dusky ;* second pair pale dusky, 
Caterpillar, green, with a whitish line on the back and sides; 
feeds on various kinds of fir. Common, Cheshire, Herts, 
Essex, Middlesex, Kent, and Surrey. 
Tae OseviskK (T. fulvata, SterpHEeNs). Wings one inch anda 
quarter; first pair ashy-grey, with a band at the base, and asecond 
in the middle reddish, Scarce. North and middle of England. 
Tue JunirEr (T. Juniperata, Srernens) appears in Septem- 
ber. Wings one inch, ash-coloured ; first pair with two dusky 
grey bands, and a dusky line at the tip. Caterpillar, green, 
with a whitish and reddish line: feeds on the juniper. Rare. 
Kent. 
OPORABIA (Srernens). 
Tae AutuMN Borper (0. dilutata, STEPHENS) appears in 
October. Wings one inch one-sixth to eleven-twelfths, whitish 
ash; first pair with various waved dusky streaks placed in bands 
of two or three, and nearly equi-distant from each other ; secontl 
pair paler, with some waved lines towards the hinder margin. 
Caterpillar, dull green, with reddish spots and a yellowish line 
on thesides; feeds on the oak, elm, &c. Common, Durham, 
Cumberland, and Essex, 
