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the vpings, and the former seldom exceeding sixteen 
or eighteen lines. The sexes are likewise very 
dissimilar in colour: the male has the surface of 
the upper wings pale yellow, with the anterior and 
inner edge as well as the fringe, rose-red ; the disk 
of each with a large somewhat crescent-shaped 
brown spot edged with red. The imder wings are 
pale yellowish-white, -with a dusky crescent in the 
middle anteriorly, and a broad dusky band near the 
hinder margin, the fringe rose-red. The thorax and 
abdomen are of the same colour as the adjoining 
wings ; the legs and stalk of the antennse reddish. 
In the female the portion of the upper wings just 
described as light yellow, is of a reddish-yellow 
inclining to brown ; the hinder wings dusky at the 
base, and having a marginal band, varying in shape 
and size in different individuals. 
The caterpillar is thickly covered with fascicles 
of short hair, sometimes reddish, at other times in- 
clining to orange-yellow. The body is dusky-brown, 
■with a pale yellow dorsal line, and a series of yellow 
spots on each side. It feeds on a variety of plants, 
among which are the hoimd's tongue C Cynoglossum 
officinale ), field scabious, and narrow-leaved plantain. 
The moth is not generally distributed, but is found 
in some plenty in Coombe Wood, the New Forest, 
near York, &c. : likewise in the vicinity of Edin- 
burgh, but not plentifully, and in Dumfiies-shire 
near Raehills. 
