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yellow along the hack ; the spots large and black ; on the 
sides is a pale purple stripe. 
The date of the appearance of the caterpillar is in August. 
It feeds on the seeds of the wild mustard. 
The chrysalis is found between leaves, sometimes 
among the seeds of the food plant. 
PIONEA STRAMENTALIS. 
CHEQUERED STRAW. 
Plate LXXYI. Figure 1. 
Localities for this species are Brighton, Wateringbury 
near Maidstone, Shrawley Wood near Bewdley, Pembury, 
Bed Hill, Banworth, Tenterden, Sevenoaks, Stowmarket. 
The situations where it is found are woods, in moist 
places. 
The perfect insect appears in June, July, and August. 
The chrysalis is found between leaves, but sometimes 
among the seeds of the plant the caterpillar feeds on ? 
SPILODES STICTICALIS. 
DIAMOND SPOT. 
Plate LXXYI. Figure 2. 
Localities for this species are York, Brighton, Dover, 
Barnstaple, Yentnor, Birkenhead, Huddersfield, Halifax, 
Sherwood Forest, Pembury, New Brighton. 
The perfect insect appears in June and July. 
