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followed by a white blotch and an angulated transverse line 

 near hind margin ; there is also a triangular white spot on 

 costa, and another at the tip, and a pale dirty white streak 

 along the inner margin. Hind-wings, dark gray, fringes 

 paler. A bdomen, dark grayish brown. Legs, ochreous brown. 

 Expands about 23 mm. 



Occurs in July. Frequents grass, and heath - covered 

 knolls and hill slopes, at an elevation of from 1000 to 2500 

 feet. It flies naturally at dusk, and is distributed over the 

 whole of the north-western counties, and in some places is 

 not rare. 



CRAMBUS PASCUELLUS, Linn. 



Antenna, brownish. Palpi, ochreous brown, darkest at 

 the sides. Head, pale ochreous. Thorax, pale ochreous ; 

 shoulders ochreous brown. Fore-wings, glossy ochreous 

 brown, slightly tinged with rust colour before the trans- 

 verse line ; a broad white streak from costa at base to 

 beyond the middle is followed by a white blotch, an angu- 

 lated transverse white line before the hind margin, and two 

 white spots at tip ; veins and inner margin generally streaked 

 with white ; blotch at anal angle dark gray ; fringes glossy. 

 Hind-wings, pale gray, fringes and inner margin very pale. 

 Abdomen, pale gray. Legs, ochreous brown. Expands 

 about 23 mm. 



Occurs in June and July. Frequents wet meadows, 

 edges of woods, and damp heaths and bogs. Flies naturally 

 at dusk, and is local and rather rare in Scotland. It has 

 been found in the counties of Aberdeen, Forfar, and Perth. 



Section III. — Fore-wings unicolorous, or nearly so, with 

 a pure white longitudinal streak. 



a. Palpi, head, and thorax dark brown. C. furcatellus. 



b. Palpi, head- and thorax white. C. margaritellus. 



CRAMBUS FURCATELLUS, Zctt. 



Antenna, dark- brown. Palpi, brown, paler towards 

 base. Head, dark brown. Thorax, dark brown, or dark- 

 chocolate brown. Fore-wings, dark brown, chocolate brown, 

 or dark brown with an ochreous tinge ; a pure white streak 



