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location ; they appear, nevertheless, to be more allied to the Pyrr- 

 Yidx, and if so their present location is that most adapted to receive 

 them : they may be known by the brevity and width of their wings, 

 which appear, from the maculated cilia, to be dentate : they fly in a 

 peculiar vacillating manner by day, revelling in the solar rays on 

 umbelliferous plants, and upon nettles, &c. 



A. Palpi slender, clothed with short compact scales: — Chorectis, Hub. 

 Sp. 1. Fabriciatia. Alisjuscis, anticis cinerco adspersis, margine eiterno inau- 



ratis, itriga albida, posticis striga ahbreviata alba. (Exp. Alar. 6 lin.) 

 Ph. To. Fabriciana. Linnc.—?>\. Fabriciana. Stcph. Cafal. ii. 161. Xo. 6781. 

 "Wings brown ; anterior clouded with ashy, with a golden tint towards the 



hhider margin ; the disc with a whitish waved streak behind the middle ; 



cilia black, with whitish clouds : posterior wings with an abbreviated white 



streak, near the anal angle, towards the hinder marghi, the latter with a 



golden gloss; cilia dusky, with ashy clouds. 



Not uncommon on various flowers, especially ragwort, during the 

 summer, from April to October ; found in several parts of the country, 

 abundantly within the metropoUtan district, and not unfrcquently in 

 Norfolk, Suffolk, Devonshire, Somerset, Dorset, Hants, &c. " Cam- 

 bridge."— C. C. Bahington, Esq. " Raehills."— i^eu. W. Little. 



Sp. 2. pariana. Alls fuscis, anticis fascia media cinerca, sirigis duabus nigrican- 



tibns, ciliis albo-macnlaiis. (F^xp. Alar. 5 — 5§ lin.) 

 Ph. To. pariana. Liii?ie.—S,i. pariana. Steph. Catal. ii. 161. Nu. 6782. 

 Wings brown; anterior with an ashy fascia in the middle, bordered on each 



side with a slender black line, the exterior one waved ; cilia black, spotteil 



with white ; posterior wings with a faint whitish streak near the hinder 



margin. 



Less abundant than the last; found in June near Ripley, Hert- 

 ford, Birch Wood, Darenth, and Dorsetshire, Somerset, &c. 



Sp. 3. lutosa. AUs anticis testaceo-fuscis obsolete nebulosis strigisque duabus 

 vigris, cosiapunctis albis nigrisque, posticis atris ivimaculatis. (Exp. Alar. 

 5 lin.) 



An. lutosa. Haworth.—^i. lutosa. Steph. Catal. ii. 16t. No. 6783. 



Anterior wings testaceous-, or luteous-brown, with some obscure darker 

 markings, a black, slightly incurved, streak near the base, and a waved one 

 beyond the middle: on the costa arc some short whitish and black spots; 



