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In old specimens the green tint of the anterior wings, liead, and thorax, fades 

 to a dirty green, or pale dirty yellow : in this state it is the To. Suttneriana. 

 Wien. Verz. 



Caterpillar dull green, with dusky spots : it feeds on the oak, the foliage of 

 which in some years it utterly destroys, so inmunerable does this species at 

 times occur : pupa brown, inclosed in a silken cocoon within a leaf: the 

 imago appears in June, towards the end of the month. 



Extremely abundant throughout the south of England, and not 

 uncommon in other parts of the country. " Oaks about Gibside, 

 sometimes defoliated by the larvtje." — G. Wailes, Esq. 



Sp. 2. palleana. AUs aiiticis st?-aminei's nitidis, jjosticis dilutioribus. (E.xp. 

 Alar. 9 lin.) 



To. palleana. Treitschke.—Stvph. Catal. ii. 169. No. 68 17. 



Head, thorax, and anterior wings of a glossy straw-colour; cilia whitish ; 

 posterior whitish straw, with paler cilia. Female rather smaller, with 

 darker wings. 



Found in the vicinity of Dover, but not very abundant, in July 

 and August. 



Sp. 3. Viburnana. Aiis anticis J'usco-griseis nitidis, innnacuhitis, posticis 

 obscure cinereis, ciliis albicantibus. (Exp. Alar. 9 — 10 lin.) 



To. Viburnana. Wien. Verz. To. unitana. Sieph. Catal. ii. 169. No. 6848. 



Head, thorax, and anterior wings shining griseous-brown, or yellowish, imma- 

 culate: cilia whitish ; posterior wings obscure cinereous-brown, with the 

 cilia whitish. 



The caterpillar, according to the authors of Wien.Verz., feeds on the Viburnum 

 Lantana : the imago appears in July. 



Taken occasionally near Whittlcsea IMcre, and sometimes to the 

 south of London, butnotcommon. "jNleldonPark." — 6'. Wailes, Esq. 



Genus CCLXXVII. — Lozot.exia* mihi. 



Palpi short, in general porrected horizontally, densely clothed with short com- 

 pact scales, sometimes slightly ascending and rather slender ; the basal 

 joint short, reniform, the second a little tumid, and somewhat attenuated at 

 the apex, third short, obtuse, generally exposed before denudation: maxillw 

 short. Antennm simple, slightly pubescent within in the males : head with a 

 tuft between the eyes, the latter globose : thorax slender, not crested : wings 



* Ao^a oblique, raivia lascia. 



