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llAUSTKLLATA. LEPIDOPTERA. 



neither touches the costa nor the inner margin; the extreme apex is also 

 clouded with the same : posterior wings ashy-brown, with the apex of an 

 orange tint. Female very dissimilar, the anterior wings griseous, with an 

 obscure fasciaeform brown blotch in the middle, the apex with a faint streak 

 of the same. 



In some examples the wings are almost entirely suffused with a deep smoky 

 brown, with the usual markings deeper ; the posterior wings attimes without 

 the slightest tint of orange at the apex. 



The caterpillar of this insect also feeds upon the rose, raspberry, &c.: the 

 imago appears in gardens towards the end of June. 



Rather scarce, or probably local ; found in plenty in my own gar- 

 den at the time above mentioned ; also taken in other parts of the 

 country. " Newcastle," &c. — G. Wailes, Esq. 



Sji. 15. Cratsegana ? AUs anticis subcaudatis griseo-testaceis macula basi, fas- 

 ciisque duahus ohliqais brunneo-fuscis, ruedid disco dilatatd subdentata, posticix 

 Jnscescentibus. (Exp. Alar. 11 — 12lin.) 



To. Crataegana. Hilbner? — Lo. Branderiana. Steph. Catal. ii. 170. N'o. 6863. 



Anterior wings somewhat caudate, griseo-testaceous, with a subtriangular 

 brown blotch towards the base of the inner margin, an irregular oblique 

 fascia of the same in the middle, somewhat dentate on the disc and dilated 

 towards the inner margin into a large blotch, on the costa midway between 

 the origin of the fascia and the hinder margin is an oblong-ovate brown 

 patch, from which a narrow streak, placed obliquely, arises, and terminates 

 in a point near the middle of the hinder margin: posterior wings fuscous, 

 with a slight lutcous tinge on the apex. 



The caterpillar feeds on the whitethorn, and the imago appears at the end of 

 June. 



This is evidently a rare species : it has occurred within the metro- 

 politan district, but is rather more abundant near Brockenhurst, in 

 the New Forest. 



Sp. 16. Xylosteana. Alls anticis retusis subcaudatis pallide griseo-testaceis, 

 sericeis, macula basi, fascia media obliqud ad costam bifida, aliaque abbreviata 

 posticd bTiinueis, posticisfuscis. (Exp. Alar. 7 — 10§ lin.) 



Ph. To. Xylosteana. Linne. — Lo. Xylosteana. Stcph. Catal. ii. 163. iVo. 6866. 



Anterior wings retuse, somewhat caudate, pale griseo-testaceous, with a satiny 

 gloss : near the base of the inner margin is a brown spot, placed obliquely, 

 and extending towards the middle of the wing, contrariwise to an irregular 

 oblique band of similar colour, which arises before the middle of the costa, 

 reaches to the anal angle, and branches of!" to the costa again ; this band is 

 bordered anteriorly and posteriorly with a satiny white ciS^c; on the huidcr 



