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HAUSTELLATA. LEPIDOI'TEIIA. 



Extremely abundant in June and July within the metropolitan 

 district ; also taken in other parts of the country, as in Devonshire, 

 the New Forest, near Dover, &c. 



Sp. 3. tripunctana. Alis anticis basi nigris, nehulis atris maculisque ohsoieie 

 brunncis, postice albidis cintreo nubnebuhsis, punctis tribus nigricaniibus ; 

 posticis atris aid fuscescentibus. (Exp. Alar. 9 — 10^ lin.) 



Py. tripunctana. Fabricius. — A.n. tripunctana. Stcph. Catal. ii. 173. No. 6893. 

 Ph. Cynosbana. Donov. x. pi. 355. f. 3. 



Anterior wings black or dusky at the base, with dark black and obscure brown 

 clouds, terminating obliquely behind the middle, anterior to the anal angle; 

 near the middle of its hinder edge are two blackish dots, and a third at the 

 apex; the tip of the wings is whitish, clouded with ashy, with the extreme 

 hinder margin brownish ; on the costa are some minute black streaks : pos- 

 terior wings dusky or black. 



Variable : in some examples the base of the wings is darker than others, and 

 the apex is more or less suffused with ochraceous or dirty yellow. 



Not very common : taken towards the end of July in the woods 

 within the metropolitan district ; also in the New Forest, &c. 



Sp. 4. Pruniana. Alis anticis basifiisco nigroque variis, plumbeo sfrigatis, apice 

 fascia lata alba interrupta, in qua mucuJd atra. (Exp. Alar. 7§ lin.) 



To. Pruniana. H'ubner.— An. Pruniana. Steph. Catal. ii. 173. No. 6894. 



Anterior wings at the base varied with fuscous and black, with darker spotS;, 

 and lead-coloured streaks ; the apex with a broad, irregular, interrupted, 

 white fascia, in which is a black spot, and on the costa are three conspicuous 

 black dots ; the hinder marghi is slightly dusky : posterior wings fuscous. 



The caterpillar feeds on the sloe, birch, ash, &c.: the imago appears about the 

 middle of June. 



Not very common ; taken in woods and hedges within the metro- 

 politan district, and at Dover, and in the New Forest and Devon- 

 shire. 



Sp. 5. pullana. Alis anticis nigro-JuUginosis, fascia media viargineque postico 

 vigris ; posticis piceo-atris. (Exp. Alar. 6 — 6§ lin.) 



To. pullana. Hawortb. — An. pullana. Siepk. Catal. ii. 173. No. 6895. 



Anterior wings smoky-black, with some darker blotches and dots, a central 

 black fascia, and the hinder margin also black : posterior pitchy-black. 



Found, but very rarely, in the neighbourhood of London, in 

 June. 



