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and irregularly waved ; a second in the middle narrowed at the costa, and 

 expanded towards the inner margin, its outer edge very irregular ; on the 

 hinder margin is a third small abbreviated one, arising near the anal angle, 

 but not extending to the costa; the latter is spotted with fuscous at the 

 apex ; cilia ashy, with a blackish spot in the middle, adjoining the third 

 fascia: posterior wings brown. 



Very abundant, during the month of June, in hedges and places 

 where nettles abound, throughout the metropolitan district ; found 

 also in Norfolk, near Dover, Devonshire, the New Forest, &c. 



Sp. 5. obsoletana. Alis anticis griseis, fasciis subrectis sesquitertiis fuscis, 

 strigaque ohsoletd postica punctulorum argenteorum. (Exp. Alar. 7^ Ini.) 



Se. obsoletana. Steph. Nomen. 2d edit. — To. micana. Haworth. 



Anterior griseous, with an irregular fascia at the base and another broad one 

 in the middle with the edges ill defined, beyond which is a very clear streak 

 of silvery dots ; on the costa towards the apex are some pale spots disposed 

 in pairs, and on the hinder margin is an abbreviated oblique fascia : cilia 

 pale, with a brown dot : posterior wings deep fuscous. 



Not very rare in the vicinity of London, frequenting hedges at the 

 sides of woods, at Coombe, Darenth, Ripley, Hertford, he. in June. 



Sp. 6. alternana. Alis anticis ochraceo-griseis, nigro irroratis, fascia basi 

 alteraque irregular i media saturatioribus, ciliis puncto atro. (Exp. Alar. 

 7 lin.) 



Or. alternana. Curtis, v. viii. Jb. 364. 



" Shining ochreous-grey : thorax and superior (anierior) wings freckled with 

 black, the latter with nine pair of pale spots on the costa, the base rather 

 darker, the black spots forming irregular and broken transverse lines ; a 

 blackish fascia across the centre freckled with a few pale scales, having a 

 longitudinal pale line across the middle, the apex rather dark ash-colour : 

 cilia with a small black spot at the tip and middle : inferior (posterior) wings 

 fuscous." — Curtis, I. c. 



Found in the north of England and in Scotland the beginning of 

 July. " Taken 14th July, amongst heath in the Black wood. Loch 

 llannoch."" — Curtis, I. c. 



Sp. 7. undulana. Alis anticis rufo-cinereis, fasciis duabus dentatis strigaque 

 postica fusco-brunneis argenteo obsolete marginatis. (Exp. Alar. 6 — 8 lin.) 



To. undulana. Wie/i. Verz. — Or. undulana. Steph. Catal. ii. 182. No. 7010. 



Anterior wings reddish-ash, with faint darker streaks, a broad brown fascia 

 at the base, a second in the middle, bifurcate exteriorly, and a third short 

 oblique one on the hinder margin ; on the costa are four pair of whitish 



