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A. Anterior wings not fasciated, simply coloured, with a large ovate dark- 



coloured blotch on the inner margin: — Episagma, p. Hiibner. 

 Sp. 1. Solandriana. Alls anticis puUidis atojnis mimdissimis rufesceiiillius, 



7nacula communi oblotigd suhainuata brunneo-ferrugineu. (Exp. Alar. 8 — 



9i lin.) 

 Ph. To. Solandriana. Z/nnt'.— Poec. Solandriana. Steph. Catal. ii. 183. No. 7026. 

 Anterior wings pale, with a reddish tinge, caused by very minute atoms, the 



hinder margin brownish, and the costa with some minute brown dots ; on 



the inner margin is a large oblong rusty-brown, or dusky, patch, slightly 



waved on the discal edge : posterior wings brownish. 



Not very common, though far from rare, within the metropoUtan 

 district, towards the end of July or beginning of August : it also 

 occurs in the New Forest, and in Norfolk and Devonshire. 



B. Anterior wings indistinctly fasciated, or immaculate, with a paler blotch 



on the inner margin : — Epiblema, p. Hiibner. 



Sp. 2. trapezana. Alis anticis testaceis seu fusco-ferrvgineis subrivulosis niti- 

 dulis, macula magna dor sali communi paUidiore, aut albida vel niveCi. (Exp. 

 Alar. 8— lOi lin.) 



Py. trapezana. Fabricius. — Poec. Sparmanniana. Steph. Catal. ii. 183. No. 7025. 



Anterior wings glossy testaceous, or cinnamon-brown, with more or less dis- 

 tinct brown or blackish markings, the principal of which form a Greek A on 

 the middle of the inner margin, the hollow of which is always paler than 

 the rest of the wing, sometimes ashy, or pale testaceous, whitish, white, or 

 snowy, and the extreme edge of the blotch bears a few testaceous, fuscous, 

 or blackish dots, and is very rarely immaculate: posterior wings fuscous. 



Excessively variable : the wings are sometimes fuscous, and the blotch on 

 the inner margin is occasionally almost obliterated : the wings frequently 

 are adorned with dusky spots, at other times they are nearly immaculate. 



More abundant than the foregoing species, and extremely given to 

 vary : it occurs at Coombe and Darenth woods, and in other parts of 

 the country, about August. " Loch." — Rev. W. Little. 



C. Anterior wings dark on the costa or varied, and with a distinct irregular 



pale dorsal blotch, or an indication of one: — Epinotia, p. Hubntr. 

 Sp. 3. communana. Alis anticis nigro-Juscis, albido, cinereo, viresctnteve variis, 



macula doisuli quadratd subbijida liturnque anali albidis, aut cinereis, costa 



albo nigroque punctata. (Exp. Alar. 6 — 7§ lin.) 

 Py. communana. Haworth. — N. G. communana. Steph. Catal. ii. 182. No. 7023. 



To. corticana. Hiibner, To.pl. 55. f. 209, male; pi. 43./ 270, female. 

 Anterior wings black-brown, or varied with whitish, ash-colour, or greenish. 



