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base is a rather conspicuous black dot ; and an indistinct row of fuscous 

 ones on the extreme hinder margin : posterior wings whitish-ash. 

 The caterpillar feeds on genistse: the imago appears about the middle of 

 July. 



Rare : found in April and September within the metropoHtan 

 district ; also near Dover. 



D. Anterior wiiign truncate behind, the disc pale: — HiEMYLis, B. Treitschke. 



Sp. 20. costosa. Alis anticii rufo-Jlavis, macula magnd oblonga media costali 

 Jusca, ciliis roseis, posticis albidis. (Exp. Alar. 8 — 9 lin.) 



De. costosa. Haworth. — Steph. Catal. ii. 194. No. 7171. 



Anterior wings reddish-yellow, slightly varying in tint, sprinkled with minute 

 rusty dots, and with a rather large oblong darker or fuscescent spot about 

 the middle of the costa, but not touching the costa itself; extreme hinder 

 margin and the cilia rosy or reddish : posterior wings whitish. 



Not uncommon in the beginning of autumn, near London, and 

 also in other parts of the country. " Cramond." — Rev. W. Little. 



Sp. 21. irrorella. Alls anticis pallide Jlavis obsoletissime. nehulosis, atomisfuscis, 

 posticis albidis. (Exp. Alar. 7^ — 8^ lin.) 



De. irrorella. Steph. Catal. ii. 194. No. 7172. 



Anterior wings pale yellow, with some very obscure darker clouds, and 

 minute fuscous atoms, one of which is conspicuously larger towards the 

 base near the costa : posterior wings whitish. 



Found in the New Forest in July 1821, near Brockenhurst. 



E. Anterior wings rather narrow, rounded behind, the disc purplish, with 



paler markings : — Epileustia, Hubner. 



Sp. 22. liturella. Alis anticis cinereo-purpureis, fascia tenuissima recta juxta 

 basin, strigisque abbreviatis costalihus pallidis, posticis fuscescentibus. (Exp. 

 Alar. 8— 8i lin.) 



Ti. liturella. Hubner.— De. liturella. Steph. Catal. ii. 193. No. 7164. 



Anterior wings dull- or ashy-purple, with some ill -defined deep black clouds 

 towards the base, some irregular abbreviated pale streaks on the costa, and 

 a straight fascia of the same hue towards the base; hinder margin imma- 

 culate: posterior wings brownish: head, thorax, and palpi, ochreous. 



Very rare : taken at Birch wood in June, and I believe also at 

 Darenth. 



+Sp. 23. Bluntii. Alis anticis casianeo-purpureis, strigd duplicd ovali albidd, 



capite palpis pedibusque ochraceis. (Exp. Alar. 9 — 10 lin.) 

 De. Bluntii. Curtis, v. v. pi. 221.^Steph. Catal. ii, 193. No. 7165. 



