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Epiblemidae. 



Halonota. 



Halonota Stpli.; Wilk. ; Stt. ; Barr.; = JEucosma Hb.; Wlsm. ; = 

 Epiblema Hb. ; Meyr. 



Halonota UHoralana, sp. n. 



Expanse, 14-1.5 uim. 



Antennae pale brown, darker ringed ; palpi white above, grey beneath ; face 

 yellowish white ; head and thorax brown ; abdomen paler brown. Fore-wings : 

 costa folded and very slig-litly arched ; apex squared ; hind margin nearly 

 perpendicular ; anal angle fvill ; brown, much mottled Avith deeper brown and 

 red brown markings ; basal blotch doej} brown, with darker vertical striations, 

 its outer margin distinct for two-thirds across the wing, erect and twice slightly 

 indented. A large creamy-white dorsal blotch reaching beyond the middle of 

 the wing, its inner niargin firm and distinct, its oviter margin indefinite, as 

 though smeared off ; ocellus large, white, with brown and dull leaden blue 

 clouding, and containing two or three short black streaks or dots. The re- 

 mainder of the wing miich mottled with deeper brown, towards the apex with 

 red brown, and leaden blue lines ; on the costa are tova, often five, short white 

 geminated streaks ; cilia pale with dai'k brown tips. Hind-wings dark fuscous 

 brown. 



Female similar, but more uniformly lirown ; fore-wings slightly longer and 

 narrower ; dorsal blotch smaller ; ocellus less distinct ; face brown ; hind-wings 

 deeper brown. 



{J genitalia. Valva narrow, with large ovate cixcullus ; costa only thickened 

 at the base, rising directly in a short, well rounded arch, before sweeping 

 upwards and encircling the cucullus, which is evenly spined along its margin 

 with short stiff spines at regular intervals ; sacculus not free, slightly emargi- 

 nate before the cucullus without producing an angle ; editum short, pointed, 

 hairy. Uncus not produced ; tegumen trilobed above ; socii long, slender, 

 drooping. Aedoeagus cardinate, short, stout ; cornuti about 15, sheddable, long, 

 tapered, studs with rather short heels socketed into the vesica. 



$ genitalia not examined. 



Type, <? and ? , Coll. Metcalfe, 



This species has been obtained during June on the undercliff at 

 Totland Bay, Isle of Wight, and in a similar locality in East Devon. 

 The insect should be placed after Halonota trigeminana. Specimens 

 may have been overlooked amongst series of H. trigeminana, H. cru- 

 ciana, and Notocelln tetragnnana ; but it is of such a distinct character 

 that this is improbable. 



Specimens examined, 5 : Metcalfe Coll. 4 i^, 1 $ . 

 October IHth, 1915. 



