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colour is brown, but aluiost entirely concealed by snudl pcde yeUoic 

 scuJea with icJiifidh bases, arranged in short, straight lines, very close 

 together, and with extreme neatness. Dorsal blotch hardly visible, in 

 fact, generally obsolete, and the wing is crossed in succession from near 

 the base to the hind margin, by obscure, silvery-grey, angulated lines, 

 originating in the costal streaks. The three apical streaks, however, 

 unite together near the costa, and do not cross the wing. ? very 

 similar, hind-wings rather darker. 



Exceedingly local. Taken by Mr. Bond, I believe, on chalk downs, 

 but apparently in very few collections. Pi'of. Zeller, to whom speci- 

 mens have been submitted, says it is quite unknown to him. 



E. phnnbana, 8eopoli (ulicana, Gn., AVilk.). — Fore-wings dark 

 brown. Yellow scales larger, more ochreous, and not arranged so 

 closely or regularly as in saturnana (consequently this is a darker 

 insect). Dorsal blotch rather paler than the ground colour, its ante- 

 rior edge oblique, posterior edge nearly upright. Wing crossed by 

 two or three leaden lines beyond the middle, but sometimes these are 

 nearly obsolete. ? darker (iron-grey with an olive tinge), very few 

 yellow scales, but the leaden lines broad and distinct. Costa rounded. 

 Very different to the male. 



This is the commonest species of the group, and seems to occur 

 in grassy places almost everywhere. It may even be found flying in 

 the afternoon along grassy banks by road sides. 



Dr. Wocke (in Stand. Cat.) correctly sinks nlicana, Gn., into a 

 synonym oi phnnbana, Scop. The Dierorampha plumbana recorded as 

 British in the Ent. Annual for 1870, and taken in the north by Mr. 

 Hodgkinson, is merely the female of this species. It is sluggish in its 

 habits, and most easily obtained by sw'eeping the grass in the afternoon 

 ■« hen the male is flying. 



From Mr. AVilkinson's remarks after his description of Endopisa 

 siiturmina (p. 228), it seems evident that he had not even then any 

 clear idea of the species, as distinguished from its allies, and therefore 

 I suspect that his localities for that species and his ulicana may not 

 all be reliable. It is, therefore, very desirable that a record should be 

 obtained of the localities in w^hich these and the more obscure Dicro- 

 ramphce are found, so as to get a better idea of their habits and distri- 

 bution in this country. 



The remaining species of the genus Endopisa may readily be 

 recognized by their uniform glossy appearance, arising from the absence 

 of the yellow scales and of the dorsal blotch. 



