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PERIDROMA SAUCIA. 



Eather a fine moth, inhabiting Earope, thougli not 

 found in England. It expands about two inches or 

 more. The fore-wings are dark brown, sometimes 

 suffused with a reddish tinge at the upper margin. 

 The hind- wings are of a greyish pearl-white colour, 

 veined with brown, with a brown shade fringing the 

 margins. The larva is greyish-brown, and feeds on the 

 potato-plant, where it is found during the late winter 

 and early spring. The average time for turning from 

 the larva to the moth stage is from six to eight weeks. 



TARACHE LUCIDA. 



Plate IV.— Fig. 8. 



This is a small moth, not very commonly founij in 

 Teneriffe. It is met with by day along the coast, and 

 up to an altitude of 2000 feet or more in rough rocky 

 places, in April and up to June or July. The prevailing 

 colour is a blue-grey. The fore-wings have a large 



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