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with ocelli. There is a tuft between the eyes, the palpi are 

 long, and, as well as the legs, are tufted. The fringes are very 

 long. The larva feeds on willow, and the pupa is enclosed in 

 a cocoon. The Moth is not uncommon in England, and is 

 very variable. 



THE LARGE BROWN. NYCTEOLA REVAYANA. 



Tortrix j-evayana, Scopoli, Annus Nat. Hist. v. p. 116, no. 130 

 (1772); Denis & Schiffermiiller, Syst. Verz. Schmett. 

 Wien. p. 130, no. 17 (1775). 



Pyralis dupla7ia^ Fabricius, Gen. Ins. p. 293 (1777). 



Pyralis ilicana, Fabricius, Spec. Ins. ii. p. 283, no. 44 (1781). 



Pyralis rivagatia, Fabricius, Mant. Ins. ii. p. 233, no. 77 



(1787). 

 Tortrix raviosaiia^ Hiibner, Vogel u. Schmett. pi. 75 (1793). 

 Tortrix diiutajta, tmdulana, degenerana, punctana, et ramosana^ 



Hiibner, Eur. Schmett. vii. figs. 6-10 (1796). 

 Sarrothripiis ramosanus^ Curtis, Brit. Ent. i. pi. 29 (1824). 

 Sarrothripiis stoninus^ Curtis, Brit. Ent. i. fol. 29 p. 2 (1824). 

 Fefithina revayatia^ Treitschke, Schmett. Eur. viii. p. 22 



(1830). 

 Sarrothripa revayana, Kirby, Eur. Butterflies & Moths, p. 294 



(1881). 

 Nydiola revayana, ICirby, Cat. Lepid. Heter. i. p. 369 (1892). 



This species is confined to Europe. It expands about an 

 inch. Its variability is so extreme that Hi.ibner described it 

 under no less than five different names. 



The fore-wings are grey or brown, marbled with ligliter and 

 darker, and with a waved band edged on both sides by fine 

 transverse lines and a dark central spot enclosed in lighter. 

 Then generally comes a suffused area bounded by whitish, 

 close to which are small shades, and near the fringes a 



