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28. E.fraxinata, C'/rc.v. — Expanse \ inch (22 mm. ). Fore 

 wings narrow and produced at the apex, pale nmbreous, the 

 nervures a little darker ; discal spot black ; beyond it are 

 one or two obscure bent transverse lines. Hind wings 

 brownish-white. 



Antennre of the male simple, minutely ciliated, brown ; 

 palpi very short, dark brown; head and thorax rough, 

 umbreous ; abdomen of the same colour, barred with black, 

 and having a row of minute black tufts on the dorsal ridge ; 

 anal tuft short and blunt. Fore wings long and narrow ; 

 costa almost straight to beyond the middle, arched towards 

 the ajjex, which is acutely rounded and much produced ; hind 

 margin long and oblique, gently curved ; dorsal margin short 

 and nearly straight ; dull umbreous dusted with darker ; the 

 basal, first, and central lines only suggested by faint aggi-e- 

 gations of this dusting ; but the second line excessively 

 oblique and bent back to the costa ; subterminal line just 

 visible, brownish-white, a little more distinct above the anal 

 angle ; discal si^ot black, rather lunate ; nervures toward the 

 base and hind margin streaked with brown ; costa nsually 

 faintly barred with brown or black-brown ; cilia grej'-brown. 

 Hind wings rather long, rounded behind, greyish-white, 

 broadly dusted with grey-brown toward the doi-sal margin 

 and narrowly so behind ; central spot black ; cilia greyish- 

 white clouded with smoky- black. Female similar. 



Underside of the fore wings pale smoky-grey, with faint 

 brown clouds along the costa ; central spot dull black ; 

 beyond it are two broad but obscure partial transverse 

 brownish bands ; cilia smoky-brown, clouded with black. 

 Hind wings smoky-white ; central spot a black dot ; followed 

 by two i-ippled and angulated grejr- brown transverse 

 stripes ; extreme hind margin edged with black ; cilia whitish- 

 grey. Body whitish-brown, tufted behind, and shaded with 

 smoky-black ; legs pale grey-brown, with darker tarsi. 



Usually not variable, but in Leicestershire and elsewhere 

 in the Midland counties sj^ecimens are sometimes obtained 



