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3i8 LEPIDOPTERA. 



been met with in Wales, Scotland, or Ireland, and its range 

 on the Continent is quite uncertain. 



(5. S. dubitalis, Huh. ; pyralella, Hub., Stn. — Expanse 

 5 to j inch (15-18 mm.j. Fore wings somewhat broad 

 and squared, shining white, the markings bright brown 

 •with darker edging in irregular transverse stripes. Hind 

 wings white. 



Antenna; of the male simple, shining black-brown, ob- 

 etiurely dotted with white : labial palpi rather drooping, 

 brown-black outside, white within ; maxillary palpi almost 

 half aa long, white ; head also white ; thorax white dusted 

 with brown ; abdomen greyish-white. Fore wings broad at 

 the base, oblong, rather squared behind ; costa most faintly 

 arched ; apex anj. ni ited : hind margin hardly oblique or 

 curved; anal angle well formed; colour white dusted with 

 brown; a basal line is indicated by two fine black streaks 

 and some brown clouding ; first line a broad nearly erect 

 stripe, golden brown with black loops and edging, which 

 unite with, or include, the very faintly ringed orbicular 

 stigma, and a short black or brown straight streak as the 

 claviform stigma ; reniform stitjma very large, golden-brown, 

 constricted, and often edged with a fine black line, throwing 

 off a brown cloud to the costa, and often a brown shade to the 

 dorsal margin ; second line a clear white stripe, very direct, 

 except a small divergence outward above the middle ; beyond 

 is a golden-brown band of irregular width, edged outwardly 

 by an incomplete white subterminal line or stripe ; extreme 

 bind margin yellow-brown with a row of minute black dots ; 

 cilia pale brown dashed with white. Hind wings broad and 

 ample, with sinuous hind margin ; silky, smoky white shading 

 to smoky brown at the apex and hind margin ; cilia ratherpaler. 

 Female similar or having the ground colour more clearly white. 



Underside of the fore wings silky, pale smoky brown. 

 Hind wings equally silky, smoky white. Body and legs 

 duskv white. 



