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widely distributed in Central and Southern ?]urope, includ- 

 ing Corsica, and in Western Asia. 



2. H. nebulella, ffub. — Expanse | to 1 inch. (20-25 

 mm.). Fore wings shining yellowish-white dusted with 

 grey, and having a faint double discal dot ; first and second 

 lines both represented by faint black dots lying in a nearly 

 parallel direction. Hind wings white. 



Antennaj of the male simple, but at the base finely ciliated, 

 whitish-brown ; palpi slender, up-curved, dark-brown ; head 

 and neck silvery white ; thorax and abdomen brownish- 

 white, the latter rather broadened. Fore wings very long, 

 narrow, shining ; costa faintly arched at the base and apex, 

 straight between ; apex suddenly rounded ; hind margin 

 very short, faintly curved ; colour very pale buff or yellowish- 

 white, whiter along the costa, the surface very smooth and 

 glossy; first line leaning a little outward, composed of two 

 or three cloudy black-brown dots on nervures ; second line 

 very straight and rather oblique in nearly the same direction 

 as the first, composed of minute black-brown dashes or 

 pointed dots with a white outer edging ; discal spot repre- 

 sented by two ovate black dots placed one over the other, 

 but one of which is often faint or absent ; hind margin 

 dusted with black-brown ; cilia cloudy white. Hind wings 

 ample, the apex pointed, and hind margin very little curved ; 

 shining smoky white ; cilia white. Female similar. 



I'nderside of the fore wings shining pale smoky-brown, 

 paler towards all the margins ; hind wings silky, smoky- 

 white. Body and legs yellowish-white. 



Rather variable in marking, the dots of the first line being 

 sometimes thickened and clouded ; in other instances all the 

 markings are extremely faint. 



On the wing from the end of June till August ; and in 

 ■confinement specimens of a second generation may occa- 

 sionally be obtained in September or October. 



Larva stout, cylindrical ; head smaller than the second 



