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together quite a considerable bunch of leaves on a young 

 shoot, and winding it thickly round with white silk. 



Pupa not very stout, tapering behind ; rich dark brown ; 

 wing- and limb-covers smooth ; segments furnished with two 

 rows of spines, and with the interstices paler ; cremaster beak- 

 like, rather long, with hooked bristles at the tip. In a 

 cocoon in the larval habitation. 



The moth hides itself in any ti"ee, bush or hedge, and 

 is easily disturbed by the beating-stick, but flies naturally 

 before dusk. Abundant everywhere in the United Kingdom. 



Abroad found throughout Europe and Asia Minor, and in 

 North America in the State of New York. 



7. T. sorbiaua, Huh. — Expanse male ^, female \\ inch 

 (21-28 ni.ni.J Fore wings rather long, pointed, dull yellow- 

 brown with broad olive-brown markings. Male and female 

 similar. 



Antennas of the male simple, brown ; palpi and head 

 umbreous ; thorax rather lighter ; abdomen grey-brown. 

 Fore wings very broad, squared behind or faintly refuse ; 

 the costal fold a mere roll-back of the margin with the 

 portion close to the base folded ; dull yellowish-brown ; the 

 markings moi'e olive-brown, but not darkly so ; basal blotch 

 large and complete, its outer edge straight, oblique, and 

 starting from the end of the costal fold ; central band arising 

 from a spot in the middle of the costa, expanding behind 

 widely in the middle, but its front edge oblique, straight and 

 complete ; above it is a large similar sjDot, half-circular, upon 

 the costa ; cilia concolorous. Hind wings broad, dull smoky 

 brown, with paler cilia. Female similar but much larger, 

 the fore wings longer, and having the apex more produced, 

 but without a fold, hind wings glossj-, darker brown, apical 

 cilia tinged with red-brown. 



Underside of the fore wings dull smoky brown with one or 

 two yellowish streaks along the costa ; hind wings smoky 



