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hind wings rather pointed and liaving a large tnft of fine hair- 

 scales at the base of the median nervure. 



1. C. favillaceana, Hub. ; ochraceana, Btcfh. Wilk. — 

 Expanse j to J inch (15-19 mm. J. Fore wings dull drab 

 mottled with brown markings from the costa ; head and face 

 paler. 



AntenniB notched, ciliated, light brown ; palpi, head, and 

 thorax whitish drab ; abdomen pale brown. Fore wings 

 broadly and conspicuously folded at the base of the costa, 

 which otherwise is arched, blunt and almost squared behind ; 

 pale drab dusted with brown-drab, paler at the base ; middle 

 area filled by a large cloud of brown dusting without distinct 

 margins or definite markings, but often having the appear- 

 ance of a dark cloudy band ; hinder area faintly reticulated 

 with brown ; cilia pale brown. Hind wings rather pointed, 

 brownish- white ; cilia a little paler. Female, from absence 

 of the fold, has the fore wings more uniform in width, which 

 gives it a rather different appearance ; more uniformly 

 brownish-drab, and with faint lines indicating cross-bands 

 from the costa ; otherwise similar. 



Underside of the fore wings pale leaden-brown ; costa 

 tinged with ochreons. Hind wings smoky white. 



On the wing at the end of May and in June. 



Larva undescribed and unknown to me. Mr. W. H. B. 

 Fletcher obtained eggs by sleeving out a female moth upon 

 hazel, and reared the progeny. Wilkinson gives hornbeam 

 as the food, and others add mountain ash, alder, dewberry, 

 and whortleberry. 



The male flies in the afternoon sunshine about and over 

 the trees in woods, and both sexes are upon the wing after 

 sunset about bushes. At other times it is easily disturbed 

 by the beating stick from the trees, or trampled up from 

 among whortleberry. Appears to be confined to woods and 

 wooded heaths, such as Cannock Chase, where it is common. 



