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straight, apex bluntly angulated ; pale tawny-yellow or 

 reddisli-j'ellow ; markings dull chocolate, basal blotch cloudy 

 and very ill-defined ; central band narrow, slender, erect, 

 broken above the middle, bordered on either side with white; 

 beyond are opposite spots on the two margins, and between 

 them two rows of faint white dots : cilia pale brown. Hind 

 wings smoky brown with whiter cilia. Female similar. 



Underside of the fore wings smoky black, dappled, especi- 

 ally along the costa, with drab dots. Hind wings, with the 

 cilia, smoky white dusted with grej-. 



On the wing in May and June, and sometimes in the 

 South a very partial second generation in July and August. 



Larva and food plant unknown. 



A very local species, found only upon chalky ground, and 

 much attached to rough slopes, chalk pits, and similar places, 

 almost always among Scabiosa columbaria ; easily disturbed, 

 and flying briskly during the day in sunny weather, yet flying 

 of its own accord only about sunset and early dusk. Most 

 frequent in the chalky portions of the Eastern counties and 

 in the Southern counties from Kent to Somerset, Berks, 

 Herts, and Oxfordshire ; also in Gloucestershire and Here- 

 fordshire, taken in one locality in Yorkshire and once in 

 Durham. Except that it has been taken by Mr. A. F. 

 Grifiiths in Sutherlandshire in the North of Scotland,! have 

 no record of its occurrence out of England, but think that 

 abroad it is looked upon as a small form of the previous 

 species. 



G. A. schreibersiana, Frol. — Expanse finch (15 mm.). 

 Base of fore wings brilliant yellow ; remainder golden 

 black-brown with a large yellow costal spot. 



Antenna' ciliated, yellow-brown ; palpi and head yellow ; 

 thorax dull ochreous ; abdomen black-brown. Fore wings 

 somewhat ovate, costa arched, apex and hind margin 

 rounded ; creamy yellow, especially so at the base ; central 



