3i6 LEPIDOPTERA. 



E. orhirularia, which was reared by Mr. Henry Cooke, of 

 Brighton. It appears that Mr. Cooke confined together 

 several such ill-assorted couples, and that in one instance 

 they paired, the female being of the present species ; she laid 

 only eight eggs, and they all hatched ; some of the larvse 

 closely resembled that of one parent, some of the other, and 

 some were intermediate ; all fed up and went into pupa; but 

 one moth only emerged, and that a little cripplerl. It bore 

 no resemblance to E. trilinearia, indeed was far more like 

 E. puadaria and E. 2)orat(t than either of its parents. 



4. E. omicronaria, ScMff. ; annulata, t<t(m(L Cat. — 

 Expanse 1 inch. All the wings pale yellow, with a central 

 smoky-brown ring followed by a stripe of lace-work, formed 

 of lines beautifully looped and rippled. 



Antennae of the male pectinated for rather more than one- 

 half their length with short ciliated teeth, remaining portion 

 simple, yellowish-white ; palpi very slender, horizontal, 

 yellow-brown; eyes black; face convex, silky yellowish- 

 white; head whiter; thorax and abdomen smooth, slender, 

 whitish-yellow ; anal tuft somewhat conical. Fore wings 

 rather narrow, costa flatly arched ; apex angulated ; hind 

 margin very gently and evenly curved ; dorsal margin a little 

 rounded, very strongly ciliated ; colour pale yellow, or 

 whitish-yellow, palest along the costal region ; first line 

 rather far from the base, slender, and formed into large 

 curves, black ; second line also black, disposed throughout in 

 deep scallops and long angular points, and closely preceded 

 by a cloudy black line or stripe which evidently represents 

 the central shade, but is actually only a cloudy black backing 

 to the scallops of the second line, throwing them into apparent 

 loops ; discal spot a black ring having a white centre ; a faint 

 cloudy brown stripe, not always visible, seems to indicate the 

 subterminal line ; extreme hind margin edged with black 

 streaks ; cilia yellowish-white. Hind wings rather squared 

 at the apex and anal angle, from both the hind mary-in is 



