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A^. Fore wings bright yellow with brown clouds. 



G. citraTict. 

 A*. Fore wings bronzy brown. 



B^. Fore wings with a darker central band, and numerous 

 white streaks. G. aspidiscana 



B^. Fore wings broadly tipped with pale orange. 



G. albersana. 

 T>'. Fore wings nearly unicolorous. G. hyiMricana. 



A^. Fore wings grey or grey-brown. 



D. Fore wings short, delicately rippled with fine white 

 cross lines. G. micrograTnmana. 



D^. Fore wings narrow, shining, with light costal streaks. 



G. ccecana. 

 D'^. Fore wings trigonate, variable, ocellus large. 



G. ulicetana. 



1. G. semulana, Sckl. ; modes tana, H.-S. ; modi- 

 cana, Zdl. — Expanse | to ^ inch (10-12 mm.). Fore 

 wings pale drab, with grey-brown basal blotch and central 

 shade, and numerous costal streaks. 



Antennae pale drab ; palpi and head dull white ; thorax 

 brownish white ; abdomen pale brown. Fore wings rather 

 narrow ; costa without a fold, slightly arched, apex blunt, 

 hind margin faintly oblique ; pale drab or whitish brown ; 

 basal blotch fragmentary'-, brown-drab, its outer margin 

 sharply angulated ; costa dotted with pale brown and dull 

 white ; central band cloudy drab, the cloud extending 

 round the ocellus, which is glistening, and encloses three 

 partial black streaks ; cilia whitish drab. Hind wings 

 pale smoky brown ; cilia white. Female similar. 



Underside of fore wings pale smoky brown : cilia white ; 

 costal dots yellow white. Hind wings leaden white. 



On the wing in July and August. 



Larva short and stout, but attenuated a little at each 

 extremity, the segments ridged and sharply defined ; pale 



