KCi IIYPONOMEUTID.E. 



fuscous scales; cilia coppery-grey. Posterior wings pale ffre//, with 

 pale greyish-fuscous cilia. 



Common among mixed hedges in June (and I think again in 

 August) ; the larva in September is not uncommon, and appears 

 polyphagoiis, unless we have several closely allied, yet-to-be-dis- 

 tinguislied species; I have found it on birch. 



3. griseocapiteilaj Sta. Sup. Cat. p. 2 (1851). — oxynccuithdla, 

 11. -S.? Alis auticis saturate griseis, atomis saturate fuscis in seriebus 

 oljsoletis longitudiualibiis dispositis, dorso avgnde albido, nebula trans- 

 versa dorsl ante medium, macula parva albida costal ante apiccm ; alis 

 l)Osi\e[s ffr/seO'fuscis ; cn])'\\\[s saturate [/riseo-fusc/s. Exp. al. Bj-Glin. 



Head (lark-iireylsli fuscous. Face whitish. Palpi dark grey, tip of 

 the terminal joint white. Antenn;c whitish, annulated with fuscous. 

 Anterior wings rather darl- grey, M'ith a slight violet gloss, with several 

 rather indistinct longitudinal rows of dark fuscous atoms; the inner 

 margin is uarroidy \vliitish, interrupted before the middle by a dark 

 i'useous fasciaforw tjlolcli. ; on the costa before the apex is a small 

 whitish spot ; cilia dark coppery-grey. Posterior wings greyish-fus- 

 cous, with paler cilia. 



Abmidant in -June among birches, in Torwood, Stirlingshire; 

 the larva (almost gregarious) on the birches in September. 



4. Ititarea, Haw. L. 1^. 515 (183!)). — oxyacantliella, Sta. — com- 

 pmictelta, H.-S. Alis auticis griseis, atomis saturate fuscis in seriebus 

 obsoletis longitudinalibus dispositis, nebula basali, altera transversa 

 ante medium, tertia ad apiccm saturate fuscis, macula otjsoteta ali)ida 

 costa^, ante apiccm; alis posticis griseis; cnpillis albiJis. I'^ixp. al. 6^ 

 lin. 



Head and face yeltuwish-white. Palpi dai'k grey ; tip of the ternunal 

 joint white. Antenn;T3 dark fuscous. Anterior wings grey, with a 

 slight violet tint, with dark fuscous atoms arranged rather indistinctly 

 in rows longitudinally, and with some dark fuscous clouds, one at the 

 base, one arising on the inner margin before the middle ixndfasciafonu, 

 and another at the apex ; on the costa before the apex is a faiut white 

 blotch, inunediately below which are a few black scales ; cilia coppery- 

 grey, at the anal angle grey. Posterior wings grey, with paler cilia. 



Not commoidy met witli, probably often confounded with S. 

 Ckes'ielld. ; apijcars in July and August. 



5. Pyrella, Vill. E. L. ii. 515. 1030 (\l%'i).— CerasieUa, Hiib. ; 

 'J'reit. ; F. v. R. pi. It ; Hup. ; H.-S.— 6V«V/, \\:\\\.~-CcmeUa, Step. ? 



,cv Alis auticis saturate griseis, atomis fuscis obsoletissinic in seriebus dis- 

 positis, macula transversa obliqua ante medium dorsi saturate fusca, 

 maculM parva costa? ante a])iccm albida, c^;/^ cujireo-griseo ; alis pos- 

 ticis dilute griseis, basiui versus atbidis ; capilHs albidis. Exp. al. 5- 

 5.\ Hn. 



Head and i'ac<' whitish. I'alpi dark ii'rey ; tip of the terminal joint 



