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Nut common, a])pe;irs iii .Inly and Auu'ust. Tlio larva (ac- 

 cording" to iMadame Liciiig) feeds on limes ami sallows, in M;iy 

 and June. 



2. vittella, Linn. S.N. (10) 53S. 2G1 (1758); CI. ; Fab.; ITau".; 

 Dup. — vilidla, Hiib.; Step.; ZcU. — si si/ mh re 1 1 a, W. V. — \ar. n/a/arl/n^t. 

 Step. Alis anticis ^mr/.v satunitiorc variogaiis, vitta deutata dorsali ni- 

 gra, puncto ad angulum aualcni, stria([uc apieis uigris. Exp. al. S.^ liii. 



Head, face, and palpi (/re^. Antenna; dark fnseous. Anterior wings 

 ffrei/, mottled with darker, with a black blotch on the inner margin, 

 from near the base to beyond the middle, indented or interrapted iu 

 the middle and not reaching to the fold ; a small spot at the anal angle 

 and a streak at the apex of the wing black ; cilia pale grey, opposite 

 the apical streak dark grey. Posterior wings ])ale grey, paler towards 

 the base, with paler cilia. In the variety viaurcUus, Step., the entire 

 dorsal half of the anterior wings is blackish, only a narrow space along 

 the costa being greyish-ochreous. 



Sometimes not uncommon among elms iu July and August. 

 The larva feeds in May on elm, beech, and (according to Madame 

 Lieuig) honeysuckle. 



3. radiatella, Don. B. I. iii. pi. 77 (179 1); Step. — racUalns, (Jv. jjy 

 Haw.- — varudla, lliib. ; Step. — varlaiis. Haw. — -JisseUa, Hiib.; Step.; 

 Treit. ; Dnp. ; Zell.— ^.s.s«s. Haw. Alis anticis ochreis, griseo vel rnfo '^'^ 

 mixtis, fnseisve, puncto satm-ate fusco pone medium supra plicam ; 

 interdum vitta media saturate fusca, interduin striis numerosis pallidis. 

 E.xp. al. S lin. 



A hiosl variable species. Head, face, and paljM greyish-ochreous or 

 fuscous. Antcnnre pale or dark fuscous. Anterior wings either grey- 

 ish-ochreous, pale ochreous, rcddish-ochrcous, or fuscous, with a dark 

 fuscous spot above the fold beyond tlu; middle ; sometimes with a thick 

 dark fuscous streak along the middle of tiie wing, sometimes with nu- 

 merous pale streaks npon a dark ground ; cilia usually paler than the 

 wing, frccpiently with the apex dark. Posterior wings grey, with paler 

 cilia. 



Abundant among oaks iu August ami September; hybernalcd 

 specimens arc not uniVequent iu the spring. The larva, which 

 (according to Madame Ijicnig) is almost as variable as the perfect 

 insect, feeds on oaks in May. 



4. COStella, Fab. S. E. (iGS. 10 (1775); Haw.; Treit.; Step.; 

 Dup. — 'niaculella, Fab.? Alis anticis griseo-ochrcis, vel ruib-ochrcis, 

 7nacuJa basalt props coslam alba, raro ol)Soleta, interdum ])uncto pone 

 medium supra plicam saturate fusco, apicc nuu'giuis postici fusco punc- 

 tate. Exp. al. S lin. 



Head, face, and palpi vvhitish-ochrcons. .\utenua' whitish, with fus- 

 cous annulations. Anterior wings variablt; in colour, gnyish-ochreoiis, 

 reddish-ochrcous, or almost dark brown, wilh a white blotch (rarely ob- 



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