fEUOSTOMA. 73 



Head and face greyish-fusooiis. Palpi pale grey ; second joint be- 

 neath greyish-fuscous. Antenna; fuscous. Anterior wings dark fits- 

 coits, with a d'ujid violet tint, with three tufts of elevated black scales 

 below the fold, and an obsolete sinuated dark fuscous blotch along 

 the inner margin ; cilia greyish-fuscous. Posterior wings pale greyish- 

 fuscous, with paler cilia. 



Taken occasionally in tlic New Forest in July, among the wild 

 apple-trees. 



9. scabrella, Linn. F. S. 14 IG (1701); Pab. ; Trcit. ; Step. ; Curt. ^_ Jff 

 Ufissdla, Vs. X.—pteroJadijlella, 11 iib. ; 1 law. — IlehciijcUa, Pab. ? A lis ^ // ^^ 

 aiiticis dilute griseo-ochreis, fusco-striatis, maculis tribus scabris sub j* 

 plicam nigris, macula sinuata dorsali saturate fusca, margine postico 

 saturate fusco-punetato. Exp. al. 10 lin. 



Head pale greyish-oehreous ; in the micWlc fuscous. Pace jjalc grcy- 

 ish-ochrcous. I'alpi pale greyish-oehreous; second joint beneath dark 

 fuscous ; termiual joint with a fuscous ring near the base. Antenna- 

 jiale ochrcous. Anterior wings jude greijlisli-ochrcous, streaked with 

 fuscous; towards the inner nun-gin almost sull'used with dark fuscous, 

 with three tufts of elevated black scales below tlu- fold, and a sinuated 

 dark fuscous blotch along the iiuier margin ; hinder margin spotted 

 with dark fuscous ; cilia greyish-fuscous. Posterior wings pale greyish- 

 fuscous, with paler cilia. 



Not scarce in the New Forest and near I'ristol, in Jnly and 

 Augu.st. The larva feeds on ap[)le-trccs in May. 



* 10. asperella, Linn. P. S. 1117 (l/Gl); AV. Y. ; Pab. : Haw. ; 

 Treit. ; Step. ; l)up. — ClairviUella, F-ah.—falcatclla, Don. Alls anticis 

 luteo-albis, dilute fusco nebulosis, uiacida ,iKujna Iriaugnlan interne 

 scabra in medio dorsi, fmca et candco-nicjra, puneto marginis postiei 

 ca^rulco-nigro. Pxp. al. 10 lin. 



Head, face, and i)alpi yellowish-white. Autennte yellowish-white, 

 with pale fuscous annulations. Anterior wings i/elhncish-u-hite, clouded 

 with pale fuscous, with a larrje triaufjular blotch on the middle of the 

 inner rnarf/in, consisting of several tuits of raised scales, palefnscoits on 

 the fold, and blnish-blaek along the inner margin ; in the middle of the 

 hinder margin is a small bluish-black spot ; cilia yellowish-white, b(>- 

 low the apex dark fuscous. Posterior wings grey, with paler cilia.^ 



This beuntiful insect is extremely rare with ns; it app(>ars from 

 the end of August to October. The larva feeds on apple-trees in 

 June. 



11. nemorella, Linn. S. N. (10) 530. 217 (1758); -Wenner \^^ ^ 

 (Thun.) ; Step.— /'r/z/i^-Z/f^ 11 iib. ; Treit. ; Hup. — cnllrea, Www . Alis ^ 



anticis albidis, veuis oehrco fuseove striatis, ))uneto plica; ante medium h ' a-l- 

 nigro. Exp. al. 11 lin. ' 



Head and face whitish. Paljii whitish ; second joint beneath pale 

 fuscous. Antenna; whitish, annulated with pale fuscous. Anterior 



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