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basiin saturate fusca, pHuctis diio/jits disci ante medium nigris, i^itnclifi 

 (/nodus dkci pone medium alOis u/jvolelis, sul) uebula parva I'usca. Exp. 

 al. 9Vlin. 



Head greyisli-ochrcous. Face pale oclircous. I'alpi reddisli-grcy, 

 interually pale oclircous ; termiual joint pale oclircous, with a ring- at 

 the base, a ring before the apex, aud the extreme apex dark fuscous. 

 Antenn;i; pale fuscous. Anterior wings ochreous, somewhat suil'uscd 

 with reddish-grey, ■/cil/t an oblique dark fuscous streak near the base of 

 the inner mart/in, reaching only half across the wing ; on the disc before 

 the middle are two black spots (the anterior nearer to the costa), followed 

 by a few white scales, and in a line with the lower one are two faint 

 tohite spots, above which is a small fuscous blotch; the pale hinder 

 fascia is not sharply angulatcd aud very indistinct ; aloug the hinder 

 margin are some dark I'uscous spots ; cilia greyish-ochreous. Posterior 

 wings pale grey, with paler cilia. 



Not common ; appears in August and Septemlu'r. The larva 

 feeds on broom ami (jcmsta tlncluria in ilay aud J une. 



8. arenella, \V. V. 137. 3 (177^.); Tieit. ; T. v. li.; ])np. ; Sta. 

 —f/ilcella, Iliib. — yilvosa. Haw. — var. imviiaculana, Stcj). Alis anticis 

 dilute ochreis, saturate fasco maculatis et nebu.losis, stria ol)lic|ua dorsali 

 prope basim saturate fusca, punctis duobus disci ante medium nigris, 

 nebula in medio, j)uiictoque posteriore saturate fuseis. Exp. al. 10 lin. 



Head ochreous. Eace pale oclircous. i^-d\\)[ ochreous, interually 

 paler ; terminal joint with a ring at the base, a ring before the a])ex, 

 and the extreme apex dark fuscous. Antenna) dark fuscous. Anterior 

 wings pale ochreous, spotted and clouded with dark fuscous ; on the 

 inner margin near the base is an oblique dark fuscous streak, reaching 

 nearly to the subcostal vein ; on the disc before the middle are two 

 black spots (the anterior nearer to the costa), followed by a dark fus- 

 cous blotch, beyond which and further from the costa is a dark fuscous 

 spot ; the indications of a pale hinder fascia arc very indistinct ; tlie 

 costa is spotted with dark fuscous, and there arc some black spots along 

 the hinder margin ; cilia pale ochreous. Posterior wings whitish-grey, 

 with some dark fuscous s]:)ots towards the apex of the hinder margin ; 

 cilia yellowish-white. 



Common^ apjiearing in August ; liybernated specimens are not 

 unfre(|uent in April. The larva feeds on Centanrca n'ujra in June 

 and July. 



9. propinquella, Tieit. E. S. x. 3. 181- (LS35) ; E. v. K. ; Sta. 

 — fjilcosa var. j-i. Haw. Alis anticis breviusculis, dilute ochreis, saturate 

 ochreo-marmoratis, stria obli(pia dorsali prope basim saturate fusca, 

 punctis duobus disci ante medium nigris, nebula in medio saturate 

 fusca nifjrave costam fere taugcute. Exp. al. 8! lin. 



Heacl and face pale greyish-ochreous. I'alpi pale fuscous, inter- 

 nally pale ochreous ; terminal joint i)ale oclircous, with a fuscous ring at 

 the base and a dark fuscous ring before the apex. Antemue pale fus- 



