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is nearer to the costa) ; beyond is a dark fuscous blotch touching the 

 costa, and tc.nmii(di)i(j in a dark red spot ; the indications of a pale 

 hinder fascia are extremely slight ; alf)iig the costa are some short dark 

 fuscous streaks, anil at the apex of the hinder margin ;n-e a few black 

 spots ; cilia pale greyish-oclireous. Posterior wings pale grey, towards 

 the apex rather darker, with whitish-grey cilia. 



Not a common species; aj)pears in August, and hybcruated 

 specimens sometimes occur in April. Mr. Harding discovered 

 the larva last summer, feeding in the umbels of hemlock {Coniam 

 maculatnii/). 



12. ciniflonella, l.ienig et Zell. Isis, 184G. p. 2S0 ; Sta. Alis 

 anticis ruj'o-ijrmh, alljido-irroratis, basi eostaque us(jue ad medium albis, 

 stria dorsali prope basim saturate fusca, puuetis duobus disci srrpe cun- 

 iiexis nigris, postcriore ct inferiore douguto, drifjtdls daahm abhrevlalis 

 disci pone medium nigris, Sfppa in macidam coi/nexis. Exj). al. Di lin. 



Head and foce white, mixed with reddish-grey. Palpi fuscous, in- 

 ternally whitish ; terminal joint whitish, with a fuscous ring at the 

 base, and a broad black one beibre the a])ex. Antenna; fuscous. An- 

 terior wings n'ddhh-gn'y , irroratcd iclth wliUkli, with the base and the 

 costa to near the middle white ; on the inner margin near the base is a 

 dark fuscous streak reaching to tlu; fold; on the (Use Ijcfore the middle 

 are two black s,\wtsfreq>(eii//^ connected, the lower and posterior one is 

 rather etongated ; on the disc beyond the middle are tico short black 

 streulcs, frequentty united into a blotch; at the extrenuty of the lower 

 one is a white spot; the whitish hinder fascia is not sharply angulated; 

 the costa is spotted with fuscous, the hinder margin with dark fuscous; 

 cilia reddish-grey. Posterior wings grey, with paler cilia. 



This elegant species has been met with by Mr. Weaver, at 

 Rannoch, on the trunks of lir-trees. 



13. purpurea. Haw. L. B. .511 (1812); Step. — vaccinella, lliib.; 

 Treit. ; Dup. Alis anticis rnfo-fnscis, basi abrupte, maculiviue costali- 

 bus tnteo-griseis, puuetis duobus disci ante medium nigris, neb/da magna 

 in medio saturate fusca costam tangentc. Exj). al. 8 lin. 



Head yellowish-grey, mixed with dark fuscous. Pace i)ale yellow- 

 ish-grey. Palpi greyish-fuscous, interiuilly whitish ; terminal joint 

 whitish, with two rings and the extreme tip dark fuscous. Antenna; 

 dark fuscous. Anterior wings reddish -fuscous, irrorated with pale yel- 

 lowish-gret/ along the costa ; the base is almost entirely pale yello^\•ish- 

 grcy, abruptly terminated by an ol)li(pu' streak from the inner margin 

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

 black spots (the anterior nearer the costa), th(!y are followed by some 

 white scales; beyond them is a large daric fuscous blotch loucliing the 

 costa, after which is a small wliite spot on the disc surrounded with 

 dark fuscous ; the pale hiiuler fascia is very iudislinet, aud^ rather 

 acutely angulated ; cilia reddish-fusinnis. Posterior wings pale fuscous, 

 whitish towards the base, with i)aler cilia. 



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