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indicated by fnscous streaks) ; cilia pale greyisli-oclireous. Posterior 

 wings pale grey, towards the base wliitisli, with paler eilia. 



Taken in many places near London in the autumn, by beating 

 thatch. 



21. applana. Fab. G. T. 291 (1776); Haw.; Step.; Sta.— r//;- (^, jV 

 planella. Fab. (E. S. Sup.) ; F. v. R.— Cmfolii, Reiz.—Cic/iMh, 1 liib. ; ^ ^ _ <^ 

 Treit. ; Dup. Alis aiitieis rnfo-fums, fusco-nebidosis, punetis diiobus ^ 

 disci ante medium nigris, Sf/ua/u.is seqnenliius aldis, punetis duobus in 



eadeni linca cum puncto inferiore all)is, saturate fusco-cinctis ; ciliis ala- 

 rum posticarum albido-griseis, apicibi/s non rufo-linctis. Exp. al. 10 lin. 



Head and face greyisli-ochreous, mixed with fuscous. I'alpi fuscous, 

 internally pale greyisli-ochreous ; terminal joint pale ochreous, with a 

 ring at the base, a ring before the apex, and the extreme apex dark 

 fuscous. Antemuie fuscous, more than two-thirds the lemrth of the 

 anterior wings. Anterior wings reddish-fiificon-s, clouded with fiisconx ; 

 the blotch near the base of the inner margin is sharply defined towards 

 the pale greyisli-ochreous base of the wing, but less shar])ly defined to- 

 wards the subcostal vein, where it terminates; on the disc before the 

 middle arc two black sjiots (of which the anterior is nearer the eosta) ; 

 i/tei/ are (jenerally followed hij a few wlilte scales, and l)eyond, in a line 

 with the lower one, arc two white spots, surrounded by some dark fus- 

 cous scales; the pale hinder fascia is indistinct and obtusely angulatcd ; 

 the costa and hinder margin are spottctl with dark fuscous ; cilia red- 

 dish-fuscous. Posterior wings pale grey, paler towards the base ; cilia 

 whitish-grey, with the lips not rtfuas. 



A most abundant species^, Hitting merrily along the h;a(less 

 hedges in the early spring. The perfect insect appears in July, 

 and during the autumn is frequently met vvitli "by those beating 

 thatch for the rarer species of the genus, but is rarely seen on the 

 wing of its own accord. The hirva feeds in June on the leaves 

 of Aalln-iscns sylccslris, CheropkijUnm temulcntum, and several 

 other IJniheHifcrfe, turning over a small portion of the leaf; it is 

 extremely active, 



22. ciliella, Sta. Ent. Trans, v. 1()1. pi. 17. f. 7 (lSt9). Alis 

 anticis dilule nfo-hrnuneis, punetis diiobus disci ante medium nigris, 

 squamis seqiientibus albls, punetis duobus in cadem linea cum ]mneto 

 inferiore albis, saturate fusco-cinctis; ciliis alarum posticarum albido- 

 griseis, apicibus rifo-lihctis. Exp. al. 1 1 lin. 



Head and face reddish-brown. Palpi reddish-brown, internally pale 

 ochreous; terminal joint dirty ochreous, with a ring at the ])ase, a ring 

 before the apex, and the apex itself dark fuscous. Anteiiiue fuscous. 

 Anterior wings pale reddish-broirti, with a darker blotch on the inner 

 margin near the base, reaching to the subcostal vein (the space betwecu 

 it and the base being fre([uently paler than the rest of the wing) ; on 

 the disc before the middle are two black spots (the anterior nearer the 



