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oO. mundella, ])ougl. luit. Trans, i. n. s. (i !• (185(1). Alls aiiti- 

 cis dilute iKtescenU'-yrlsels, p/mc/i-s si'x ,//)/r/s, (juoruni duo iiiimita Inisalia 

 c'ostam ct dorsum versus, duo ])licic ())riiis jjvopc basim, postcrius ante 

 medium), duoijue disci; marline postieo i'usco. Isxp. al. 5 liii. 



Head and laec pale yellowisli-i-rcy. rali)i yellouish ; terminal joint 

 ruscous. Auteume fuseous, witli paler annulaLions. Anterior wings 

 pa/e iii'Uovmh-(jre}i, with six tjlack a/jotfi, two very minute at the. base 

 (one near the costa, the other on tlie inner margin), two on the fold 

 (one near the base, the other before the middle), and tuo on the dise 

 (the first being in the middle of the wing) ; hinder margin luseous ; 

 eilia greyish-fuscous. Posterior wings wiiiti-:h-grey, with yellowish- 

 grey cilia. 



This pretty little species occurs anu)iig the sand-hills at Now 

 J3righton, and elsewhere on the Cheshire coast, in .May and June. 



31. similis. Dough n. sp. Alls anlieis tialuratv tjnuiJiru-fnscifi, 

 jjHiictis duofjii.)! dougatis ante nuHlium (allcro plie;e, altero j)Osteriore 

 disci), puncto tertio rotundo disci pone medium, obsoletis nigris, fascia 

 |)i«tica angndata obsolcta lutcseente, ad covlani didinctiore. Exp. al. G 

 hn. 



Head dark fuscous, h'aee greyish-oehreous. Palpi greyish-oehre- 

 ous; second joint externally brownish; terminal joint dark fuseous. 

 Anterior wings dark broiciii^h-f/'Hcous, icilli tiro doin/uli', rather obso- 

 lete black spots before the nuddle (one on the fold, the other posterior 

 to it on the disc) ; an obsolete round black spot is on the dise beyond 

 the middle ; b(y-oiul this is a faint pale angulated fascia, mod didiiicl 

 on the costa, where it appears as a })ale )(;lli)wish spot; eilia greyish- 

 brown. Posterior wings pah; grey, with p.ile fuseous eilia. 



Taken by ]\Ir. Douglas in .Inly, at stoat's Nest, Charlton, and 

 near iMieklehani, Hying in the evening anu)ng tliaieh. 



;>2. a£Sims, Haw. L. 15. r).".! (IS;]'.)); Step.-; Doug!.-— «///i;usY'//^/, 

 Zell. ; ])up. ? Alls autieis //(-sxv'.v, p/fi/rtis quatiior nigris cxterne uttjo- 

 sqiiamatis, primo plicix; basim versus, secundo jjliccC medi;e, duobus disci 

 pone medium, macidis posticis oppositis, dorsati posteriore, albidis. I'iXp. 

 al. .5i Ihi. 



Head dark fuscous. Face whitish. Palpi ochreons ; tcrnunal joint 

 fuscous, with one or two pale ochreons spots. Antenn;x3 unannuhited, 

 fuscous. Anterior wings fuscous, with four black spots, each fodou-cd 

 1)1/ some white scales ; the first is on the fold near the base, the second 

 in the middle of the fold, the other two are on the disc beyond the 

 middle; towards the hinder margin arc two opposite whitish spots, of 

 which that on the inner margin is rather posterior ; in the apex of the 

 wing are a few white scales; cilia greyish-fuscous. Posterior wings 

 pale grey, with greyish-fuscous cilia. 



Taken in various loealilies in .lidy. I once bred it from a 

 larva found (when full-fed) crawling on a mossy wall, in Feb- 

 niarv. 



