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other beyojid the viittitte, the latter is connected with a short irnnsverse 

 t>lack streak ahuce the fold ; on the costa beyond the mickUc is a dark 

 fuscous blotch, followed by a slightly angulatcd, rather indented whitish 

 fascia ; the hinder margin and apex of the costa arc varied with whitish 

 and black scales ; cilia pale fuscous. Posterior wings grey, with grey- 

 ish-fuscous cilia. 



A scarce species; most of our specimens have been takeu in 

 the north of Euglaud, on the trunks of oaks in July and August. 



57. marmorea, Haw. L. B. 553 (1839); Step.; Curt.; Dougl. 

 — Manniella, Zcll. ? Alis anticis angustulis rnfo-brunneis,fusco-siiJj'nsis, 

 dorso ditiitiore, punctis duobus albidis cum duobus aliis saturate fuscis 

 alternantibus supra plicam, stria nigra disci in me{\io, fascia jJostica fere 

 recta, par urn. obUqna, et interrupta alhida. Exp. al. 5^ IJn. 



Head and face pale grcyisii-fuscous. Palpi dark fuscous, internally 

 whitish. Antenuaj fuscous. Anterior wings rather narrow, reddish- 

 brown, siiffased with fiiscoas, the inner margin paler, with two whitish 

 spots above the fold, each preceded by a dark fuscous spot (the first 

 not far from the base, the other in the middle of the wing) ; above the 

 second is a black streak on the disc ; towards the hinder margin is a 

 ■nearli/ straight, rather oblique, slightly interrupted, whitisli fascia ; the 

 hinder margin is dark fuscous ; cilia greyish-ochreous, varied with fus- 

 cous. Posterior wings pale grey, with greyish-ochreous cilia. 



Connnon on sandy coasts, aoiougst the short grass, from June 

 to September. 



58. mstabilella, Dougl. Zool. 1270. f. 10 (1846). Alis anticis 

 rnfo-ochreis, stria obliqua costce ante medium /«ser/', in plicam dcsinente, 

 'punctis tribiis plicre, tribus disci satnrate f/tscis, fascia postica dilutiore 

 angulata obsoleta. Exp. al. 7 lin. 



Head and face greyish-ochreous. Palpi pale ochreous, beneath fus- 

 cous. AntenucC pale fuscous, with darker annulations. Anterior wings 

 rcddish-ochreons, n-ith a short oblique fitscons streak from, the costa be- 

 fore the middle, not reaching beyond the fold ; on the fold are three 

 black spots, the space between the lirst and second is greater than that 

 between the second and the third, which latter is in the middle of the 

 wing ; on the disc are three dark fuscous spots, the first a little beyond 

 the second spot of the fold, the other two very near together b(;youtl the 

 middle ; the j)alc angulated fascia is rather indisthict ; beyond it the api- 

 cal portion of the wing is clouded with fuscous ; the hinder margin and 

 apex of the costa arc spotted with dark fuscous ; cilia greyish-ochre- 

 ous, varied with fuscous. Posterior wings whitish-grey, with ochrcous- 

 grey ciUa. 



Occurs on f-he coast in July and August ; St. Osytli and Brigh- 

 ton. Mr. Douglas bred tliis species last autunni from larvie he 

 found at I'rigliton, in Augnst, feeding on Salicuniia Iterbacca and 

 Ckenojiudiuiii raar'itiinum. 



