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apex of the wing; in each of tlie5;o spots arc a few iridescout scales; 

 cilia fuscous. Posterior wings dark-fuscous, with paler cilia. 



Til ]\[r. Curtis's collection; taken in June, .I82U, by Mr. J{. 

 Wood, on Kcrsall Moor, near Manchester. 



7. grandis, Dcsvignes, Entom. 3i2 (lSt2). Alis anticis flavis, ^ \)C\^' 

 macula saturate fusca basali per costam anguste usque ad medium pro- 



ducla, costa anguste pone mediuui saturate fusca, macula costal mediae, 

 macuI(H[\\e co>slce pone medium iulrorsuiu. ■specUnde dilute lultds^ dorso an- 

 guste, marginc ])Ostico late saturate fuscis, macula Irinugularijlncn dor- 

 sali pone medium, striga basini versus, striis tribus longitudinalibus in 

 medio disci cperuleis. Exp. al. Hi lin. 



Head and face dark fuscous. Valpi yellow ; terminal joint internally 

 with a fuscous band. Antcnnic dark fuscous, the tips white. Anterior 

 Avings deep yellow, inclining to orange, with a dark fuscous blotch at 

 the base, continued narrowly along the costa to a little before the mid- 

 dle ; beyond the middle the costa is again dark fuscous to near the apex ; 

 in the middle of the costa is a small pale yellow spot, and a longer ob- 

 lique one pointbuj inwardly lies beyond the middle of the costa ; the inner 

 margin from near the base narrowdy, and the hinder margin broadly, are 

 dark fuscous ; before the aual auijle Is a triamjidar bright yellow spot ; 

 not far from the base is a slender bluish striga, and on the disc in the 

 middle arc three short longitudinal bluish streaks margined with dark 

 fuscous ; cilia dark fuscous. I'osterior wings rather dark fuscous, with 

 paler cilia. 



In the collections of Mr. Dcsvigncs and Mr. Shei)hcr(l ; three 

 specimens were taken in Bewdley Forest, by Mr. E. Baugh. 



8. formosella, W. V. 140. -17 (177<)); Fab.; Hiib. Tin. 218; 

 Treit. ; Dup. Alis aiitieis lutcis, macula parva obliqua dorsi ante me- 

 dium, nuicuhuiue majore costic, luteo-brunueis, iitrimpie tenuissime 

 albo-marginatis, macula postica costali lutco-brnuneo. Exp. al. liu. 



Head and face dark fuscous. Palpi bright yellow ; terminal joint 

 white, with a black line externally, and a black ring below the apex. 

 Anteinia^, white, annulated with black. Anterior wings yellow', with 

 yellowish-brown markings, first, a small blotcli on the inner margin 

 near the middle, preceded l)y a short white streak, and followed by a 

 longer curved white streak ; on the costa before the middle is an ob- 

 li([uc blotch reaching to the anal angle, it is jnx'ceded by a slender 

 rather curved white streak (which does not touch the costa, and termi- 

 nates on the fold), and is followed by a pale yellow streak (ex])andcd 

 on the costa and not reaching half across the wing) ; a third yellowish- 

 brown blotch lies on the costa before the apex; cilia pale yellow. Pos- 

 terior wings greyish-fuscous, with paler cilia. 



Taken by ]\Ir. Robertson on palings at AVanstead; appears in 

 July. 



9. lunaris, llaw. L. B. 550 (1829); Step.; Curt. \\. E. fo. 51.3. 



