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with tlie inner margin white, interrupted beyond tlic middle by a dar!\ 

 fuscous nearly straight fascia, which, although indistinct in the middle 

 of the wing, is again perceptible on the costa, whore it is defined by a 

 white spot on each side ; two or three smaller white s])ots are on the 

 costa towards the apex ; cilia greyish-[)urple. Posterior wings grey, 

 uith paler cilia. 



\ ery coninion among sloe-bushes^ at the end of May and be- 

 ginning of .lune. The larva in the shoots of sloe, early in ]\Iay. 



10. glaucinella, Zell. Isis, 1839, p. 205; Sta. Alis anticis 

 (/nseo-(e)U'is, dorso anguste albido, ad fasciam saturatiorem utrinquc 

 repandato, fslriijuli.'i jjaro'iH traiiHversis fuscis ; capillis albido-lateis. Exp. 

 al. 4 hn. 



Head white, mixed with pa!p yellowish. Face and palpi wdiitisli. 

 Antennae yellowish-white, with slightly darker annulations. Anterior 

 wings greyish-bronze, with the inner margin vhilkh, broadest on each 

 side of the nearly perpendicular dark fascia ; neceral small transverse 

 ff'sco/'s spots can be observed in the pale inner margin ; cilia fuscous. 

 Posterior wings pale grey, with paler cilia. 



A scarce species, appearing in June and July; has occurred at 

 Caniberwell and Beckenhani, near Loudon, near Bristol, also in 

 AVales. 



11. retinella, Zell. isis, 1839, p. 20.5; ^tn.—ocellea. Step. ?— 

 Cornelia, Evers. ? Alis anticis albis, fusco transvcrse-reticulatis, cos- 

 tam versus fuscesceiitibus, inaeida obUqua plicie j^one medium, inaculaqiie 

 apicem versus fuscis, puncto apicis nigro. Exp. al. 5 lin. 



Head white, with a few grey hairs. Pace; and palpi white. Antenna; 

 whitish, with pale fuseous annulations. Anterior wings white, with 

 nunu;rous transverse fuscous spots, and towards the costa almost en- 

 tirely suffused with pale fuseous ; beyond the middle of the fold is a 

 large fuseous spot, obliquely placed, and another large fuseous spot lies 

 towards the apex of the wing ; at the extreme apex is a black spot ; cilia 

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



Conunon among birches in June and -Inly. 



12. abdominalis, Zell. Isis, 1839. p. 20."); 8ta. ; Lienig? Alis 

 anticis albis, slriis duabus (! basi, macula obli(pia dorsali pone medium, 

 ])unctisque sparsis posticis disci luteis, squamis apicis atris. Exp. al. 

 4 lin. 



Head, face, and palpi white. Antenn;e whitish, annulated with pale 

 fuscous. Abdomen rufous. Anterior wings irhite, with two yellowish 

 streaks from the base, one near the inner margin sto])ping abiiiptly 

 before the middle, the oilier near the costa, less sharply delined and 

 reaching beyond the middle; lieyond the middle of the iimer margin is 

 a yellowish .spot, curving outwardly, and several scattered yellowish 

 spots lie in the apical portion of the wing, some black scales are at the 

 extreme apex ; cilia ])ale yellowish, i'osti rior wiu^s whitish, with paler 

 cilia. 



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