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conspicuous; in the daytime it may often be beaten 

 from hedges, in which its food-plant is intermixed. 



FAMILY IX. LOZOPERID^:. 

 CAL08ETIA NIGBOMACULANA. 



(Plate XIV., Fig. 8.) 



This handsome and showy insect is widely distributed 

 throughout England and Scotland, and has also been 

 observed in Ireland. 



The expansion of the wings is rather more than ^ 

 inch. The fore-wings are white, beautifully varied with 

 blackish ; above the anal angle is a large bluish-grey 

 ocelloid patch, edged partially with ferruginous, most 

 distinctly so towards the base of the wing, above it is a 

 short black streak ; the tip of the wing is ferruginous, 

 intersected by some short, oblique, whitish streaks ; the 

 most conspicuous of the blackish markings are two small 

 costal spots, and obliquely beyond them two larger spots 

 on the inner margin. 



The perfect insect appears in July, and may often be 

 beaten from stems of ragwort (Senecio Jacobsea), when 

 it generally falls down very sluggishly. 



TINEINA. FAMILY I. EXAPATID/E. 

 EXAPATE GELATELLA. 



(Plate XV., Fig. 1, <J and ? .) 



This species seems widely distributed, though probably 

 much overlooked ; it occurs generally round London, 

 and has been noticed near Bristol and in the neighbour- 

 hood of York: and Manchester ; it does not seem to have 

 been observed in Scotland or Ireland. 



