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with ocelli. There is a tuft between the eyes, the palpi are 

 long, and, as well as the legs, are tufted. The fringes are very 

 long. The larva feeds on willow, and the pupa is enclosed in 

 a cocoon. The Moth is not uncommon in England, and is 

 very variable. 



THE LARGE BROWN. NYCTEOLA REVAYANA. 



Torlrix revayana, Scopoli, Annus Nat. Hist. v. p. 116, no. 130 

 (1772); Denis & Schiffermiiller, Syst. Verz. Schmett. 

 Wien. p. 130, no. 17 (1775). 



Pyralis duplana, Fabricius, Gen. Ins. p. 293 (1777). 



Pyralis ilicana, Fabricius, Spec. Ins. ii. p. 283, no. 44 (1781). 



Pyralis rivagana, Fabricius, Mant. Ins. ii. p. 233, no. 77 



Tortrix ramosana, Hiibner, Vogel u. Schmett. pi. 75 (1793). 

 Tortrix dilutana, undulana, degenerana, punctana, et ramosana t 



Hiibner, Eur. Schmett. vii. figs. 6-10 (1796). 

 Sarrothripus ramosanus^ Curtis, Brit. Ent. i. pi. 29 (1824). 

 Sarrothripus stoninus, Curtis, Brit. Ent. i. fol. 29 p. 2 (1824). 

 Penthina revayana, Treitschke, Schmett. Eur. viii. p. 22 



(1830). 

 Sarrothripa revayana, Kirby, Eur. Butterflies & Moths, p. 294 



(1881). 

 Nyct(ola revayana, Kirby, Cat. Lepid. Heter. i. p. 369 (1892). 



This species is confined to Europe. It expands about an 

 inch. Its variability is so extreme that Hiibner described it 

 under no less than five different names. 



The fore-wings are grey or brown, marbled with lighter and 

 darker, and with a waved band edged on both sides by fine 

 transverse lines and a dark central spot enclosed in lighter. 

 Then generally comes a suffused area bounded by whitish, 

 close to which are small shades, and near the fringes a 



