APOD A. 225 



Phalcena fitnalis, Donovan, Brit. Ins. iii. pi. 76 (1794). 



Bombyx asetfa, Esper, Schmett. iii. p. 36, Taf. 85, fig. 4 (1801). 



Tortrix testudinana, Hiibner, Eur. Schmett. vii. figs. 164, 165 

 (1803 ?) ; Treitschke, Schmett. Eur. viii. p. 14 (1830). 



Limacodes testudo^ Godart, Le'pid. France, iv. p. 279, pi. 28, 

 figs, i, 2 (1822) ; Stephens, 111. Brit. Ent Haust. ii. p. 86 

 (1829) ; Kirby, Eur. Butterflies and Moths, p. 114, pi. 26^ 

 fig. 3 (1879) ; Buckler, Larvae of Brit. Lepid. iii. pi. 53, fig. 

 8 (1889) ; Barrett, Lepid. Brit. Isl. ii. p. 166, pi. 64, figs. 

 22, 0, b (1894). 



Apoda avellana, Kirby, Cat. Lepid. Heter. i. p. 552 (1892). 



The Festoon Moth is found in roost parts of Europe and 

 As'.a Minor. The expanse of the wings is about one inch, the 

 male being smaller than the female. 



The fore-wings are usually dark ochre-yellow in the male, 

 with two dark-brown transverse lines commencing near together 



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Male. Female. 



The Festoon Moth. 



on the costa, but widely diverging towards the inner margin, 

 and enclosing a dark triangular area, in which may be observed 

 in the middle of the wing a round spot, and near the inner 

 margin an elongated one, both of the ground-colour. The 

 hind-wings are dark brown, yellowish towards the base. The 

 fringes are varied with yellowish. 



The abdomen ends in a pale tuft. 



The female has pale ochre-yellow fore-wings, with the same 

 markings as the male, but paler and more distinct, the spots in 



