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the counties of Cork and Kerry and that it 

 is common at Howth and Malahide. (The 

 scientific name is Acidalia promutata.) 



185. The Dotted-bordered Cream Wave (Acidalia 

 straminata). 



185. THE DOTTED-BORDERED CREAM WAVE. 

 The wings are very pale testaceous-brown, 

 with a very small, intensely black discoidal 

 spot ; between this discoidal spot and the base 

 of the wing are several transverse lines, one of 

 them more conspicuous than the rest: beyond 

 the discoidal spot are three waved transverse 

 lines, and on the margin itself is a series of 

 rather elongate but. very distinct black spots. 



The MOTH appears on the wing in June, 

 and has been taken in Dorsetshire, Hamp- 

 shire, Surrey, and Buckinghamshire ; but is 

 not recorded from Scotland or Ireland. (The 

 scientific name is Acidalia straminata.) 



186. The Satin Wave (Acidalia subsericata). 



186. THE SATIN WAVE. All the wings 

 are whitish-gray; the fore wings having five, 

 and the hind wings four, narrow, transverse, 

 slightly-waved lines, only a shade darker than 

 the ground-colour : between the first and 

 second of these is a central dot on the fore 

 wings, and there is a very slight indication of 

 the same on the hind wings : there are no 

 dark lines on the hind margin of the wings, 

 but there are a few black dots in the fringe : 

 the head, thorax, and body are of the same 

 colour as the wings : the fore legs are remark- 

 ably long and dark coloured. 



The MOTH appears on the wing in June, and 

 has been taken abundantly in the south- 

 irestern $nd southern counties of England, 



also in Gloucestershire, Worcestershire, Lan- 

 cashire, Cheshire, and the Lake District. 

 Mr. Birchall says it is common at Howth, in 

 Ireland. (The scientific name is Acidalia 

 subscricata.) 



187. The Lesser Cream Wave (Acidalia invmutata). 



187. THE LESSER CREAM WAVE. All the 

 wings are ochreous gray, speckled with minute 

 black dots : the fore wings have five, and the 

 hind wings four, transverse, waved lines, only 

 a shade darker than the ground-colour of the 

 wing : in the centre of each wing is a con- 

 spicuous black dot: head, thorax, and body of 

 the same colour as the wings. 



The MOTH appears on the wing in June, and 

 has occurred in Devonshire, Somersetshire, 

 Dorsetshire, the Isle of Wight, Surrey, Nor- 

 folk, Suffolk, Cambridgeshire, Cheshire, Lan- 

 cashire, and the Lake District. Mr. Birchall 

 says it is common at Killarney. (The scientific 

 name is Acidalia immutata.) 



188. The Cream Wave (Acidalia remntata). 



188. THE CREAM WAVE. All the wings 

 are pale, dingy, wainscot-brown, speckled 

 very sparingly with black dots : the fore 

 wings have four and the hind wings three 

 waved lines, slightly darker than the ground- 

 colour, and the hind wings have a black spot 

 in the centre : the head, thorax, and body 

 are of the same dingy hue as the wings. 



The MOTH appears on the wing in May, and 

 has occurred in nearly all our English and 

 Scotch counties ; and Mr. Birchall says it has 

 been taken at Killarney, and in the county 

 Wicklow in Ireland. (The scientific name is 

 Acidalia remutata.} 



