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BRITISH MOTHS. 



belly and legs are ochreous-gray ; the ordinary 

 dots along the back are dark brown, and very 

 small : the head is mottled with gray-brown. 



The MOTH appears on the wing in. June, 

 July, and August, and is generally distributed 

 throughout England, Ireland, and Scotland. 

 (The scientific name is Leucania pollens.) 



452. The Flame Wainscot (Meliana flammea). 



452. THE FLAME WAINSCOT. "The an- 

 tennae are alike in both sexes, inserted close 

 to the eyes on each side of the crown of the 

 head, riot very long, setaceous, covered with 

 scales above, pubescent beneath, the basal 

 joint very robust. * * * Labial palpi curved 

 upward, thickly clothed with scales, triarticu- 

 late, basal joint robust, second scarcely so 

 thick, cylindrical, truncated obliquely ; third, 

 the longest, spoon-shaped, hollow, coriaceous 

 at one edge, submembranous and ciliated at 

 the other, and terminated by a bifid claw or 

 tooth. * : ' Wings convoluted when at rest, 

 fore wings rather long and narrow, hind wings 

 ample. * * * Fuscous with a pale reddish 

 tinge, fore wings with a brown flame-like 

 space along the centre (narrowed at the base), 

 above which is a short narrow ochraceous 

 stripe, five or six minute brown spots, forming 

 a curved line near the hind margin, upon 

 which there are seven minute black spots, 

 alternating with the wing-rays, which are 



pale, inclining to white towards the costa, the 

 internal margin sprinkled with dark spots ; 

 inferior wings rather paler, their fringe 

 whitish." Curtis 's British Entomology, Pars 

 201. 



The MOTH appears on the wing in Junej and 

 has only been taken at Wicken Fen, in Cam- 

 bridgeshire, and Yaxley in Huntingdonshire. 

 (The scientific name is Meliana flammea.) 



Obs. The upper figui-e is copied from Mr. 

 Curtis's "British Entomology," the lower 

 figure from a specimen kindly lent me by 

 Mr. Bond. 



453. The Silky Wainscot (Senta maritima). 



453. THE SILKY WAINSCOT. The antennse 

 are very slightly pubescent, the fore wings ai'e 

 rather arched in the costa, rather pointed at 

 the tip, and quite straight on the hind margin 

 for half its length, when the outline suddenly 

 bends obliquely to the anal angle; their ground 

 colour is pale wainscot-brown, silky and 

 glistening; the discoidal spots appear to be 

 always present ; sometimes only to be traced 

 by an extremely slight outline, sometimes 



