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slight and indistinctly represented on the underwing ; the second line 

 rises on the costa beyond the middle, and by a slight but uniform 

 curve passes across the wing to the inner margin, and is continued 

 quite through to the inner margin of the under wing : this line does 

 not arise on the costa and then extend towards the outer margin, as in 

 derivalis, but the point which actually crosses the costal nerve, is the 

 most distant from the base of the wing ; both these lines are well- 

 defined, and appear of a pale yellowish or cream colour, margined 

 with darker on the inner side ; the character of the second line would 

 be best understood by a reference to Ephyra punctaria, but it is much 

 more boldly defined than in that species. The posterior margin of 

 the reniform stigma is faintly outlined with pale yellow or cream 

 colour. The state of the specimen precludes further remarks " 

 (' Intelligencer,' vol. v., p. 123). 



The second capture is recorded as follows : " About the 12th of 

 July last, I took a fine female specimen of this insect. It has a pre- 

 dilection for sweets, for I took it in company with other sugar-loving 

 Deltoides and PYRALIDES. Mr. H. Cooke's description (' Intel.,' vol. v., 

 p. 123) of this new Deltoid, though for the most part correct, was 

 evidently made from a very indifferent specimen, and consequently is 

 imperfect in some particulars. Its colour is a light yellowish olive, 

 dusted with numerous small black spots. A figure of this insect in 

 Wood's ' Index Entomologicus ' (first edition, pi. 27, fig. 168) will give 

 a tolerable idea of its colour, though of little else.* The first line 

 seems not to be continued on the under wing. There is a crescent- 

 shaped yellowish marking on the underwing about half way between 

 the base and the tip of the wing, but it does not appear to rise on the 

 costa, and it distinctly ceases before it reaches the middle of the wing ; 

 and, if continued to the inner margin, it would strike the second line. 

 I have examined, by the aid of a common magnify ing-glass, what 

 seems to be ' the posterior margin of the marking of the reniform 

 stigma,' of which Mr. Cooke speaks, but I cannot trace the rest of the 

 marking of the stigma ; and there only appears a yellowish crescent 

 shaped marking, which corresponds exactly with that on the under 

 wing " (' Ent. Weekly Intelligencer,' vol. ix., p. 28). Since then 

 very few examples appear to have been captured, or if captured re- 

 corded. I have two specimens which came into my possession with 

 Mr. Coverdale's collection having a " Surrey " label on one of them, 

 otherwise I know nothing of their capture or precise locality. 



The ' Systematisches Verzeichniss ' reference is Kttle more than a 

 catalogue name, for it only states : " Griinlichgrauer Zunsler mit 

 zwei gelben Querstrichen." The first really good figure bearing this 

 name is that of Hiibner. The description I made of it is as follows : 

 " Anterior wings dark olive-green with a yellow basal line ; yellow 

 inner edge to the reniform ; a yellow line nearly straight, replacing 

 the elbowed line ; yellow subterminal line. The hind wings of the 

 same colour as the fore wings, with a yellow margin, yellow central 

 transverse line and yellow lunule " (' Sammlung europ. Schmet.' etc., 

 (Pyrales), fig. 1). 



* Wood's figure is now generally supposed to represent a variety of 

 derivalis. 



