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grey tipped with white. Cilia paler and mottled ; both becoming nearly 

 white at the anal angle. Posterior wings fuscous, paler at the base. 

 Marginal scales fuscous, with luteous bases. Cilia pale straw-colour. 

 Abdomen fuscous, the caudal tuft dull drab. Exp. al. 8-10 lin. 



The most common of the British Antithesis, varying consider- 

 ably in size, but tolerably constant as to colour. One variety is 

 recorded as pertaining to this species the A. nubiferana of 

 Haw., which is very distinct,, and all the specimens of it, that we 

 have seen, are well represented in Wood's ( Index Entomologi- 

 cus/ pi. 30. fig. 869. It is very rare, occurring in hedges near 

 Darenth. Some other localities are named for it, among which 

 are Willesden in Middlesex, and Brislington in Somersetshire. 

 The anterior wings are dirty white, with indistinct and un- 

 defined dusky clouds from the base to beyond the middle ; the 

 costa is destitute of markings ; at two-thirds from the base, and 

 one-third from the dorsal margin, is a largish cloudy fuscous 

 spot. Head, face, palpi, thorax and posterior wings as in the 

 typical insect. Should not this be restored to the rank of a 

 species ? 



The (typical) imago abounds in June among Whitethorn and 

 Blackthorn hedges, and is generally distributed over the whole 

 country. It occurs also in Scotland and Ireland. 



The pupa is black, and measures 5 lines in length. 



The larva is dingy olive -green, with a black head ; the shield 

 black, with anterior margin pale; a black patch on the anal 

 segment, and black dots. It feeds on the Whitethorn, Black- 

 thorn, Plum, Cherry, &c. 



7. Pruniana, Hub. Alis anticis albis; basi pone medium albo, 

 cinereo, brunneo atroque variegatis ; margine apicali fusco ; 

 maculis tribus distinctis fuscis costalibus ; posticis fuscescentibus. 

 3 Exp. al. 6J-8 lin. 



Head fuscous, darkest in front. Pace slightly paler. Eyes black. 

 Palpi fuscous, paler beneath. Antenna3 fuscous. Thorax fuscous 

 before and behind, with a broad band of dull drab or grey across 

 the vertex ; the bifid crest rich castaneous. Patagia : basal half 

 fuscous, the remainder dull drab or grey. Anterior wings dull, pale 

 cream- colour, the dark portion extending along the costa to the 

 middle, and rather more than two-thirds along the dorsal margin ; 

 its posterior edge usually undulated to beyond the centre, like the 

 letter /, and then continued in a somewhat receding direction. The 

 basal patch is very angulated, and made up of mottled markings 

 and streaks of golden and darker brown, fuscous and iron-grey. 

 The central fascia is distinct and curved, of golden brown, with 

 darker shades placed longitudinally, fuscous and grey exteriorly; 



