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black. Palpi longer than the head ; above, cream-colour ; at sides 

 and beneath drab, between whitish. Antennae glossy pale fuscous. 

 Thorax buff; streaked longitudinally with iron-grey or pale dusky. 

 Patagia buff-ferruginous. Anterior wings glossy, very pale drab, 

 with fuscous and pale chestnut-brown markings, arranged somewhat 

 longitudinally in streaks. The base of the wing is clouded with 

 buff. In the middle of the dorsal margin is a pale patch, irrorated 

 with iron-grey, preceded by three pale chestnut longitudinal streaks 

 diminishing in colour towards the base ; posterior to the dorsal 

 patch are one or two other, but faint brown streaks. The ocelloid 

 patch is distinct, with a pale lustrous border, broadest anteriorly, 

 and enclosing two (seldom three) longitudinal black lines on a pale 

 ground. At the centre of the costa is an oblique pale fuscous streak, 

 which is - produced to the middle of the apical margin, arching over 

 the ocelloid patch ; beyond this streak are four very pale drab or 

 buff geminations, with pale fuscous interstices. Apical scales and 

 cilia very pale drab. Posterior wings fuscous, palest at the base. 

 Marginal scales fuscous, with narrow drab bases. Cilia dirty white, 

 glossy. Abdomen glossy, fuscous; the apex drab. Exp. al. 

 9^-10 lin. Anterior wings more suffused and darker than in the 

 cJ , the streaky appearance more apparent. 



Less abundant than the C. Hohenwarthiana, but far from un- 

 common : it is larger than that species, particularly the $ . 



The imago appears in June and July among Thistles ; is 

 distributed throughout the country, and occurs also in Scotland. 



According to M. Guenee, the larva is yellowish-white, and lives 

 in the heads of Thistles feeding on the seeds and sometimes 

 it burrows into the root, where it changes into pupa. 



2. fulvana, Steph. Alis anticis subfulvis, maris pone medium strigis 

 numerosis obliquis costalibus ; macula subocellari subargentea, 

 punctis atris; posticis pallide fuscis, margine saturatioribus. 

 rf Exp. al. 10-101 lin. 



Head and face pale drab. Eyes intensely brown. Palpi longer 

 than the head ; pale drab, with a few darker, somewhat ochreous 

 scales at the sides. Antennae dusky drab. Thorax and patagia pale 

 drab, with a slight ochreous tinge. Anterior wings dull, buff or 

 pale ochreous, with slightly darker clouds, and pale lustrous streaks, 

 beyond the middle on the costa. The dorsal half of the wing is 

 clouded with pale dusky ferruginous, with a slightly paler irrorated 

 patch in the middle of the dorsal margin. The ocelloid patch is 

 distinct, with a pale slightly lustrous border, broadest anteriorly ; 

 the space enclosed is pale drab, marked with three interrupted longi- 

 tudinal black lines. The costa is scarcely maculated to the middle ; 

 beyond are six or seven produced pale lustrous geminations, with the 

 interspaces first fuscous, then buff towards the apex: these gemma- 



