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closely allied to C. Scopoliana, but is usually somewhat smaller, 

 and mostly without the pale ferruginous patch which is present 

 in the latter species towards the base in the dorsal margin. 



The imago appears in July and August among Thistles, and 

 occurs throughout the metropolitan district, and other parts of 

 England ; it likewise occurs in the vicinity of Dublin. 



4. parvulana, Wilkinson MSS. AHs anticis nitidis, fuscis ; strigis 

 costalibus albidis geminatis ; macula ocellari lineis longitudinalibus 

 atris ; posticis fuscis. Exp. al. 5-|- lin. 



Head drab. Face paler. Eyes intense brown. Palpi drab above, 

 the sides slightly dusky. Antennae fuscous. Thorax and patagia 

 pale fuscous, mixed with drab. Anterior wings glossy fuscous, with 

 drab streaks ; tolerably uniform in colour, but slightly darker at the 

 apical region. On the costa beyond the fold are five shining drab 

 geminations, the last of which is whitest and most produced, all 

 directed to a point midway down the apical margin. The ocelloid 

 patch is small, distinct, oval, drab, shining, and with longitudinal 

 black lines within. Apical scales with the bases whitish; the middles 

 fuscous, and the apices grey. Cilia shining fuscous ; in some lights 

 iron-grey. Posterior wings fuscous. Marginal scales and cilia drab. 

 Abdomen fuscous ; the caudal tuft drab. $ Exp. al. 5-| 6 lin. Re- 

 sembles the c? , with the markings somewhat more distinct. 



This species was captured by Mr. Bond last summer (1857) in 

 the Isle of Wight among mixed herbage. It is the smallest 

 known species in this genus, and in appearance resembles 

 C. ccecimaculana, but its colouring is more evenly disposed, and 

 is scarcely more than half the size. 



5. csecimaculana, Hub. Alis anticis albidis fusco multi-strigatis ; 

 macula dorsali et ad angulum analem dilutioribus ; costa strigis 

 albidis geminatis ; posticis cinereis. $ Exp. al. 8^1 0-|- lin. 



Head and face yellowish drab. Eyes intense brown. Palpi longer 

 than the head ; above, beneath, and between, drab ; at the sides, 

 with the base and apex, dusky. Antennas drab. Thorax and pata- 

 gia drab, streaked with fuscous. Anterior wings dull drab, densely 

 clouded, and streaked with fuscous, sometimes with an ochreous 

 tinge ; the costa pale umber. On the dorsal margin is an indistinct 

 pale patch, in form somewhat like the " bird's-head" mark in 

 Pcecilochroma corticana. At the anal angle the ocelloid patch is large, 

 but of irregular and undefined figure ; pale anteriorly ; its borders 

 slightly lustrous, and the longitudinal black lines are very sparingly 

 indicated. On the costa are about seven pale drab lustrous gemina- 

 tions, widening as they "approach the apex ; the interspaces pale 

 umber. The geminations beyond the middle become simple, and are 



