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We are not aware of any other locality. It has been bred by 

 Mr. Bouchard. 



9. trimaculana, Don. Alls anticis pallide oehraceis ; macula basi 

 fasciaque media oehraceis, brunneo strigatis ; postica lineolis ob- 

 liquis fuscis costalibus ; apice puncto rotundo ferrugineo ; ad an- 

 gulum analem macula ocellari subplumbea, lineolis atris longitu- 

 dinalibus ; posticis fuscis. tf Exp. al. 6^7 lin. 



Head fuscous, sub-ochreous behind. Face drab. Eyes black. 

 Palpi above and at the sides, drab at the base, grey at the apex; paler 

 beneath. Antennae pale brown ; the basal joint clothed with drab- 

 colotired scales. Thorax fuscous in front, and streaked transversely 

 with drab. Patagia fuscous at the base ; the apex dull ochreous or 

 drab. Anterior wings pale drab, with a tawny tinge ; the base is 

 occupied by a large rhomboid ochreous patch, thickly streaked trans- 

 versely with dark brown markings, most intense towards its outer 

 edge and the dorsal margin ; this is followed by a rich brown central 

 fascia, commencing narrowly at the costa, and proceeds obliquely 

 across the wing, dilating widely at the dorsal margin, which it occu- 

 pies from about the middle to the anal angle ; it is rounded on its 

 outer, and concave on its inner edges ; both angulated. Between 

 this fascia and the basal patch are one or two maculations on the 

 costal and dorsal margins. The apical portion of the costa is very 

 obliquely streaked with brown ; the second streak from the central 

 fascia being continued to the middle of the apical margin, which has 

 an eye-like spot at the apex. The ocelloid patch is marked with 

 several, more or less distinct, dusky-brown longitudinal lines, and 

 above them is a dark dusky-brown cloud. Apical scales black, with 

 drab bases, interrupted below the apical spot by a drab line running 

 through them and the cilia. Cilia shining grey, becoming iron-grey 

 within the anal angle. Posterior wings clothed with dark, coarse, 

 fuscous scales, on a grey ground, slightly darker at the apex. Mar- 

 ginal scales dark fuscous, with luteous bases. Cilia grey. Abdomen 

 fuscous ; the caudal tuft dull drab. $ Exp. al. 7-7^- lin. 



A very abundant species, and equally variable ; every possible 

 variety occurring between pale or ochreous drab, with slightly 

 darker markings, to obscure red. Another range of variety oc- 

 curs where the ground-colour is pale drab, with the markings 

 running through all the shades of brown. The late Mr. J. F. 

 Stephens, in the Museum Catalogue, has attempted to raise a 

 very dark suffused red variety, " excruciana" to the rank of a 

 species, but asks, " An pr. var. ?" It certainly is nothing more. 

 See also the Appendix to said Catalogue, p. 98. 



The imago appears in June, July, and August, among Elms, 

 throughout the country, in Scotland and in Ireland. 



