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the latter by the dark spot beyond the middle being nearer to 

 the costa than to the dorsal margin. 



The imago appears from June to August among Holly : it is 

 generally distributed over the country ; it occurs also in the vi- 

 cinity of Edinburgh, and at Belfast in Ireland. 



The pupa is 4 lines long, of a rich brown colour and slightly 

 shining. 



The larva feeds in the young shoots of the Holly, and may 

 be collected in abundance in May and June. It is of a dirty 

 green colour, with a black head and black shield. Before as- 

 suming the pupa state it spins a dull white silken web, either 

 turning down one leaf, or fastening two or more together. 



2. geminana, Steph., MSS. Alls anticis nitidis, griseis nebulosis ; 

 fascia basi, media, puncto apice bmnneis ; costa strigis geminatis 

 albidis ; macula ocellari ad angtilum analem distincte notata, griseo 

 branneoque strigato ; posticis fuscis. <$ Exp. al. 6 lin. 



Head dull fuscous. Face dull fuscous, slightly paler below. Eyes 

 black. Palpi above and between greyish drab, at the sides fuscous 

 grey, beneath dark brown. Antennae fuscous. Thorax and patagia 

 fuscous, the latter with the tips paler. Anterior wings silvery white, 

 with a greyish tinge marked and fasciated with umber and rich fer- 

 ruginous brown ; the base is occupied by a rich umber patch, ex- 

 tending one-fourth along the costa and one-third along the dorsal 

 margin, its posterior edge very rounded and oblique to the middle, 

 and then becomes nearly straight ; is streaked transversely and paler 

 within. From the middle of the costa to the anal angle is an umber 

 fascia, mixed with ferruginous brown, broad and undefined at its 

 origin, especially on its anterior edge, narrowing and sharply ex- 

 pressed towards its termination, particularly at that portion which 

 impinges on the ocelloid patch. The costa is streaked throughout, 

 and its apical portion is marked with five distinct geminations with 

 umber interspaces, which are produced on a dark ferruginous cloud 

 towards a point below the apical spot ; this latter is umber- coloured, 

 and produced into a streak along the apical margin. Between this 

 and the central fascia lies the ocelloid patch, which is well de- 

 fined, roundish, and consists of a slightly lustrous, silvery-grey cloud, 

 with an indistinct, transverse brown streak running through it. The 

 pale portions of the wing, especially on the dorsal margin, streaked 

 with umber. Apical scales (as well as the cilia, interrupted by a 

 white streak below the apical spot) smoky brown, with whitish 

 bases towards the anal angle. Cilia smoky brown at the apex, be- 

 coming paler towards the anal angle, and iron-grey beyond it. Poste- 

 rior wings clothed with coarse fuscous scales on a grey ground, 

 darkest towards the apex. Marginal scales pale fuscous, with drab 

 bases. Cilia long, slightly shining, paler fuscous; grey at the anal 



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