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sometimes freckled with black. Apical scales umber or black, with 

 alternated patches of brown (sometimes ochreous) and cream-colour. 

 Cilia dark grey ; with the bases narrowly ochreous, paler at the anal 

 angle, black beyond. Posterior wings and marginal scales fuscous, 

 the latter with cream-coloured bases. Cilia grey. Abdomen grey ; 

 the caudal tuft drab. $ Exp. al. 6 lin. 



Rather common among Fir trees ; variable in size and in the 

 intensity of its markings. 



The imago appears in June and July, and occurs at Mickle- 

 ham, Sydenham, near Guildford ; in Dorsetshire and other places 

 in England, also in Scotland. 



5. Hawkerana, Stevens, MSS. Alis anticis fusco-cinereis, strigis ob- 

 liquis punctisque costalibus fuscis ; posticis griseis apice fuscescen- 

 tibus. <$ Exp. al. 5-6| lin. 



Head and face pale drab, with a yellowish tinge. Eyes black. 

 Palpi longer than the head ; above and beneath pale drab, at the 

 sides darker, the upper edge slightly dusky, between whitish. An- 

 tenna? pale fuscous. Thorax drab, with transverse darker lines. 

 Patagia dull drab. Anterior wings dull drab, with an ochreous hue, 

 and darker or dusky-ochreous markings ; about one-third from the 

 base, on the costa, commences an oblique abbreviated fascia, extend- 

 ing to just beyond the middle of the wing. At the middle of the 

 costa is another fascia, slender and oblique, attaining the dorsal mar- 

 gin near the anal angle, and giving out on its anterior edge a short 

 branch, which is directed to the middle of the dorsal margin ; in the 

 apical angle is another similar but fainter mark ; on the costa are 

 nine geminations : four before the middle, dusky ; and five beyond, 

 paler or whitish, and more denned ; none produced. Apical margin 

 with a row of umber-tipped scales, and the pale portions of the wing 

 freckled with dusky brown. Apical scales and cilia with a speckled 

 appearance, fuscous, with drab bases. Posterior wings fuscous grey. 

 Marginal scales darker, with the bases paler. Cilia fuscous. Ab- 

 domen and caudal tuft drab, with a slight ochreous tinge. $ Exp. 

 al. 5-5^ lin. In colouring more distinct than in the 3 . 



This species was first captured by the Rev. W. H. Hawker 

 and Mr. S. Stevens in 1855, at Hayling Island, Hants. It is 

 exceedingly like Pose, tenerana in appearance, but not so strongly 

 marked ; w paler, of smaller size, and the triangular blotch on the 

 dorsal margin is wanting. 



The imago appears in July, August, and September, flying at 

 dusk and keeping close to the ground. 



The pupa is amber-coloured, and about 3 lines long. 



The larva feeds on Euphorbia par alias (the Sea Spurge), mostly 



