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long as the head, drab, terminal joint dusky. Antennae fuscous. 

 Thorax and patagia olive -drub. Anterior wings dull olive, or dusky 

 drab, streaked with fuscous on the dorsal margin, and a fuscous cloud 

 towards the anal angle ; in some lights an irroration of ochreous scales 

 is visible. On the costa are about seven drab, geminated streaks, 

 with fuscous interspaces, the former slightly lustrous, and sometimes 

 produced into simple lines, directed towards the apical margin. In 

 the fuscous cloud at the anal angle is a distinct ocelloid patch, edged 

 with dull golden, or brassy lust-red streaks, enclosing three longitu- 

 dinal black lines. Anterior to the ocelloid patch are one or two 

 black spots (not always present). Apical scales olive-drab or brown, 

 tipped with pale grey. Cilia glossy, fuscous grey. Posterior wings 

 grey at the base, softening into pale fuscous at the margins, darkest 

 at the apex. Marginal scales pale fuscous, the bases grey. Cilia 

 grey. Abdomen dark iron-grey, the apex fuscous. $ Exp. al. 

 6-6^- lin. The ocelloid patch is not in general so distinct as in the $ . 



An exceedingly abundant species, occurring plentifully wher- 

 ever the Ulex grows ; it is constant in size, and generally so in 

 the ground-colour of the anterior wings ; the apical dark portion 

 sometimes varies in intensity. The Scotch examples are paler 

 than the English ones as regards the ground-colour, and the 

 apical cloud darker, thus giving the insect a very different ap- 

 pearance. 



3. Hypericana, Hub. Alis anticis navo-fiilvis ; costa strigis satura- 

 tioribus pallidioribusque ; macula ocellari subargentea punctis tri- 

 bus atris ; posticis griseis vel cinereis. <$ Exp. al. 7 lin. 



Head and face bright ochreous. Eyes black. Palpi as long as 

 the head, dusky grey at the apex, drab at the base. Antennas iron- 

 grey. Thorax and patagia ochreous, the latter glossy at the apex. 

 Anterior wings ochreous, inclining to pale ferruginous ; the costa is 

 marked throughout with geminated streaks, those beyond the middle 

 most distinct and produced ; in some lights of a lustrous appear- 

 ance. Towards the base and the dorsal margin, are some faint dusky 

 longitudinal streaks. The ocelloid patch is distinct, and formed of 

 two golden lustred, curved streaks on a yellow ground, the space be- 

 tween ochreous, marked with three longitudinal black lines. Apical 

 scales dull ochreous, with pale shining bases. Cilia ochreous brown. 

 Posterior wings grey, with a slight fuscous tinge at the margin. 

 Marginal scales grey, with straw-coloured bases. Cilia long, grey, 

 with a yellow tinge, especially at, and towards, the apex. Abdomen 

 fuscous grey, the apex drab. $ Exp. al. 6^7 lin., marked like the 

 3 , but warmer in colour, which is rich ferruginous. Posterior wings 

 smoky brown, darkest at the apex. Marginal scales dark grey, with 

 paler bases. Cilia long, pale fuscous, yellowish at the apex. Ab- 

 domen dark fuscous. 



