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ground-colour of the anterior wings the same as in C. alternana. 

 It is distinguished from its congeners by the clearly -formed, 

 curved fascia at the base, but more particularly by the dull, golden- 

 coloured flush in the middle of the anterior wings. 



The imago appears in June and July. It occurs at Darenth 

 and West Wickham Woods, not uncommonly at Blandford in 

 Dorsetshire, at Clevedon in Somersetshire, and also in Essex. 



8. conspersana, Doug. Alls anticis cretaceis, basi medio apiceque 

 cinereo irroratis ; posticis albidis. tf Exp. al. 8-10 lin. 



Head and face white. Eyes black. Palpi white, longer than the 

 head. Antenna? very pale fuscous. Thorax and patagia white, ir- 

 rorated with black scales. Anterior wings dull, white, thickly 

 irrorated with dusky scales at the base, at the middle and beyond ; 

 towards the apex assuming the form of fasciae. Apical scales cream- 

 coloured, mixed with fuscous. Cilia same colour, but immaculate. 

 Posterior wings cream- colour, clothed with coarse, pale fuscous 

 scales. Marginal scales and cilia cream-colour, the former with the 

 tips fuscous. Legs straw-colour. Abdomen glossy, cream-colour ; 

 the apex inclining to ochreous. $ Exp. al. 8-10 lin. 



A common insect on the coast, tolerably constant as to size 

 and in the ground-colour of the anterior wings, but the mark- 

 ings are subject to much variation. Sometimes they are wholly 

 void of markings, and with only a few dusky scales sprinkled over 

 the surface; at others, more thickly so, disposed somewhat in 

 the character of markings ; at others, pale markings appear, 

 faintly, but defined, and not unfrequeutly specimens do occur 

 with the markings both dark and distinct : in these latter instances 

 they very much resemble pale specimens of C. octomaculana. 



The imago appears in June and July, and occurs at Dover, 

 St. Osyth's in Essex, at Ventnor and Freshwater in the Isle of 

 Wight, in Gloucestershire, and other places in the south. 



The larva appears to be polyphagous, having been bred from 

 heads of Groundsell (Senecio vulgaris], the Mouse-ear, Hawk- 

 weed (Hieracium pilosella), Wild Marjoram, Thistles, and various 

 other plants. 



9. octomaculana, Haw. Curt. Alis anticis niveisve griseis ; basi 

 fascia curva, medio altera obliqua abbreviata, macula costali po- 

 stica, altera ad angulum analem fuscis, brunneo-marginatis vel 

 maculatis ; margine apicali ptmctis brunneis ; posticis fusco -griseis. 

 J Exp. al. 9f-10i lin. 



Head drab, hoary on the vertex. Face dull drab. Eyes intense 

 brown. Palpi longer than the head, dark dusky drab ; slightly 

 paler beneath, pale drab between. Antennae fuscous. Thorax in 



