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brown. Thorax tawny, banded with smoky black ; a slight crest of 

 black scales behind. Patagia smoky black at the base, the apex 

 tawny. Anterior wings dull, pale drab, with umber-brown markings. 

 At the base is a streaky and mottled patch, extending one -fourth 

 along the costa, and rather more than one-third along the dorsal 

 margin ; its posterior edge wavy. At the middle is a broad fascia, 

 with undefined and angulated edges, dilating widely after its origin 

 on the costa, and more or less interrupted towards the middle by a 

 pale longitudinal streak running nearly through it; posteriorly, 

 on the dorsal margin, this fascia unites and suffuses with a similar- 

 coloured patch within the anal angle. Above this latter is a broad, 

 oblique, pale fuscous or tawny band, dilating towards its apex, and 

 originating upon the apical margin. On the costa are six gemi- 

 nations with umber interspaces: two before the middle, and four 

 beyond ; those before are produced into undulating streaks to the 

 opposite margin ; those beyond merge into lustrous blue lines ; the 

 apical angle suffused with fuscous. Apical scales glossy, umber, with 

 cream-coloured bases. Cilia glossy, dark brown at the apex, and 

 near the anal angle ; the interspaces cream-colour. Posterior wings 

 dull, fuscous, with a greyish flush. Marginal scales glossy, fuscous, 

 with straw-coloured bases. Cilia whitish. Abdomen fuscous grey, 

 the caudal tuft tawny at the sides, blackish above. Exp. al. 

 7^- lin. Anterior wings darker than in the tf . 



An abundant species; constant in markings, but slightly 

 variable in the ground-colour of the anterior wings. Closely 

 allied to S. Urticana, but slightly smaller; it is distinguished 

 from that species by the central fascia being divided longitudinally 

 before the middle, whereas in S. Urticana it is entire. 



The imago appears in July, and is generally distributed 

 throughout the country ; it is also common in the vicinity of 

 Edinburgh, and around Dublin. It flies among mixed herbage. 



The larva is of a dark, brownish-black colour, with a black 

 head ; very active, is polyphagous, and may be met with, full- 

 grown, in May and June. 



3. Urticana, Hub. Alis anticis rufo-cinereis, basi fascia medioque 

 fuscis, branneo vel nigro strigatis ; macula versus angulum analem 

 fasciaque obliqua fusco-olivaceis ; costa strigis geminatis albidis ; 

 posticis griseo-fuscis. rf Exp. al. 10-10^ lin. 



Head dull brown. Face pale ochreous. Eyes black. Palpi as long 

 as the head, drab above and beneath, dusky at the apex. Antennas 

 dull brown. Thorax tawny or drab, banded with black ; a slight 

 crest of dark scales behind. Patagia tawny, with a dark brown band 

 at the base. Anterior wings dull, drab, with chocolate or umber 

 markings. At the base is a streaky patch, extending about one- 

 sixth along the costa, and nearly one-third along the dorsal margin ; 



