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2. palustrana, Lienig. Alls anticis ferrugineis, atro-punctatis ; 



strigis punctisque costalibus argenteis; posticis fuliginoso-fiiscis. 

 c? Exp. al. 6-i-7 lin. 



Head varying from ochreous to red-brown. Face dark brown. 

 Eyes black. Palpi longer than the head ; above dusky brown (some- 

 times ochreous), at the sides dusky brown, beneath and between 

 drab. Antennas dark fuscous. Thorax reddish brown, speckled with 

 umber. Patagia : at the base same colour as the thorax ; the apex 

 ochreous. Anterior wings dull, cream -colour, with ochreous or rich 

 ferruginous markings and fasciae speckled with black and lustrous 

 streaks between. At the base is a patch, extending one-fifth along 

 the costa, and one-third along the dorsal margin ; its posterior edge 

 clearly defined, convex to beyond the middle, and afterwards in- 

 dented. The central fascia is broad and well-defined ; its anterior 

 edge is first concave, then convex ; posteriorly it dilates suddenly, is 

 sharply and deeply indented near the middle, and then contracts to 

 the dorsal margin. At the anal angle is a conical patch, and the 

 apical region is occupied by another larger patch or cloud. All 

 these markings are much speckled with black, and the central fascia 

 has two black streaks across it. The costa is black, and before the 

 middle are two geminations, and four beyond, all lustrous ; the first, 

 second, third, and fourth, are produced to the dorsal margin, in wavy 

 lustrous streaks between the markings. At the anal angle is another 

 straightish, lustrous, geminated streak, reaching nearly half across the 

 wing. On the apical margin are three or four dull, cream-coloured 

 spots. Apical scales varying from pale to dark ferruginous brown, 

 mixed with black, interrupted by white streaks at the anal angle. 

 Cilia glossy at the apex, and broadly towards the anal angle and 

 sometimes a patch or two between, iron-grey; the remainder white. 

 Posterior wings dull fuscous, inclining to umber, darkest at the apex. 

 Marginal scales umber ; the bases straw-colour. Cilia grey at the 

 anal angle, white at the apex, where there is an iron-grey patch. 

 Abdomen blackish ; the segments fringed with shining grey scales ; 

 the apex pale ochreous. $ Exp. al. 6-6-^ lin. Anterior wings 

 marked as in the tf , but more suffused, and the lustrous streaks not 

 so defined. 



A Scotch species. In general appearance much like Sericoris 

 cespitana, but darker in colour, smaller in size, and the spaces 

 between the markings narrower and more silvery. 



The imago appears in May, June, and July among Fir-trees, 

 occurring at the Black Forest in Perthshire ; at Ambleside ; in 

 Torwood, Stirlingshire, and at Fochabers. 



