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14. affinitana, Douglas. Alls anticis nitidis, albidis, nebulis ochraceis 

 fascia obliqua medio punctisque brunneis ; posticis violaceo- 

 griseis. <3 Exp. al. 5^-6 lin. 



Head drab, inclining to rufous. Face paler. Eyes brown. Palpi 

 longer than the head ; drab above at the apex, sides and base dusky. 

 Antennae fuscous. Thorax and patagia dusky drab ; the latter paler 

 at the apex. Anterior wings shining, drab, with a very pale ochreous 

 cloud on the costa and towards the apex, with a reddish-brown 

 central fascia, and specklings of the same colour on the costa and in 

 the apical region. On the dorsal margin, at the middle, commences 

 the central fascia, which is oblique, and does not attain the costa. A 

 small, sharply-defined, triangular mark lies near the anal angle, 

 on the dorsal margin. Apical scales and cilia concolorous with the 

 wing, or rufescent. Posterior wings grey, with a subdued gloss and 

 a violet tinge. Marginal scales rufescent, the bases drab. Cilia drab. 

 Abdomen dusky drab, the caudal tuft rufescent. $ Exp. al. 5^-6 lin. 

 Similar to, but in general colour darker than, the $ . 



Rare in cabinets. Captured by Mr. J. W. Douglas in the salt- 

 marshes at St. Osyth's in Essex, in July 1845, and in the fol- 

 lowing year by Mr. S. Stevens on the banks of the Thames below 

 Gravesend. It varies considerably in colour, and somewhat re- 

 sembles Eup. griseana and Eup. Vectisana. It is smaller than the 

 former, and considerably larger and much paler than the latter ; in 

 general appearance it comes nearer to Eup. subroseana, but the 

 central fascia is not so distinctly marked. 



15. flaviciliana, Doubleday. Alis anticis roseis, fascia abbreviata 

 obliqua saturation medio marginis dorsalis ; ciliis subochraceis vel 

 flavis ; posticis griseis. d Exp, al. 6 lin. 



Head and face cream-colour. Eyes black. Palpi longer than the 

 head, cream-colour ; pale fuscous at the sides. Antennae pale fuscous. 

 Thorax and patagia pale ochreous. Anterior wings dull, cream- 

 colour, with the costa broadly, and the apical region wholly, bright 

 rose-colour on the dorsal margin ; before the middle is a broad, 

 similar- coloured, oblique, abbreviated fascia, darkest and broadest at 

 its origin. Apical scales and cilia ochreous. Posterior wings pale 

 grey. Marginal scales pale fuscous, the bases pale drab. Cilia glossy, 

 pale drab, with a yellowish tinge. Legs straw-colour. Abdomen 

 and the caudal tuft glossy, pale grey. $ Exp. al. 6^ lin. 



A very rare species, but apparently not variable. It comes 

 nearest in appearance to Eup. roseana, but is somewhat larger, and 

 may easily be distinguished from it by the cream-coloured ground of 

 the anterior wings, and by the yellower cilia. It is in the cabinets 

 of Messrs. Bond, Doubleday, Douglas, and Edwin Shepherd. 



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