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anterior segments are small and of the same colour as the body, 

 increasing in size and becoming grey in colour towards the 

 posterior extremity ; the anal segment is constricted, and bears 

 an ovoid umbreous patch, preceded by a transverse band of the 

 same colour on the twelfth segment. 



3. Smeathmanniana, Fabr. Alis anticis stramineis, strigis duabus 

 obliquis interruptis, mfo-brunneis ; posticis maris griseis ; foe- 

 mince cinereis. tf Exp. al. 6| 7 lin. 



Head primrose-colour, palest on the vertex. Pace primrose-colour. 

 Eyes black. Palpi as long as the head, pale primrose-colour above 

 and between, darker at the sides, and dusky beneath. Antennae 

 pale brown ; basal joint clothed with primrose-coloured scales. 

 Thorax pale primrose, the crest darker. Patagia pale primrose. 

 Anterior wings pale primrose-colour, with oblique oehreous, or 

 ochreous brown streaks and spots. The basal half of the costa very 

 narrowly edged with iron-grey, or ochreous brown. On the dorsal 

 margin, before the middle, and within the anal angle, are two abbre- 

 viated oblique streaks of dull ochreous (sometimes brown) colour, the 

 anterior one attaining the middle of the wing, and the posterior 

 sometimes interrupted, or consisting only of a triangular patch on 

 the margin. The apical half of the costa marked with three qua- 

 drate pale fuscous spots (in some specimens less distinct and ochreous). 

 Apical margin irrorated with pale fuscous. Apical scales and cilia 

 primrose- colour, the latter paler. Posterior wings pale grey, fuscous 

 at the apex and costal margin. Marginal scales glossy, grey, with 

 luteous bases. Cilia white. Abdomen dark fuscous, the apex pale 

 ochreous. $ Exp. al. 8-i 9 lin. Anterior wings warmer coloured 

 than in the <$ . 



Far from common ; variable in size, and slightly so in the in- 

 tensity of the ground-colour of the anterior wings. Is allied to 

 L. Francillana and L. dilucidana, larger than either, but differs 

 from both by having the oblique streaks abbreviated or interrupted. 



The imago appears in May and June, and occasionally in 

 July and August. It occurs at Darenth Wood, Epping Forest, 

 Barnes Common, and generally round London ; also near Dover ; 

 in Cheshire, &c. 



The pupa is rich amber-colour, dull and immaculate, and 

 about 2^ lines long. 



The larva feeds in the flowers of Anthemis cotula. 



4. straminea, Haw. Alis anticis stramineis, striga ante medium 

 marginis dorsalis obliqua abbreviata fulva ; posticis maris griseis ; 

 fcem. cinereis. <$ Exp. al. 8-J-9 lin. 



Head and face pale primrose. Eyes black. Palpi longer than 



