ENTOMOLOGICAL CABINF.T. 



CILEX COMPRESSA. Leach, 



Borabyx compressus. Fabr. 



Goose-egg Moth. Harris. 



Chinese Character. Haworth. 



Wings white, the upper pair near the middle with 

 a yellowish oval spot joining to a brownish band that 

 \videns as it reaches the inner edge of the wing near 

 the body : in this band are various minute silvery 

 markings ; the outer edge of the wings has a series 

 of pale lunules, surrounded by silvery white arches, 

 surmounted by lead-coloured lunules ; the under 

 wings are white and dark tinge from the body to 

 the middle of the wing, and on the outer margin five 

 large dots of the same colour. 



Expansion of the wings 11 to 13 lines. 



Inhabits hedges near London, and is not uncom- 

 mon the end of May and beginning of August. 



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