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met with it at Hertford, and near Ripley : and I believe it has been 

 found in Devonshire. " Epping." — Mr. H. Douhleday. 



Sp. 2. affinis. Alls anticis fusco-ferrugineis stigmatibus distinctis puncfo nigro 

 notatis, posticis nigris ciUis Jlavescentibus. (Exp. alar. 1 unc. 1 — 2 lin.) 



Ph. No. affinis. Linne.— Co. affinis. Steph. Catal. part ii. p. 97. No. 6313. 

 Albin,pl. xxxi.f. 49. 



Head and thorax as in the preceding, but more dusky: anterior wings ferruginous 

 or griseous-brown, with a more or less distinct abbreviated whitish striga at 

 the base on the costa, then another flexuous one before, and a third somewhat 

 angulated behind the middle, arising from a more distinct white patch ; be- 

 tween these are placed the usual stigmata, which are merely indicated, the 

 anterior by a black spot, the posterior by two similar ones, placed trans- 

 versely, and surrounded by a pale circle; behind the posterior stigma is 

 generally a dusky angulated striga ; and near the hinder margin is an in- 

 distinct undulated pale one; at the apex of the wing are two black spots: 

 posterior wings black, with yellowish cilia. 



Scarcely two specimens occur precisely similar ; in some examples, the spots on 

 the costa of the anterior wings are nearly white, as in the foregoing species, 

 and in others they are almost obliterated : the colour of the Avings also varies 

 much, being sometimes nearly fuscous, and at others of a rosy-ferruginous. 



Caterpillar greenish-white, with obscure green lines, and elevated black dots, 

 each segment with a blacklunide above the stigmata: — it feeds on theehn: — 

 the imago occurs towards the end of July. 



Not uncommon : in plenty in July, 1827, in the shady lanes near 

 Ripley, where the elms abound : also taken at Hertford, in Copen- 

 hagen-fields, near Stepney, Bow, &c., and I believe throughout 

 the metropolitan district. 



Sp. 3. Pyralina. Alis anticis bruneis fusco undatis, liturdque posticd sublunari 



costali albidd. (Exp. alar. 1 unc. 4 — 5 lin.) 

 No. Pyralina. Wien. V. — Hatchett, in Entom. Trans, i. pi. 9.f. 1. — Co. Pyralina. 



Steph. Catal. part Up. 97. No. 6314. 



Head and thorax rufous : anterior wings of a rich purplish red or brown, with 

 strongly undulated fuscous strigae, and a deep angulated whitish one behind 

 the middle, edged anteriorly with black, and arising from the base of a sub- 

 lunar whitish spot, which extends nearly to the apex of the wing, which 

 latter bears two rather suflPused fuscous spots : towards the hinder margin 

 is a faint undulated striga : cilia deep reddish-brown : posterior wings pale 

 fuscous, with rufous ciha : abdomen fuscous^ with a resy tuft at its apex. 



Caterpillar green, with fine white lines, with a few white spots on the back : — 

 the imago is produced towards the end of July. 



Rare: but few examples having occurred in England: two or 



