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obliterate the striga, and in some cases the circles are very faint; and one of 

 my specimens has a black longitudinal streak at the base of the wing. 

 Caterpillar green, slightly mottled : it feeds on the maple :— the imago appears 

 towards the end of May, and a second time at the end of August. 



Not very uncommon within tlie metropolitan district, especially 

 in Darenth-wood and other parts of Kent : I have also taken it 

 frequently at Ripley in the beginning of September. " Epping." 

 —Mr. DouUeday. " Great Orton."— T. C. Hey sham, Esq. 



Sp. 2. pendularia. AUs omnibus albidis, strigis duahus communibus punctorum 



nigrorum, annulo purpurea interjecto. (Exp. alar. 11—13 lin.) 

 Ph. Ge. pendularia. Linne.—Cy. pendularia. Steph. Catalpart ii. p. 127. No. 



6519. Albin,pl.l.f.S5. a—d. 

 Hoary-white ; wings with two common strigae of black dots, one curved before 



the middle, the other slightly repanded behind, with a purplish or ferruginous 



circle on the disc between : behind the posterior striga are some fuscescent 



clouds; and on the hinder margin itself is a row of minute black dots: cilia 



white. 

 In the middle of the wings is sometimes a common purphsh, or fuscescent, band, 



passing through the ocelli, which latter vary exceedingly in size, and are 



sometimes bordered with fuscous. 

 The freckles on the wings are sometimes purplish. 

 Caterpillar pale greenish, with the head and tail red : it feeds on the oak, birch, 



alder, &c. :— pupa bright green:— the imago is produced in May, and a second 



time in August. 



Also not uncommon in the metropolitan woods. " Epping."— 

 Mr. Doubleday. 



Sp. 3. orbicularia. AUs fusco-cinereis annulo medio purpureo, pupilla alba, 

 strigdque subrepandd posticd communis punctorum nigrorum. (Exp. alar. 

 1 unc. 1—2 lin.) 



Ge. orbicularia. ir«Z.wer.-Cy. orbicularia. Steph. Catal. part ii. p. 127. No. 6521. 



Brownish-ash or ashy-white, extremely freckled with elongate fuscous streaks, aU 

 the wings with a purphsh ring in the middle, having a white centre, an 

 indistinct common striga of black dots towards the base, and a second slightly 

 repanded one towards the posterior margin, accompanied externaUy with 

 whitish, and on the hinder margin itself a row of minute black dots : ciUa 

 cinereous. 



In some specimens there is a purphsh fascia passing through the centre of the 



wings. 



Rare, at least near London: I have once taken it at Coombe- 

 wood, where it has been found three or four times ; also in the 

 woods near Erith, in the New Forest, and near Lewes in Sussex. 



