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Found in the woods of Kent, but not very abundant. 



Sp. 11. eXiguata. Alls griseo-albicantibus, fusco nebulosis, maculis tribus tra- 



peziformisfuscis. (Exp. alar. 9 — 10 lin.) 

 Ge. exiguata. ^«Zi7ier.— Eu. exiguata. Steph. Catal.pt. ii. p. 144. No. 6652.— 



Eu. trimaculata. Steph. Catal. I. c. No. 6653. 



Anterior wings whitish-griseous, with very obsolete striga, a conspicuous black 

 dot in the middle, behind which is a straight pectinated striga composed of 

 transverse lineolae, and between this and the hinder margin a fascia com- 

 posed of three trapeziform fuscous spots placed transversely : cilia fuscescent, 

 with darker spots: posterior wings fuscescent, with the anal angle ashy, a 

 fuscous central spot, and an interrupted row of spots on the hinder margin : 

 ciha cinereous. 



Entirely of a pale luteous-ochre, with the ordinary markings somewhat darker. 

 — Eu. ochreata. Steph. Catal. part ii. p. 144. No. 6654. 



Caterpillar dull-green, with a reddish dorsal and pale lateral line ; it feeds on the 

 common barberry (Berberis vulgaris) : — the imago appears towards the end 

 of June. * 



Not uncommon in woods in the neighbourhood of London. 

 « Newcastle.""— G. Wailes, Esq. " Flisk, N. B."—Rev. J. Fleming. 



Sp. 12. abbreviata. Alis ant ids albicantibus, cinereo nebulosis, strigis variis 

 fuscescentibus lineolisque quatuor atris, posticis cinereis margine postico 

 fusco substrigato. (Exp. alar. 9 lin.) 



Eu. abbreviata. Steph. Catal. part ii. p. 144. No. 6655. 



Anterior wings whitish, clouded with cinereous, with various fuscescent strigae 

 and four black lineolae, one on the disc, a second arising at the base, and the 

 other two between the discoidal spot and the inner margin, placed nearly 

 parallel with each other ; the striga behind the middle is very flexuous, and is 

 considerably produced within near the costa ; near the hinder margin is a 

 slightly waved pale striga, and on the margin itself an interrupted black line; 

 cilia spotted with fuscous: posterior wings whitish-ash, obsoletely strigated 

 with fuscous. 



Not common; taken at Darenth in June. "York."" — W. C. 

 Hewitson, Esq. 



Sp. 13. singulariata. Alis griseo-cinerascentihus suhnebulosis, obsolefi undatisi 

 singulis puncto conspicuo ordinario nigro. (Exp. alar. 1 1 lin.) 



Ph. Ge. singulariata. Fillers. — Eu. singulariata. Steph. Catal. part ii. p. 145. 

 No. 6656. 



Wings considerably elongated ; anterior griseous-ash, slightly clouded and ob- 

 soletely waved, with a conspicuous central black dot: the hinder margin with 

 an interrupted black line ; posterior wings ashy, with a central dot and the 



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