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Species 3. — Epione ? advenaria ''. — (Plate LXII., Fig. 6.) — This dull-coloured insect measures rather more 

 tlian 1 inch in expanse, and has the wings pale ashy-coloured, with a slight, dusky, curved striga near the base of 

 the fore wings ; a broader dusky striga runs across the middle of all the wings, preceded by a dark, central dot on 

 the hind wings, and followed by a still less distinct subapical striga, the apical portion of the wings being also 

 slightly dusky, bearing a paler patch on the middle in the fore wings. The caterpillar is gray-brown, varied 

 with black ; the fifth segment with two white dots on the back, and the following mottled with gray and 

 whitish. It feeds on Vaccinium Myrtillus ; and the moth appears in June, and is found in woods, but is not 

 common. 



^ SyNONYME. — Geometra advenaria, Hubner ; Haworth ; Stephens ; Wood, fig. 536. 



Epione dilectaria, Hiibner ; Haworth ; Wood, pi. 54, fig. 59 ; having the wings pale yellow, the fore 

 ones with ferruginous spots and two strig», and the hind wings with one striga, has apparently been introduced 

 into the English lists without sufficient authority, as no British specimen is known to exist. 



EURYMENE, Ddponchel. 

 This genus is distinguished by its narrow wings, which have the appearance of having been scorched ; the 

 apex of the fore ones being rather acute, and all being emarginate at the anal angle. They are destitute of 

 strigse, but are singularly marked with transverse dark lines. The antennae are bipectinated nearly to the tip in 

 the males, and the caterpillars are tubercled on the second and eighth segments. They feed on the oak and other 

 forest trees, and the moth is sestival in its appearance in the perfect state. 



Species 1. — Eurymee dolabraria '. — (Plate LXXII., Figs. 7, 8.) — This species measure about 1^ inch in 

 expanse, and has the wings of a reddish or yellowish-buflf; the anal angle of all the wings, and the base of the 

 costa of the fore wings, suffused vyith purple. Beyond the middle of the fore wings is a darker shade, terminating 

 in a brown patch on the hind margin ; and the whole wing is covered with fine short brown lines. The hind 

 wings paler, and not strigose. The caterpillar is reddish or greenish brown, varied with black spots and 

 transverse lines, and with white dots. It feeds on the oak, lime, &c., and the moth appears at the end of June, 

 in damp places in woods. It is a widely dispersed, and rather uncommon species. 



^ Synonymes — PhalcEna Geometra dolabraria^ I.innseus; Hubner ; Donovan, vol. x. pi, 349, f. 1 ; Stephens ; Wood, fig. 537. 



PhaltBna ustularia, Hufnagle. 



ASPILATES, Treitschke. 

 The antenna are bipectinated to the tips in the males ; the palpi horizontal, and moderately long, with the 

 tip acute ; the wings, when closed, form a triangle, and they have the apical margins entire, and of pale colours, 

 crossed by transverse strigas ; the apex of the anterior ones being acute, especially in the females ; and the hind 

 wings are narrower in the female than in the male. The legs are very long and slender ; the caterpillars are 

 herbivorous, smooth, slender, and much elongated, and have the habit of twisting about in a serpentine 

 manner ; the chrysalides are enclosed in a loose web. 



Species 1. — Aspilates citrariaJ. — (Plate LXII., Figs. 9, 10.) — This species varies from 1^ to 1^ 

 inch in expanse, and has the wings of a pale yellow straw colour, and with numerous dusky freckles ; the 

 fore ones generally crossed by two strigse, of which the first is incurved near the base, and the second is towards 

 the apical margin ; between these striga; is a dark dot ; the hind wings have also a central dot, and beyond this 



