AND THEIR TRANSFORMATIONS. 



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Species 9. — Acidalia fuliginata " — Measures 13 or 14 lines in expanse; all the wings smoky brown, with 

 a darker striga, almost obsolete, running beyond the middle of the fore ones. Found in June, near London. 



" Synonyme. — PImlaena fuliginata, Haworth ; Stephens. 



Species 10. — Acidalia fumata" — (Plate LXXllI., Fig. 8) — Measures 13 or 14 lines in expanse ; wings 

 ashy, thickly irrorated with brown atoms, with three or four dusky strigse, almost obsolete, the outer one 

 followed by an obscure pale wave ; the apical margin immaculate ; the strigse more distinctly marked in the 

 female. Taken in the northern counties of England, and in different parts of Scotland, in June and July ; also 

 near Ashburton, Devon, by Messrs. Chart and Bentley. 



° Synonyme. — Acidalia fitmata,C\ix\.\s\ Stephens; Wood, fig. 730. 



Species 11. — Acidalia lactata i"— (Plate LXXIII., Fig. 9) — Measures about 14 lines in expanse ; wings 

 pale buff-white ; fore ones with a straight oblique striga, preceding the ordinary dark dot, which is followed by a 

 second striga (which also crosses the hind wings, and is scarcely waved ; a third striga, more strongly marked, 

 and much waved, is placed between this and the apical margin, and also crosses the hind wings ; the apical 

 margin generally with the ordinary series of small black dots. The variety suhlactata has the basal striga 

 obsolete ; but the strigse vary considerably in different specimens. Common in woods, in Jnne. 



P Synonymes PhalcBiia lactata, Hnworth ; Stephens; Wood, fig. 73 i. 



PhaliBna suhlactata, Haworth (v.ariety). 



Species 12.— Acidalia floslactata'' — (Plate LXXIII., Fig. 10) — Measures 13 lines in expanse ; wings 

 cream- white, slightly atomose, with three or four considerably undulated darker striga crossing all the wings, 

 and differently disposed to those in A. lactata ; apical margin generally unspotted. Common in woods, in June. 



1 Synonymes PAotenayZo«/ac<a<a, Haworth ; Stephens ; Wood, I Geometra centrata, Fabricius? 



fig. 732. j Geometra remutaria, Hiibner ; but not of Linna?us. 



Species 13. — Acidalia pallidaria •■ — Measures 1 inch in expanse ; wings pale yellowish, the anterior with 

 four brownish yellow strigae, and the hind ones with three, all the wings having the ordinary, subcentral, brown 

 dot. Taken in Kent and Devonshire. 



' Synonyme. — Phalcena pallidaria, Wieu. Vera.; Hiibner; Curtis; Stephens; Wood, fig. 741. 



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PCECILOPHASIA, Stephens. ABRAXAS, pars, Curtis. MELANIPPE, pars, Duponchel. 



The common species which is the type of this genus is distinguished by its white wings, marked with large 

 black blotches, and by its entire margins ; the anteunse simple in both sexes ; the palpi very short ; the hind 

 tibiae are thickened, and slightly ciliated in the males, but having two pairs of short spurs. The caterpillar is 

 long, slender, and naked. 



Species 1. — Pcecilophasia marginata' — (Plate LXXIII., Figs. 11, 12, 13) — Measures from 1 inch to 13 

 lines in expanse ; body black ; wings white, fore ones with a large black blotch at the base of the costa, followed 

 by another large costal spot, which is more or less extended in different specimens into a fascia across all the 

 wings, the apical margin of all being irregularly black, which is, however, occasionally very much interrupted. 

 The species is, indeed, one of the most variable in the family. The caterpillar is green, with the articulations 

 yellow, and with slender, longitudinal, black markings. A very common species in woods, throughout the 

 summer. 



' Synonymes. — Phalmna Geometra marginata, Linnasus; Hiibner; 

 Donovan, 9, pi. 293, fig. 2 ; Stephens ; Wood, fig. 733 ; Harris, 

 Expos., pi. 6, fig. 6. 



Phaliena staphyleata, Scopoli. 



Geometra ncevaria, Hiibner (variety). 

 Phalcena navata, Haworth, Prod, (variety). 

 Geometra pollutaria, Hiibner (variety). 



