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BRITISH MOTHS 





H,3. 



transverse curved dark striga ; the fore tibiss of the males have only a short brush of hairs. Taken in June and 

 August, in the woods of Kent, and also in Devonshire, but rare. 



» Synonyme. — Pyralis derivalis, Hubnei- ; Haworth ; Godart, vol. viii., pi. I , fig. 2. Stephens, 111. Haust., 4, pi. 33, fig. 2. 



Wood, fig. 765. 



Species 2. — Paracolax tarsicrinalis ^ — (Plate LXXIV., Fig. 20) — Measures from 14 to 16 lines in 

 expanse ; wings ochre-brown ; anterior with three strigse, the first incurved before, and the second much bent 

 beyond the middle, the third straight towards the apical margin ; hind wings with two dusky strigse, edged on 

 the outside with whitish ; fore tibiae of the males short, dilated, with long pale fascicles of hair terminating in 

 black tufts ; antenna in the same sex incrassated in the middle, forming a process on the inside. The 

 caterpillar feeds on Trifolium hispanicum ; and the moth is taken about the end of June, in woods. 



'' Synonyme. — Pyralis tarsicrinalis, Hiibner; Haworth ; Stephens ; Wood, fig. 767. 



Species 3. — Paracolax nemoralis ^ — (Plate LXXIV., Fig. 21) — Measures 13 or 14 lines in expanse ; 

 wings dirty reddish-buff ; the anterior with a straight striga before, and a much curved slender one beyond the 

 middle, between which is a short, curved, dark streak, followed by a darker cloud ; near the apex is a third 

 nearly straight dark striga ; hind wings dusky and slightly strigose. The anterior tarsi are wanting in the 

 males. The caterpillar feeds on the golden saxifrage, nettle, and sorrel ; and the moth appears in June, in 

 woods, and is far from common. 



^ Synonymes. — Pyralis nemoralis, Fabricius ; Haworth; Stephens ; Godart, pi. 1, fig. 4, Wood, fig. 766. 

 Pyralis grisealis, Wien. Verz. ; Hubner. 



DESCRIPTION OF PLATE LXXV. 



Insects. — Fig. 1. CEthia emortualis (the olive crescent). 

 2. Caterpillar. 



,, Fig. 3. Colobochylia saiicalis (the lesser bell). 



,, Fig. 4. Svnaphe angustalis (the small snout). 



,, Fig. 5. Cledeobia albistrigalis (the white line snout). 



,, Fig. 6. Cledeobia costsestrigalis (the dark line snout). 



,, Fig. 7. Camptylochila undulatis (the waved tabby). 



,, Fig. 8. Camptylochila bistrigalis (the tmn-striped tabby.) 



,, Fiff. 9. Aglossa pinguinalis (the large tabby). 



,, Fig. 10. Aglossa cupreolatus (the small tabby). 



,, Fig. 11. Aglossa dimidiatus (the tea tabby). 



,, Fig. 12. Aglossa Streatfeildii (Streatfeild's tabby). 



,, Fig, 13. Pyralis farinalis (the meal moth). 



,, Fig. 14. Pyralis glaiicinalis (the double striped), 



,, Fig. 15. Pyralis pictalis (the painted-meal moth). 



,, Fig. 16. Hypsopygia costalis (the gold fringe). 



„ Fig, 17. Agrotera flammealis (the rosy-flounced). 



Q^thia Emortualis is from the figure of Godart and Duponchel ; 

 Camptylochila bistrigalis from Stephens's figure ; Aglossa Streatfeildii 

 from Curlis's figure. The others are all from the cabinet of Mr. 

 Bentley. The caterpillar is from Hiibner. H. N. H. 



ffiTHIA, HiJBNER, Stephens. PYRALIS, pars, Curtis. 

 The antennae of the males are slightly pectinated ; the palpi short, pilose, and slightly reflexed ; the forehead 

 not tufted ; the wings rather short, with the apical margin of the anterior pair rounded and entire, of pale 

 colours, with paler striga. 



Species 1. — OSthia emortualis'' — (Plate LXXV., Figs. 1,2) — Measures 1 inch in expanse ; wings olive- 

 buff, with a yellowish tinge ; the antennae with two pale strigas, edged within with a darker margin, and with a 

 central lunate streak ; hind wings with a single pale striga, similarly edged with a slender darker margin. The 

 caterpillar is yellowish-brown, with a darker line down the back, and some black dots on the sides ; it feeds on 

 the oak ; and the moth appears in May. Mr. Stephens's specimen is from Devonshire. 



» Synonyme. — Pyralis emortualis, Hiibner ; Haworth ; Godart and Pup., pi. 1, fig. 4. Stephens; Wood, fig. 768. 



