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Species 3. — Ennycuia rdfofascialis ^ — (Plate LXXVI., Fig. 11) — Measures 8 lines in expanse ; wings 

 ashy-red, with an oblique red fascia at the base, a red spot on the middle of the costa, and a subapical, very 

 much-undulated red fascia ; the posterior wing reddish-white, with a dull, reddish border. Unique in the cabinet 

 of Mr. Bentley from that of Mr. Haworth. Locality unknown. 



* Synonymes. — Ennychia ritfofascialis, Stephens; Wood, fig. 790. 

 Pyralis fasciaiis, Haworth ; but not of Hiibner and Curtis. 





PYRAUSTA, Schrank. PYRALIS, Pars, Haworth. 



These insects have the wings adorned with orange or whitish spots, and fascije on a purple or brown ground ; 

 the palpi are porrected into a thick squamose beak ; the spiral tongue is long ; the antennae slender and simple ; 

 the feet elongate ; when at rest, they sit with their wings in a triangle, and they fly in the sunshine, frequenting 

 heathy places and hedges. They are, in fact, very closely allied to the species of the two preceding groups. 



Species 1. — Pyrausta purpuralis-' — (Plate LXXVI., Fig. 12) — Measures 10 lines in expanse ; vrings 

 brown, with a rich purple gloss : between the base and middle of the wing are several small but variable fulvous 

 dots, and beyond the middle an oblique orange-coloured fascia, composed of spots conjoined, and an occasionally 

 obsolete, slender, subapical striga : hind wings brown, with a spot towards the base on the outer margin, followed 

 by a curved fulvous striga beyond the middle, and an occasional submarginal slender striga of the same colour. 

 The caterpillar is ashy, spotted with black and white, and with a yellow line on the back and sides : it feeds on 

 the whitethorn ; and the moth appears in May and August, and is very common and widely dispersed. 



■ Synonymes. — PhaltBua {Pyralis) purpuralis, Linnaeus ; Done- i Stephens ; Wood, fig. 793. 

 van, l(f, pi. 339, fig. 2 ; Harris, Aurelian, pi. 28, fig. li.; Haworth ; | Pyralis coocinalis, Hiibner. 



Species 2. — Pyrausta punicealis '' — (Plate LXXVI., Figs. 13, 14) — Measures from 8 to 10 lines in 

 expanse ; fore wings purplish brown, with an interrupted fascia beyond the middle, and some spots towards the , 

 base of an orange colour ; also occasionally with a subapical paler striga ; hind wings, with a patch of yellow "V.a 

 occasionally towards the base, and an entire orange fascia beyond the middle. Very common in June, July, 

 and August. The caterpillar is green, with pale yellow lines on the back and sides. 



'' Synonyme. — Pyralis punicealis, Fabricius; Haworth ; Hiibner; Stephens; Wood, fig. 794. 



Species 3. — Pyrausta ostrinalis"^ — (Plate LXXVI., Fig. 15) — Measures 7 lines in expanse; wings rich 

 purpUsh brown ; the anterior with an orange patch towards the tips, occasionally dilated behind into an abbre- 

 viated fascia, and some irregular small variable occasional dots on the disc ; hind wings with a broader orange 

 fascia, the basal spot wanting. Taken in the southern counties, but rarer than the preceding. 



' Synonyme. — Pyralis ostrinalis, Haworth ; Stephens ; Wood, fig. 795. 



Species 4. — Pyrausta porphtraxis "^ — (Plate LXXVI., Fig. 16) — Measures from 6 to 9 lines in expanse ; 

 wings brown, irrorated with golden scales, and with a patch of orange near the tips ; hind vrings with a broader 

 orange, or whitish abbreviated fascia beyond the middle ; the disc of the fore wings occasionally bears some minute 

 orange spots. Taken, in various parts of the country, in June, July, and August. I have taken it in the Isle of 

 Wight. 



■■ Synonyme. — Ph. Pyr. porphyralis, Wien. ; Verz. ; Fabricius ; Haworth ; Hiibner ; Stephens ; Wood, fig. 796. 



Species 5. — Pyrausta cespitalis ' — (Plate LXXVI., Fig. 17) — Measures 6 or 7 lines in expanse ; wings 

 dark brown, with lighter clouds especially towards the costa, behind which is a darker dot in the middle of the 



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