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brownish spot towards the base, and a very irregular and much angulated striga beyond the middle. Unique 

 in the collection of Mr. Stephens, from Devonshire. 



" SvNONYMK. — Margaritia centro-strigalis, Stephens; Wood, fig. 811. 



Species 6. — Margaritia cinctalis " — (Plate LXXVII., Fig. 10) — Measures from 13 to 15 lines in 

 expanse ; wings pale straw-yellow ; the costal and apical portions richer yellow ; in the middle towards the 

 costa, are two darker patches, followed by two darker waved strigas, the inner of which is most strongly 

 dentated ; hind wings with a darker basal patch and two striga. The contrast between the upper and under 

 sides is very striking ; the latter being nearly white, with dark-brown patclies and strigas. The caterpillar feeds 

 on the broom, and the moth appears in clover fields about the beginning of July, and is not uncommon. 



' Synonymes. — Botys cinctalis, Treitscbke ; Stephens ; Wood, I Pyralis Hmbalis, Hiibncr ; Haworth ; but not of the Wiener 

 fig. 812. I Verz. 



Species 7- — Margaritia palealis'' — (Plate LXXVII., Fig. 11) — Measures l:j- inch in expanse; fore AtUoiiu 

 wings rather acute, and of a pale sulphur-green ; the hind ones whitish ; all with slightly dusky veins, and ^«^«*-'^ 

 destitute of spots. Taken in August, near Dover, and in Norfolk. 



' Synonyme. — Pyralis palealis, Wien. Verz ; Hubner; Fabricius ; Haworth ; Stephens, Wood, fig. 813. 



Species 8. — Margaritia hyalinalis " — (Plate LXXVII., Fig. 12)— Measures 1~ inch in expanse ; wings 



straw-yellow ; the anterior with an incurved striga towards the base ; the two stigmata being rather indistinct, 



followed by a deeply bent striga beyond the middle, and another sub-apical interrupted striga ; hind wings with 



a dusky curved striga towards the middle, and a waved one near the margin. Taken at Darenth Wood, 



Kent, in July. 



" Synonyme. — Pyralis hyalinalis, Hubner ; Haworth ; Stephens ; Wood, fig. 814. 



Species 9. — Margaritia angustalis^ — (Plate LXXVII., Fig. 13) — Measures 13 or 14 lines in expanse; 

 fore wings narrow, straw-coloured, with an obscure dusky striga towards the base ; the two stigmata nearly 

 obsolete, followed by a curved dusky striga, extending across all the wings ; hind wings whitish, with dusky 

 margins. Taken in various parts of the south of England (Darenth "Wood, the New Forest, &c.), about the 

 beginning of June. 



y Synonyme. — Pyralis angustalis, Haworth ; Stephens ; Wood, fig. 815. 



Species 10. — Margaritia tekminalis^ — (Plate LXXVII., Fig. 14) — Measures 11 or 12 lines in expanse ; 

 very similar to the last described insect, but smaller, and with the wings much broader ; pale ashy straw- 

 coloured ; obsoletely strigose, and with the stigma and apical margin of all the wings dusky. Taken in various 



parts of Kent, in June. 



• Synonyme. — Pyralis terminalis, Haworth ; Stephens ; Wood, fig. 816. 



Species 11. — Margaritia glabralis" — (Plate LXXVII., Fig. 15) — Measures 1 inch in expanse; fore 

 wings dark reddish buff; stigmata narrow and dusky, separated by a whitish patch, beyond which is a nearly 

 indistinct sub-apical denticulated striga ; hind wings paler, with a slight marginal band. Very rare. Locality 



unknown. 



■ Synonyme. — Pyralis glabralis,'B.u\mfc; Fabricius; Haworth; Stephens; Wood, fig. 817. 



Species 12. — Margaritia pallidalisI" — (Plate LXXVII., Fig. 16) — Measures from 11 to 13 hues in 

 expanse ; wings very pale straw-buff, with a pearly gloss, with the costa dusky ; with a straight striga near 

 the base, followed by the two pale stigmata, edged with dusky ; the anterior small and round ; the second 









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