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Species 9. — Spinolota rusticana," — (Plate LXXXII., Fig. ]1). — Measures 8 or 9 lines in expanse; 

 fore wings ashy-fulvous, and clouded with dusky lines ; the costa with several minute oblique black lines edged 

 with white ; the middle of the inner margin with a square white patch, and the apical margin with three or four 

 minute black dots placed transversely ; hind wings brown with pale fringe. Taken in June and August in fields 

 and hedges, in Dorsetshire, and near London. 



° Synon^me. — Pyralis rusticana,FahT]cms\ Haworth ; Stephens; Wood, 904. 



Species 10. — Spilonota tbigeminana," — (Plate LXXXII., Fig. 12). — Measures 10 lines in expanse ; fore 

 wings rich brown, thickly marked with transverse black lineolse ; a pale luteous patch at the base ; irrorated 

 with dusky scales, a somewhat square but rather irregular whitish patch at the middle of the inner margin ; 

 the apical portion of the vving mottled with luteous and silvery scales ; and the costa beyond the middle with 

 small whitish oblique lineolce arranged in pairs : hind wings deep brown. Taken at Ripley in July, but very rare. 

 ° SYNoiTiME. — Spilonota trigeminana, Stephens (lUustr.) H. 4. pi. 37, fig. 3. 



Species 11. — Spilonota sticticana,p — (Plate LXXXII., Fig. 13). — Measures from 7 to 10 lines in 

 expanse ; fore wings brown, and clouded with darker shades ; the middle of the inner margin with a large ^ y «V,_ 

 squarish white blotch, in which is a dusky dot or two upon the margin itself; the anal angle with an ashy patch 

 sometimes obsolete, in which are four or five small, transverse black dots ; the costa beyond the middle ashy- 

 brown, with whitish, oblique lineolse, arranged in pairs, sometimes almost obsolete. Taken in July and August 

 in hedges and woods. 



P Synonymes. — Pyralis sttcticana, Fabricius ; Haworth ; Stephens ; Wood, fig. 906. 

 Tortrix profundana, Hiibner. 



Species 12. — Spilonota costipunctana,'' — (Plate LXXXII., Fig. 14). — Measures rather more than \ an 

 inch in expanse ; fore wings clouded with brown and ashy ; the costa beyond the middle marked with numerous 

 black and white transverse lineolas, which are not arranged in pairs ; the middle of the inner margin with a 

 white square spot, and, adjoining to this, is an oblique ashy bar which extends to the anal angle. Taken in June 

 and July ; but rare, and widely dispersed. 



1 Symonyme. — Tortrix costipunctana, Haworth; Stephens; Wood, fig. 907. 



Species 13. — Spilonota argyrana, '—(Plate LXXXII., Fig. 15). — Measures 9^- lines in expanse ; "fore 

 wings black, rather thickly streaked with obscure, waved, silvery lines, a distinct broad band of the same in the 

 middle, palest on the inner margin, where it forms a narrow, oblong patch ; behind this, near the apex, is an 

 oblique, irregular, silvery-ashy band, and some clouds of the same hue on the hinder apical margin ; towards the % /o fa.^ 

 tip of the costa are four pair of short silvery white lines placed obliquely ; cilia fuscous ; posterior wings dark 

 brown." — Stephens loc. cit. Mr. Stephens' specimens were taken in August, in the Highlands of Scotland. 



' Synonyme. — Spilonota argyrana, Stephens (Ulustr.) ; Wood, fig. 908. 



Species 14. — Spilonota quadrana, ' — (Plate LXXXII., Fig. 16). — Measures 10 lines in expanse ; fore 

 wings " black, with fulvous clouds most distinct towards the apex, vdth two pair of obsolete, ochraceous lines 

 towards the tip of the costa ; a quadrate ochraceous spot in the middle of the inner margin ; towards the apex of 

 the hinder (apical) margin is a curved row composed of about seven black dots ; cilia mixed black and fulvous ; 

 posterior wings black, with ochraceous cilia." — Stephens. Mr. Stephens' specimen was taken in Scotland in 

 July. 



' Synonyme — Spilonota quadrana, Stephens (Illustr.) ; Wood, fig. 909. 

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