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whitish lineolse, especially beyond the middle. In the middle of the apical margin are two or three contiguous 

 black lineolae encircled by a golden edge, visible in certain positions only : hind wings dusky ; the fringe of all 

 the wings pale and shining with silver in certain positions. Taken in woods and hedges in June and August. 



' Synonyme Pyralis nigricana, Fabricius ; Haworth ; Stephens; Wood, fig. 925. 



Species 13. — Pseudotomia obscurana, Westwood ; (Plate LXXXIII., Fig. 14). — Measures 7 lines in 

 expanse ; fore wings greyish-brown, with a slight golden gloss beyond the middle ; costa beyond the middle with 

 four blackish triangular dots emitting oblique dusky lines; dbc of the wing beyond the middle with several slender, 

 almost indistinct dusky lines ; apical margin with a black line, within which, in the centre, are three minute 

 black dots ; the middle of the inner margin with an obscure greyish patch, preceded by a darker brown space ; 

 fringe brown, with a silvery gloss ; apical margin slightly emarginate near the tip : hind wings brown. Taken 

 at Margate, in July, by Mr. Bentley, wlio has obligingly allowed us to describe and figure this and other 

 novelties from his very valuable collection. 



Species 14. — Pseudotomia proximana,^ — (Plate LXXXIII., Fig. 15). — Measures i an inch in expanse ; 

 very similar to the last, scarcely differing except in colour ; fore wings pale brown, shining, in certain positions, 

 with a golden gloss ; the costa with oblique, white, and fulvescent lineolfe ; hind wings rather darker-coloured. 

 Taken in London and Devonshire. 



j Synonvme. — Torlri.T proximana, Haworth ; Stephens ; Wood, fig. 926. 



Species 15. — Pseudotomia puncticostana, '' — (Plate LXXXIII., Fig. 16). — Measures nearly ^ an inch in 

 expanse ; fore wings " purple, black, immaculate ; the costa with short, white, elongate spots, most conspicuous 

 in the middle ; fringe with a lead-coloured gloss ; posterior wings brown-black, with paler cilia." Taken by 

 Mr. Stephens, in Ripley, in June, in grassy places, but rare. 



Obs. — The four preceding species constitute a distinct group in the genus destitute of the patch on the inner 

 marorin of the fore wings. 



^ Svnonyme. — Pseudotomia puncticostana^ Stephens ; Wood, fig. 927. 



Species 16. — Pseudotomia populana,' — (Plate LXXXIII., Fig. 17). — Measures from 4- to ^ an inch in 

 expanse ; fore wngs black ; the costa of the fore wings spotted with golden, white, and black, and the middle of 

 the inner margin with a white mark, somewhat resembling the Greek minuscule letter A ; sometimes the interior 

 of the letter bears a white twig, thus rese.-nbling, when both the wings are folded upon the back, the Greek 

 capital (p in white scales ; near the apical margin are some golden scales : hind wings black or dusk)'. Rare. 

 Found in the autumn, in the neighbourhood of nettles. 



' Sysonyme. — Py Talis populana, Fabricius; Hawortli ; Stephens ; Wood, fig. 928. 



Species 17. — Pseudotomia ephippana, " — (Plate LXXXIII., Fig. 18). — Measures nearly A an inch in 



expanse ; fore wings black-brown, clouded with violet, with bluish silvery lines, and a triangular white blotch 



in the middle of the inner margin of the fore wings, in which is occasionally a minute white dot ; near the anal 



angle is a metallic spot : hind wings pale. Taken in woods in June. 



" Syt^onymes. — Tortrix ephippana, Hiibner? Stephens (lUustr. ) ; Wood, fig. 929. 

 Pseudotomia irigonana, Stephens, (Catal.) 



Species 18. — Pseudotomia trauniana," — (Plate LXXXIII., Fig. 19). — Measures rather more than i 

 an inch in expanse ; fore wings brownish-black, glossed with leaden-coloured scales within the costal and apical 



