■^'c- •-' 



}26 BRITISH MOTHS 



margins ; tbe costa with numerous oblique, pale, yellowish, slender, abbreviated oblique lineolse ; and the inner 

 margin with a large, nearly semi-circular, bright orange-yellow spot : hind wings dark brown, with paler fringe. 

 Very rare. Hull, in Norfolk — formerly near Islington — iu June. I have several specimens, taken by myself, 

 many years since ; most probably at Coombe Wood. 



" Synonyme. — Pyralis Trauniana, Fabricius ; Hubner ; Haworth ; Stephens ; Wood, fig. 930. 



Species 19. — Pseudotomia notata, Westwood ; (Plate LXXXIII., Fig. 20). — Measures about A an inch 

 in expanse ; all the wings of a very dark olive-brown ; the fore ones with a very large cream-coloured patch in 

 the middle of the inner margin, and the costa with two minute silvery dots before the middle^y and about five 

 towards the extremity ; apical margin not notched : fringe glossy. Taken by Mr. Bentley, near Woolwich. 



Species 20. — Pseddotomia compositella, ° — (Plate LXXXIII., Fig. 21). — Measures about i inch in 



expanse ; fore wings black-brown, with the costa streaked with about eight pale yeUow or silvery oblique 



lineote, especially beyond the middle of the wing ; and a large silvery squarish blotch in the middle of the inner 



margin, bearing three slender waved black lines within ; hind wings white, with a black border broadest towards 



tlie outer angle. Taken in woods in June. 



° Synonymes Tinea compositella, Fabricius; Stephens, (Illustr.), plate 37, fig. 2 ; Wood, fig. 931. 



Pyralis composana, Fabricius ; Haworth. 



Species 21. — Pseudotomia gundiana,p — (Plate LXXXIII., Fig. 22). — Very closely allied to the last, 

 from which it is, however, distinguished by its dark-coloured hind wings ; fore wings pitchy black, the costa 

 having eight slender, silvery, white lineolse in pairs ; the inner margin with a similarly marked and coloured pale 

 patch ; towards the apical margin is also a metallic patch : hind wings deep black. Taken in woods in June. 



' Synonyme. — Tortrix Gundiana, Kubnei ; Haworth; Stephens ; Wood, fig. 932. 



Species 22. — Pseudotomia dorsana,"' — Measures from -^ to ^ inch in expanse. Very closely allied to 

 P. compositella, but differs at once by the large patch on the inner margin of the fore wings bearing only a 

 single slender dusky line ; the costa with similar pale oblique lineolffi, and the hind vrings whitish, with a 

 dusky border. Taken in woods in June. 



1 Synonyme. — Pyralis dorsana, Fabricius ; Haworth ; Stephens ; Wood, fig. 933. 



Species 23. — PsEtrDOTOMiA lediana,'' — (Plate LXXXIII., Fig. 24). — Measures from J- to nearly i an inch 

 in expanse ; fore wings very obtuse, dull brownish black with a purplish gloss as seen in certain positions, and 

 with numerous darker clouds; the costa finely streaked with dark fulvous and brown, the inner margin some- 

 times paler in the middle : hind wings pitchy black. This is a variable species in the strength and brightness 

 of its markings. Taken in woods in June. 



[■■ Synonyme. — Phahena Tortrix Lediana, Linnxus ; Clark ; Haworth ; Stephens ; Wood, fig. 934. 



Species 24. — Pseudotomia nitidana,' — (Plate LXXXIII., Fig. 25). — Measures ~ of an inch in expanse ; 

 wings black with a silvery ashy fascia outwardly unangulated across the fore wings before the middle, bearing a 

 slender dusky line along its centre ; the costa beyond the middle with very short black and silvery oblique 

 lineolaj ; towards the apical margin is an abbreviated ashy silver}' striga scarcely visible : hind wings black. 

 Taken in woods in June, not uncommon. 



' Synonyme. — Pyralis nitidana, Fabricius ; Haworth ; Stephens ; Wood, fig. 935. 



Species 25. — Pseudotomia aurana,' — (Plate LXXXIII., Fig. 26). — Measures from i to nearly ^ an inch 

 in expanse ; fore wings dark brown with a golden gloss, the inner margin with a large lunate spot and a large 



