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fore wings broad, short, slightly emarginate at the apex ; the disc almost immaculate, but with a large 

 triangular blotch near the anal angle. 



Species 1. — Notocelia udjianniana p — (Plate XC, Fig. 1) — Measures from 7 to 8|^ lines in expanse; 

 fore wings brown, or ashy-brown, faintly streaked with darker brown ; towards the anal angle is a large 

 chesnut conical patch, edged with a broad fascia, rather paler than the disk of the wing, the outer portion 

 extending to the costa, beyond which the costa is darker, with slight, whitish streaks, arranged in pairs. 

 Widely dispersed, and not uncommon in woods. Taken in June. 



pSvnonymes. — Phal.Tortrix Urfjnanniana, Linnseus; Donovan, . Pyralis SolandrianajFahrmas. 

 Vol. 5, pi, 153, 6g. 1 — 3; Haworth ; Stephens; Wood, fig. 1026. Tortriw achatanajMnXinev, 



PGECILOCHROMA, Stephens. SPILONOTA, pars Curtis. 

 The palpi are densely squamose, but with the terminal joint exposed ; theantennse of the males are pubescent 

 within, but simple in the females ; the fore wings large, rounded behind, " rarely fasciated, but mostly dotted 

 or freckled with dark colours, and having a more or less distinct pale blotch on the middle of the inner margin, or 

 margin is entirely pale." They are also of a somewhat larger size than many of the foregoing species. 



Species 1. — Pcecilochroma solandriana 1 — (Plate XC, Fig. 2) — Measures about | of an inch in expanse ; 

 fore wings pale, minutely atomose, the costa obsoletely dotted with brunneous ; in the middle of the inner margin 

 is a large semi-oval patch, of rusty brown, the edge of which is rather irregular ; hind wings brownish. Widely 

 dispersed but not a common species. Taken in woods and forests about the end of July. 



1 Synonymes — Phal. Tortrix Solandriana, Linnajus ; Haworth ; 

 Stephens; AVood, fig. 1027. 



Pjjralis Udmanniana, Fabricius. 



Tortrix semi-maculana, Hubner. 

 Pmdisca parmatana, var. Fisch. Microlep. 



Species 2. — Pcecilochroma trapezana '" — (Plate XC, Figs. 3, 4, 5, 6) — This very variable species 

 measures from 8 to 10^ lines in expanse ; fore wings brown, gray-brown, reddish, or greyish-red, with the inter- 

 vening shades of colour, and more or less marked with brown or black shades, but sometimes almost destitute of 

 these shades ; on the middle of the inner margin of the wing is a large triangular pale blotch, (but very variable 

 in its colour,) enclosed within a darker margin, and having its outer margin more or less distinctly dotted with 

 the ground colour of the wing ; hind wings brown. Taken in woods about the beginning of August. The 

 caterpillar is green, speckled with minute black dots. 



' Synonymes. — Pyralis trapezana, Fabricius ; Haworth ; Ste- 

 phens ; Wood, fig. 1028, m and f. 



/"j/raZis ;oJ'o/««rfa?ia, Fabricius ; Haworth; (Variety). 



Pyralis Brunnichiana, Fabricius ; Haworth ; (Variety). 

 Pyralis Sparmanniana, Fabricius ; Stewart ; Stephens ; (Catal. 

 Variety) , 



Species 3. — Pcecilochroma commdnana'* — (Plate XC, Figs. 7, 8) — This very variable insect measures 

 from 6 to 7^ lines in expanse ; and has the fore wings varied with black, brown, ashy white, green, and brun- 

 neous, these colours being more or less distinct, and occasionally almost suffused into an uniform blackish hue, 

 with a dark central longitudinal streak, dilated towards the inner margin, near the base, and followed by a large 

 pale patch of white with brown dots, bearing considerable resemblance to the head of a cock, looking towards 

 the apical margin of the wings when expanded ; the anal angle also marked with a pale patch, and the costa 

 dotted with black and white ; hind wings brown. Common in June. 



' Synonymes. — Pyralis communana, Fabricius: Haworth; Stephens; Wood, fig. 1029. 

 Tortrix corticana, Hiibncr. Zeiraphora Lichenana, Treitschke. 



