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Species 4. — Pcecilochroma piceana ' — (Plate XC, Fig. 9) — Measures from 8 to 10 lines in expanse ; fore 

 wings glossy, pitch-coloured, immaculate, or irrorated with brown, and occasionally with ferruginous, or with 

 indistinct darker markings, and sometimes with a central testaceous streak ; hind wings very pale, brownish and 

 glossy, but occasionally darker brown. Taken on heaths in Aucust and September, in Surrey and Hampshire. 



• Synonyme. — TortrU- piceaJia, Ha-vionh ; Stephens; Wood, fig. 1030. 



Species 5. — Pcecilochroma semifcscana" — (Plate XC, Fig. 10) — Measures from 8 to 10 lines in 

 expanse ; fore wings glossy, with the costa broadly dark brown, and the inner margin white, the former colour §. i, / Z't-v 

 emitting a short rounded lobe before, and a longer oblique branch towards the anal angle, and two or three 

 smaller irregular markings within the apical margin. Taken in the New Forest in August. 



" Synonyme. — Pcecilochroma semifuscana, Stephens ; 111. H. pi. 36, fig. 1 ; Wood, fig. 1031. 



Species 6. — P(ecilochroma maculana ^' — (Plate XC, Fig. 12) — Measures 10 or 11 lines in expanse; 

 fore wings ashy-gray, with the basal portion dark and nebulose, and the apical part waved with slender black 

 streaks, towards the inner margin before the middle is an obscure black dot, and a larger red-brown one towards 

 the anal angle, but nearly obsolete ; hind wings brown and shining. Taken in August and September, at the 

 skirts of woods. 



'Synonyme. — Pyralis Jtiaculana, Fahrichis ; Haworth ; Stephens; Wood, fig. 1032. 



Species 7. — PcEcrLocHRosi a maurana " — (Plate XC, Fig. 13) — Measures about an inch in expanse ; fore 

 wings dirty straw-coloured, or pale brownish ash, the costa obsoletely dotted with brown, the base broadly brown, 

 slightly waved outwards, and with another very broad brown fascia across the middle, extending to the anal 

 angle, dilated behind^ and with the margins irregularly waved, on the apical margin several minute brown dots ; 

 hind wings brown. Taken in Sussex and Hampshire, but very rare. 



" Synonyme. — T'or/rio* maurana, Hiibner ; Haworth; Stephens; Wood, fig. 1033. 



Species 8. — P{ECIlcchroma sordidana ^ — Pleasures 8 lines in expanse ; fore wings liver-brown, with 

 obscure spots, a paler yellowish spot on the inner margin, in which are some brown streaks, and a subapical dark 

 brown spot. 



• Synonyms. — Tinea sordidana Hiibncr ; Curtis' Guide ; Stephens ; 111. H. App. 4, p. 397. 



PTYCHOLOMA, Stephens. 

 The palpi are very short, scarcely visible from above, and clothed with short scales, not concealing the 

 terminal joint ; the antennae rather short, the head slightly tufted in front ; the fore wings in the male are 

 remarkable for having the fore margin thickened ; the disc in both sexes dark tawny, with more or less distinct 

 golden or silvery stripes or markings. 



Species 1. — Ptycholoma lecheana ^ — (Plate XC, Fig. 14) — Measures from 7 to 10 lines in expanse ; 

 fore wings dark brown, more or less varied with fulvous scales, especially towards the base, and marked with two 

 tarnished silvery marks, like the Greek letters IF ; these marks are, however, more or less obsolete, especially 

 in the females. Some individuals of small size have the fore wings dark olive, with the silvery marks very 

 conspicuous. Taken in woods at the end of June. 



' Synonyme. — Phalana Tortrix Lecheana, Linnxus ; Hiibner; Haworth; Stephens ; Wood, fig. 1034. 



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