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DESCRIPTION OF PLATE XCV. 



Inskcts. — Fig. 1. Pcrouea albicostana (the white-edged button). 1 Insects. — Fig. 12. Peronea vaiiegana. 13. A dark variety. (The 



,. Fig. 2. Peronea bistriana (the double-bay-streak). I common rough-wing). 



Fig. 3. Peronea similana (the pale-edged button). 



Fig. 4. Peronea plumbana (the lead-coloured). 



Fig. 5. Peronea trigonana (the three. dotted), Boscana of 



Ha worth . 

 Fig. 6. Peronea Logiana (the Logian). 

 Fig. 7. Peronea Schalleriana (the Schallerian). 

 Fig. 8. Peronea rufana (the red triangle). 

 Fig. 9. Peronea asperana (the white-shouldered). 

 Fig. 10. A new variety of asperana. 

 Fig. 11, Peronea borana (the crested buff). 



J, Fig. 14. Peronea obsoletana (the obscure button). 

 „ Fig. 15. Peronea Leachiana (the Leachian). 

 J, Fig. 16. Peronea Capucina. 

 ,5 Fig. 17. Peronea albana. 

 Plant, — Fig. 18. Galeobdolon luteum (yellow archangel). 



All the insects figured in this plate are in the collection of Mr. 

 Bentlcy, except P. Leachiana, and P. albana in the British Museum, 

 and Capucina, from the cabinet of the Rev. W. Johnson. 



H. N. H. 



SPECIES 40. — Peronea albicostana^ — (Plate XCV., Fig. 1 ) — Measures 10 or 11 lines in expanse ; fore 

 wings pale reddish, sligbtly sprinkled with dusky atoms, and with the extreme costal margin white : hind 

 wings ashy brown. Taken at Dover, and in the New Forest, in August. 



^ Synonyme. — Peronea albicostana^ Stephens ; "Wood, fig. 1079. 



Species 41. — Peronea bistriana * — (Plate XCY., Fig. 2) — Measures about 10 lines in expanse; fore wings 

 pale, very slightly marked with dusky atoms ; the costa paler, with two clear bay-coloured streaks, one, which 

 is the broadest, running from the base of the wing nearly to the apical angle, and the other, which is subulated, 

 along the inner margin, which extends along the apical margin, and another near the apex : hind wings pale 

 and immaculate. Taken in July and August at Birch Wood, in Kent, but very rare. 



' Synony'me. — Tortrix bistriana, Haworth ; Stephens ; Wood, fig. 1078. 



Species 42. — Peronea similana" — (Plate XCV., Fig. 3) — Measures nearly 10 lines in expanse; fore 

 wings " pale reddish, with minute elevated dusky scales ; on the middle of the costa is a triangular fuscous spot, 

 J^ ^o, irc^ with a darker cloud attached to the angle on the disc ; at the base of the inner margin is a second smaller spot 



of similar colour ; posterior wings pale whitish brown." Taken near Birch Wood, Kent, in the autumn. 



" Synonyme. — Peronea similana, Stephens; Wood, fig. 1080. 



Species 43. — Peronea plumbana "■' — (Plate XCV., Fig. 4) — Measures 8 or 9 lines in expanse ; fore wings 



reddish leaden-coloured ; the costa darkest at the base, with small elevated dusky dots, few in number, 



J". ^A. "pA^ scattered over the disc, and in certain positions, with three more conspicuous, and as though impressed, nearly 



united together, and arranged in a triangle near the middle of the costa, and one within paler : hind wings 



whitish, or pale brown. Taken in the New Forest, and in Kent, in September. 



' Synonymes. — Pyralis plumbana, Yshnans. ror/nV p/umJosonn, Haworth ; Stephens; Wood, fig. 1082. 



Species 44, — Peronea trigonana " — (Plate XCV., Fig. 5^ — Measures 8 lines in expanse ; fore wines 

 hoary ash, slightly marked with dusky elevated scales, and a triangular chesnut brown patch in the middle of 

 the costa ; base imJ inner margin of the wing also rather darker : hind wings brownish ; fringe brovra. Taken 

 in the Kentish woods, in September, but rare. 



" Synonymes. — Peronea trigonana, Stephens; Wood, fig, 1084, Pyralis Boscana, Fabricius? Haworth. 



Species 45. — Peronea logiana'' — (Plate XCV,, Fig. 6) — Measures 8 lines in expanse ; fore wings ashy 

 5. 4 (,. Vi~J white, sprinkled with very minute black atoms ; a small dark patch near the base of tlie costa, and an elongated 



