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BRITISH MOTHS 



Species 2. — Argyrolepia margaritana i — (Plate XCVIII., Fig. 10) — Measures 7 lines in expanse ; 

 fore wings silvery, with a pearly gloss at the extreme base, a dot at the base of the costa, followed by two 

 oblique, more or less interrupted, tawny golden fascia, and a third entire streak along the apical margin, with 

 a small costal dot near the apical angle, also tawny-golden : hind wings dark-brown. Supposed to have been 

 taken in Kent. 



'Synonvme. — Tortrix margaritana, Hiworth ; Stephens ; Wood, fig. 1I2I. 



Species 3. — Argyrolepia .sneana ■■ — (Plate XCVIII., Fig. 11) — Measures -^ an inch in expanse ; fore 

 wings rounded on the apical margin, the disc deep yellow, with a broad straight blackish fascia across the 

 middle, slightly sprinkled with silvery, and on the apical margin a similar broad bar, internally bearing 

 a rather deep, narrow incision, the costa beyond the middle alternately yellow and blackish. Taken, in Epping 

 Forest, in June, but very rare. 



^ Synonyme. — Toririx aneana, HUbner ; Haworth ; Stephens ; Wood, fig. 1122. 



Species 4. — Argyrolepia bistrigana ' — (Plate XCVIII., Fig. 12) — Measures | of an inch in expanse ; 

 fore wings brown, vnth two paler, obscure, yellowish, nearly straight fasciae, one before, the other rather behind 

 the middle, and with numerous silvery spots, some of which are disposed in interrupted streaks ; the apical 

 margin also paler, and the costa vrith pale dots ; hind wings brown. Taken near London in the summer. 



» Sykonyme. — Argyrolepia bistrigana, Stephens ; Wood, fig. 1123. 



Species 5. — Argyrolepia tesserana ' — (Plate XCVIII., Figs. 13, 14)^ — Measures 6 or 7 lines in expanse ; 

 fore wings yellowish, or tawny orange, varying to fulvous brown, with five large patches of yellow or whitish 

 placed thus — .•.'., some of these spots, especially those on the inner margin of the wing, are occasionally more 

 or less obsolete, and the pale spaces are encircled by silvery or shining leaden-coloured streaks, but these are 

 wanting in some of Mr. Haworth 's series of varieties described in Lep. Brit., now in my cabinet : hind wings 

 brown. A rare species ; taken in downs in the south of England, in June. 



' Synonyjies. — Tortrix tesserana, Wien. Vei-z., Hubner; Haworth ; Stephens ; Wood, fig. 1124. 

 Pyralis Heisana, Fabricius. 



Species 6. — Argyrolepia decimana " — (Plate XCVIII., Fig. 15) — Measures 7 or 8 lines in expanse ; 



fore wings tawny, with four nearly equidistant, slender silvery stripes, and some silvery scales near the extremity 



of the vying, with a basal patch and two large spots on the costa, with two on the opposite margin, and a sub- 



S. i', 1^1^ apical transverse spot, one of golden- yellow : the hind wings dark brown. Taken in woods and downs in the 



south of England about the beginning of June. 



"Synonyme. — Tortrix decimana, 'Vfitn.Yevz.; Fabricius.' HUbner? Stephens; Wood, fig. 1125. 



DESCRIPTION OF PLATE XCIX. 



Insects. — Fig. 1. OrthotaniaTurionana (the orange-spotted). 2. The 

 Caterpillar. 



,, Fig. 3. Orthotaenia gemiuana, (the scarce orange-spotted). 

 4. The Caterpillar. 5. A disease in the pine 

 caused by the Caterpillar. 6. Moth in repose. 



,, Fig. 7. Orthota;nia Bentlevana (the Bentleyan). 



,, Fig. 8. Orthotffinia Haworthana (the silver-marbled). 



,, Fig. 9. Orthotaenia Resinella (the spotted Pine). 



,, Fig. 10. Orthotaenia Pinetana. 



„ Fig. 11. OrthoUenia Lepidana. 



Insects. — Fig. 12. Orthotaenia Comitana (the streaked Pine). 13. 

 Small dark variety. 

 ,, Fig. 14. Orthotaenia Piceaua. 

 ,, Fig. 15. Rhyacionia Hastiana (the Hastian). 

 ,, Fig. 16. Rhyacionia ilavofiisciana. 

 Plant. — Fig. 17. A branch of Pine showing the manner in which 

 the caterpillars feed and injure the young shoots. 



All the Insects figured io this plate are from the cabinet of Mr. 

 Bentley. H. N. H. 



