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subapical fascia not extending to the anal angle ; hind wings with four denticulated ochreous lines, the rays 

 dotted with black. Common in houses, &c., from March to October. The Caterpillar feeds on the honeysuckle, 

 and forms a transparent silken cocoon. 



Species 2.^Alucita polydactyla — (Hi'ibner, &c. ; Wood, fig. 1654; and our Plate CXXIV., Fig. 20) 

 — Expands 7 lines ; fore wings yellowish-red, with two irregular, rather violet fasciae, margined with whitish ; 

 at the apex of each feather is a dusky dot on a light ground ; hind wings of lighter hue, with a black-brown 

 dot at the tip of each plume ; fringe reddish-ash. New Forest, in June. 



Species 3. — Alccita pcecilodactyla — (Stephens; Wood, fig. 1655; and our Plate CXXIV., Fig. 21) — 

 Expands 7 lines ; " fore wings ochreous ash colour, with two irregular fuscous fascias, one towards the middle, 

 the other on the hinder margin. Taken in June, 1822, in the New Forest, near Brockenhurst.'" — Stephens. 

 Mr. Curtis, however, suggests that the last two species may be only varieties of the first. 



