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and fifth segments, with the tail conical: feeds on the hop, elder, 
&c. in autumn. Pupa brown. Scarce. Salop, Hertfordshire, 
Warwickshire, Essex, and Surrey. 
EUPLEXIA (STEPHENS). 
Tur CurvAvier (£. lucipara, SreeueNs) appears the middle 
of June, Wings one inch one-fourth to one-third; first pair 
brownish grey, with a few black spots at the base, a band in the 
‘centre, and hinder margin brown; the posterior stigma is kid- 
ney-shaped and yellowish. Caterpillar, grass green, with a 
brown head, legs reddish; feeds on bramble, dock, lettuce, &c. 
in autumn, Not common. Essex, Kent, Surrey, Hampshire, 
and Devonshire. 
HAMA (STEPHENS). 
Tur Rustic Suoutper Knor (AH. basilinea, SrEPHENS) ap- 
pears the beginning of June. Wings one inch five twelfths to 
seven-twelfths, deflexed, greyish brown, waved, with a black 
line at the base; second pair with the hinder margin, nervures, 
and central spot darker. Caterpillar light grey, with a broad 
white line on the back, and a pale one on the sides ; feeds on 
grasses in autumn, Rather scarce. Near London, Essex, and 
Deyonshire. 
Tur TAwNy X. (H. testacea, StePHENS) appears in autumn. 
Wings one inch one-fourth to seven-twelfths ; first pair brick 
red with an oblong black mark in the centre, resembling the 
letter X, and an arched streak composed of black crescents bebind 
the middle; second pair white, with a somewhat interrupted 
prow streak atthe margin. Ratherscarce, Essex and Devon- 
shire, 
Tux Link (H. conneva, Sternens). Wings one inch one- 
third ; first pair ashy white, with a black line at the base, a brown 
band in the centre, separating into two branches, and joined by 
an obscure dusky streak; second pair ashy, with the margins 
darker, Rare. Locality unknown, 
APAMEA (OcHSENHEIMER). 
Tue Crescent (A. fibrosa, OCHSENHEIMER) appears the 
middle of July. Wings one inch one-third to two-thirds ; first 
pair chestnut red, with a large darker angular band-like spot in 
the centre, in which is a white crescent, the anterior stigma 
kidney-shaped and whitish, the streak at the hinder margin 
paler; second pair dusky. Caterpillar whitish, membranous, 
with the back dull brownish red, and the head brown ; feeds on 
the Iris pseudacorus. Local, Cambridgeshire. 
Tue GoupEN Ear (A. nictitans, OCHSENHEIMER) appears the 
end of July or beginning of August. Wings one inch one-sixth 
to one-third; first pair reddish brown, tinted with gold, streaked 
with brown, with the posterior stigma large, ear-shaped, and of 
a whitish gold colour. Rare. Kent, Hants, Devonshire, and 
Isle of Arran. 
