102 CONSPECTUS OF MOTHS. 
middle of June. Wings eleven-twelfths of an inch, pitchy black, 
with small white spots or blotches, fringes white and brown; 
antennee black, irregularly marked with white rings. Perhapsa 
variety of F. atomaria. Notrare. Near London. 
Tus Grey Hearn (F. ericetaria, SreeHENS) appears in Au. 
gust. Wings of the male one inch seven-twelfths to two-thirds ; 
female one inch one-fourth to one-half; ashy white, sprinkled 
with brown dots, and having a brown marginal band ; first pair 
with three equi-distant brown spots on the upper edge; second 
pair with a brown central spot. Notrare. Kent, Surrey, and 
Hampshire. 
BUPALUS (LeAcn). 
Tue BorpEerep Wuire (B. Piniarius, Leacn) appears the 
middle of June, in fir plantations. Wings one inch one-half to 
two-thirds, brown, spotted with yellow, clouded underneath, 
with two brown bands. Caterpillar, green, with a line on the 
back whitish, followed on each side by a yellowish white and 
yellow line; 'feeds on the Pinus sylvestris and P, abies. Not 
common. Scotland, Northumberland, Norfolk, and Surrey. 
MAESIA (STEPHENS), 
Tur Grey Scottor BAR (M. favillacearius, STEPHENS) ap- 
pears in June. Wings of the male one inch five-twelfths to 
seven-twelfths; female one inch one-third to one-half, ashy- 
white, with a black spot in the centre, the margin with a row of 
black dots, fringes brownish; first pair with two black streaks, 
accompanied with two black spots; second pair with a single 
streak. Scarce, Hampshire. 
ANISOPTERYX (STEPHENS). 
Tue Spring Usuer (A. leucophearia, SrarHmns) appears in 
oak woods the end of February and March. Wings one inch 
one-third to two-thirds, ashy grey, clouded; first pair with @ 
black curved streak at the base, and another wavy behind the 
middle; second pair whitish, with numerous brown dots, witha 
central streak composed of a few distant black spots; the female 
has only very short indistinct wings, with three reddish grey 
lines, sprinkled with dusky, and haying two black streaks; varies 
much, Very common, Durham, Essex, Kent, and Surrey. 
Tun Wavy Usuer (A. Alscularia, SpePHENS) appears on pal- 
ings and trunks of trees the middle of March. Wings one inch 
one-third to one-half, ashy-brown, with a band in the centre 
margined with white, outwardly indented and deeper, and @ 
brown slanting slender line at the tip, the margins with a row 
of minute black spots, fringe pale brown; the female without 
wings, of a mouse colour, with pale grey dots on the head and 
breast. Caterpillar, green, with a white line on each side of the 
back, and another above the legs; feeds on the privet, sloe, and 
LOR et Rather common, Cumberland, Essex, and near 
ndon. 
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