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with black, with an eyelike spot in the middle, and an interrupted 
plack line on the hinder margins; first pair with two central 
streaks, and the second pair with one, of a very deep black. 
Caterpillar, violet brown, each segment with two white dots, the 
hinder ones with yellow stripes; feeds on the dewberry and 
southern-wood, Common. Devonshire and Hampshire. 
ae Bricut Amu er (Ch. dilucidaria, SrepHENS) appears in 
June. Wings one inch one-third to five-twelfths ; ash-coloured, 
sprinkled with blackish-brown, with an eyelike spot in the mid- 
die, behind which is a streak of blackish dots ; the first pair, also, 
with a similar streak before the middle. Rare. Devonshire. 
Tus BRowN AmuveT (Ch. pullata, Curtis) appears in Au- 
t. Wings one inch one-fourth to one-third; ash-coloured, 
sprinkled with black dots; first pair with a darker waved streak 
before the middle, and a second behind with an interjacent black 
ring with a pale centre towards the upper edge, the eyelike spot 
and streak beyond the middle common to all the wings, Com- 
mon. Durham, Kent, and Devonshire. 
Tur Brack Amuuet (Ch. serotinaria, Curtis). Wings one 
inch one-third; whitish, with numerous dusky dots, with a com» 
mon indented black streak behind the middle, and a central 
black ring, the hinder margin with a row of minute black dots ; 
first pair have also a dusky waved streak towards the base, Rare. 
Sussex. 
Tux Osscurs AmuLer (Ch. operaria, Curtis) appears the 
end of July. Wings one inch two-thirds (?), ash coloured, varie- 
gated with buff; first pair with two dusky streaks and an inter- 
jacent spot towards the upper edge; and near the hinder mar- 
gin a pale indented streak; second pair has two pale streaks 
beyond the middle, the inner one edged with black. Rare, 
Scotland, Fifeshire. 
PACHYCNEMIA (STEPHENS). 
Tur Horse Cuestnur (P. Hippocastanaria, STEPHENS) ap- 
pears in April and July. Wings one inch one-fourth to one- 
third; first pair dark ash-coloured, with a silvery hue, with an 
indistinct dusky curved streak towards the base, and a waved 
onebehind the middle; a central dusky spot, and a row of black 
dotson the hinder margin; second pair whitish, with a reddish 
tinge, an indistinct streak towards the hinder margin, and on the 
Margin a row of faint dots, Local. Essex, Kent, Surrey, and 
Hampshire. 
CHESIAS (TREITSCHKE). 
Tur Streak (C. Spartiata, OcuseENHEIMBR) appears the end 
of September or beginning of October. Wings one inch one- 
fourth to one-half; first pair grey, variously clouded with three 
dusky transverse patches of the same colour, placed at the upper 
edge in the middle, and at the base of the inner margin; to- 
wards the upper edge a pale streak reaching from the base to 
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