142 CONSPECTUS OF MOTHS. 
places, the end of June and beginning of July. Wings one inch 
one-sixth, pale grey-brown; first pair with three equi-distant 
darker evanescent streaks, the last of which is slightly waved 
towards the upper edge, the fringes spotless. Notrare. Kept, 
Tax Rrpeanp Wave (A. aversata, SrePHENS) appears in June, 
July, and beginning of September. Wings one inch one-sixth to 
one-fourth, ash-coloured, with remote dusky dots, and a dark cen. 
tral dot, beyond which is a broad dusky slightly waved band, an 
interrupted pale waved marginal streak, and at the base of the 
fringes some black spots; the first pair also with a faint streak 
towards the base, Common. Cheshire, Essex, and near London, 
Tur VARIABLE RispAND Wave (A. vemutata, STEPHENS) 
appears in woods; in June and September. Wings one inch one. 
sixth to three-fourths, ashy, with a central black dot; first pair 
with three equi-distant slightly waved dusky streaks, of which the 
two last, and another at the base of the fringes, composed of 
black dots, are common to the second pair, Common. Edin: 
burgh, Durham, Cheshire, and Essex. 
Tus Diney WaAvE (A. fuliginata, StePHENS) appears in June, 
Wings one inch one-half to one-sixth, of a smoky-brown, with 
an indistinct dark streak behind the middle of the first pair, 
Rare. Near London, 
Tur Smoky WAveE (A. fumata. Dave?) appears in June, 
Wings one inch one-twelfth to one-sixth, ashy, very thickly 
sprinkled with dusky dots, with three or four very indistinct 
dusky streaks, and the hinder margin spotless. Scarce, Scot 
land, Cumberland, Westmoreland, and Devonshire, 
Tur PALE CREAM Wave (A. lactata, SrerHENs,) appears the 
end of May and middle of June. Wings one inch one-twelfth 
to one-sixth, whitish, with a streak near the base of the first pair, 
a waved one in the middle, and a third towards the hinder mar. 
gin, common toall the wings ; the margin itself sometimes with 
a row of very minute black spots. Common. Essex, and near 
London. 
Tur Cream Wave (A. floslactata, StrernENs). Wings one 
inch to one inch one-twelfth, cream white, sprinkled with minute 
dusky dots, with four dark waved streaks, disposed in pairs, 
the two first before the middle, and the other two behind, Com+ 
mon. Durham, and near London. 
POSCILOPHASIA (STEPHENS). d 
Tur CroupEp Borner (P. marginata, SrerHENS) appears In 
May, July, and August. Wings one inch to one inch one 
twelfth, white; the upper edge of the first pair black, inter- 
rupted in the middle with white; in the centre of the wings# 
common interrupted black band; on the hinder margin @ broad 
waved black border; the fringes black. Common. North of 
England, Yorkshire, Norfolk, Essex, and near London, 
