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margin more or less of a smoky tint, and a row of very minute 
white spots; second pair duskyish, but paler towards the base,” 
Near London. 
Tus PEARL STRAW (M. margaritalis, SreruENs). Rare. 
Tue Cuecguerep Straw (M.elutalis, STEPHENS) “‘ appearsin 
July. Wings one inch, straw-coloured, slightly clouded with ~ 
pitchy, with four streaks, and the neryures pitch-brown. Very 
scarce. Near London, but more frequent in Norfolk.” 
SCOPULA (ScuRANR). 
Tue Pium (S. Prunalis, OcHsENHEIMER). Rare. 
TuE Dusky BRINDLED (S. nebulalis, SrerHENs) “appears the 
end of June, on hedges. Wings one inch, all dusky; first pair 
with the stigmata and an arched streak towards the hinder mar. 
gin darker; second pair generally dusky, with a common streak — 
of black dots on the hinder margin.” Near London. | 
: 
THe Wuite BRINDLED (S. nivealis, SrepHeNs) “appears the 
end of June, about hedges. Wings one inch, clouded with 
white and whitish; second pair white, witha crescent, spot, and 
border brown or dusky. Abundant.”? Near London. 
Tue Pien-coar (S. sticticalis, SrerHeNs). Supposed to be 
British on doubtful authority. 
Tur Starry BrinpLep (L. dentalis, SrepuEns). “ Wings 
eleventh-twelfths of an inch; first pair with the upper edge pale, 
haying a dusky spot towards the tip, with a band just before the 
middle, indistinct, pale, and on the outer edge deeply and sharply 
indented; between this and the hinder margin some palish 
clouds ; second pair dusky-ash. Very uncommon.” 
NOLA (LEAcnh). 
Tue SMALL BLAcK Arcu (N.Monachalis, StRPuENS). «* Wings 
five-sixths of an inch; first pair hoary, slightly clouded, with @ 
repanded and indented streak before, and a second more repanded 
and denticulated behind the middle ; and beyond these an indis- 
tinct streak of black lines; the fringes ashy-grey, and after- 
wards marked with a row of black spots; the second pair with 
ie fringes dusky, and without spots. Very rare.” Near Lon- 
on, 
Tur Least BLAck Arcu (N, strigulalis, (Sternens) “appears 
the end of May and the beginning of June, very similar to the 
foregoing, but smaller. Wings two-thirds of an inch; first pair 
whitish, posteriorly hoary, with two black denticulated streaks} 
second pair white, rather ashy at the tip, with a small ordinary 
darker line or crescentm the centre, towards the upper edge, 
fringes whitish. Very unfrequent.” Near London. 
Tus Snort CuoaKen, (N. cucullatella, SrernEns,) “ appeals 
the beginning of July near hedges. Wings two-thirds of an inch 
