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with two straight bands in the middle, and two posterior cross 
spots, obscurely tinged with golden; second pair brownish. 
Very rare.’”’ Near London. 
Tae Morriep Bran,(Or. purfurana, SterHENs). ‘ Wings 
seven-twelfths of an inch, dull reddish-grey, clouded, with irre- 
gular dusky-brown patches. Very unfrequent.” Kent. 
TuE FAINT SILVER STRIPED (Or, subsequana, STEPHENS) “ap- 
pears in April (?) Wings long, grey, lucent, with a brown spot 
at the tip, and three very slender, contiguous, black lines or 
stripes at the hinder margin and near the posterior angle; 
second pair whitish, silvery, with a broad spread of brown at the 
tip, fringes large ; fringes of the first pair large, ashy, and very 
shining.” Near London. 
Tur HASTIAN (Ov. Hastiana, SterpHENsS). ‘Wings seven lines 
anda half ; first pair greyish-black, with asnow-white band in the 
middle, rather oblique internally, and on its outer edge bearing 
an obtuse prominent notch. 
Tur Cock’s HEAD (—— communana, STEPHENS). ‘Occurs 
on trunks of trees, Wings seven lines to seven and a-half, varie- 
gated with black, brown, ashy, white or greenish, with a patch 
in the middle of the inner margin resembling a cock’s head. 
Very uncommon.”’ Near London. 
PQ2CILOCHROMA (SrerHEns). 
Tur UpMANIAN (P. Udmanniana, SterHENs). ‘‘ Wings two- 
thirds of an inch, ash-coloured, with numerous indistinct stripes, 
asmall, common, somewhat oval, chestnut-brown patch, bor- 
dered with white towards the hinder margin; second pair pale 
brownish.” Not common. Near London. 
Tue SPARMANNIAN (P. Sparmanniana, STEPHENS), ‘ Wings 
nine lines and a-half to ten lines ; first pair with the Greek capital 
lambda (A) in the middle, broadly marked, slightly interrupted 
towards the upper edge, and of a rust-red brown, behind the 
latter a spot of the same colour towards the tip; second pair 
brown, Very uncommon. Near London. 
Tue SOLANDRIAN (P, Solandriana, SteruENs) ‘‘appears in 
August, in woody places. Wings eight lines and a half to nine 
lines, pale, with a large common patch of a rust-red colour. 
Not common.” Near London. 
Tuk BLAcK DousLEe Biorcuep (P. maculana, StRrHENS) 
“appears the end of September, on shrubs, Wings five-sixths of 
an inch, deep brown, with black clouds, an obscure blackish- 
brown patch before the middle of the inner margin, and a second 
near the posterior angle; second pair brown and shining. Very 
wncommon,’? Near London. 
Tue Demi pusry (P. semifuscana, StepHeNs), Near London. 
Tue Suinino Pitcn (P. piceana, SreruEns) “ appears in Sep.- 
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