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basim saturate fusca, punctis duobus disci ante medium nigris, punctis 
duobus disci pone medium ailbis obsoletis, sub nebula parva fusca. Bxp. 
al. 94 lin. 
Head greyish-ochreous. Face pale ochreous. Palpi reddish-grey, 
internally pale ochreous ; terminal joint pale ochreous, with a ring at 
the base, a ring before the apex, and the extreme apex dark fuscous. 
Antenne pale fuscous, Anterior wings ochreous, somewhat suffused 
with reddish-grey, with an oblique dark fuscous streak near the base of 
the inner margin, reaching only half across the wing ; on the dise before 
the middle are two black spots (the anterior nearer to the costa), followed 
by a few white scales, and in a line with the lower one are two faint 
white spots, above which is a small fuscous blotch; the pale hinder 
fascia is not sharply angulated and very indistinct ; along the hinder 
margin are some dark fuscous spots ; cilia greyish-ochreous. Posterior 
wings pale grey, with paler cilia. 
Not common; appears in August and September. The larva 
feeds on broom and Genista tinctoria in May and June. 
8. arenella, W. V.137. 3 (1776); Treit.; F.v. R.; Dup.; Sta. 
—gilvella, Wib.—gilvosa, Haw.—var. immaculana, Step. lis anticis 
dilute ochreis, saturate fusco maculatis et nebulosis, stria obliqua doyrsali 
prope basim saturate fusca, punctis duobus disci ante medium nigris, 
nebula in medio, punctoque.posteriore saturate fuscis. Exp. al. 10 lin. 
Head ochreous. ace pale ochreous. Palpi ochreous, internally 
paler ; terminal joint with a ring at the base, a ring before the apex, 
and the extreme apex dark fuscous. Antenne dark fuscous. Anterior 
wings pale ochreous, spotted and clouded with dark fuscous; on the 
inner margin near the base is an oblique dark fuscous streak, reaching 
nearly to the subcostal vein; on the dise before the middle are two 
black spots (the anterior nearer to the costa), followed by a dark fus- 
cous blotch, beyond which and further from the costa is a dark fuscous 
spot ; the indications of a pale hinder fascia are very indistinct; the 
costa is spotted with dark fuscous, and there are some black spots along 
the hinder margin; cilia pale ochreous. Posterior wings whitish-grey, 
with some dark fuscous spots towards the apex of the hinder margin ; 
cilia yellowish-white. 
Common, appearing in August; hybernated specimens are not 
unfrequent in April. The larva feeds on Centaurea nigra in June 
and July. 
9. propinquella, Treit. H. 8. x. 3. 184 (1885); IF. v. R.; Sta. 
—vgilvosa var. B. Taw. Alis anticis breviusculis, dilute ochreis, saturate 
ochreo-marmoratis, stria obliqua dorsali prope basim saturate fusca, 
punctis duobus disci ante medium nigris, nebula in medio saturate 
Susca nigrave costam fere tangente. Exp, al. 8} lin. 
Head and face pale greyish-ochreous. Palpi pale fuscous, inter- 
nally pale ochreous ; terminal joint pale ochreous, with a fuscous ring at 
the base and a dark fuscous ring before the apex. Antenne pale fus- 
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