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apex of the wing; in each of these spots are a few iridescent scales ; 
cilia fuscous. Posterior wings dark-fuscous, with paler cilia. 
Tn Mr. Curtis’s collection; taken in June, 1829, by Mr. R. 
Wood, on Kersall Moor, near Manchester. 
7. grandis, Desvignes, Entom. 342 (1842). Alis anticis flavis, 
macula saturate fusca basali per costam anguste usgue ad medium pro- 
ducta, costa anguste pone medium saturate fusca, macula costwe mediz, 
maculaque coste pone medium introrsum spectante dilute luteis, dorso an- 
guste, margine postico late saturate fuscis, macula triangulari flava dor- 
sali pone medium, striga basim versus, striis tribus longitudinalibus in 
medio disci ceruleis, Exp. al. 64 lin. 
Head and face dark fuscous. Palpi yellow; terminal joint internally 
with a fuscous band. Antenne dark fuscous, the tips white. Anterior 
wings deep yellow, inclining to orange, with a dark fuscous blotch at 
the base, continued narrowly along the costa to a little before the mid- 
die ; beyond the middle the costa is again dark fuscous to near the apex ; 
in the middle of the costa is a small pale yellow spot, and a longer ob- 
lique one pointing inwardly lies beyond the middle of the costa ; the inner 
margin from near the base narrowly, and the hinder margin broadly, are 
dark fuscous ; before the anal angle is a triangular bright yellow spot ; 
not far from the base is a slender bluish striga, and on the dise in the 
middle are three short longitudinal bluish streaks margined with dark 
fuscous ; cilia dark fuscous. Posterior wings rather dark fuscous, with 
paler cilia. c 
In the collections of Mr. Desvignes and Mr. Shepherd; three 
specimens were taken in Bewdley Forest, by Mr. 2. Baugh. 
8. formosella, W. V. 140. 47 (1776); Fab.; Hiib. Tin. 248; 
Treit.; Dup. lis anticis luteis, macula parva obliqua dorsi ante me- 
dium, maculaque majore costa, luteo-brunneis, utrinque tenuissime 
albo-marginatis, macula postica costali luteo-brunneo. ixp. al. 6 lin. 
Head and face dark fuscous. Palpi bright yellow; terminal joint 
white, with a black line externally, and a black ring below the apex. 
Antenne: white, annulated with black. Anterior wings yellow, with 
yellowish-brown markings, first, a small blotch on the inner margin 
near the middle, preceded by a short white streak, and followed by a 
longer curved white streak; on the costa before the middle is an ob- 
lique blotch reaching to the anal angle, it is preceded by a slender 
rather curved white streak (which does not touch the costa, and termi- 
nates on the fold), and is followed by a pale yellow streak (expanded 
on the costa and not reaching half across the wing); a third yellowish- 
brown blotch lies on the costa before the apex; cilia pale yellow. Pos- 
terior wings greyish-fuscous, with paler cilia. 
Taken by Mr. Robertson on palings at Wanstead; appears in 
July. 
9. lunaris, Haw. L. B. 556 (1829); Step.; Curt. B. EB. fo. 543, 
