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the form of a deep brown streak running obliquely from the base of the 

 wing to the inner margin. The palpi are a little longer than the head and the 

 fore wings twice as long as broad, with the costal margin abruptly arched 

 at the base. Specimens vary much in size, some expand very nearly an inch, 

 others only two-thirds of an inch. I find them about oak trees as well as 

 honeysuckle, and the moth is, I believe, generally common. 



The abundant Batodes angustiorana may be found about most trees in J uly 

 and August. The fore-wings are more than twice as long as broad, with 

 regularly arched costal margin and rounded hind margin. The male and 

 female vary somewhat in appearance ; the former has pubescent antennas 

 and greyish ochreous fore-wings with brown markings, of shade varying 

 from simply brown to black brown. The costal spot is large and extends to 

 the anal angle ; in colour it is black-brown. The central fascia is slender at 

 its commencement on the costal margin, sinuous, and gradually widens to 

 the inner margin ; its colour is brown. The female moth has reddish ochre- 

 ous fore-wings, marked with reddish-brown. The female moth has reddish 

 ochreous fore-wings marked with reddish-brown. The costal spot is reddish- 

 brown, and extends nearly to the anal angle ; a pale yellow spot on the costa 

 comes between it and the central fascia ; this last is reddish-brown. There 

 is an oblique reddish-brown streak extending from the inner margin in the 

 place of the basal patch. The male moths are rather over half-an-inch in 

 expanse ; the females sometimes as much as three-quarters of an inch. 



On the trunks of poplar trees in July and August may sometimes be seen 

 a little pale grey tortrix, mottled with dark grey, and with a blackish apical 

 spot. This is supposed by many entomologists to be a variety of Grapholita 

 nisana, but some — among which are Mr. Stainton — consider it distinct and 

 term it cinerana. I think myself it may fairly claim to be a separate species, 

 the typical nisana has a dark brown basal patch and the grey ground colour 

 of the fore-wings is somewhat tinged with ochreous. Moreover, the speci- 

 mens are on the average smaller than cinerana, some of the latter expanding 

 fully two-thirds of an inch, while nisana never exceeds 6 J lines. I have 

 never found cinerana among sallows, but nisana may often be found about 

 these dwarf willows, even more often I think than on poplar trunks. 



The variable Pcedisca solandriana occurs in this month, and the following 

 one among hazel, birch, and other trees. The fore-wings are thrice as long 

 as broad, with an arched costal and truncated hind margin. In size they ex- 

 pand a trifle over three-quarters of an inch. Some specimens are dark red- 

 dish brown, with a conspicuously white triangular blotch in the centre of the 

 inner margin, extending as far as the middle of the wing ; others are pale red- 

 dish brown, with the basal patch outlined with darker, and the central fascia 



