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reddish-brown blotch on the inner margin, extending from the base to beyond 

 the middle of the wing, but in comptana this blotch shades off gradually to- 

 wards the costal margin and is not sharply defined at the edge as in lundana. 

 This blotch is edged with whitish, and there are two oblique whitish lines 

 beyond the middle, which form an acute angle, and enclose a pale reddish- 

 brown blotch between them. The outer edge of the ocellus is grey, and the 

 central portion brown. In both these species the forewings are more than 

 twice as long as wide, with regularly arched costal margin ; the tip is pro- 

 duced, and in comptana forms a decided hook. 



Bactra lanceolana is a very abundant little moth among rushes, in the 

 Cambridgeshire fens and by the side of the Biver Cam, and, I believe it is 

 equally plentiful in other places where rushes abound. The palpi in this 

 species are longer than the head, the very variable grey, brownish or ochreous 

 forewings are more than twice as long as broad, with regularly arched costa 

 and oblique hind margin ; the tips of the wing are acute. Sometimes the 

 costal half of the wing is much paler than the remainder, but almost unicolor- 

 ous specimens also occur. 



The common Peroncea ferrugana may be beaten now out of birch. It is 

 pale reddish ochreous moth with darker reticulations. The pale green larva 

 may also be found in August, living in puckered birch leaves. The moth 

 may be met with from now up to nearly the end of autumn. The white 

 Catoptria pupillana occurs in August, among sea wormwood on the south 

 coast. The forewings are more than twice as long as wide, with a very 

 slightly arched costa. The hind margin is but slighty concave below the 

 apex, and rounded at the anal angle. The apical portion of the wing is 

 slightly produced ; the basal patch is edged with a brownish grey band ; the 

 ocellus is white, enclosing three silvery spots, which are arranged in a line 

 and surrounded with black and ochreous scales. 



I fear I shall not have space for the mention of any more tortricine imagos, 

 but several of those mentioned last month still occur. Before I pass on to 

 the tineina I will just mention a few of the tortrix larvse feeding now. Lep- 

 togramma scabrana unites elm leaves, in the localities in which it occurs ; 

 Carpocapsa pomonana is the well-known " maggot " we often find in fallen 

 apples, and Opadia funebrana lives in like manner inside plums ; Catoptria 

 albersana folds down honeysuckle leaves ; and the pale green larva of Peronea 

 hastiana feeds in August and September between united leaves of sallows. 

 The larvse of Coccyx vacciniana which have been feeding since June in some 

 localities, on bilberry, are now full grown, and should be collected by those 

 desiring to rear the moths. These are all I have space for, as I have a long 

 list of Tineina to mention. 



