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ASTHENA BLOMERARIA. 
CAPTAIN BLOMER’S RIVULET, 
Plate XXIII. Figure 4. 
This insect measures three quarters of an inch or a 
little over in expanse. 
Male: fore wings dull greyish-white, with a pale bluish 
tinge ; second line blackish and bent, with a dull orange- 
yellowish patch at the outer corner, a darker line on 
its inside, and a few darker marks and specks below it 
and within the fringe. Hind wings dull greyish-white, 
and two darker greyish bands, and darker on and within 
the border. 
Localities for this species are Pickering, Scarborough, 
Nunburnholme, Castle Eden Dene, Chenies, Lower Guit- 
ing, Newnham, Malvern, Preston, Newcastle-on-Tyne. 
The situations where it is found are woods and woody 
places. 
The perfect insect appears in June and July. 
EUPISTERIA HEPARARIA. 
DINGY SHELL. 
Plate XXIII. Figure 5. 
This insect measures from a little under te about an 
inch in width. 
Male: fore wings yellowish-brown dusted with greyish- 
brown ; dull yellowish on the upper margin, and almost 
entirely brown on the outer part, as indeed is sometimes 
