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EMMELESIA DECOLORATA. 
SANDY CARPET. 
Plate XXIX Figure 4. 
This insect measures from an inch to an inch and a 
quarter in expanse. 
Male : fore wings white, crossed by several waved dull 
yellowish lines; central band with a broad white one out¬ 
side it; third line dull yellow, jagged, and with shades 
beyond it to the outer margin. Hind wings pale yellowish- 
white, with a very faint cross darker streak and the space 
within the outer margin also darker. 
Localities for this species are York, Scarborough, Glas¬ 
gow^ Renfrew, Darenth Wood, Barnstaple, Exeter, Stow- 
market, Faversham, Worcester, Falmouth, Brighton, 
Kingsbury, Wavendon, Bowdon, West Looe, Darlington, 
Manchester, Sudbury, Edinburgh, Newcastle-on-Tyne, 
Marlow, Bristol, Lewes, Bromsgrove. 
The perfect insect appears in June and July. 
It feeds on the flowers of the red campion (Lychnis 
diurna). 
EMMELESIA TiENIATA. 
Plate XXIX. Figure 5. 
This insect measures from three quarters of an inch 
to nearly an inch in expanse. 
Male : fore wings dull yellowish-grey, with a dark grey 
blot or patch at the inner corner ; second line white, bent, 
and rather indented, most conspicuous near the upper 
margin ; central shade dark grey. 
