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THEIR GENERIC AND SPECIFIC DISTINCTIONS;

AN ACCOUNT OF THEIR METAMORPHOSES, TIMES OF

APPEARANCE, LOCALITIES, FOOD, AND ECONOMY,

AS FAR AS PRACTICABLE.

BY JAMES FRANCIS STEPHENS, F.L. and Z.S.

V. PRESIDENT OF THE ENTOMOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF LONDON, ETC.

EMBELLISHED WITH COLOURED FIGURES OF THE RARER AND
MORE INTERESTING SPECIES.

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LEPIDOPTERA.
LE.-SEMIDIURNA.

Family II.— PLATYPTEHICIDiE mihl

yl«^eran<Esetaceous, short, pectinated in the males, slightly ciliated or subpecti-
nated in the females ; rarely subserrated. Palpi two, very short, not visible
from above, triarticulate, conical : maxiUw very short, almost obsolete, sub-
membranaceous : Amd small: iAoraa; simple, not crested nor tufted : ivings
ample, broad, mostly disposed in a nearly horizontal position during repose,
the anterior lying very little over the posterior; sometimes compressed;
the former with the apex of the hinder margin in most species falcate; the
hinder margin itself entire or dentate : abdomen rather stout, short, obtuse
at the apex in the females, and slightly tufted : legs short ; anterior tibia;
with a spine within ; intermediate with a pair of spurs at the apex ; posterior
also with a pair at the apex, and sometimes a second pair near the middle.

Larva: with fourteen legs, naked, gibbous on the back, attenuated be-
hind, the tail simple, and without legs. Pupa slender, sprinkled with a
whitish or ashy powder, foUicuIated ; the foUiculus inclosed in a convoluted
leaf.

The larvae of the insects of this family are remarkable for their
singular structure, which resembles that of the typical Notodontidrc,
to which group the Platyptericida? are thus allied, but from the habit
of the perfect insects, the breadth and tenuity of their wings, their
short legs, &c., I conceive them to be as nearly allied to the termi-
nating genera of the Geometridae; the larva of one genus of which,
Ennomos (Colposia, Hilhner*), is not very dissimilar to those of the

* I propose to give at the end of this volume a synopsis of the indigenous
Lepidoptera, agreeably to the arrangement and nomenclature of Hiibncr in his
Verzeichniss bekanter Schmetterlinge, 1816, whose arrangement, however,

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4 HAUSTELI.ATA. — I.KPIDOPTERA.

present family, the back in those being gibbous, and the posterior
legs slightly abbreviated.

The British genera (the names of which I have retained as in my
Catalogue) may be thus characterized : —
Alts anticis falcatis,

margine postico,

denticulato: . . 243. Platypteryx.

integro : . . 244. Drepana.

haud falcatis : 245. Cilix.

Genus CCXLIII. — Platypteryx, Laspeyres.

Palpi very minute, scarcely projecting beyond the dense pile with which the
head is clothed : maxilla almost rudimentary. Antennae short, bipeciinated,
the pectinations abbreviated towards the apex, where they are nearly
obliterated; those of the females also bipectinated, the pectinations
very short and scarcely lessened towards the apex : head with a tuft
between the antennae: ei/es rather prominent: wings placed horizon-
tally during repose, anterior with their hinder margin irregularly denti-
culate and falcated at the apex ; the disc with two transverse lines, posterior
slightly emarginate on the hinder margin: legs short; iibice pilose, inter-
mediate and posterior with a single pair of spurs at the apex. Larva broad,
attenuated in the middle and towards the tail, the back slightly gibbous.
Pupa folliculated.

The irregularly dentate posterior margin of the insects of this
genus, — which is synonymous with Prionia of Hubner, — sufficiently
distinguish them from the other genera of this family, from which
they also differ by having dark oblique slender lines on the anterior
wings, the antennae in both sexes bipectinated; the larva rather
dissimilar in habit, Sec.

Sp. 1. lacertula. Alls anticis ochraceo-griseis, lineolis obsoletis undatis , strigisque
duahus punctoque interjecto saturatioribus. (Exp. Alar. 1 unc. 1 — 4 lin.)

Ge. lacertula. Wien. Verz.—?h. lacertinaria. Don. vii. pi. 251. f. 2.— PI.
lacertula. Steph. Catal. pt. ii. p. 153. No. 6749.

appears to be less dependant upon structure than upon the variations of mark-
ing and colour : his groups are therefore in many instances very artificial :
nevertheless as his work has hitherto only been occasionally, and not in all
cases correctly, referred to, I conceive an abstract of its contents, so far as
relates to the British species, as divided and named, nearly twenty years since,
may be useful. I am indebted to my friend J. G. Children, Esq. for the loan
of this valuable work.

I'LATYPI'KRICID.E. DREPANA. 5

Anterior wings ochry-griseous, thickly hut irregularly marked with minute
transverse obscure streaks, with two oblique dusky lines, having a dark spot
between them near the costa, the basal line nearly straight, the posterior
one more or less waved towards the costa ; the wing from the latter to the
hinder margin is rather darker than the base, and has in general a more or
Jess distinct pale waved streak ; the margin itself is brown, with darker
cilia, intermixed with white : posterior wings paler, generally with an
obscure streak towards the middle on the inner edge, and a faint central
dusky dot ; the hinder margin darker, with fuscous cilia.

The oblique strigse on the anterior wings are sometimes nearly approximating,
and at others widely apart.

Caterpillar brown with darker spots : it feeds on the birch during the autumn,
changes to a pale ashy-brown pupa, and appears in the perfect state in the
following May.

Not very uncommon in the woods in the vicinity of London, espe-
cially at Coombe and Darenth, where birch is abundant ; it also
occurs in other parts of the country. "Durdar." — T. C. Heyshnm^
Esq. "York."— IF. C. Hewitson, Esq. " Meldon Park."—
G. Wailes, Esq.

Sp. 2. cultraria. Alls anticis ochraceis, itrigis duahus parallellis fusco-Jerrugi-
neis, punctoque interjecto fuxco: posticis albidis, immaculatis. (Exp. Alar.
1 unc. 2 — 5 lin.)

PI. cultraria. ieacA.— PI. cultraria. Steph. Catal. pi. n. p. 156. No. 6750.

Anterior wings pale ochre, sometimes with a griseous cast; with two rather
distinct strong parallel rusty-brown oblique Hues, having a brown spot
between them near the costa ; hinder margin umber-brown ; fringe brown
and white intermixed : posterior wings whitish, spotless.

This species has occurred occasionally within the metropolitan
district, but it appears to be in plenty at Monk's Wood, Hunts,
which induces me to consider it distinct: the hinder margin of the
anterior wings appears to be less deeply notched than in PI. Lacer-
tula, and the general habit of the insect is different.

Genus CCXLI\ . — Dkkpana, Laspeyres.

Palpi minute, conic, remote, scarcely projecthig beyond the scales of the
head : maxilla; very short. Antennw in the males rather deeply bipectinated
nearly to the apex, the pectinations ciliated ; in the females simply ciliated
or faintly bipectinated, the pectinations, as in the males, decreasing in
length towards the apox : head rather broad, with compact pilose scales

6 HAL'STELLATA. LEl'IDOPTERA.

between the antennjE, scarcely forming a crest : e^/e* moderate : wings placed
horizontally during repose ; anterior with the hinder margin entire, slightly
repanded, and falcate towards the apex; posterior entire; the former varied
with irregular dark lines, or marked with two simple paler streaks, the space
between being generally darker than the rest of the wing: legs rather short,
intermediate and posterior tibicE with a pair of spurs at the apex, or the
latter sometimes with a second pair towards the middle. Larva lacertiform,
slightly attenuated in front, with the back gibbous, and considerably atte-
nuated posteriorly : pupa folliculated.

The insects which I have associated in my Catalogue under the
general name Drepana evidently belong to two separate groups : the
first of wliich corresponds with Syssaura of Hiibner, and the other
with Drepania of the same author: they may all be known by their
falcate anterior wings, combined with the integrity of the hinder
margin : the more deeply pectinated antennae of the males also serves
to distinguish that sex : — in addition to the diversity of structure in
the posterior legs between the two sections, it may be stated that in
the first the antennae of the females are slightly bipectinated, and in
the second they are simple.

A. Posterior tibice with one pair of spurs only. — Syssaura, Hiibner.

Sp. 1. falcataria. Alts ochraceis aut griseis, anticis saturatioribus undis nu-
merosis strigdque posticCi ustulatis, macula pun din que duabus in medio fusces-
centibus. (Exp. Alar. 1 unc. 3 — 7 lin.)

Ph. Ge. falcataria. Linnc. — Dr. falcataria. Steph. Catal. pt. ii. p. 156. No.
6751.

Wings ochraceous or pale griseous, with numerous dark umber waves;

anterior pair darker, with a deep umber streak towards the apex, a patch

of brownish on the disc near the costa and two small dark spots nearly ad-

joinhig.
The wings are sometimes of a pale ochry-white, with the usual waved

marks.
Caterpillar with the head brownish-yellow, the mouth, sides, and legs green,

the back reddish-brown, with dusky spots and a pale reddish lateral line; it

feeds on the birch, alder, aspen, oak, willow, &c. in September : the imago

appears towards the end of May or beginning of June.

Occasionally found in the woods about London, as at Coombe,
Darenth, and Birch-wood: it is also found at Hertford and
Kipley, and in Yorkshire. " Epping.''-— J/r. H. Douhleday.
" Alderley, Cheshire."— Jita-. E. Stanley. " Baron Wood, Arma-
thwaitc, hcr^T. C. Hcysliam, Etsq.

rLATYPTEIlICID-E. DUEPANA. /

B. Posterior tibice with a pair of spurs at the apex^ and another pair near the
middle. — Drepania, HUbner.

Sp. 2. hamula. Alls brunneo-fulvis, aniicis sfrigis duabus luteis, punctisque
duabus fuscis interjectis. (Exp. Alar. 1 unc. 3 — 5 lin.)

Bo. hamula. Wien. Verz.—Dv. hamula. Steph. Catal.pt. ii.p. 156. iVb.6752.
Albin. pi. Ixv. f. a — d.

Wings of a tawny-brown ; anterior darkest, with two pale waved luteous
streaks approximating on the inner margin ; between these towards the
costa are two distinct brown or black spots, placed a little obliquely, the
anterior one largest, and more or less oblong : on the hinder margin towards
the apex is a brown cloud : posterior wings with a faint brown dot in the
middle, and two or three pale luteous streaks.

Female generally paler, but variable in size; frequently smaller than the
male.

Caterpillar dull flesh-colour, with the head and anterior part of the back and
the tail brownish: it feeds on the oak: the perfect insect appears at the
end of May.

Much less abundant than the last, but found in similar locaUties,
especially at Coombe-wood, and occasionally in Epping and the New
Forests. " Epping." — Mr. H. Douhleday.

Sp. 3. uncula. Alis fulvo-lutescentibus, anticis strigis duabus pallidioribus,

punctoque geminato interjecfo, posticis dilutioribus. (Exp. Alar. 1 unc.

3 lin.)
Bo. uncvda. Hilbner ?— Dr. uncula. Steph. Catal. pt. ii. p. 156. No. 6753.
Wings tawny-yellowish, anterior with two paler approximating streaks,

between which are two small nearly luiited dusky points, of similar size;

at the apex of the hinder margin is a dusky patch ; posterior wings paler,

in the male with three pale luteous streaks.
Female with all the wings paler and the markings very indistinct.

Found, but apparently rare, within the metropolitan district : I
am indebted to my lamented friend, the late A. H. Haworth, Esq.,
for my specimens.

Sp. 4. unguicula. AUs brunneo-luteis, fascia saturatiore utrinque luteo adnata.
(Exp. Alar. I unc. 2 — 3 lin.)

Bo. unguicula. Hilbner.— J)v. unguicula. Steph. Catal. pt. u. p. 156. No. 6754.

Wings luteous-brown, anterior darkest, with two transverse curved pale
luteous streaks, approaching each other on the inner margin, and the colour
between them darker, forming a band, in which towards the costa is a dull-

8 HAUSTELLATA. LEPIDOPTERA.

brown spot ; near the hinder margin is a pale waved streak, and the hinder
margin itself is darkened : posterior wings paler, with a central band with
pale luteous edges ; and a pale waved streak near the hinder margin.

Female similar, but paler.

Caterpillar dusky-brown, with the back red; it feeds on the birch and beech
in September : the perfect insect appears in the beginning of June.

Found in great abundance, about twenty years since, in Richmond
Park, but I believe it has scarcely occurred subsequently, at least in
that locality. " Epping." — Mr. H. Doubleday.

+Sp. 5. fasciata. " Alls fusco-lutescentibus (^anticis) strigis dualus obliquisfusci$,
ad margiiiejn crassiorem incurvatis, posticis strigd unicd." — Haworth.
(Exp. Alar. 1 unc. 5 lin.)

Dr. fasciata. Steph. Catal. pt. ii. p. 156. No. 6755. Fa. uncula. — Haworth,
153.

Wings brownish-yellow : anterior with two oblique brown strigae, bent
towards the costa ; the posterior one with a brown cloud attached towards
the outer margin ; between these streaks is a small black dot towards the
anterior edge of the wing: posterior wings with a single streak.

I have hitherto seen but one example of this very distinct species,
which is in the collection of W. Swainson, Esq., who obtained it from
that of his late father : its locality is unknown.

Genus CCXLV. — Cilix, Leach.

Palpi short, remote, slender, distinct, acute : maxillcB very short. Antenntt
stout, short, curved, rather approximating at the base, in the males
slightly bipectinated, the pectinations very short, and scarcely decreasing
towards the apex ; in the females subserrate within : head small, densely
clothed with compact scales: eyes globose: thorax slender, pilose: tvings
entire, compressed during repose; anterior roimded on the hinder margin,
the apex not falcated ; the disc with an irregular cloud, marked with ele-
vated silvery nervures ; posterior narrow, roimded, entire: abdomen some-
what cylindric, stoutest in the females : legs short, rather stout ; interme-
diate and posterior tibiw with a pair of spurs at the apex, and the latter
with a second pair between the middle and the apex. Larva lacertiform,
attenuated in front, with the back gibbous, the apex also attenuated: pupa
inclosed in a cocoon.

Cilix of Leach, a name published some years anteriorly to Euclea
of Iliibncr, as applied by him to this genus, differs from the other
genera of this family by several remarkable characters ; as the wings

PYRALID.t. 9

are not falcate, but their hinder margin is regularly rounded from the
costal to the inner apex ; during repose, instead of being expanded
horizontally, they are compressed or placed vertically : the antennae
are curved and but slightly pectinated in the males and somewhat
serrated in the females : the palpi are rather distinct and slender ;
but the structure of the larva is similar.

Sp. 1. compressa. Alis niveis, anticis macull communi fuscii , centrali cinered,
charactere argenteo ramoso Inscripto. (Exp. Alar. 10 — 14 lin.)

Bo. compressa. Fabriciit.t. — Don. vii. jil. 239. f. 2. — Ci. compressa. Steph.
Catal.jJt. n. p. 157. No. 6756.

Wings snow white ; anterior in the middle with an ovate ashy or slightly
ochraceous spot, in which a branched silvery elevation is inscribed, arising
from the nervures being of that lustre; adjoining to this patch on the inner
margin is a darker one, of an olive-brown hue, intermixed with a few
silvery scales : behind the spots, near the hinder margin, is an irregular row
of lead-coloured crescent-shaped spots, in fine specimens, succeeded by a
second on the hinder margin itself, the cilia are brownish : posterior wings
ashy-white, dusky towards the margin, with the cilia paler: head and
thorax white, the latter dusky in the middle, abdomen ash-coloured, with
the apex white.

Caterpillar reddish-brown, with the back gibbous, the tail acuminated: it
feeds on the blackthorn {Pruiius spinosa) in the autumn, and appears
towards the end of May to the beginning of August: the pupa is brown,-
bluish behind.

A very abundant insect in the neighbourhood of London ; found
also not uncommonly in other parts of the country. " Epping.'"' —
Mr. H. Donbledmj. "York."— TF. C Hewitson, Esq. " Orton
]\Ioss." — T. C. Heysliam, Esq. " Bottisham Fen."" — Rev. L. Jenyns.
" Meldon Park, Newcastle, &c." — G. Wailes, Esq.

Family III.— PYRALID.E, Leach.

Antenna: setaceous, in general slightly ciliated within in the males, rarely pec-
tinated ; simple in the females. Palpi two, elongate, large, compressed,
sometimes recurved ; or four, the maxillary ones being shortest and occa-
sionally almost obsolete; the labial in some cases rather long, compressed or
very short, acute : maxillce moderate, sometimes only rudimentary : head
small: eyes globose, prominent: ocvUi frequently present: thorax rather
slender, not crested: bodi/ slender, occasionally much elongated, and with a
slight tuft at the apex : icings not divided, rarely convoluted, placed in a

10 HAUSTF.LLATA.-— LEPIDOFTERA.

- triangle during repose ; anterior somewhat elongate and generally glossy ;
often repanded or a little falcate on the hinder margin : posterior ample,
rounded, sometimes emarginate on the hinder edge: legs in general
rather long, especially in the typical genera ; the intermediate and posterior
tilnce with a pair of spurs at the apex, the posterior sometimes with a
second pair in the middle.
Larvw with fourteen or sixteen legs, the caudal ones never deficient ; naked,
or bearing a few short hairs ; usually residing in a leaf twisted up by itself,
and in which it changes to a pupa, the latter elongate, frequently placed in
a strong cocoon.

There is considerable diversity of habit amongst the insects of this
family, so much so, as to justify their separation into two groups,
one of which has four distinct palpi, the other only two ; some again
have the maxillie elongate, others almost obsolete : in a few the palpi
are extremely large, compressed and densely squamous ; and these
insects have the wings generally opaque and destitute of lively
colours; while the otliers have the wings mostly very glossy and
adorned with lively margaritaceous tints : it is evident, therefore,
that many genera exist amongst them, of which I shall endeavour to
give concise characters in a tabular form at the end of the volume.

Genus CCXLVI.— Hypexa, Schrafik.

Falpi two, porrected obliquely, much longer than the head, thickly clothed
with scales and compressed, triarticulate, the apical joint mostly ascending,
slender, acute, intermediate elongate, thickened towards the base, attenuated
to the apex, basal shorter than the apical, reniform : maxilluc rather long.
Antenna: alike in both sexes, pilose beneath, especially in the niides: liead
with a conical projecting tuft of hair between the antenna : eyes globose :
thorax rather stout : wings ample, anterior subtrigonate, with the hinder
margin repanded, the apex sometimes subfalcate; posterior slightly emar-
ginate : legs slender, simple ; coxce long ; tihiw rather short ; posterior with
two pair of spurs. Caterpillar slender, attenuated in front, with fourteen
legs : pupa inclosed hi a slight folliculus in a leaf convoluted by the larva.

The species of this genus may be generally known by the bulk of
the palpi, which are very densely clothed with scales, compressed,
and with the terminal joint in general placed perpendicularly and
acute ; the anterior wings are sometimes subfalcate and transversely
faciated with dark streaks ; or repanded on the hinder margin with
elevated tufts in the centre of the disc : in other instances the palpi
are rather more slender, the thorax rather ample, the anterior wings

PYllALID.E. HYPENA. 11

rounded behind, and the disc bearing a large dark blotch, in which
are elevated tufts of scales.

A. Palpi large, with the terminal joint ascending: anterior wings somevrhaX
falcate, or slightly emarginate at the apex.

a. Anterior wings with transverse dark streaks and destitute of elevated bundles
of scales: — Macrochilo, p. Hiib.

Sp. 1. proboscidalis. Alts grisescentibus, strigis duabus fuscoferrugineis,
serieque extern "t punctorum albidorum. (Exp. Alar. 1 unc. 8 lin. — 2 unc)

Ph. Py. proboscidalis. Linnc. — Hy. proboscidalis. Stcph. Catal. ii. 157.
No. 6757. — Snout Eggar likeness. Harris, Aur. pi. 3\.f.f — /(.

Reddish-brown ; anterior wings rusty-griseous, with two dari< rusty-brown
streaks, one incurved before the middle, followed by a second behind the
middle, the intermediate space, especially adjoining the streaks, being darker
than the rest of the wing; behind this, about midway between it and the
posterior margin, is a rather indistinct repanded streak, not reachhig the
costa, towards whicli it is bounded with from six to ten whitish spots ;
near the apex of the hinder marghi is a fuscous cloud, terminated by an
oblique streak at the tip ; posterior wings plain brown : cilia greyish-ash ;
those on the anterior wings sometimes clouded with a lighter and darker
tint.

Caterpillar pale greenish, with a few whitish dots : it feeds on the nettle, plan-
tain, &c. ; in April and May, and from the end of June to the middle of
August, the imago is abundant among nettles.

Very abundant in gardens, hedges, &c. in the neighbourhood of
London, Hertford, Ripley, &c. " Epping." — Mr. H. Douhleday.
" Monkswood." — C. C. Bahingtoii, Esq. " Ravelstone Wood, near
Edinburgh." — Rev. W. Little. " Bottisham-common."''' — Rev. L.
Jenyns. " Meldon Park, Newcastle, Keswick, Sec." — G. Wailes,
Esq.

B. Anterior wings adorned with elevated bundles of scales ; — Hypena, Hiib.

"tSp. 2. obesalis .'' " Alls {anticis) acutis subretusis griseo-cincreis macula
magna nigra, costaliante strigam, elevatam obsoleta7n transversam unideniaiam
pullam, ynedio." (Exp. Alar. 1 unc. 2 lin.)

Py. obesalis. Treitschke ?— Hy. obesalis } Steph. Catal. ii. 157. No. 6758.

Greatly allied to the following; anterior wings griseous-ash, with a large
black spot, in which are some elevated dark scales, on the costa, reaching
from the base to the middle of the wing, but attenuated towards the former,
and adjoining a dark obscure, elevated, transverse, unidentatc streak : on

1 2 HAUSTKLLATA. LEPIDOPTEBA.

the hinder margin is a row of obscure pale dots, and at the apex an oblique

short dark streak : posterior wings dusky.

The only example I have seen of this insect is in the collection of
the late Mr. Haworth, who obtained it, with the following species,
from the late Mr. Francillons' cabinet.

+Sp. 3. palpalis. "AHs (^anticis) acutis subretusis pullis, strigis tribus obsole"
tissimis mturatioribux."—\lavfOTt\i. (Exp. Alar. 1 unc. 2 lin.)

Cr. palpalis. Fabricius. — Hy. rostralis /3. Steph. Catal. ii. 157. No. 6759.

" Anterior wings dark, with a very flexuous streak before the middle, a second
obscure eleva'ted transverse one in the middle, near which are some elevated
dark scales, with a large tooth exteriorly towards the costa, between which
and the hinder margin is another more obscure one, composed of obsolete
darker elevated spots ; and on the hinder margin itself is an obsolete row of
pale spots : posterior wings pitchy-brown and slightly shining."

Also obtained by Mr, Haworth from Mr. Francillons*' collection,
and the only specimen I have hitherto seen.

Sp. 4. rostralis. Alls anticis j'uscoflavoque marmoratis, macula mediiifasci ique
externa dilutioribus, lineold apicis atrct. (Exp. Alar. 1 unc. 1 — 2 lin.)

Ph. Py. rostralis. Linn'e. — Hy. rostralis. Steph. Catal. ii. 157. No. 6759.

Anterior wings griseous-brown, darkest from the base to a little beyond the
middle, with, in fine specimens, a transverse zigzag blackish streak near the
apex and some black elevated bundles of scales about the middle, the ante-
rior of which is generally edged with a pale line ; the hinder portion of the
wings is palest and is irregularly marbled with dusky and yellowish, with a

' deep black oblique streak at the apex, and on the extreme hinder margin is
an hiterrupted black line : cilia dusky, occasionally clouded with griseous :
posterior wings brownish.

A variable species; the costal edge of the anterior wings is frequently of a pale
griseous, or yellowish : the transverse streaks are sometimes wanting, or
the entire wing is suffused with deep fuscous, leaving only the black elevated
fascicles of scales visible, the usual markings being lost in the intensity of
colouring.

Caterpillar pale green, with clearer spots and a whitish line on the sides and
back : it feeds on various plants, as the nettle, hop, birch, &.C.: the imago
appears in June and July, frecjuenting banks and gardens.

Not very common ; but in July 1827 I found this variable species
in the utmost profusion in the neighbourhood of Kiplcy : it occurs in
other parts from ^Nlay to July, as at Chelsea, Camb.rwcll, IJattcrsca,
Fulham, &c.

PYUAMD.E. MAv^UOCHILA. 13

B. Pa!pi rather slender, with the terminal joint placed almost horizontally ;
the hinder margin of the anterior wings rounded: — Bomolocha, Hub.

Sp. 5. crassalis. Alis anticis albidis, punctis ocellarihus fuscii maculdque maxima
subdolabrijormi a hasi post medium piceo-nigra. (Exp. Alar. 1 unc. 3 — 5 liii.)

Cra. crassalis. Fabticius. — Hy. crassalis. Stcph. Catal. ii. 158. iVb. 6760. —
Curtis, vi. pi. 288.

Anterior wings with a large, somewhat hatchet-shaped pitchy-black blotch
reaching beyond the middle of the costa and extending almost to the inner
edge of the wing; beyond which is a whitish space, shaded off towards the
hinder margin to brownish, and bearing a slightly curved row of ocellated
spots, having a dusky pupil and whitish margin ; on the hinder margin is an
interrupted black line, and the apex of the wing has an oblique stout black
streak : posterior wings brown, with an interrupted black line at the base of
'the cilia, the latter fuscous.

The caterpillar, which is green, with three lighter streaks and some pale dots;
feeds on the nettle and common heath; the imago appears hi June.

A very rare species within the metropolitan district, having only, as
far as I am aware, been taken near Westerham in Kent by Mr. Plas-
tead, and the late IMr. Ilaworth : but in 1827 Messrs. Chant and
Bentley, to whom I am indebted for my specimens, found it in plenty
between Spitchwcck and Buckland in Devonshire.

Genus CCXLVII. — Macrochila,* Hilhner.

Palpi porrected, considerably longer than the head, slender, compressed, rather
densely clothed with scales, with some long hairs on the upper side, triarti-
culate, the apical joint long, slender and acute, slightly ascending: basal
joint minute, second joint as long again as the terminal, rather swollen
towards the base, apical very slender aciculate : maxilla short : antenna:, in
the males, strongly bipectinated, the pectinations decreasing in length to
the apex, where they becomje obsolete ; simply ciliated beneath in the
females : head with a conic tuft between the antennse : eyes rather small :
thorax slender : wings shortish, the anterior obscurely subfalcate on the
hinder margin, marked with a few dots on a pale ground ; posterior obso-
ietely notched : body elongate, acute at the apex in both sexes : legs very
long and slender; posterior tibia; yfii\i two pair of long slender spurs : in the
males the anterior tibiae are thickened, furnished at the base with a long

* In adopting the names employed by Hiibner in his " Verzeichniss," I have
occasionally (as in this instance) changed the termination for the sake of
euphony ; his terminations being in many instances very harsh and disagree-
able.

14 HAUSTELI.ATA. — LEPIDOPTF.RA.

bundle of hairs, capable of being expanded, and at the apex a series of
shorter ones, and the anterior tarsi wanting ?

In general habit this genus differs considerably from the two fol-
lowing, notwithstanding the males are distinguished by having an ex-
pansive fascicle of elongate hairs on the anterior legs, the structure of
the palpi is slightly dissimilar, and the wings are abbreviated, of
almost uniform colour, and destitute of transverse streaks : my speci-
men of the male has no rudiments of anterior tarsi.

Sp. 1. cribralis. Alis albidis, anticis puncto medio nigra serieque dvplici punc-
torumfuscorum. (Exp. Alar. 1 unc. — 1 unc. 2 lin.)

Py. cribralis. Hiibner. — Polypogon cribralis. Steph. Catal. ii. 158. No. 6761.

Wings dusky-whitish ; anterior with a small central black dot, and an obscure
double row of dusky ones towards the hinder margin; on the latter is a
faint dusky Une : cilia whitish : posterior wings ashy-white, with the cilia
darker.

The only locality I am aware of for this species is in the vicinity
of Whittlesea Mere, in the fenny district surrounding which it does
not appear to be very uncommon towards the end of June or be-
ginning of July, having taken it on the 4th of that month last year.

Genus CCXLVIII. — Peciiipogon,* Hillmer.

Palpi porrected, very long, densely clothed to the apex with elongate scales,
triarticulate, the terminal jonit recurved, basal small, second thrice as long
as the apical, attenuated at the base and apex, terminal one slender aciculate :
maxillae rather long. Antenna, in the males, bipectinated nearly to the apex,
in the females simply ciliated beneath : head with a conical tuft of hairs
between the antenna;: f/iornx slender : wings entire, anterior rather elongate-
triangular, with irregular dark streaks; posterior rounded, also transversely
streaked : abdomen rather long, slightly tufted in the males, acute in the
females : legs slender, simple in the females, with two pair of spurs on the
posterior tibiae ; in the males the anterior tibiae have a fascicle of hairs at the
base, capable of expanding like a fan ; tarsi slender. Larva with fourteen
legs, slender : pupa also slender, folliculated.

From the following genus Pechipogon differs by having the palpi

* The name Polypogon employed in my Catalogue for this and the following
genera must be changed for two reasons ; first, that it has long been pre-
occupied in botany, and secondly from Hiibner having otherwise named and
characterized these genera.

PYUALID.E. rECHIPOGON. 15

porrected horizontally, with the terminal joint placed vertically as in
the foregoing genera ; but from them it may be known by their more
elongate wings, which are transversely marked with dark waved or
incurved lines ; by the males having the anterior tibia? adorned with
a very long expansive bundle of hairs, and the proportions of the
palpi are dissimilar.

Sp. 1. barbalis. Alis omnibus cinerascenfibus, atomis sirigisque tribus obsolctis
fuscis. (Exp. Alar. 11 lin. — 1 unc. 4 lin.)

Ph. Py. barbalis. Linnd. — Polypogon barbalis. Steph. Cafal.il 158. JVo. 6762.
— The fanfooted. Harris. Exp. pi. ii. f. 2.

Wings ashy : anterior darkest, with three distinct fuscous streaks, one before
the middle, slightly unangulated, the second beyond the middle, acutely an-
gulated towards the costa, and approximating to the former one on the inner
margin ; the third between the second and the hinder margin nearly straight,
with a lighter edge exteriorly ; on the hinder margin itself is a faint dusky
line : posterior wings palest from the costa to the middle, with two, more or
less distinct, dusky streaks, bordered externally with whitish, on the extreme
margin a fuscous line as on the anterior wings : cilia brownish-ash.

Caterpillar red-brown, with the head darkest, and a dark line on the back : it
feeds on the oak and birch : the imago appears from the middle of May to
the beginning of July, and is abundant in woods.

Extremely common in the woods in the vicinity of the metropolis,
as at Oak of Honour, Pcckam, Coombe, Darenth, Colncy Hatch,
Hertford, Ripley, &c. " Epping."— Mr. H. Dotihleday.

Genus CCXLIX. — Paracolax, Hiihier.

Palpi curved, ascending, longer than the head, compressed, triarticulate, and
densely clothed with scales and hairs, the terminal joint slender recurved ;
basal joint short, curved, second joint slender at the base and apex, incras-
sated towards the middle, apical about half as long as the second, slender,
aciculate: maxillte rather long. Antenna, slightly bipectinated in the males ;
ciliated within in the females : head with a dense tuft of hair between the
antennae : eyes rather small: thorax slender : ivings slightly elongate ; ante-
rior subtriangular, with the hinder margin entire, the disc with transverse
dark streaks ; posterior rounded behind, with transverse streaks : abdomen
rather long, tufted at the apex, acute in the females : legs slender ; posterior
tibiae with two pair of spurs : the males with the anterior tibiw mostly fur-
nished with a longer or shorter fascicle of hairs, and much incrassatcd :
anterior tarsi slender ; sometimes wanting.

16 HAUSTELLATA. — LEPIDOPTERA.

This genus, which, perhaps, ought to be still more restricted,
might readily be divided into at least two, from the dissimilarity of
structure in the legs of the male insects, exclusively of other points of
distinction, may be recognised by the recurved palpi, which are at the
same time very long, combined with the tufted head and transversely
streaked wings, in addition to the fascicles of hairs, which adorn the
anterior legs, but which are very short in one of the species.

A. Wings pale with dark transverse streaks: anterioi- tibia; of the males with
a short fascicJe of hairs.

Sp. 1. derivalis. Plate 33. f. 2. Atis fusco-Jlavidis, lituru mediil in om-
nibus sir igis duabus anticarmn, una poaticarum^fuicis. (Exp. Alar. 1 unc.
2—3 lin.)

Py. derivalis. Hiibner. — Polypogon derivalis. Steph. Catal. ii. 158. No. 6763.

Wings dusky-yellowish, sprinkled minutely with dusky; all with a short
fuscous line in the middle^ sometimes faintly curved externally ; the anterior
also with two distinct fuscous streaks, one towards the base slightly incurved,
and the other beyond the middle very strongly incurved, and carried forward,
as it were, to the inner margin of the posterior wings j on the extreme edge
of all the wings is a delicate brownish line : cilia slightly darker than the
rest of the wings.

A rare species ; taken in the neighbourhood of Bexley and Da-
renth, also at Woolwich and Dover, but I believe never in plenty :
it has occurred in Devonshire.

B. Wings dark coloured, with darker streaks, the anterior one straight : anterior

legs of the males dilated, sometimes with a fascicle of hairs,

tarsi short or wanting.

a. Anterior tarsi wanting in the males.

Sp. 2. nemoralis. Alls sordide rufescentibus, anticis lunula strigisque tribus
Juscis, intermedia Jlexuosa, postica recurvL (Exp. Alar. 1 unc. — 1 unc.
1—2 lin.)

Py. nemoralis. Fahricius. — Polypogon nemoralis. Steph. Catal. ii. 158.
No. 6765.

Wings dull reddish, sprinkled with minute dusky atoms ; the anterior with a
straight brown line before the middle, a short lunate streak in the middle, a
slender flexuous one behind the middle, and a broader and darker recurved
one towards the hinder margin, arising from the extreme tip of the costa; on
the hinder margin is a faint dusky line : posterior wings dusky, with one or
two faint, waved, dusky streaks, externally bordered with whitish, towards
the inner edge : cilia dusky.

PYIIAI.II) F.. FTiriA. 17

The caterpillar feeds on the golden saxifrage (^dirijsospleniuin alteritifoliuni) :
the imago appears in June.

Not uncommon in woods and bushy places tlirougliout the metro-
politan district: it is likewise found in other parts of the country.
" Kpping." — Mr. H. Doiihledoij. " Newcastle, INIeldon Park, Sic."
— G. Wailes, Esq. " Alderley, Cheshire."— Jir'r. E. Stanlcij.

h. Anterior tarsi short, tibia; incnissititd, witit dense fascicles of hair.

Sp. 3. tarsiciinalis. Alis cinerrofusceseentihus, anticis lunula sir igisque tribus
fuscis mediujlexuosa, postica 7-ccta. (E.\p. Alar. 1 uiic. 2 — 4 liii.)

Py. tarsicrinalis. inthncr. — Polypogou tarsicriiialis. Stcjih. Catal. ii. 158.
No. 6764.

Wings ochry-brown: anterior with a rather faint incurved darker streak
before the middle, a lunate spot in the middle, followed by a w^aved line,
intermediate between which and the hinder margin is a broader one, placed
rather oblicjuely and originating at some distance from the apex of the costa:
posterior wings rather paler, with a darker line towards the margin, edged
externally with whitish : cilia all deep fuscous : male with long pale
fascicles of hair on the anterior legs, terminating in dense black t\ifts.

The caterpillar is said to feed on trefoil : the imago appears about the middle
of June.

Less abundant than the last, at least within the metropolitan
district : I have taken it at Coombe and Darenth Woods, and like-
wise at Ripley. " Epping." — Mr. II. Douhleday.

Genus CCL. — .Ethia, Hiibtier.

Palpi rather short, pilose, reflexed, the terminal joint acute. Anlennw slightly
pectinated in the males, simple, or merely ciliated beneath, in the females :
Jiead sm-d\\ ; foreliead smooth; ci/es globose: thorax rather slender: iinngs
whitish, anterior with the hinder margin rounded, entire, the disc with pale
transverse streaks and a central lunate spot ; posterior with a single streak,
rounded behind: bodi/ slender: legs also slender; intermediate and posterior
iibiw with a pair of long spurs at the apex ; the latter with a second pair
towards the middle also: caterpillars with fourteen legs.

The short, pilose, slightly reflexed palpi of the insects of this
genus, united to the integrity of the hinder margin of the anterior
■wings, which are pale with still paler streaks, may serve to discrimi-
nate them from the other insects of this singular family.

IIaustei.lata. Vol. IV. 28tii Feb. 1834. b

18 HAUSTELI.ATA. T.EPlDOrTERA.

Sp. 1. emortualis. Alis oUvacco-Jlavescentibus, anticis strigis duahus lunulaque

medio, posticis striga unica, dilutioribus. (Exp. Alar. 1 unc.)
Py. emortualis. H'uhner. — Polypogon emortualis. Steph. Catal. ii. 158.

No. 6766.
Brown or olive, with a yellowish tinge ; anterior wings with an incurved paler

streak towards the middle, a short lunate one in the middle, and a waved

one behind ; posterior wings with a single pale streak nearly on the hinder

margin : cilia yellowish immaculate.
Caterpillar brownish-yellow, with an orange-brown dorsal line, and some

black dots on the sides : it feeds on the ash, in the autumn : the imago

appears towards the end of May.

This appears to be a very rare species; a specimen is in the cabinet
of W. Swainson, Esq., and I possess one captured in Devonshire.

Genus CCLI. — Colobochyla, Hiihner.

Palpi short, porrected horizontally, not very slender, triarticulate, the terminal
joint scarcely visible till denuded, basal joint small, second elongate,
thickened towards the apex, terminal conic acute : maxillce rather short.
AntenncE short, faintly bipectinate in the males, slightly ciliated beneath in
the females : head rather small, with a short tuft of scales between the
anterior: c^/ej moderate ; thorax stoutish : wings entire, anterior subtrlan-
gular, with the hinder margin dilated, the disc with oblique coloured streaks :
posterior faintly emarginate on the hinder margin : abdomen moderate,
stoutest and acute in the females : legs slender, simple ; posterior tibioe with
two pair of spurs. Larva with fourteen legs, and with the pupa slender.

The brevity and slenderness of the horizontally porrected palpi of the
insects of this genus, exclusively of the form, colouring and markings
of the wings, and general habit, at once point out characters of dissi-
milarity to the allied genera of this family : there is only one British
species.

Sp. 1. Salicalis. Alis anticis cinereo-plumbeis, strigis tribvs subcequidistantibus
fulvescentihus tertid recurvanCtm ipso apice ducta, posticis albido-cincreis.
(Exp. Alar. 1 unc— 1 unc. 1 lin.)

Ph. Salicalis. FaAr/cew*.— Madopa Salicalis. Steph. Catal. ii. 159. N'o. 6767.

Anterior wings of an ashy lead colour, with three somewhat fulvous oblique
stripes, placed in general equidistant, the first before the middle, the second
in the middle, the third arising at the extreme tip of the costa and slightly
recurved ; on the hinder margin is an interrupted brownish line, and a few
black dots : cilia ashy : posterior wings whitish ash, with a short paler
streak towards the hinder margin, near the anal angle : cilia paler.

PyilAl.IDE. SYNAl'HK. 19

The two basal strigtc on the anterior whigs arc sometimes slightly approxi-
mating-.

The caterpillar feeds on willows; it is slender and green, with the legs paler:
the pupa is black : the imago appears towards the end of June.

A very rare and local insect : I have specimens taken many years
since in the neighbourhood of Bexley, in which vicinity I believe my
friend Mr. Newman has captured it within these few years ; it has
also been found at Charlton.

Gkxtjs CCLII. — Synaphe, Hilhner.

Palpi four, conspicuous ; maxillary short, very pilose, slightly ascending, biar-
ticulate ; labial very long, dependii!g, triarticulate, densely clothed at the
base with scales and long hairs, the apical johit above half the length of the
second, slender, aciculate : maxillce very short. Antenna; curved, in the
males bipectiiiated, the pectinations rather densely ciliated ; simple in the
females : head small, smooth in front : eyes globose : thorax slender : wiugs
entire; anterior very narrow, elongate triangular, of a deep tint, with a
broader central band ; posterior abbreviated, rounded, ovate-triangular : cilia
rather ample : ahdnmen elongate, especially in the females ; slender, with a
tuft at the apex, or short and very acute in the females : legs slender, simple;
posterior tibiae with two pair of spurs.

From all the foregoing genera of this family the conspicuous
maxillary palpi at once distinguish this ; in addition to which the
labial palpi are very long, hirsute, and slightly depending ; the
antennje also elongate, densely ciliated and pectinated ; the wings
very narrow and lengthened ; the body, especially in the females,
also very long and slender.

Sp. 1. angustalis. Alis anticis fusco-ferrugincis, fascia medio deorsum attenuata
satiiratiore, costaque albo punctatis ; posticis maris fuscis, fa^minw Jlavidis.
(Exp. Alar. $ 1 unc. ; 11 9 lin.)

Py. angustalis. Wicn Verz. — Cledeobia angustalis. Steph. Catal. ii. 159.
No. 6768.

Anterior wings rusty-brown, with a darker central fascia, narrowed towards
the inner margin, and bordered by an incurved palish streak towards the
base, and a somewhat flexuous paler one behind the middle ; in the centre
of the wing is a dark brownish spot; on the costa are numerous short white
elongate dots, inclining outwardly, and frequently disposed in pairs : pos-
terior wings fuscous; cilia of all reddish.

The female is smaller, with the bodv much elongated and slender, of a pale

B 2

20

II AUSTELL AT A. LEl'IDOPTER A.

reddish bro\v!i, with a darker central fascia, and yellowish-red posterior
wings.
The caterpillar feeds on the Marsh ^Villow herb {Epilobium palustre); and the
imago occurs about the middle of July.

Not common ; found occasionally at Coombe and Darenth Woods;
also in the New Forest and in Devonshire.

Genus CCLIII. — Cledkobia* tniJu.

Palpi two, long, porrected longitudinally, compressed, broad, very densely
clothed with compact scales, triartictdate, the terminal joint exposed; basal
joint short, second broud, obtuse, third very small, acute : maxillw rather
long. Antenna slender, rather long, densely ciliated beneath in the males,
slightly so in the females : head small, furnished with a tult of hairs in
front: eyes globose: thorax slender : abdomen elongate, compressed, with a
tuft at the apex in the males, somewhat obtuse in the females: wings rather
narrow: anterior elongate triangular, obtuse at the apex, sombi-e, with
transverse darker lines ; posterior slightly emarginate, ovate triangular : cilia
moderate ;_/e^ri slender, simple; posterior tibise with two pair of spurs.

Under the genus Hypena Mr. Curtis remarks that the insects
associated under the name Pyralidas are so dissimilar, that if structure
be of any importance, they should be divided into two families, some
having four and others two palpi, some with and some without
maxiihe, and proposes their division into two families in consequence:
had he followed up this observation by an examination of specimens,
instead of copying my genus Cledeobia from my Catalogue, he would
have detected the great impropriety of associating the genus Synaphe
therewith, the present genus not only differing in general habit, but
being destitute of the maxillary palpi, which are so very conspicuous
in the genus last mentioned.

Sp. 1. nlbistrigatus. Alis suhfuscis, anticis fascia lata medio saturatiore nigro
tenninatd, postice strigd undulatd alhidd. (Exp. Alar. 9 — 10 lin.)

Cr. albistrigatus. Haworth.— CL albistrigatus. Steph. Caial. ii. 159.
No. 6769.

Wings pale fuscous; anterior with a broad central darker band, terminated
near the base by a slender zigzag black streak, and behhid the middle by a
broader slightly flexuous one ; adjoining to which on the inner margin is a

K.\))foc sepes, jSuiu vivo.

I'YRAMD.E. CAMrTYLOCIlILA. 21

whitiih space, gradually changing into a dark fuscous on the hinder margin,
near which is a somewhat obscure waved whitish streak, and on the liindcr
margin itself is a row of black dots: a spot of the same colour is in the
middle of the disc: posterior wings immaculate.

A scarce insect, found occasionally within the metropolitan dis-
trict, in the vicinity of Darenth village, and also in Norfolk and
Devonshire.

Sp. 2. costajstrigalis. Alii fusco-cinereis, anticis macula svhtrianguJari versus
apicem cojttw fused , Uncoluque ubliqua apicis alba, posticis alhidis. (Exp. Alar.
10 lin.)

Cr. costsestrigalis. Haworth? MSS.—Q\. costarstrigalis. Steph. Caial. ii. 139.
No. 6770.

Wings ashy-brown; anterior with a somewhat triangular fuscous patch
towards the apex of the costa, bounded by an oblicpit white streak, which
terminates in a pale whitish-ash blotch ; the hinder margin is brownish, with
a faint waved whitish streak; and on the external edge is a row of detached
black lunular dots ; posterior wings whitish, with the apex fuscescent : cilia
of all fuscous.

Also a rare insect ; the only locality I am aware of being in the
vicinity of Whittlesea Mere, and near Swaffham in Norfolk, where it
was taken by the late Mr. Haworth.

Genus CCLIV. — Camptylochila* mihi.

Palpi two, divaricating, recurved from the l)ase, slender, densely scaly, espe-
cially beneath, triarticulate, the terminal joint exposed, subovate; basal
joint short, second thrice as long, slender, third rather more than half as
long as the second and more slender, acute : maxilla rather long. Antenna:
moderate, slightly bipectinated in the males, simple ? in the females : head
broad, not tufted in front : ei/es globose : thorax rather stout : ivitigs entire ;
anterior rounded on the hinder margins, rather glossy, and with transverse
waved streaks ; posterior entire: bodi/ moderate, not very short, slightly
tufted in the males ; Icg-s slender, simple ; posterior tibiw furnished with two
pair of long slender spurs.

The long, slender, almost semicircularly recurved palpi of the
insects of this genus sufficiently indicate their distinctness from all
the former : in addition to which their entire wings, whose hinder

* Ka/xjrrt;Xoj; recurvus, x^'^oc labium.

22 HAUSTELLATA. — J.EPIUOl'TEKA.

margin is rounded, adorned with numerous waved lines, may be
pointed out as secondary characters of distinction.

Sp. 1. undulalis. Alis fusco-cinereis, strigis quatuorvalde vndulatis satui-atioribm,
exteriore alho adnatis, viargine postico linea inferrvptu nigra. (Exp. Alar.
1 unc. 2 liii.)

Py. uiKlulalis, Haworth MSS.—N. G. undulalis. Steph. Caiul. ii. 159.
A'o. 6771.

Wings ashy-brown, M'ith darker atoms, and four dusky transverse very much
imdulated lines, arising from rather large blackish spots on the costa, the
first towards the base, the second medial less waved, with an obscure pale
lutescent crescent in it towards the costa, the third very much waved and
flexuous, the fourth also considerably waved, and as well as the third bor-
dered exteriorly with whitish, as are also the two posterior costal spots : on
the hinder margin is an interrupted black line ; posterior wings similar but
paler, and wanting the black costal spots ; cilia of all ashy-brown.

Apparently a very rare species; of which I possess a single example,
and another in the collection of the late Mr. Haworth.

Sp. 2. bistrigalis. Plate 33, f. 3. Alis nitidus, anticis fusco-purpureis,
strigis tribus undulalis lineolaque medio Jlavescentibus, posticisj'uscis. (Exp.
Alar. 1 unc. 3 lin.)

N. G. bistrigalis. Steph. Catal. ii. 159. No. 6772.

Wings glossy: anterior purple brown, with a coppery tint in certain lights,
with three waved yellowish streaks, the first nearly at the base, the second
behind the middle, much waved and flexuous, almost disappearing on the
inner margin, the third near the hinder margin, arising near the apex of the
costa and terminating on the anal angle : between the basal and second
streaks is a short huiulated reddish mark : cilia dusky : posterior wings
brown, with the hinder margin darker, and having an obscure palish waved
streak towards the anal angle.

Of this insect I have likewise seen but two specimens, one in my
own, and the other in Mr. Ilaworth's, collection: of their localities I
am not aware.

Gexus CCLV. — Aglossa, Latrcille.

Palpi four : maxillary small, slender, acuminated, triarticulate ; labial por-
rected almost horizontally, also triarticulate, densely clothed with scales
above and pilose beneath, the apical joint exposed, slender, a little elevated ;
vuiJcHlw rudimentary. Antennw long, bipcctinated in the males, the pccti-

I'VRAMU.E. Ar.r.OSiA. 23

nations decreasing to tlie apex ; ciliated beneath in the females: head small;
forehead smooth: et/es small: thorax moderate; wings entire, the hinder
margin rounded, anterior somewhat elongate, posterior ovate triangular :
body slender in the males, with a tuft at the apex ; stouter in the females,
and furnished with a retractile tube at the apex: legs moderate, slender;
posterior tibia; with two i)air of spurs. Larva with sixteen legs, slender :
pupa inclosed in a silken cocoon, covered with extraneous substances.

The long, porrected, palpi of the Aglossae, the terminal joint of
which is considerably exposed, taken in combination with the varied
or tabled appearance of the wings, distinguish them from the pre-
ceding genera; their hirvae subsist upon butter, grease, and oleaginous
substances, and the perfect insects frequent houses.

Sp. 1. pinguinalis. A/is ant ids ex j'usco cinereis splendent ihus, sirigis dtiahus

inierruptis maculaque nigricantibus. (Exp. Alar. 1 unc. 1 — 7 lin.)
Ph. Py. pinguinalis. Linnc- — Ag. pinguinalis. Steph. Catul. ii. 159. No. 6773.

Wings cinereous ; anterior glossy dusky-ash, with a short fuscous line at the
base, two nearly contiguous very much flexuous ones before the middle, the
space between which is pale ashy-ochre ; and midway between this and
the posterior margin is a third waved dusky streak, bordered exteriorly with
ochreous-ash ; the space between the two last streaks is rather darker and
bears a dusky dot, edged outwardly with ochreous-ash ; and the costa
between is sometimes of the latter tint : on the hinder margins arc some
obscure ashy clouds : posterior wings fuscous, with some very obsolete
darker markings : cilia fuscous.

In some examples the markings are much stronger, and the contrasts of colour
more evident; the insect varies considerably in size.

Caterpillars didl brown, shining; it feeds on butter, lard, and other oleaginous
substances : the imago appears towards the end of July.

Abundant in London and the neighbourhood; also not uncommon
in other parts of the country. " Epping." — Mr. H. Doiihleday.
" Monkswood and Bath." — C. C Balnngton, Esq. " Newcastle and
Keswick." — G. Wailes,Esq. " A Iderley, Cheshire." — Rev. E. Stan-
ley. " Bottisham and elsewhere, common." — Rev. L. Jenyns.

Sp. 2. cuprealis. AHs anticis fuscis, cupreo splendentihus, strigis obsoletis

Jlexuosis albidis, posticis albicantihus. (Exp. Alar. 9 — 14 lin.)
Py. cuprealis. Hubner Verz—Ag. capreolatus. Steph. Catal. ii. 160.

No. 6774.
Anterior whigs fuscous, with a bright coppery sr purplish gloss, with the

posterior margin paler in certain positions, a flexuous pale streak before the

24 IIAUSTELLATA. LEl'IDOPTEKA.

middle, a second behind the middle, very much bent and terminating on the
anal angle in a small blotch; in the middle is a double cnxular pale line :
posterior wings whitish, with a fuscous line on the margin : cilia whitish;
of the anterior wings coppery-brown.

Much less abundant than the last ; I have taken several specimens
in my house at the Hermitage, and also at Hertford and Ripley ; as
well as one or two in London itself. " Epping." — Mr. H. Double-
day. *' Near Ely." — Rev. L. Jenyns.

tSp. 4. Streatfeildii. Lurido-och acca atoviis fuscis, striga hasaUJlmhriuqiie suh-
marginali puiictoque interjecto fuscis. (Exp. Alar. 1 unc. 2 lin.)

Aglossa Streatfeildii. Curtis, Brit. Eiit. x. pi. 455.

" Male lurid-ochre, speckled with fuscous and rather glossy : antenn.te ciliated
beneath: palpi with a dusky spot on the inside of the third joint at the base ;
edges blackish: su[)erior (anterior) wings with an angulated brown bar at
the base, a dot on the disc towards the costa, a fimbr'a of the same colour
at the posterior margin, having the internal edge simiated, with a row of
black dots at the base of the cilia, where there is an ochreous line extending
along the margin, nervures pale : inferior (posterior) wings rather palest
at the base." — Curtis, I. c.

" Taken at Compton Bishop at tlie foot of the Mendip Hills, So-
merset, by the llev. J. Streatfeild/' — Curtis, I. c.

Genus CCLVI. — Pyrat.is, Linne.

Palpi short : maxillary minute ; labial ascending, squamous, apical joint ex-
posed, or concealed in form of an acute depending joint; triarticulate, basal
joint short; second elongate, slightly bent, and scarcely attenuated at the
apex ; apical short, ovate ; maxiUn' moderate. Antenna thickened at the
base, densely ciliated within in the males, but slightly so in the females :
head with elongate scales between the antenna;, not projecting as a tuft : eyes

Sp. 3. dimidiatvis. Alis, anticis purjmr'nscente-ci nereis nigro nehulosis, posiicis
paUide fuscis. (Exp. Alar. 10 — 14 lin.)

Cr. dimidiatus. Hawurth (!) — Ag. dimidiatus. Sfrph. Catal. ii. 160.
No. 6775, note.

Anterior wings rather narrower, purplish-ash, with about five scattered black
lines, and on the costa some black spots and an obsolete pale one : posterior
wings pale brown.

Taken not unconnnonly in the East India tea-warehouses: I have bred speci-
mens from tea: it is evidently not indigenous.

PYKALID.E. PVllALIS. 25

globose : thorax rather short : wings entire, anterior lanceolate-triangular,
rounded at the apex, and mostly adorned with two slender transverse pale
streaks; posterior also rounded on the hinder margin, ovate-triangular:
body rather short and slender, with a small tuft at the apex : le^rs moderate ;
anterior coxcc stout ; posterior tibice with two pair o£ long spurs. Larva
with sixteen legs.

The insects of this genus may be known by having short ascending
palpi, of wliich the terminal joint is visible and acute before denu-
dation, the anterior wings are of lively colours, and bear pale trans-
verse waved lines, as do also the posterior; the maxilhe are rather
long; the body moderate; and the antennae ciliated in the males.

I have retained the name Pyralis for this genus, as given in my
Catalogue, notwithstanding the subsequently published remarks of
Mr. Curtis, with the first sentence and part of the second of which I
perfectly coincide : he says, " Linn{EUs''s division Pyralis contains
insects varying so much in structure, that it is undoubtedly necessary
to divide it ; and as it is a term which has been applied to various
groups, it will be better to take the first species of Linnaeus as the
type, which will include the Herminias of Latreille with feathered feet
and pectinated antennce." In reference to the conclusion of this
paragraph, and in justification of my own nomenclature of this genus,
I wish to direct the reader's attention to p. 881 of the Systema Na-
turae, in which it will be seen P. Farinalis stands at the head of the
Linnean Pyrales ; though in the last edition of the Fauna Suecica
P. tentacularis occupies this position ; referring, however, to the pre-
ceding edition, it will be found that this last insect is placed amongst
the Geometrae and P. Farinalis with the Pyrales. ,

A. Fiiljii ascending, the terminal joint exposed. — Hypsopygia, 75. Huhner.

Sp. 1. Farinalis. AUs nitidis, anticis hepatico-glaucis, fascia medio latissima
sinuata puUidiore, albo vtrinque marginata, posticis cinereo ncbulosis lincis
duabus ulbidis. (Exp. Alar. 1 unc.' — 1 unc. 3 lin.)

Ph. Py. farinalis. Linne.—Vy. farinalis. Sfeph. Cntal. ii. 160. Ko. 6776.

AVings shining; anterior of a glaucous liver-colour, with a very broad paler
central fascia, bordered on each side with a white streak, the basal one in-
curved and tlie other considerably waved : on the costa are a few white
dots: posterior wings ashy, with dusky clouds somewhat disposed in a row
towards the (hinder margin, and two waved whitish streaks on the disc:
cilia pale glaucous-brown, paler on the posterior wings.

The caterpillar is found in meal, flour, titc; the imago in houses towards the
end of Aut?ust.

26 IIAUSTELLATA LEPI UOJ'TKUA.

Very abundant in houses and stables in and about the metropolis;
also common in other parts of the country. " Cambridge and Ely,
common." — Rev. L- Jenyns. " Raehills ." — Rev. W. Little.
" Epping." — Mr. H. Douhleday. " Newcastle.'' — G. Wailes, Esq.

JSp. 2. marginatus. Alls fuscescentihus, fasciis duahus fuscis alboviarginatis,

antica basi, postica marginali. (Exp. Alar. 1 uiic. 3 lin.)
Cr. marginatus. Haworth. — Py. marginatus. Steph. Catal. ii. 160. No. 6777.

"Wings brownish^ minutely sprinkled with dusky ; anterior with two broadish
brown fasciae edged with white, the anterior towards the base ; the posterior
on the hinder margin.

This insect greatly resembles Ag. Streatfeildii, but appears to differ in form,
and in having the fascia on the anterior wings bordered with white.

I have seen only two specimens of this insect, one of them in
Mr. Swainson's collection, the other taken " Near Barnstaple." —
Mr. W. Raddon,

B. Palpi incurved and dependent at the apex, the terminal joint not exposed.
— EucLiTA, H'libner.

Sp. 3. glaucinalis. Alls cinereo-fuscis, anticis purpurascenti nitentibus, strigis
duabusjlavidis, posticis jiallidiorUms. (Exp. Alar. 1 vmc — 1 unc. 3 lin.)

Ph. Py. glaucinalis. Linne. — Py. glaucinalis. Steph. Catal. ii. 160. No. 6778.

Wings ashy-brown ; anterior with a purplish gloss, with two yellowish trans-
verse streaks thickened towards the costa, the anterior one slightly incurved,
the posterior a little waved; between these on the costa are several yellow-
ish dots : posterior wings paler, with a faint incurved yellowish line before
the middle, and a second slightly waved one behind : on the hinder margin
of all the wings is a very delicate, almost obsolete, pale line : abdomen in
the female elongated.

Not common ; taken occasionally in gardens within the metropo-
litan district, having taken it formerly in those of the British Museum,
and also at Hertford and the Hermitage. " Epping." — Mr. H.
Douhleday.

Genus CCLVII. — Hypsopvgia, Hiihner.

Palpi short, ascending, triarticulate, densely clothed with scales, the apical
joint rather distinct, and when denuded somewhat longer than the basal,
which is a little curved; second stoutest and longest, terminal elongate
acute: maxillw siwxi. Antenna: slender, ciliated nccirly to the apex in the

I'YRALID.E. AGKOTKRA. 27

males, simple in the females : head moderate : eyes large : thorax subovate :
wings entire, glossy, disposed in a broad triangle during repose ; anterior
sublanceolate-triangular ; posterior ovate triangular; all of very lively
colours, and having long cilia: body slender in the males, and furnished with
a small tuft, acute in tlie females: legs moderate; posterior tibiw furnished
with two pair of spurs.

Exclusively of differences in the structure and clothing of the palpi,
&c., this pretty genus may be recognized by having the cilia very
long and of a golden hue, concolorous with the hinder margin of the
wings ; the latter of a beautiful purplish-red with gold coloured costal
spots and faint transverse streaks.

Sp. 1. costalis. Alls rufo-purpurasceniibus, fasciis duabus anticarum abbreviatis
margineque externo aureo-Jlavis. (Exp. Alar. 8 — 10 lin.)

Ph. costalis. Fabricius. — Agrotera.-* costalis. Steph. Catal.'n. 160. N'o. 6779-

Wings purplish-red and glossy ; anterior with a rather large golden-yellow
spot on the costa before the middle, carried on as a slender streak to the
inner margin, a second larger and subquadrate spot of similar colour behind
the middle, also carried on to the inner margin, as a slightly waved streak ;
near the hinder margin is a very faint yellowish waved line ; and the hinder
margin itself, with the cilia, is bright golden-yellow : posterior wings with
two, more distinct, yellow streaks, with the posterior margin and cilia also
bright golden-yellow.

The caterpillar feeds on the poplar ; the imago appears from the middle of
July to that of August, in gardens.

Not very uncommon within the metropolitan district in houses and
gardens; I have taken it at the Hermitage and also in London
itself, and at Hertford and Coombe Wood.

Genus CCLVIII. — Agrotkra, Schrank.

Palpi short, recurved, approximating, and forming a kind of mask, densely
clothed with scales, placed irregularly thereon, triarticulate, the apical joint
slightly exposed ; the basal and intermediate ones curved : viaxilla: rather
long. AntennuE long and slender, ciliated in the males, simple in the females :
head globose : eyes small, ovate : thorax slender, pilose : wings entire, anterior
elongate, very acute, the hinder margin slightly repanded and the costa rather
suddenly incurved ; posterior obscurely indented on the hinder margin :
body long, slender towards the apex, and furnished with a large tuft; shorter
and acute at the tip in the females: legs very long and slender; posterior
tibiiE with two pair of spurs.

28 HAUSTELLATA. LEPIDOl'TERA.

The short, recurved, approximating palpi of the insects of this
genus, combined with the acuteness of the anterior wings, which have
the appearance of being subfalcate, the elongated slender abdomen,
long legs and lively pale colours of the insect, point out its dissimi-
larity to the allied genera.

Sp. 1. flammealis. AUs basi margineque eitenio exfiavoriifis, medio dilutiorihus,
strigis duabus albis ; anticis macula media J'uicd, ciliis albo maciilaiis. (Exp.
Alar. 8—10 liri.)

Py. flammealis. Hubner — N. G. flammealis. Steph. Catal. 11. 160. No. 6780.

Wings purplish-red; anterior dark at the base, with an Incurved white streak
as a border, then a broad pale space bordered also externally with a white
line, and bearing in the middle towards the costa a brown dot ; the hinder
margin beyond darker, with an extremely slender marginal black line : the
costa is marked with small dusky and white dots : cilia white, with dusky
spots : posterior wings very similar, the base and apex being dark, with a
pale band in the centre, edged on t ach side with a white line ; the extreme
hinder margin with a fine black line, and the cilia white and blackish.

Variable in colour ; the female smallest, with the wings more slender and paler
in colour.

Caterpillar feeds on the privet {Ligustruiii vulgare) : the imago frequents
woods towards the end of June.

Not uncommon in woods in the vicinity of London, especially at
Coombe, Darenth, and Birch Woods.

Genus CCLIX. — Simaethis, Leach.

Palpi two, short, porrected obliquely, curved at the base, triarticulate, the
articulations subequal, densely clothed with short scales or elongate hairs,
like bundles of scales, leaving the terminal joint exposed ; the latter, when
denuded, rather shorter than the basal, and attenuated to the apex, inter-
mediate joint rather longest and stoutest : maxillcE long. Antenna moderate,
slender, pilose beneath ; ciliated in the males ; head small, squamous : eyes
moderate : thorax slender : wings ample, anterior formhig a rhomboid figure
during repose ; colours dingy, anterior generally retuse, sometimes acute :
body short, linear, obtuse, stoutest in the females : legs short; posterior tibias
having two pair of long spurs.

The pretty insects constituting the present genus offer several
points of resemblance to the Tortricidae, and until their metamor-
phoses and the general structure of this portion of the Lepidoptera be
better understood, it will be difficult to assign them to their proper

rYIlALIDj:. sniAETHIS. 29

location ; they appear, nevertheless, to be more allied to the Pyrr-
Yidx, and if so their present location is that most adapted to receive
them : they may be known by the brevity and width of their wings,
which appear, from the maculated cilia, to be dentate : they fly in a
peculiar vacillating manner by day, revelling in the solar rays on
umbelliferous plants, and upon nettles, &c.

A. Palpi slender, clothed with short compact scales: — Chorectis, Hub.
Sp. 1. Fabriciatia. Alisjuscis, anticis cinerco adspersis, margine eiterno inau-

ratis, itriga albida, posticis striga ahbreviata alba. (Exp. Alar. 6 lin.)
Ph. To. Fabriciana. Linnc.—?>\. Fabriciana. Stcph. Cafal. ii. 161. Xo. 6781.
"Wings brown ; anterior clouded with ashy, with a golden tint towards the

hhider margin ; the disc with a whitish waved streak behind the middle ;

cilia black, with whitish clouds : posterior wings with an abbreviated white

streak, near the anal angle, towards the hinder marghi, the latter with a

golden gloss; cilia dusky, with ashy clouds.

Not uncommon on various flowers, especially ragwort, during the
summer, from April to October ; found in several parts of the country,
abundantly within the metropoUtan district, and not unfrcquently in
Norfolk, Suffolk, Devonshire, Somerset, Dorset, Hants, &c. " Cam-
bridge."— C. C. Bahington, Esq. " Raehills."— i^eu. W. Little.

Sp. 2. pariana. Alls fuscis, anticis fascia media cinerca, sirigis duabus nigrican-

tibns, ciliis albo-macnlaiis. (F^xp. Alar. 5 — 5§ lin.)
Ph. To. pariana. Liii?ie.—S,i. pariana. Steph. Catal. ii. 161. Nu. 6782.
Wings brown; anterior with an ashy fascia in the middle, bordered on each

side with a slender black line, the exterior one waved ; cilia black, spotteil

with white ; posterior wings with a faint whitish streak near the hinder

margin.

Less abundant than the last; found in June near Ripley, Hert-
ford, Birch Wood, Darenth, and Dorsetshire, Somerset, &c.

Sp. 3. lutosa. AUs anticis testaceo-fuscis obsolete nebulosis strigisque duabus
vigris, cosiapunctis albis nigrisque, posticis atris ivimaculatis. (Exp. Alar.
5 lin.)

An. lutosa. Haworth.—^i. lutosa. Steph. Catal. ii. 16t. No. 6783.

Anterior wings testaceous-, or luteous-brown, with some obscure darker
markings, a black, slightly incurved, streak near the base, and a waved one
beyond the middle: on the costa arc some short whitish and black spots;

30 HAUSTELT.ATA. LEPIIJOI'TF.UA.

and sometimes a dark angulated cloud across the middle of the whigs : cilia
blackj with dusky clouds : posterior wings black or brown, immaculate.
It is supposed this may be a variety of the foregoing insect ; but its immaculate
posterior wings, differently coloured fringes, &c , appear to warrant its se-
paration.

Rare ; found in March and June in the vicinity of London, and
also in Dorsetshire, Devonshire, and the New Forest.

B. Palpi densely clothed with elongate fascicles of hair-like scales.

Sp. 4. Myllerana. Alls anticis atro cinereoqiie variis cupreo punctatis, casta tna-
culis quatuor albis, posticis fuscis striga abbreviaid alba. (Exp. Alar. 5 lin.)

Py. Myllerana. Fabricius.—Sl Myllerana. Steph. Catal. ii. 161. No. 6784.
Curtis, vii. pi. 320.

Anterior wings black, with some ashy clouds; the costa with four linear
white spots placed obliquely, and a dot of the same towards the apex ; on
the disc are two other white dots and a smaller one near the base ; there are
also several metallic spots on the disc, of a coppery or tarnished silvery hue,
and a broken irregular streak of the same near the hinder margin ; cilia
brown at the base, white at the apex, with the apex and anal angle dusky:
posterior wings fuscous, with a short white line near the hinder margin, and
some dots of the same towards the apex ; cilia ashy, with a brown streak at
the base.

Not very abundant, but local ; found in tolerable plenty in Dor-
setshire and Devonshire, on nettles, fern, sweet gale, &;c. ; also taken
at Birch Wood and near London.

Sp. 5. punctosa. Alis anticis fuscescentibus subcuneatis, apice oblique truncatis,
punctis minutissiniis paucis cupreis, posticis striga abbreviatd alba. (Exp.
Alar. 5 lin.)

An. punctosa. Haworth. — Si. pvmctosa. Steph. Catal. ii. 161. No. 6785.

Anterior wings brownish, and somewhat wedge-shaped, with the hinder
margin obliquely truncate, the costa with three whitish spots, and the disc
with a few minute tarnished silvery dots ; cilia white at the apex, with the
extreme apex and anal angle dusky : posterior wings ashy-brown, with a
faint whitish abbreviated streak.

The wings in this insect are evidently narrower and more acute than in the
foregoing, and the metallic markings are more obscure ; otherwise it might
be taken for a mere variety.

Less abundant than the foregoing insect; found by the late
Mr. Haworth in Ashdown Forest; and also taken in Dorsetshire.

I'YRALTD.E. ANANIA. ENNYCHIA. 31

Gexus CCLX. — Anania, Hiibner.

Palpi four, maxiilary slender, small ; labial approximating, porrccted like a
beak, elongate, densely clothed with scales, the apex concealed ; triarticulate,
the basal joint reniform, second elongate robust, third as long as the basal,
ovate: wzaorjY/ffi long and spiral. Antennae long and slender, slightly pilose
beneath : head small, clothed with compact scales : ei^es small : thorax
slender : wings entire, forming a triangle during repose ; anterior acute,
elongate-triangular; posterior small, ovate-triangular; all marked with
simple blotches of contrasted colours, usually black and white : abdomen
rather long and slender, annulated, slightly tufted in the males, acute in
the females: legs long and slender; posterior tibia; with two pair of spurs.

The species of this genus are usually of dark, almost jet black,
colours, more or less prettily varied, spotted, or streaked with white ;
the only indigenous one is black, with large white regular blotches,
and both surfaces of the wings are nearly similar ; by this alone, ex-
clusively of diversities in structure, the genus may be known from its
allies.

Sp. 1. octoniaculata. Ali.i airis, maculis jmncfisque niveis, thoracis lateribu.i
Jlavis. (Exp. Alar. 9 — lOlin.)

Ph. Ge. octoniaculata. Linne. — Ennychia octomaculata. Stcfh. Catal. ii. 161.
No. 6786. — Ph. atralis. Donovan, viii. p. 266. f. 4.

Wings deep black; anterior with two large rounded snow-white spots, one
before the middle, the other, more ovate, placed transversely behind the
middle : between these towards the costa is frequently a more or less dis-
tinct white dot: posterior also with two white spots of similar form and
location, with sometimes a smaller one on the costa : cilia of all the wings
black, with a small space at the tip, and a larger towards the anal angle
white : sides of the thorax yellow ; abdomen with the margin of the seg-
ments white.

The basal spot on the whigs is sometimes very small, or almost obliterated :
both surfaces of the wings nearly correspond.

Rather uncommon ; found most frequently at Darenth and Birch
Woods, near London, in June, and again in August.

Genus CCLXI. — Ennychia, Treitschke.

Palpi four, rather long, approximating in form of an acute beak ; maxillary
small, slender; labial triarticulate, very densely clothed with elongate
scales, basal joint slightly curved and longer than the terminal, intermediate

32 HAUSTKLLATA. I.KPIDOPTK U A.

Stout, about twice the length of the basal ; terminal ovate obtuse: maxilhc
rather long. Antenna: simple in both sexes; slightly pilose beneath, more
so in the males: head rather broad, densely scaly: eyes globose: thorax
somewhat robust: wings entire, placed in a triangle during repose ; all dark
with transverse white streaks, and sometimes spotted; anterior slightly
abbreviated; posterior ovate-triangular: hodif whitish, generally annulated:
legs slender ; posterior tibife with two pair of spurs at the apex.

The pretty insects of this genus are of small stature and have the
anterior wings rather short, all the wings of dark colour, with pale
transverse fasciac?form streaks ; the palpi are longish, approximating
in form of a beak and slightly dissimilar to those of the foregoing and
following genera : they fly by day in grassy places, and are usually
double brooded.

Sp. 1. cingulata. Alls atris, strigd obliquti nivca. (Exp. Alar. 6 — 8 lin.)

Ph. Ge. cingulata. Linne. — Pyr. cingulalis. Curtis, iii. ]il. 128. — Ennychia
cingulata. Stejih. Catal. ii. 162. No. 6788.

Black, abdomen with narrow white margins to each segment : wings deep
black, anterior with an oblique slightly bent white streak a little beyond the
middle, carried onwards through the posterior wings almost to the anal
angle, forming a semicircular line : cilia brown at the base, white at the
apex.

Very rare near London ; found not very uncommonly in moun-
tainous districts, being frequent in Devonshire and in the northern
counties of England ; and also in the neighbourhood of Edinburgh.

Sp. anguinalis. Alts atris, striga validd communi sinuaid nived paulo pone
niediu7n. (Exp. Alar, 6—7 lin.)

Py. anguinalis. H'ubner. — Ennychia anguinalis. Sie^ih. Catal. ii. 162.
No. 6787.

Black; abdomen with a narrow white edge to each segment; anterior wings
with a somewhat irregidarly curved snow-white streak a little beyond the
middle, carried on through the umer margin of the posterior wings ; cilia
black, with the tips white.

Variable : in some specimens the anterior wings have a small white spot on
the inner edge towards the base, and a second rounded one in the middle :
the posterior have also occasionally a more or less distinct waved white spot
at the base.

Kathcr local and not very abundant near London : I have taken
it at Darcnth and IJirch Woods, and occasionally near Colney
Hatch : it has also occurred near Southgate.

rVUAl.IDF.. l'VR.M>rA. 33

■f-Sp. *. rufofascialis. "Alls rufo-cinereis, fascia obliqua hasi uHeraque jwsticj.
undulata rvfis," — Haworth. (Exp. Alar. 8 lin.)

Py. fascialis. Haworth. — Ennychia fascialis. Stcph. Catal. ii. 162. No. 6789.

"Reddish-ash, anterior wings with a very oblique fascia towards the base
inclining forwards; then a costal spot in the middle, followed near the
hinder margin with another fascia, much waved, all red : posterior reddish-
white, with a dull reddish border." — Haworth.

Hiibner's name fascialis having the priority, I have been compelled to alter
Haworth's slightly.

It is somewhat doubtful whether this very distinct species be truly
indicrenous ; Mr. Haworth having obtained il from a dealer
(Mr. Knight) many years since, and it still remains unique : it may,
however, be observed that I knew the dealer in question, and I am
confident he never knowingly passed off any insect as British that he
w^as not convinced was so ; in fact his insects were all captured by
himself; and it may be added that the other two unique insects of
this family mentioned by Mr. Haworth as obtained from the same
source, have been again taken, one {Dinsemia literaJis) in profu-
sion, and I possess British specimens of each.

(iKKUs CCLXII. — Pykausta, Schrank.

Palpi four; maxillary small, exserted; labial porrected like a beak, densely
clothed with compact elongate scales, which conceal the apex, triarticulate,
the basal joint short, reniform, the second long, robust, slightly attenuated,
the terminal short, ovate-acute: iJiaxillw long. Antenna' very slender,
similar in the sexes, pilose beneath, especially in the males : head small,
squamous : icings moderate : thorax rather stout : wings entire, placed in
a triangle during repose, anterior elongate-triangular, acute at the apex,
more or less spotted and streaked with yellow, or gold colour, upon a
purplish or dusky ground; posterior ovate-triangular, always with a central
pale streak : bodi/ short, rather stout in the females, with pale rings : legs
long and slender; posterior tibiw with two pair of spurs at the apex.

tSp 3. fascialis. Alis nigro-fuscis, aiomis ferrugineis, fascia media alb&.

(Exp. Alar. 1 unc?)
Py. fascialis. Hubner? Curtis Guide, col. \1 5 {\)

Wings black-brown, with rusty atoms, and a white fascia in the middle.
This insect is given as British in the work above quoted, I know not upon

what authority : Py. fascialis of Haworth is probably the insect intei.ded.
Haustellata. Vol. IV. March 31st, 183^!. c

34 IIAU.STEI.T.ATA. I.El'lDOPTKRA.

All the species of this elegant genus are remarkable for the lively
purple tinges -which adorn their wings, which, added to the rich con-
trast of their golden yellow markings, renders them very conspicuous:
they are of small size, frequent grassy hedges, and gambol (as so
usual with gaily coloured insects) in the bright sunshine : they are
mostly double brooded, the first brood appearing towards the end of
May, and the second about the middle of August.

A. Wings of dull and sombre colours, sometimes enlivened with bright spots

and fasciae: — Leimonia, Huhner.
Sp. 1. cespitalis. Alls aniicis nigricante-fuscis, Jlavo nebiihsis et strigatis,
posticis nigricantibus strigis dunhiisjlavis. (Exp. Alar. 6 — 7 lin.)

Ph. cespitalis. Fahricius. — Pyr. cespitalis. Steph. Catal. ii. 162. No. 6795.

Anterior wings dusky-brown, with one or two small yellowish clouds or spots
towards the costa, and a nearly continuous slightly waved streak of a lighter
tint behind the middle, thickened towards the costa ; on the hinder margin
is a flavescent cloud, sometimes almost forming a streak; posterior wings
darker, with two rather distinct streaks, one in the middle, the other on the
hinder margin ; the base sometimes with a yellowish cloud: cilia brown,
with the tips whitish.

In some examples the yellowish clouds on the wings are rather obscure.
Not uncommon in chalky districts at the end of June and middle

of August, especially in the neighbourhood of Dover and Darenth

Wood : also taken at Hertford, Ripley, Coombe Wood, &c.

" Arthur's Seat."— i?eu. W. Little.

Sp. 2. sordidalis. AUs cinereo-f users, nebulis sirigisque pallidioribus , posticis
fascia pone medium, strigaque tenuissimd marginis posiici albo-Jlavescentibus.
(Exp. Alar. 7— 8 lin.)

Py. sordidahs. Hubner.—Vyr. sordidalis. Steph. Catal. ii. 163. No. 6796.

Wings ashy-brown, clouded with pale ashy-yellow, and an indistinct streak

of the same towards the hinder margin of the anterior ; posterior darker,

with a whitish-yellow streak behind the middle and a very slender one of

the same tint on the hinder margin itself, which last is sometimes edged by

a slender dusky line ; cilia ashy-brown.
In some cases the wings are nearly concolorous, the clouds and strigae being

nearly obliterated.
It is supposed that this insect is only the female of the foregoing ; but I

possess the sexes of both : it is, however, possible it may be a mere

variety.

Found in similar places with the foregoing in June and August;
less frequently.

PYUALID-E. PYRAdSTA. 35

B. JVings generally of rich purplish tints^ with yellow spots and streaks: —
Poui'HyKiTESj Jluhncr.

Sp. 3. purpuralis. Alls anticis purpurascentibus, fascia maculari, punctis liiieo-
Idque posticd sulphureis, posticis fusco-cinerascentibus, fascia integra viaculuqve
Jlavis. (Exp. Alar. 9^ — 10 lin.)

Ph. Py. purpuralis. Linne. — Donovan, x. pi. 339. f. 2. — Pyr. purpuralis.
Sieph. Catal. ii. 162. A^o. 6791.

Anterior wings purplish, in tint rather variable, with a faint triangular spot at
the base, two small dots towards the costa, one behind the other, then rather
beyond the middle an oblique band composed of somewhat confluent irre-
gular spots, and an obscure streak composed of minute dots near the hinder
margin, all golden-, or sulphurous-yellow, sometimes with a reddish tint:
posterior wings of a darker hue, with a spot at the base and an entire curved
fascia behind the middle, yellow; the hinder margin with a faint reddish-
yellow streak, composed of small dots, as in the anterior wings : cilia brown,
with the tips more or less white.

The anterior wings have sometimes a dusky-purplish fascia in the middle;
and the faint basal spot is occasionally obliterated.

The caterpillar feeds on the whitethorn and mint : it is ashy, with Mack and
white spots, and a yellow dorsal and lateral line: the imago appears in
May, and a second time about the middle of August.

This insect is the type of Latreille's genus Botys ; respecting which see sub-
sequent remarks ; page 46.

Not uncommon in the neighbourhood of London, as at Coombe,
Birch, and Darenth Woods, Hertford, Ripley, Wimbledon Common,
&c. " Epping." — Mr. H. Douhleday. " Cramond.''— j?ey. W.
Little. " York."— IF. C. Hewitson, Esq.

Sp. 4. punicealis. Alis anticis obscure pvrpureis, fascia intcrruptd, juacnlisque
baseos auranttacis, posticis fusco-purpurascentibus fascia ijitegj'd aurantiacd.
(Exp. Alar. 8— 10 lin.)

Py. pimicealis. Wien. Verz. — Pyr. punicealis. Stcph. Catal. ii. 162. i\^o. 6792.

Anterior wings more or less obscure purple, with two or three orange-yellow
spots towards the base, and an oblique interrupted streak of the same hue
beyond the middle, composed of irregular spots, and sometimes with a faint
streak on the hinder margin : posterior wings of a darker tint with an entire
orange band behind the middle and occasionally a yellow spot at the base :
cilia dusky, with the tips more or less whitish.

Extremely variable in colour, and in the absence and presence of the different
markings, the discoidal spots being sometimes completely obliterated, at
others very large and distinct; the fascia narrow and interiupted, or broad

V 2

36 HAUSTELI.ATA. LEPIDOrTEB A.

and nearly continuous ; the wings occasionally of a blackish-purple, and the
fascia whitish-orange, &c.

More abundant than the foregoing species, and like it frequenting
grassy banks intermixed with flowers, throughout the metropohtan
district, in the beginning of June and about the middle of August;
found also in the New Forest and in Devonshire.

Sp. 5. ostrinalis. Alls anticis purpureis, fasciola medio maculari rufo-aured,

posticis nigris, punctulo fasciaque albidis. (Exp. Alar. 7 lin.)
Py. ostrinalis. Hubner?—Steph. Catal. ii. 162. K'o. 6793.

Anterior wings ashy at the base, with a waved oblique fascia in the middle,
composed of small irregular reddish-golden sjjots : posterior black at the
base, with a minute whitish spot, and a little behind the middle a whitish
fascia, beyond this, a purplish band which neither touches the hinder margin
nor the costa ; cilia brown, with the tips white.

I am not satisfied that this insect is the Py. ostrinalis of Hiibner ; but it is the
ostrinalis of Haworth.

Much rarer than either of the foregoing species ; taken near Reigate
and Ripley ; also in the New Forest.

Sp. 6. Porphy rails. Alls anticis fuscescentibus, macula gemmata versus coifam
Jlav a, posticis nigricantibus, strigjjlavd aut albidd. (Exp. Alar. 6 — 9 lin.)

Ph. Py. Porphyralis. Wien. Verz. — Py. Porphyralis. Steph. Catal. ii. 162.
No. 6794.

Anterior wings purplish-brown, with a rather large yellow spot towards the
apex, near the costa, and one or two smaller ones adjoining ; on the disc are
also two or three minute dots parallel with the costa, but they are some-
times wanting : posterior wings dusky, with a golden yellow or whitish
streak, a little behind the middle, and in general vanishing before the hinder
margin : cilia brown, with the tips pale.

Variable in having the spots more or less distinct, and in the general tint of
colour : I suspect the specimens with the whitish spots and streaks to be
old and faded.

Not very uncommon in several places within the metropolitan
district ; also taken in other parts of the country, in June and August.
"Arthur's Seat, plentiful.'^— i?ev. W. Little.

I'YRALlD.f;. DIASKMIA. 37

Gknus CCLXIII. — DiASEMiA, Huh)ier.

Palpi four ; maxillary very short, labial elongate, in the form of a beak, de-
pending, densely clothed with scales, and acute, triarticulate, the apical
joint short, obtuse : maxillw elongate. Antenna simple in both sexes,
incrassate at the base, and ciliated beneath in the males : head small,
densely scaly between the antennae; thorax slender: iv'uigs very narrow
and acute, anterior subfalcate, marked with various irregular lines
resembling oriental characters ; posterior slightly emarginate on the hinder
margin, also marked with litersform lines : abdomen slender, rather long,
annulated, the apex with a small tuft in the males, slightly acute in the
females: legs rather long and slender; posterior tibiae with two pair of
spurs.

The only indigenous species of this genus may be distinguished
from those of the preceding one, in which the palpi also arc conni-
vent and resemble a beak, by having them dependent ; the wings are
also totally dissimilar, being marked with numerous transverse and
longitudinal pale characters and darker blotches upon a dusky
ground ; the anterior wings are very acute and faintly subfalcate, and
the posterior wings are strongly emarginate on their hinder edge
towards the costal angle.

Sp. 1. literalis. Alis Juscis, nebulosis, ant ids strigis tribus, posticis duahus
argenteo-albis. (Exp. Alar. 8^ — 9^ lin.)

Py. literalis. Wien. Ters;.— Hyd. literally. Steph. Catal. ii. 163. A'o. 6797.

Wings brown, with darker clouds ; anterior with two silvery white streaks
resembling Arabic characters, the first oblique at the base, and the second
behind the middle, then a more distinct slightly recurved streak towards
the hinder margin, having a short whitish line within, towards the costa ;
on the hinder margin is a faint row of pale clouds: posterior wings at the
base dark, then an oblique ashy- white streak, and then an angulated one
towards the apex, not touching the inner margin, sometimes interrupted :
cilia all brown, interrupted with white.

Variable, some examples having the ground very much clouded with brown,
others nearly concolorous ; some again are very dark, others pale ; and the
white marks are more or less distinct.

Occasionally taken in the beginning of June at Darenth, on the
borders of a small pond, towards the middle of the wood ; but found
very abundantly in the New Forest, somewhere in the vicinity of
Brockenhurst.

38 HAUSTELLATA. LEPIDOPTERA.

Genus CCLXIV. — Hydrocampa, Latreille.

Palpi four, maxillary distinct; labial ascending, slender, divaricating, the
basal joints densely clothed with elongate scales beneath; triarticulated,
the terminal joint acute: wax/Z/cp elongate. Antennae moderate, simple in
both sexes, curled and subserrated within at the apex, in the males slightly
ciliated; head small, smooth between the antennae: thorax moderate,
densely pilose : ivings ample, anterior elongate, somewhat acute, the hinder
margin entire ; posterior ovate-triangular, also with the hinder margin
entire ; the surfaces of all prettily reticulated, with dark duplex lines upon a
pale ground : abdomen elongate, annulated, with a tuft at the apex in the
males, very acute in the females : legs long and slender ; posterior tibise
with two pair of elongate spurs. Larvse slender, with 16 legs; subsist upon
aquatic plants; pupa inclosed in a cocoon cut out of their leaves.

The pretty insects of this genus differ from Diasemia by having
the palpi slender and divaricating, the maxillary ones very distinct,
maxillae elongate, and the wings pale, reticulated with double brown
streaks ; the hinder margin is entire and faintly rounded, and the
antennae are subserrated at the apex.

A. Labial palpi with the terminal joint short, scarcely exposed, the basal

joints very scaly beneath : — Nymphula, Hilhner.

Sp. 1. Potamogata. Alisalhis,fusconehidosis,Jasciissaturatioribusanastomo~
santibus ; autfuscis alba maculatis. (Exp. Alar. 1 unc. 1 — 4 lin.)

Ph. Ge. Potamogata. Linni,. — Donovan, xi. pi. 363. f. I. — Hyd. Potamogata.
Steph. Catal. ii. 163. No. 6799.

Wings white, with fuscous clouds, and darker anastomosing (or reticulated)
streaks, the spaces between paler ; these streaks enclose three or four large
patches of white, of which a conspicuous ovate triangular one is placed
towards the apex of the inner margin, and a second large reniform one on
the costa behind the middle ; near the hinder margin is a simple but distinct
repanded line ; posterior wings with a duplex streak before the middle, and
one behind, leaving an intermediate white band in which is a brown crescent,
the outer portion of the hinder striga of irregular outline ; the hinder
margin itself with a simple line; cilia fuscous, sometimes clouded with
white.

Extremely variable, some examples are almost entirely suffused with brown,
having a few conspicuous white patches; others are nearly white, and all
the intermediate shades occur.

The caterpillar feeds on the white and yellow water lily {Nijinpha;a; alba et
lutea), and the broad-leaved pond-weed {ruianwgeloji, nutans) : the imago

FVRALIDi:. CATACLYSTA. 39

appears in June in marshy places, ditches, &c.: very abundantly in some
places.

Very abundant in marshy places within the metropolitan district,
especially on the borders of a large pond on Ockham Heath, near
Ripley. " Monkswood." — C C Babington, Esq. " York and
Newcastle." — W. C HewUsou, E.^fj. " Meldon Park, Prestwick
Car, INIarsden, &c." — G. Wdile^; E«q. " Epping." — Mr. H. Duublc-
day. '' Cambridgeshire Fens, common/'' — Rev. L. Jenytis.

B. Labial palpi slender, the terminal johit distinctly exposed, the basal jomts
slightly scaly, maxillary palpi also exposed: — Nausinok, Hubncr.

Sp. 2. Nymphseata. AUs niveis, nitidis, fasciis repandis insolidis subfuscis reti-
cidatis, ciliis albissimis, basi cinereis. (Exp. Alar. 9 — 12 lin.)

Ph. Ge. Nymphfcata. Linni. — Ph. stagnata. Donovan, xi. pi. 363./. 2. —
Hyd. Nymphaeata. Steph. Catal. ii. 163. No, 6800.

AVings glossy snow-white, anterior with the costa at the base to beyond the
middle with two brownish lines, and the disc reticulated with similar ones
forming insolid fasciae, and leaving large snow-white blotches thereon,
with a band of the same near the hinder margin, the latter brownish, and
the base of the cilia the same ; the apex of the latter pure white : posterior
wings with two transverse insolid fasciae, and a small lunular mark attached
to the basal one, the hinder margin and cilia as hi the anterior.

Also a variable species ; in some examples the reticulated fascisc are solid,
and in others their marginal lines only appear, their interior being pure
white ; some examples are totally destitute of fasciae or strigcc, having only
a faint double line towards the middle of the anterior wings.

The caterpillar feeds on duckweed {Lemna), and the imago appears about
the middle of July in marshy and humid places.

]Much less abundant than the foregoing species, but far from
uncommon within the metropolitan district, in similar situations with
that insect. " Cambridgeshire Fens, common." — Rev. L. Jenyns.
" Meldon Park, Marsden, Prestwick Car, &c." — G. Wa'des, Esq.
" Epping." — Mr. H. Doiibleday. " Alderley, Cheshire." — Rev.
E. Stanley.

Gexus CCLXV. — Cataclysta, Hubner.

Palpi short; maxillary minute; labial remote, slender, ascending, clothed
with short scales, the terminal joint distinct; triarticulate, the apical joint
nearly as long as the second and subulate : maxillw rudimentary. Antenna
short, somewhat denticulated towards the apex, not pectmatcd, faintly

4a) HAL stem, at a. I.KPiDOFi'KKA.

ciliated in the males: head small, smooth between the antenna: thorax
moderate : tvings forming a triangle during repose; anterior elongate, acute,
subtruncate on the hinder margin, of nearly plain uniform colours, without
transverse streaks; posterior ovate-triangular, entire, adorned with a dark
border : abdomen slender, and attenuated behind in the males, with a tuft
at the apex, rather stout, and acute at the tip in the females : legs very
slender, rather long; posterior tibiae with two pair of spurs. Larva with
sixteen legs ; feeds on aquatic plants : pupa inclosed in a cocoon, formed of
conglomerated pieces of the food of the larva, united with silk.

The minute maxillary palpi and distinct labial ones of the insects
of this genus, exclusively of the almost rudimentary maxillae, the
beautiful simplicity of the colouring on the wings, the posterior ones
being adorned with a dark margin studded with ocellated spots, serve
as characters to distinguish them from the Hydrocampse, with which
they are associated by Latreille and others.

Sp. 1. Lemnata. Alis anticis niveis (^JietntJice elongatis fusco adspersis) puncto
atro, posticis aJbis fascia marginali nigra, punctis 4 — 6 argenteis. (Exp. Alar.
$, 8 — lOlin.; 9 8 lin. — 1 unc.)

Ph. Ge. Lemnata. LinnL — Donovan, viii. pi. 266. /. 1, 2. — Hyd. Lemnata.

Steph. Catal. ii. 165. No. 6801.

Anterior wings in the male snow-white, in the female narrow and elongate, of
an ashy hue, with fuscous atoms, in both sexes with a minute black dot in
the centre, most evident in the male; in which sex the hinder margin has
an ashy-brown fascia, not reaching to the costa : posterior wings white,
with a black dot, and clouded with dusky atoms, forming a kind of oblique
streak in the females ; the hinder margin with an abbreviated bluish-black
fascia, in which are from four to six minute silvery spots, most numerous in
the females.

The male is sometimes entirely snow-white; and the markings in both sexes
vary considerably in intensity.

The caterpillar feeds on duckweed {Lemiia) and other aquatic plants ; it is of
an olive-brown, with a reddish-brown lateral stripe, the head small: it
changes into pupa in small elevated follicles constructed of the lemna by
itself, and in this it remains about a fortnight: the imago appears about the
middle of June, abundantly.

Extremely abundant in ditches and ponds where Lemna grows,
throughout the metropolitan district. " Cambridge."— C. C. Bahing-
ton, Esq. " Fens of Cambridge, common." — Rev. L. Jenyns.
" Epping."— Mr. //. Donhleday.

VYRALlD.t: I'AUAPOYKX. 41

Genus CCLXVI. — Parapoynx, Hiihner,

Palpi four, maxillary distinct, acute, remote ; labial approximating, ascending,
rather densely clothed with short scales, triarticulate, the terminal joint
nearly vertical, ovate-acute when denuded : maxilla: very short. Antennas
short, curved at the apex, somewhat denticulated in the males, simple in the
females : head small, smooth between the antennse : thorax rather stout :
wings placed in a triangle during repose, anterior elongate, somewhat
rounded on the hinder margin, the disc with transverse waved streaks, and
a subocellated spot ; posterior ovate-triangular, entire : abdomen moderate,
slender, with a small tuft at the apex in the males ; stouter and rather acute
in the females: legs moderately long and slender; posterior tibia with two
pair of spurs. Larva slender, with sixteen legs : found on aquatic plants.

From the three foregoing aquatic genera the present genus differs
so considerably in habit as at cnce to suggest the propriety of its
separation : without attending to the trifling variations of the trophi,
the form and markings of its wings will enable the reader to discrimi-
nate it, the hinder margin of the anterior being somewhat rounded,
and the disc transversely streaked with flexuous lines, and having in
the middle a blind ocellus.

Sp. 1. Stratiotata. Alis anticis albis (^faeminw rufo-fuscescentibus) atomis fas-
ciisquefuscis, macula nived nigro-cinctd, posticis niveis fasciSi interrupta fused.
(Exp. Alar. 9—12 lin.)

Ph. Ge. Stratiotata. Z^inra/.— Hyd. Stratiotata. Steph. Catal. ii. 164.
No. 6802.

Wings of the male white; anterior with brown atoms, an indistinct oblique
abbreviated darker streak on the inner margin, towards the base, and a
second more distinct repanded one behind the middle, between which is
placed a snow-white spot, edged with black : on the hinder margin is a
faint double fuscous line : posterior wings brighter, with a strong waved
interr\ipted dusky line behind the middle. Female with the anterior wings
narrower and more acute at the apex, and almost entirely of a pale reddish-
brown, without streaks, and the central white spot very small and indis-
tinct; posterior wings as in the male, but of a reddish-brown hue.

Also variable in the colour and intensity of the markings.

The caterpillar feeds chiefly on the Stratiotes, but it also attacks other
aquatic plants ; it is green, with a broad paler dorsal line, and varied with
whitish and yellow: the imago appears towards the end of June or
beginning of July.

Not unfrcqucnt in marshy places within the metropolitan district ;

42 HAUSTKLLATA. LEPIDOFTERA.

found also in various parts of the country, but much less abundantly
than the last- mentioned species.

Gekus CCLXVII. — PiiLYCT.ENiA, Hiibner.

Palpi ^owr; maxillary small, acute; labial elongate, horizontal, clothed with
elongate scales beneath, which nearly conceal the terminal joint, triarticu-
late, the apical joint rather short, acute : maxillas very long. Antennw rather
short, simple in both sexes, the terminal joints each with a fine minute pro-
jection at the tip : head small, tumid in front before the antennae : eyes
globose: Morcto: rather slender : wings placed in a triangle during repose,
anterior slightly acute at the apex, with the hinder margin obscurely emar-
ginate ; posterior ovate-triangular, also faintly emarginate on the hhider
margin; all of dark colours, with large pale blotches: abdomen rather
short, attenuated in the middle, with a small acute tuft at the apex, and
annulated : legs rather short ; posterior tibiae with two pair of spurs.
Larva slenderj with sixteen legs ; pupa folliculated.

The only indigenous species of this genus evidently differs from any
of the species of Margaritia to allow of its being associated therewith ;
and it likewise recedes sufficiently from the foregoing to authorize its
separation, a fact established by the conflicting opinions of authors
with regard to its location : it may be readily known by its dark
glossy wings, which have large blotches and interrupted streaks of a
pale hue, exclusively of the diversity in the structure of its trophi,
&c.

Sp. 1. Sambucalis. AUsfuscis, maculis irregularibus Jlavo-albidis, ante strigam
communem repandam punctorum albidorum. ( Exp. Alar. 9 — 12 lin.)

Ph. Sambucalis. Wien. T^-^.— Hyd. Sambucata. Steph. Catal. ii. No. 6798.
Albin. pi. xxxvii. J". 59. a — d.

Wings brown ; anterior with a subquadrate yellowish-white spot in the
middle, a small triangular one behind it towards the inner margin, and a
larger ovate-triangular one adjoining towards the hinder margin : on the
costa behind the middle a repanded streak of whitish, or yellowish, spots
occurs, and, passing onwards to the inner margin behind the small triangular
spot, is carried on, as it were, more distinctly through the posterior wings
to their inner edge ; the posterior wings themselves have three large
whitish-yellow blotches within this striga, and all the wings have a more
or less distinct yellowish-white irregular streak on the hinder margin itself:
. cilia fuscous, Avhitish at the apex towards the anal angle.

The caterpillar feeds on the elder {Sambucus nigra); it is of a whitish-green
. with a slender pale green dorsal line, with a whitish one on each side ; the

PYRALID.E. EUDIOPTIS. 43

pupa is brown, with dark spots : the imago appears about the middle of

June.

Very abundant in gardens throughout the vicinity of London ;
also found in Devonshire, the New Forest, Norfolk, Kent, &c.
*' Epping."— ilir. H. Doiibleday.

Genus CCLXVIII. — Eudioptis, Huhner.

Palpi four ; maxillary minute, ascending ; labial densely clothed with elon-
gated compact scales, forming a large uniform compressed ovate mask, in
which the maxillae, which are very long, are concealed ; when denuded,
slender, ascending, closely applied to the face, triarticulate, the terminal
joint minute. AntenncE long and slender, simple in both sexes : head broad :
eyesXavge, subglobose: thorax ample: it'/«^5 entire, subhyaline ; anterior very
acute, obliquely truncate behind ; posterior triangular : abdomen elongate,
rather short in the males, with a tuft at the apex: legs long and slender;
posterior tibiae with two pair of spurs at the apex.

This very singular genus may be instantly recognized by the great
transparency of its pearly, acute, obliquely truncate wings, which
have the entire limb of a dark hue : the singular structure of its palpi
forms a conspicuous distinguishing character ; it being totally dissi-
milar to that of any of the allied genera, and not much unlike that of
the genus Prosoponia, amongst the Trichoptera: these organs,
although in themselves when denuded slender, forming a large ovate
projecting and compressed kind of mask, within which the elongate
maxillae lie concealed.

Sp. 1. lucernalis. Alis pclluchlis nlbo-mariraritaceis, costn auticarum, mar-
gineque omni posticolatcfuscescentibus. (Exp. Alar. 10 — 11 lin.)

Py. lucernalis. Hubner. — Diaphania lucernalis. Steph. Catal. ii. 16-t.
No. 6804.

Wings pellucid, pearly- white, anterior with the costa and hinder margin
broadly dusky, or black ; posterior also with the hinder margui the same,
the band gradually diminishing to the anal angle, which is immaculate :
cilia, except those of the anal angle of the posterior wings, which are white,
also fuscous, or black': head, thorax, and abdomhial tuft the same; rest of
the al)domen pure pearly-white.

In the late Mr. Haworth's collection is a single specimen of this
remarkable species, which was taken near London by Mr. Knight ;
and I possess a pair captured in Devonshire^ near Plymouth.

44 MAl'STELLATA. LEriDOP TKliA,

Genus CCLXIX.— Eurrhypara, Hilhner.

Palpi moderate, maxillary small, acute ; labial remote, horizontal, triarticu-
late, densely clothed with elongate scales forming an acute cone and conceal-
ing the terminal joint; basal joint minute, curved, second elongate, subcy-
lindric, apical ovate-subacute : maxilla: elongate. Antenna short, simple in
both sexes, pubescent beneath: head small, space between the antenns
clothed with rough scales : thorax rather stout, spotted : wings placed in a
triangle during repose ; anterior acute, with the hinder margin entire and
rounded ; posterior ovate-triangular entire ; all with the limb dark, the disc
spotted with dusky on a white ground: abdomen moderately long, annulated,
with a tuft at the apex : legs rather short, not very slender ; posterior tibia
with two pair of spurs. Larva naked, with sixteen legs : pupa inclosed in
a silken cocoon in a convoluted leaf.

The dark limb and spotted disc of the pale wings in Eurrhypara
will instantly enable the reader to detect the only indigenous species
of this genus, to which the yellow spotted thorax and abdominal
rings, as well as the black legs lineated with yellow, may be added,
exclusively of the less apparent diversities in the structure of the
palpi, Sic, and the general habit of the insect.

Sp. 1. Urticata. Alis albis, limbo fascia communi repandd ex maculis conjluen-
tibus, costwque basi et maculis anticarum nigro-fuscis, tkorace abdominis seg~
mentorum marginibus anoquejlavis. (Exp. Alar. 1 unc 1 — 3 lin.)

Ph. Ge. Urticata. Linne.— Donovan, x. pi. 349./. 2.— Botys Urticata. Steph.
Catal. ii. 164. No. 6806.

Wings white ; anterior with the costa and three or four largish irregular
blotches at the base, a rounded one adjoining the costa about the middle,
followed by a repanded band of more or less confluent and dissimilar spots,
and a broad border on the hinder margins (faintly interrupted by pale ner-
vures), and the cilia blackish-brown ; posterior with a spot at the base, an
irregular bold waved streak behind the middle, and the hinder margin
blackish-brown, the latter denticulated inwardly with white; cilia blackish-
brown at the base, the tip silvery-white : head and thorax yellow ; abdomen
black, with yellowish rings, its apex yellow.

The caterpillar feeds on nettles (Urticce dioica et urens), bindweed {Convol-
vvlus scpium), red currant {Ribes rubrum), &c. : it is whitish-brown, with
a greenish tinge, and on the back are two yellowish streaks ; the head is
black : the pupa is inclosed in a buff-coloured cocoon, and in May or early
in June the imago appears.

Extremely abundant in gardens and hedges within the mctropo-

PV R A I.T D F. :M K SOG K A I'M F,. 45

litan district, and in other parts of the country. " Bottisham, com-
mon." — Rev. L. Jenyns. " Monkswood." — C. C. Babington, Efiq.
"York and SuWolkr—W. C. Hewitson, Esq. "Newcastle, Gib-
side, kcr—G. Wailesy Esq. " Epping."— J/r. H. Douhleday.

Genus CCLXX. — Mesographe, Hiibner.

Palpi four ; maxillary small^ conical ; labial depending, approximating at the
apex and resembling a beak, triarticulate, densely clothed with compact
scales, somewhat pilose beneath, the scales forming a cone, in which the
terminal joint is faintly visible from above; the apical joint is ovate-acute:
maxillcE elongate. Antenna: slender, simple in both sexes, pubescent
beneath : head small, with a small ridge of scales between the antennae :
eyes small : thorax slender : wings entire, forming a triangle during repose ;
anterior acute, hinder margin rounded ; posterior ample, ovate-triangular ;
the hinder margin obscurely emarginate; anterior marked with oblique
lines : abdomen rather short, slender, slightly tufted in the males, acute in
the females : leo^s moderate ; posterior tibiae with two pair of long spurs.

The depending, connivent palpi of Mesographe, exclusively of
the pecvdiar general habit of the only indigenous species of this
genus, distinguish it from the allied genera ; to which may be
added the form and structure of its wings, which are moreover
adorned with oblique darker lines upon a yellowish ground, unlike
any of the other species of this singular family.

Sp. 1. forficalis. Aiis pallide jiavis, anticis strigis valde obUquis, maculdque
medio ustulato-Jerrugineis, posticis albidioribus strigd obsoleta fuscescente.
(Exp. Alar. 1 unc. — 1 unc. 1 — 2 lin.)

Ph. Py. forficalis. Linnl—S. G. forficalis. Steph. Catal. ii. 164. No. 6805.

Wings pale yellow ; anterior with about four rusty-ustulated, or brownish
streaks, placed very obliquely, the most distinct one extending from a
stronger and broader line at the extreme apex to the middle of the inner
margin, and sometimes connected by a fine zigzag line to the costa itself;
from the apical streak two less obliquely placed waved lines arise, and ter-
minate on the hinder margin : a little behind the middle of the wing
towards the costa is a conspicuous subannulated ustulated spot, which is
occasionally geminated : posterior wings whitish yellow, with a faint brown
streak, more or less distinct, and sometimes degenerated into a row of dots:
on all the wings is a narrow faint brownish line on the hinder margin ; and
in fine examples the anterior wings appear faintly reticulated with rusty-
brown lines.

46 HAUSTKI.LATA. LEPIDOPTEUA.

The caterpillar is yellowish-green, with dusky lines and dots, and a faint
whitish line; the head brown; it feeds on cabbages and horse-radish : the
imago appears about the middle of May, and continues till October in
gardens, &c.

Very common in gardens and fields in the neighbourhood of
London and in most parts of the country. " Wood Ditton, Cam-
bridgeshire, and Bath." — C C Bahington, Esq. " Newcastle,
Gibside, &c."— G. Walles, Esq. " Epping."— ilfr. H. Doubledmj.

Genus CCLXXI.* — Makgaritia-j- mihi.

Palpi four; maxillary small; labial rather short, porrect, triarticulate, gene-
rally clothed with long scales, which terminate in an acute point, and conceal
the apical joint; the basal joint usually short, the second elongate, the
terminal ovate, sometimes acute : maxillcB nearly as long as the antennae.
Antennte slender, setaceous, as long as, or shorter than, the wings, simple,
pubescent beneath : head small, smooth between the antenns : eyes large,
globose : thoi^ax rather slender : tvings entire, more or less of a pearlaceous
hue; forming a triangle during repose; anterior sometimes very long and
slender, sublanceolate or oblong-triangular, with the hinder margin trun-
cate or rounded; posterior generally ovate-triangular: abdomen slender,
sometimes long and tufted in the males ; rather stouter and acute at the tip
in the females : legs generally long; occasionally very long, slender ; poste-
rior tibiffi with two pair of spurs. Larva with sixteen legs: pupa slender,
folliculated.

* In adopting this genus, as proposed in my Catalogue, I have continued
the name there given, as it neither corresponds with Scopula of Schrank, nor
with Botys of Latreille, the type of which latter genus, as established by the
last author in his Histoire Naturelle des Crust, et des Ins., v. iii. p. 414,
being Crambus erigatus, Fab. (probably Synaphe angustalis, supra p. 19),
and not Ph. Geo. purpuraria of Linne, as stated by Mr. Curtis in his remarks
upon the genus Scopula: Ph. purpurarm being given by Latreille, currente
calamo, in mistake for purpura^, rendered manifest by a comparison of his
characters with those of the two insects in question ; the true purpuraria,
— which is described by Latreille in vol. xiv. p. 222, and Botys purpuraria,
in p. 230 of the same vol. — neither agreeing with them, nor with the species
with which it is thus associated by Latreille, which Mr. Curtis would have
detected had he followed the principles laid down by himself under the genus
Pancalia, by reading the characters instead of merely looking at the names
of the species inserted by Latreille as constituting his genus Botys.

1 Maf)yof)tr»yr, Margarita.

PYRAI.in.ft. MARGAIUTIA. 47

The species of this genus may be better known by the margarita-
ceous or pearly hues of their delicate mostly yellow, or pale straw-
coloured wings, which are in general rather faintly streaked with
transverse lines, than by the structure of the palpi, as the genus at
present stands.

The genus, as here regarded, is evidently a very artificial one, and
doubtless requires considerable curtailment, as well as a remodelling
of its contents. I have endeavoured, by means of external characters,
to resolve it into the Hitbnerian genera, with some slight modifica-
tions, as will be seen by a comparison of it with his arrangement, given
at the end of this volume.

A. Anterior wings narrow, long; posterior moderate, orange or 5'ellow, with

a dusky or black border : — Epischina, Hiib.

tSp. 1. diversalis. Alis anticis exflavo-fuscis, maculis lineisque obscurioj-ibus,
posticis Jlavis, fascia marginali interruptd nigricante. (Exp. Alar. 1 unc.
4lin.)

Py. diversalis. Hubner. — Ma. diversalis. Steph. Catal. ii. 164. No. 6807.

Head, thorax, and anterior wings yellowish-brown, the latter with two ob-
scure waved streaks, with two dusky spots between, one small, the other
larger and reniform ; on the extreme hinder margin is a row of minute
black dots ; cilia yellowish-brown ; posterior wings dull orange-yellow,
with an irregular interrupted dusky fascia on the hinder margin ; cilia dusky-
yellow.

The only example I have seen of this beautiful and distinct species
is in the collection of the British Museum; it was taken near Bristol
in July 1815.

B. Anterior t^ireg-5 narrow, long, acute; posterior small, of uniform colours:

palpi long, ascending, rather obtuse : — Mksographe, p. Huh.

Sp. 2. asinalis. Alis anticis elongatis, cano-cinereis ?naculis sirigisijtte fuscescen-
tibus, posticis cinereis strigd unicd saturatiore. (Exp. Alar. I unc. 3 lin.)

Py. asinalis. Hiibner, Py. pi. 29. f. 183. — Curtis, G. col. 175.

Anterior wings elongated, of a hoary-ash-colour, or fuscescent; with an
obscure dusky streak towards the base, to which are attached two spots
anteriorly : in the middle towards the costa is a pale fuscous circle, and
behind it a very flexuous streak, to which one or more fuscous clouds are
attached within : cilia short, glossy ash : posterior wings ashy, or pale
fuscous, with a faint darker oblique streak : cilia pale ashy-brown.

The first examples I saw of this species were taken near Barnstaple

48 HAUSTr.LI.ATA. — LF.PlDOrTERA.

by Mr. Raddon ; others were subsequently found near Teignmotith
by Capt. Blomer, to whom I am indebted for my specimens.

C. Anterior wings narrow, long, sublanceolate, obtuse ; posterior ovate, con-
colorous: palpi moderate, horizontal, acute, pilose :— Perinephila,;}.^^?/^.

Sp. 3. lancealis. Alis cinereo-Jlavis, strigis communibus denticulatis lineisque
fuscis, anticis elongatis macula sukquadratd dilutiore. (Exp. Alar. 1 unc
3—4, lin.)

Py. lancealis. Wien. Verz. — Ma. longalis. Steph. Catal. u. 16^. No. 6S09.

Wings ashy-yellow ; anterior very long and narrow, with a conspicuous some-
what quadrate pale spot towards the costa in the middle, bordered with
dusky and followed by a very flexuous denticulated fuscous streak midway
between it and the hinder margin, continued through the posterior wings ;
and followed by a narrow pale space ; the base of the anterior has an indis-
tinct dusky waved line, and the hinder margin is darker than the rest of the
wing, with the nervures pale, and on the extreme border are some dusky
lines ; on the posterior wings are some transverse lines towards the base ;
with a somewhat conspicuous pale spot adjoining the common streak, and
the hinder margin resembling that of the anterior wings; cilia of all the
wings dusky yellow, with paler clouds.

The caterpillar is said to feed on the water-parsnip (Sivm latifoliuni) : the
imago is found towards the end of June.

Rare : it has occurred near Dover, Charlton, Birch-wood, and in
Devonshire ; and in the summer of 1817 rather abundantly near
'• Beachamwell, Norfolk." — The late A. H. Haworth and J. Scales,
Esqrs.

D. Anterior wings broad, elongate-triangular ; posterior ample, concolorous ;
all with transverse waved streaks : palpi rather short, ascending : bodi/

short: — Epicorsia, Htib.

a. Wings with pale nervures beneath.

Sp. 4. Verticalis. Alis pallide stramineis, strigis subtribus flexuosis margineque
externa Juscescente-cinereis. (Exp. Alar. 1 unc. 6§ lin.)

Ph. Py. Verticalis. Linne. — Don. xvi. pi. 556. — Ma. Verticalis. Steph.
Catal. ii. 165. No. 6809.

Wings pale straw colour, sometimes suffused with ashy-brown ; anterior with
a nearly straight brownish streak before the middle, a longish dusky some-
what reniform line towards the costa in the middle, then a waved and very
flexuous streak, commencing on the costa midway between the line and the
hinder margin, very suddenly bent towards the anal angle and terminating
on the inner edge of the wing near the anterior streak ; the hinder margin is

I'YRAT.ID.C. MAKCARITIA. 49

clouded with brown ; cilia ashy-brown : posterior wings with a conspicuous
dusky spot towards the base, and two flexuous transverse fuscous streaks,
between it and the hinder margin, the latter clouded with abhy-brown ; cilia
pale ashy-straw colour.

Variable in the tint of the ground colour : in some specimens the wings are
deeply sufTused with ashy-brown, and partially clouded with a darker tint,
the strigae more distinct : one or other of the latter is sometimes obliterated.

The caterpillar is of a pale green and slender ; it feeds on nettles : the imago
appears the beginning of June, and continues for some time, occurring
towards the end of the month.

By far the most abundant species of this genus tliroughout the
metropolitan district, frequenting gardens, hedges (where nettles
abound), fields, Src, and not uncommon in other parts of the country.
*' IVIonkswood." — C C. Bahhigioti^ Esq. " Kpping.'"' — ISIr. H.
Douhleday. *'Bottisham, in profusion." — Kew L. Je)ii/7i.s.

Sp. 5. centro-strigalis. Alis ochraceo-Jlavis, anticis strigis duabus lunulaqm
medio fuscescentihus, posticis strigd unica media undulatissi7na, punctoque ad
basin fuscis. (Exp. Alar. 1 unc. — 3 lin.)

Ma. centro-strigalis. Steph. Catal. ii. 165. No. 6811.

Wings plain uniform ochraceous-yellow ; anterior with a faint incurved
brownish streak midway between the base and the middle, a lunate spot, of
the same tint, in the middle towards the costa, and a very flexuous striga
between it and the hinder margin, terminating nearly in the middle of the
inner margin; posterior wings with a brownish spot towards the base, and
an irregular streak in the middle, arising from the costa, opposite to (and
in continuation of, as it were) the posterior one of the anterior wings ; at
about one-third of its length it becomes suddenly angulated towards the
hinder margin, and upon reaching half way is then continued, in a zigzag
form, parallel thereto, for a short distance, and turns inwards with a similar
angle, and after a second bend, again at right angles with the last, terminates
on the inner edge : on the hinder margin is a very faint brownish line ; cilia
of all the wings immaculate ochry-yellow.

Of this very conspicuous species I have seen only the specimen
which is contained in my collection ; it was taken in Devonshire.

b. Wings wifh dark nercures beneath.
Sp. 6. cinctalis. AIi,s anticis aureojlavis, alliido obsolcti. nebulosis, str-ig-is duahvx
obsolctis posticis saturaHoribus. posticis aJbido-jlavis, strigis duabus validiuriius
fuscis. (Exp. Alar. 1 unc. — 1 — 3 lin.)

Bo. cinctalis. Treifschke.— Ma. VimhaWs. Steph. Catal. n. 165. .Ao. 6812.
Anterior wings pale golden-yellow, with obsolete whitish clouds : in place of
Haustki.lata. Vol. IV. 30th Ai'ril, 1834. d

50 HAUSTELLATA. LKPIDOl'TERA.

the stigmata of tha Noctuidte are two faint reddish-yellow spots, behind
which near the hinder margin are two obscure parallel darkish waved lines :
posterior wings whitish-yellow, with a brownish spot towards the base, a
waved striga nearly in the middle, vanishing on the inner edges, and a second
more regular one near the hinder margin; on the latter is a faint line, and
an interrupted row of spots at the base of the cilia ; the latter whitish-
yellow on all the whigs: beneath the whigs are paler, with broad transverse
brown fasciae and clouds, and the nervures faintly tinged with the same.
The wings vary considerably in tint, and are sometimes whitish and very

glossy, with the strigae obscure.
The caterpillar, according to Schrank, feeds on the broom {Spartium scopa-
rium) : the imago appears towards the end of June or beginning of July, and
frequents clover-fields and hedges.
Py. limbalis of the Wiener Verzeichniss is a different species, and having the
priority of name, that of the present insect must necessarily be changed: I
have therefore followed Treitschke.

Not uncommon in certain districts, especially near Darenth-wood
and at Ripley, where I have occasionally taken this species in abun-
dance. " Bath."" — C. C. Babingfoii, Esq. " Common in clover-
fields in the neighbourhood of Bottisham."' — Rev. L. Jenyns.

E. Anterior wings broadish, elongate-triangular, very acute, not transversely

streaked ; posterior ovate-triangular, immaculate ; all somewhat hyaline,

with dark nervures beneath ; palpi short, ascending : —

SiTOCHROA, Hiib.
Sp. 8. palealis. Alis aniicis vii-escenti-sulphureis, venis Juscesceiitibv.i, posticis

virescenti-albis, immaculatis. (Exp. Alar. 1 unc. 3 lin.)
Py. palealis. Wien. Verz. — Ma. palealis. Steph. Catal. ii. 163. N'o. 6810.

Head, thorax, and anterior wings of a pale greenish sulphur, the latter rather
acute, with the costa and the nervures, especially on the hinder margin,
brownish : cilia pale sulphur-white : posterior whigs white, with a faint
greenish tinge, immaculate, the cilia as in the anterior : beneath, the ner-
vures of all the wings, the anterior with the costa and some transverse
abbreviated lines, and a spot on the costa of the posterior, brownish.

Rare : specimens have occurred near Dover and in Norfolk, in
July, and I beheve also in Devonshire.

+Sp. 7. pandalis. Atisjhividis, sirigis, macvla, margineque externofuscis.
Bot. pandalis. Treitschke. — Ma. Thapsalis. Steph. Catal. ii. 165. A^o. 6818.
Wings yellowish, with streaks; a spot and the hinder margin brown.
This species has been accidentally admitted into the British list, in mistake
for the variety of Ma. ochrealis.

hYRAI.IUE. M.MIOAKITIA. 51

F. Anterior wings rather narrow, acute, the hinder margin slightly romuUil ;

posterior small : all pale, with transverse or longitudinal streaks : —

Hatalia, Hiih.

a. Palpi 7nodt'rate, acute, depending : wings rather transparent, with faint

transverse streaks.

Sp. 9. hyalinalis. Alis anticis pallide sulphureis, sirigis duahtis mactilii fiscicu/ue
marginali J'uscescentihus, po^ticis dilutioribus, strigd nnic^l saturutiore. (Exp.
Alar. 1 vmc. 4 lin.)

Py. hyalinalis. ITiibner.—Ma. hyalinalis. Steph. Cutal. ii. 16.5. No. 6813.

Anterior wings pale sulphur, or straw colour, with a brownish spot in the
middle, an incurved line towards the base, a repanded, very flexuous,
one behind the middle, and an interrupted band towards the hinder margin :
cilia immaculate straw-colour : posterior wings paler, with a dusky waved
line in the middle, and an interrupted band on the hinder margin as on the
anterior wings.

This is usually esteemed a rare insect, and in fact is found in few
cabinets only : I have at different times captured many specimens
in June near Darenth-wood, that most prolific spot for rare Lepidop-
terous and other insects.

Sp. 10. angustalis. Alis anticis strumineis, punctis duahus ohsoletis ordinariis,
ante strigam comniunem repandam saturatiorem. (Exp. Alar. 1 unc
1—2 lin.)

Py. angustalis. Haworth. — Ma. angustalis. Steph. Catal. ii. 165. No. 6815.

Wings straw-colour ; anterior narrow, with two obscure dusky spots in the
middle towards the costa, followed by a faint flexuous pale fuscous streak,
which extends to the inner margin of the posterior; towards the base is an
obscure dusky streak, and the hinder margin is slightly clouded : posterior
wings whitish, with the hinder margins dusky straw: cilia pale whitish-
straw-colour.

Rather scarce : taken occasionally in the beginning of June at
Darenth-wood, and also near Brighton, the New Forest, and Heme
Bay. " Favershara." — Haworth., /. c.

Sp. 11. terrainalis. Alis anticis cinereo-stramineis, obsolete strigatis, Jimbrid

communi fascesccnie. (Exp. Alar. 11 lin. — 1 unc.)
Py. terminalis. Hawoith. — Ma. terminaJis. Steph. Catal. ii. 165. No. 6816.

Wings pale ashy-straw, anterior with three brownish streaks, the first incurved
towards the base, tlie second repanded behind tiie middle, and between
these a small dusky spot towards the costa, the third parallel with and near

n2

52 IIAUSTF.LT.ATA. LEI'IDOPTEIIA.

the hinder margin, wliich is fuscescent : posterior wings paler, with a
spot near the base and two transverse streaivs, the first, behind the middle,
flexuous, and the second near the hinder margin, which is also dusky, and
bordered interiorly with the second streak : cilia ashy straw-colour.

Also rare; taken ne.ar Dover and at Darenth-wood, in June.
"Faversham." — IJ a worth, I. c

Sp. 12. glabralis. Alis sordide cinereo-rujesceniihus, striga postica communi
undatd saturatiore pone pinctum mqjusculum quudratuvi anticai'um. (Exp.
Alar. 1 unc.)

Py. glabralis. Hilbner. — Ma. glabralis. Steph. Caial. ii. 165. JVo. 6814.

Wings dull reddish-ash ; anterior with a large quadrate whitish patch in the
middle towards the costa, bordered on the basal and hinder margins with
fuscous ; between this and the hinder margin is a faint common waved and
denticulated streak: posterior wings rather paler, with a faint marginal
band : cilia of all the wings whitish.

An insect apparently of great rarity : I have hitherto seen but two
.specimens, one of which is in the late Mr. Haworth's collection, the
other in my own cabinet : of their locality I am not aware.

•fSp. 13. pallidalis. "Alis angustis, rufescenti-alhidis, seu paUidis, strigis
rectis cEquidistributis, annuloque saturutioribus." — Haworth. (Exp. Alar.
1 unc. 1 lin.)

Py. pallidalis. Haivorth.— Ma. pallidalis. Steph. Catnl. ii. 165. No. 6817.

Wings reddish-white, with a common brownish streak before the middle, and
a second, also common, behind, having a fuscous circle between : behind the
second streak is a short transverse brown costal line, and there is another
abbreviated one between the last and the hinder margin.

The only example I know of this very delicate and beautiful
species is in the collection of the late Mr. Haworth, who obtained it
from that of Mr. Francillon.

b. Palpi rather long, stout, horizontal, or ascending : wings opaque, generally
spotted and streaked, sometimes longitudinally : — Epicorsia, p. Hiib.

Sp. 14. flavalis. Alis anticis nureo-sulphureis, strigis subtribus, stigmatibusque
tribus fuscis ; posticis dilutioribus. (Exp. Alar. 1 unc. — 1 unc. 1 lin.)

Py. flavalis. Jfiibner.—Un. flavalis. Steph. Catal. ii. 166. JVo. 6822.

Anterior wings of a pale golden-sulphur, with three distinct stigmatiform
brown spots, with darker margins in the middle, placed between two trans-
verse streaks, the anterior one indented, the hinder flexuous, and as if

rVKAl.lD.E. M AUG A JUT I A. 53

broken, in the middle of" its length ; behhid this is sometimes a row of
tlusky clouds ; and on the hinder margin itself is a brown Une : posterior
wings pale ashy sulphur, with a faint subbasal spot, and two evanescent
dusky streaks; or sometimes brownish with darker streaks: cilia glossy
yellowish-brown.
The caterpillar feeds on the wild madder {Galium, mollugo): the imago
appears towards the middle of July.

Rather rare : it has occurred in woody places near London, and
also rather abundant) v near Halvert^ate in Norfolk.

Sp. 15. ochrealis. Alls cinticis ocltructo-stramineis strigis duabus lituruquc iriier-
jeciuj'usco-f'errugiiieis; j)ot,ticiji ulbidis, Tiiargiue cincraxccnte. (Exp. Alar.
9— lOlin.)

Py. ochrealis. Fubricius. — Ma. ochrealis. Steph. CatalAi. 166. A^'o. 6819.

Anterior wings of an ochraceous straw-colour, with an incurved rusty-brown
streak towards the base, a second very tlexuous one behind the middle,
with a minute spot and an elongate line between them towards the costa ;
on the hinder margin is a dusky line: posterior wings whitish, with the
hinder margin, especially towards the costa, ashy ; sometimes with a faint
spot near the base and an obsolete repanded -streak behind the middle.

The caterpillar feeds on the spikenard {Conyza squarrosa), and other plants.

Not very uncommon in some places near London in June, espe-
cially at Darenth-wood and its vicinity : I have also taken it at
Ripley and Hertford, but more sparingly.

tSp. 16. cilialis. Alis anticis rufo-ferrugineis, striatis, ciliis a/bis; j^o^i^*^^^
albidis. (Exp. Alar. 11 lin.)

Py. cilialis. Hiibner.— Ma. cilialis. Steph. Catal. ii. 166. A'o. 6830.

Anterior wings rusty-red or brownish, with darker longitudinal streaks, a
brownish lunule in the middle, and a second towards the apex ; the extreme
hinder margin and the cilia white: posterior wings whitish, with a reddish
tinge ; cilia white.

The only example I have seen of this insect was taken several
years since, in June, near Cambridge, by my friend the Rev.
W. Blunt.

Sp. 17. ferrugalis. Alis atdicis rufo aut ochraceo-ferrugincis, maculis duabits
lineaque posticu undata fuscis ; posticis fusco-cinerascentibux. (Exp. Alar-
9—10 lin.)

Py. ferrugalis. llubiier — Ma. ferrugalis. Steph. Calal. ii. 166. Nu. 6823.

54 HAUSTELLATA. LEPIUOFTERA,

nterior wings rusty-red or ochreous, rather narrow, Avith two distinct stig-
matiform dusky spots, the anterior rounded and the posterior larger and
somewhat reniform, behind these— the space between which is rather pale-
is a fine, irregularly waved, brown line; the apex of the costa has a faint
brownish cloud, and on the hinder margin is a row of distinct minute dusky
dots: posterior wings fuscous-ash, with the margin and a minute central
dot darker.

Rare : it has occurred near Darenth-wood, and also in the vicinity
of Heme Bay, and in July 1827 I met with it at Ripley ; found also
in other parts of the country. " Teignmouth, Devon.'" — Cajd.
C. B lamer.

Sp. 18. fulvalis. AHs anticis rujb-j'ulvis, strigisfuscis, maculisque fusco cinctis,
posticis cinerascenfibiis puncto sti'iglquefuscis. (Exp. Alar. 8 lin.)

Py. fulvalis. HUbner. Py.pl. 22. f. 147 ?

Anterior wings fulvous-red, with two fuscous streaks bordered externally with
whitish, between which are two pale spots, edged with fuscous, the anterior
one minute, the second slightly elongate: on the extreme hinder margin is
a faint dusky line : posterior wings ashy, with a minute subbasal spot, and
a faint repanded transverse streak, brown.

I have a single mutilated example of this very distinct species, but
I am not aware of its locality ; but I believe it was taken near
London.

G. Anterior ivings broadish, very acute, hinder margin subfalcate : posterior

subtriangular ; all concolorous, clouded, with numerous transverse streaks :

palpi short, ascending, acute: — Ecpyrrhorrhoe, Hub.

Sp. 19. Verbascalis. Alis ochraceo-ferrvgineis, strigis quatiior validis commu-

nibus fu.scis, posticd obsoletiure j anticis macula media Juscci, alteriique Jlava.

(Exp. Alar. 9—10 lin.)

Py. Verbascalis. Wien. Verz. — Ma. Verbascalis. Steph. Catal. ii. 166. No. 6821.

Wings rusty-ochraceous, with four common nearly equidistant streaks ; the
anterior with a plain ochry-yellow subcentral spot, and a dusky patch
adjoining between it and the anal angle in the centre of the wing : the
posterior streak on all the wings is more or less indistinct and composed of
dusky subconfluent zigzag lines : cilia shining rusty-brown, with a dark-
brown line at the base.

This insect varies considerably, but may be known from its congeners by the
wings being more than ordinarily clouded : in some examples the brown
clouds are very conspicuous, hi others they are less distinguishable ; the
streaks on the posterior wings arc very strong and apparent.

I'YRALID.i:. MAIIGARITIA. OO

Not very abundant ; found occasionally at C'oonihe and Darenth-
woods, and in Battersea-fields and near Hertford : it has also been
found in Norfolk in July.

H. Anterior wings rather narrow, obtuse, rounded behind: posterior small;

all concolorous, with dark transverse streaks ; palpi short, subpilose,

depending : antenna;, legs, and bod>j very long and slender : —

Doi.icHARTHRiA mihi.

Sp. 20. longipedalis. Ali.s rufo-uchraccis, aniicis strigis duabus fuscescentibus,
puH£to alho inter-Jedo alteroqiw versus basin : posticis strigis duabus fuscis.
(Exp. Alar. 1 unc. 1—2 lin.)

Py. ? longipedalis. D(de MSS.—^Ia. longipedalis. SIcph. Catal. ii. 166.
No. 6820. — Sc. longioedalis. Curtis, vii. pi. 312.

Reddish or dusky-ochre ; anterior wings with a dusky waved streak before
the middle, with one or two whitish spots anteriorly towards the costa, a
rather conspicuous reniforni whitish dot beyond ll.e middle, and a flexuous
dusky streak between it and the posterior margin ; the space between the
streaks is sometimes darker than the rest of the wing, and forms a transverse
-fascia: posterior wings rusty-brown, with two obscure waved streaks, and,
in the female, a whitish central dot : legs and abdomen very long and
slender.

This species has been taken near Weymouth and at Ryde in July;
it has also been found near Teignmouth, Devon, by Capt. Blonicr,
to whom I am indebted for specimens.

I. Anterior wings moderate, acute, slightly rounded on the hinder margin ;

posterior triangular; all ashy, concolorous, with very obscure transverse

streaks, no stigmatiform spots ; palpi short, robust, horizontal : —

PsAMOTis, Hub.

Sp. 21. pulveralis. Alis stramineo-cinereis, anticis atvmis strigisque duabus

obsoletis, maaddque media fuscis. (Exp. Alar. 9 lin.)
Py. pulveralis. H'iibner. — Ma. pulveralis. Steph. Catal. ii. 166. Xo. 6S24.

Wings pale ashy-straw colour ; anterior with minute dusky spots, a faint
central lunule placed between two transverse streaks, the anterior of which
is very obscure and incurved, the posterior irregularly waved : cilia whitish-
yellow : posterior wings paler, with two faint transverse Hues : cilia
whitish.

My specimens of this insect were taken in June at Darenth-Avood
several years ago. " Meldon Tark.'' — G. Wailes, Esq.

56 IIAUSTEl.LATA. LEl'IDOPTKRA.

Sp. 22. fuscalis. Alii fusco-cinerascentibus, lunula fusca ante strigam communetn

repandam saturatiorem extus dilutiorem. (Exp. Alar. 10 lin. — 1 unc.)
Py. fuscalis. Wicn. Verz.—^la.. cineralis. Steph. Catal. ii. 166. No. 6825.

Wings ashy-brown : anterior with a short darker lunule, behind whicli is a
repanded darker streak, slightly indented, and bordered exteriorly with paler
ash : posterior wings with a minute central dot and a repanded fuscous
line bordered exteriorly with pale ash, as in the anterior : cilia plain ashy-
brown.

The caterpillar is whitish-green, with a brighter dorsal line and dusky lateral
ones : it feeds upon the golden-rod {^SoUdago virgamea) : the imago appears
in woody places in June.

Not very uncommon in many places within the metropohtan
district, as at Birch, Darenth, and Coombe-woods, Hertford, Ripley,
&c. .

Sp. 23. fimbrialis. AUs albido-cinerascentlhus maculia duabus stiiguque undulata
comviuni Jimhriuque aaturuiioi-ibus. (Exp. Alar. 1 unc.)

Ma. fimbrialis. Stcph. Catal. ii. 166. No. 6826.

Wings whitish-ash, with two spots in the middle towards the costa, preceded
by a very obscure incurved streak, and followed towards the hinder margin
by a very much waved brown streak ; hinder margins brownish-ash, with a
row of minute black dots on its extreme edge : posterior wings rather paler,
with a very faint dusky spot towards the base and a waved dusky streak
towards the hinder margin, the latter clouded with brownish-ash : cilia all
ashy-brown.

Taken at Darenth-wood and near Dover, in June.

K. Anterior wings rather broad, short, rounded on the hinder margin, with

stigmatiform central spots; pale, with transverse streaks; antenna; and

bodij rather short: — Mesographe, p. Hilb.

a. Palpi long, horizontal, acute.

Sp.2t. iiistitialis. AUs aJbidis, obsolete strigatis, anticis stigmatiferisj jiosticis
angulo apicalifulginoso. (Exp. Alar. 10 lin. — 1 unc.)

Py. institialis. Hilbner Verz.—Ma. lutealis. Ste[)h. Catal. ii. 166. No. 6828.

Wings whitish: anterior with obsolete lutescent streaks and a longitudinal
line of the same near the costa ; in the middle are two stigmatiform spots,
with luteous edges ; on the apex of the costa is an oblique lutescent cloud,
and a fine line of the same on the hinder marghi ; cilia whitish : posterior
wings with a very obscure lutescent streak, a brownish spot in the middle,
and a large smoky cloud on the apical angle of the hhidcr margin; the ex-

I'VKALIU.E. MAKGARITIA. S'J

treme edge with a slightly interrupted fine dusky lutescent line: cilia ashy-
white.

Not a very abundant species, but cannot be esteemed rare: it fre-
quents hedges, &c. towards the end of June, and has been taken at
Hertford, Ripley, Coombe, Darcnth, and Birch-woods, and in Cam-
bridgeshire. " Bath." — Rev. J. Lackey. " Newcastle, &c." —
G. IVailes, Ksq.

b. Palpi short, ascending, terminal joint obvious, acute.

Sp. 25. stramentalis. Alis anticis stramineis, strigis quatuor venisque piceo-
Juscis, posticis albidis margine postico strigaque arcuatd fuscis. (Exp. Alar.
1 unc.)

Py. stramentalis. Hitbnir Verz. — Ma. elutalis. Steph. Cutal. ii. 167.
No. 6833.

Anterior wings pale straw colour, with dusky atoms and faint pitchy-brown
lines on the nervures, and three nearly equidistant waved streaks of the
same colour, and a slender one on the hinder margin ; between which and
the third is an irregular clouded fascia, and annexed to the second is a cor-
date stigma, to which a reniform one is connected on the outer edge: cilia
ashy : posterior wings whitish, with the hinder margins, and an abbreviated
curved streak on the anal angle pitchy-brown : cilia white, with a dusky
cloud towards the anal angle.

Rare near London : it occurs in marshy places in July : it appears
to be more abundant in Norfolk ; in the neighbourhood of Halvergate
the late Mr. Haworth once found it in profusion.

L. Anterior wi?igs broad, obtuse, hinder margin rounded, dusky, disc not

transversely streaked ; posterior ovate-triangular, rounded behind : palpi

very short, acute or subclavate : iot/?/ moderate : — Evergestis, Hub.

Sp. 26. margaritalis. Alis anticis pallide sulphureis, apice fusco ferrugineo,

posticis albidis, fascia externa dilute ferruginea. (Exp. Alar. 1 unc.

3—4 lin.)

Py. margaritalis. Wien. Tfr^.— Ma. margaritalis. Steph. Catal. ii. 167.

No. 6832.
Anterior wings pale sulphur, with minute ferruginous atoms, and a large
rusty-brown patch, with a darker oblique streak at the apex, on the hinder
margin : cilia also dark rusty-brown : posterior wings whitish, with the
hinder margin pale dull rusty-brown: cilia the same, but whitish towards
the anal angle.
Scarce, or rather probably very local; it has been taken near

58 HAUSTELLATA.— LEPIDOPTERA.

Bristol ; also in Bedfordshire, near Bedford, and in Berkshire in
June. " Beachamwell, Norfolk."—/. Scales, Esq.

Sp. 27. sericealis. AMs anticis stramineo-Jlavis macula media ustulata mari>;i-
neqiie externa subferrugineo, posticis cinerascentibus. (Exp. Alar. 9—10 lin.)

Py. sericealis. Wien. Verz.—Vy. Leeana. Donovan, x. pi. 357. /. 1.—
Ma. sericealis. Sieph. Catal. n. 167. ]So. 6831.

Anterior wings deep straw-yellow, with a rusty spot behind the middle
towards the costa, in which are placed transversely two deep violaceous
dots ; between this and the hinder margin is an obscure repanded dusky
line, and the hinder margin itself is of a dull ustulated ferruginous; some-
times with a row of very minute whitish dots : on the costa are one or two
minute rusty dots : the posterior wings are ashy or brownish, pale at the
base, ^with a faint dusky streak behind the middle : cilia all dusky ferrugi-
nous. The anterior wings are sometimes considerably suffused with dusky-
ferruginous.

Caterpillar green, with two white dorsal stripes and some black hairs; it feeds
on grasses : the imago appears in July in hedges and shrubby places.

Not uncommon in woods and copses within the metropolitan dis-
trict ; found also in the New Forest and in Devonshire.

M. Anterior wings rather narrow, acute, subtruncate, plain, not transversely

streaked ; posterior ample, ovate-triangular, discolorous : palpi shortish,

slender, ascending, acute; maxillae short: — Uresephita, jo. Hub.

Sp. 28. alpinalis. Alis anticis obscure cinereis, atomis saturatioribus, maculaque
pone medium pallida, posticis albidis, fimbria cinered. (Exp. Alar. 1 unc
1 lin.)

Py. alpinalis. Wien. Verz.—'Mdi. uliginosalis. Steph. Catal. ii. 106. No. 6827.

Head, thorax, and anterior wings dull ashy, with minute darker atoms, and a
pale spot behind the middle, towards the costa, seemingly raised : cilia
pale : posterior wings paler or whitish, with an ashy border on the hinder
margin : cilia w^hitish.

I have a single specimen of the male of this species, which I ob-
tained from Mr. Dale ; it was captured in Scotland, where several
other examples occurred in July 1827, on the summit of Ben Lawers
and Craig-challoch.

PYRALID.E. MARGARITIA. 59

N. Anterior wings rather narrow, slightly acute, the hinder margin subtrun-
cate ; the disc of sombre hue, with pale Or dark Spots ; posterior rather
ample : palpi moderate, acute, nearly horizontal, the terminal joint ob-
tuse : Zioc/^' rather short : — Scopula mZ/H.- Uresephita, ^). Hub.

Sp. 29. sticticalis. Alis nitidis, fuscis nelulosis, anticis macula quadrata media,
strigaque posticajlavis. (£xp. Alar. 1 unc. 1 — 2 lin.)

Ph. Py. sticticalis. Linne.—^co. sticticalis. ' Steph. Catal. ii. 167. No. 6837.
—Ma. tetragonalis. Steph. Catal. ii. 166. No. 6829.

Wings shining fuscous ; anterior with some darker clouds, a central quadran-
gular pale yellow spot in the middle, a faint streak of the same towards the
tip of the costa, and an irregular streak on the hinder margin, also pale
yellow : posterior wings with a faint dusky streak, bordered with palish,
behind the middle, and a slender yellowish line on the hinder margin : cilia
all glossy brown.

A rare .species, but widely distributed : I took a specimen in July
1827 at Ripley, and one previously near Dover : it has also occurred
near Coombe-wood, and at " Beachamwell, Norfolk."" — J. Scales j
Esq.

Sp. 30. olivalis. Alis unticis fuscis albido nehulosis, macvln quadrata punciisque
niveis,posticis albidis lunula punctojimbriaque fuscis. (Exp. Alar. 1 unc. —
1 unc. 1 lin.)

Py. olivalis. Wicn. Fer:;.— Scop, nivealis. Steph. Catal. ii. 167. No. 6836.

Anterior wings fuscous, with some short dusky and whitish lines on the costa
towards the apex ; a round white dot towards the base duplicated on the
inner margin, a quadrate snow-white spot hi the middle, and between this
and the hinder margin an elongate white one, behind which is a more or less
distinct very much waved streak, composed of whitish lines ; and on the
hhider margin is a row of minute dusky dots: posterior wings white, with
a lunate spot towards the costa, a small central dot, and the hinder margin
brown ; the inner margin is sometimes brownish : on the hinder margin is
a row of dusky dots, as in the anterior wings : cilia whitish, with a dusky
line at the base.

Caterpillar dirty-green, with two broad paler lines on the back and sides ;
head and legs greenish ; it feeds on the speedwell ( Veronica officinalis) : the
imago appears at the end of June.

A very abundant insect, at least in the vicinity of London: found
also in Norfolk, Suffolk, the New Forest, Devonshire, &c. " Alder-
ley, Cheshire." — Rev. E. Stanley. " Newcastle." — G. Wailes, Esq.
" Epping." — Mr. H. Douhleday.

60 HAUSTKLLATA. — LEPIDOl'TKRA.

Sp. 31. Prunalis. Alls fusco-ci nereis, anticis maculis duabus strigaque arenati
postica saturatioribus. (Exp. Alar. 1 unc. — 1 unc. 1 lin.)

Py. Prunalis. Wien. Verz. — Scop. Prunalis. Steph. Catal. ii. 167. No. 6834.

Wings ashy-brown ; anterior with a very faint darker streak towards the
middle, two stigmatiform dark spots in the middle, followed by a bent zig-
zag streak, which is bounded exteriorly on the inner edge of the wing with
whitish : on the extreme hinder margins is a row of black dots ; and on the
costa are some oblique abbreviated whitish streaks : cilia fuscous : posterior
whigs fuscous, with a faint row of blackish dots on the hinder margin : some-
times pale ashy brown, with a small dot towards the base, a central lunule
and an obscure curved streak towards the hinder margin dusky : cilia
fuscous.

Caterpillar green, with two broad whitish dorsal stripes, two large black spots
anteriorly, and two smaller ones posteriorly: it feeds on the blackthorn
(Paunus spinosd) : the imago appears abundantly in hedges towards the
end of June.

Also very abundant within the metropolitan district, in Hants,
Devonshire, &c.

Genus CCLXXII. — Cyn.eda, Hiihiier.

Palpi short; labial slender, not very densely clothed with scales, triarticulate,
the basal joint short, second elongate, attenuated, terminal ovate-acute:
maxillcE very short. Antennce rather short, subacute within and pubescent
in the males; simple in the females: head small: eyes moderate; thorax
rather stout : luings eniire, placed in a triangle (!) during repose ; anterior
slightly dilated at the apex of the costa, the hinder margin rounded, cilia
ample, the surface marked with radiated or stellate light and dark lines ;
posterior ovate-triangular, also with radiated lines : abdomen short, with a
small tuft at the apex in the males : legs rather long and slender.

This singular genus may be instantly recognised by the pretty

-j-Sp. 32. nebulalis. Alls anticis Jlavido-cinereis, maculis duabus strigaque ex-
terna obsoletis, posticis cinereis, ciliis albidis.

Py. nebulalis. Hubner. Py. pi. 8. /. 51. — Haworth {!)— Steph. Catal. ii. 167.
No. 6835.

Anterior wings yellowish-ash, with two spots and a streak on the hinder

margin, obscure ; posterior ashy ; cilia whitish.
Haworth doubtingly considered this species as synonymous with the preceding,

in which particular I followed him in my Catalogue ; but the true species

does not appear to be indigenous.

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PVliAI.ID.F.. XOLA. 61

Stellate or radiated markings upon its anterior wings, the cilia of
which are very long, and partake of the radiating lines ; the palpi
are very slender (at least in my specimen), and slightly drooping;
the body short ; legs tolerably long and slender ; the antennas a
little pilose beneath, &c.

Sp. 1. (lentalis. Plate 33. J". 1. Alis anticis griseo-cinerascentibus, llneulis

alhis nigro adnatis radiantibvs. (Exp. Alar. 10 — 11 lin.)
Py. dentalis. Wien. /'er^.— Scop, dentalis. Steph. Catal. ii. 167. No. 6838.

Anterior wings greyish-ash or pale olivaceous-brown, with some whitish
clouds, the costa palish at the base, the apex with short oblique black and
white streaks, behind the middle is a most singularly llexuous streak arising
on the costa and terminating in the middle of the inner margin, white
interiorly and black exteriorly, composed of numerous very sharply and
suddenly angulated lineolae, giving a radiated appearance to the wing;
behind this, on the hinder margin, is a row of short white lines, one in each
areolet ; cilia whitish-ash, interrupted with black streaks : posterior wings
ashy-brown, with an irregular, angulated, line behind the middle : cilia pale
ash.

In the collection of the late Mr. Haworth is a specimen of this
rare insect, taken near London, by Mr. Knight, and I possess one
taken several years since in Devonshire, not far from Tavistock.

Genus CCLXXIII. — Nola, Leach.

Palpi large, somewhat depending, robust, parallel, densely clothed with
elongate scales ; triarticulate, the basal joint short, incurved, second elon-
gate, a little smaller, terminal minute ovate : maxilla short. Antenna mo-
derate, with a fascicle of long scales at the base, simple in both sexes, pilose
beneath in the males : head small, clothed with rough scales : ei/es small :
thorax stoutish : wings entire, ample, anterior placed over the posterior
during repose, and forming a triangle, the disc with transverse streaks and
three elevated tufts of scales, placed longitudinally ; posterior ample, ovate-
triangular : abdomen short, stout in the female, with a small tuft at the
apex ; legs rather slender, moderate. Larva hairy, with fourteen legs :
pupa inclosed in a conical cocoon, truncate at one end.

This genus, which is synonymous with Roeselia of Uiibncr, but
whose adopted name has the priority, differs from the other Pyralidae
by having elevated tufts on the anterior wings, as in some of the
genera of the next family, by which they may be at once known,
without attending to the other characters : the larva is flat, pilose,

62 HAUSTELLATA. LEPIDOPTERA.

and has fourteen legs, and exposed, that is, move about without the
protection of a curled leaf, in which most of the Tortricea, as well as
the insects of the present family, reside.

Sp. 1. strigulalis. Alls anticis cinereo alboque variegatis, strigis duabus
repandis subdenticulatis atris, posticisfusco-ulbidis. (Exp. Alar. 8—9 lin.)

Py. strigulalis. H'ltbner. — No. strigulalis. Steph. Catal. ii. 168. A^o. 6840.

Anterior wings white, with ashy clouds, with a repanded somewhat denticu-
lated streak before the middle, and a second rather behind, the latter more
flexuous, and accompanied within by an ashy band,- behind these, on the
hinder margin, which is slightly dusky, is an obscure pale flexuous streak :
cilia whitish : posterior wings dusky-whitish, palest at the base, with a fine
lunular spot towards the middle : cilia whitish.

Caterpillar ochry-yellow or flesh-colour, with a blackish spot on the seventh
segment; head brown, with yellowish marks : it feeds on the oak: the
pupa is enclosed in a papyratious cocoon, truncate at one end : the imago
appears about the end of May or beginning of June.

Not very common ; found occasionally at Coombe and Darenth-
woods ; also in Yorkshire, Devonshire, and the New Forest.

Sp. 2. Monachalis. Alls anticis fusco-cinerascentibus, strigis duabus undiilatis
denticulatis nebulisque atris ; posticis fuscis. (Exp. Alar. 10 — II5 lin.)

Py. Monachalis. Haworth. — No. Monachalis. Steph. Catal ii. 168. No. 6839.
Curtis, ix. pi. 328.

Anterior wings hoary-brown, with dark clouds, an incurved and dentate fascia
near the base, a flexuous somewhat denticulated one behind the middle, and
behind this a row of obsolete black streaks, followed by an undulated palish
line; cilia hoary-ash, with some minute black dots at the base, and some
whitish lines : posterior wings and cilia immaculate brown.

This is to the foregoing species what my No. fuliginalis is to the following, and
I am very much inclined to suspect that it will prove a mere suffused variety
thereof.

Found but very rarely in the vicinity of London in June; at
Coombe and Colney Hatch woods : it has also been taken in other
parts.

Sp. 3. cucuUatella. Alls anticis albido cincreis uutfuliginosis, basi, striga ma-
culaque costali nigricantibus, posticis fuscis. (Exp. Alar. 7 — 9 lin.)

Ph. Tr. cucuUatella. Linneus- — No. cucuUatella. Steph. Catal. ii. 168.
No. 6841.

PYRALID.fi. 63

Anterior wings ashy-white, the l)use deep brown or black, tainted by a darker
line, behind the middle is a dusky spot on the costa, from which arises a
more or less distinct flexuons streak, the hinder margin of the wing is
darker than the middle, and bears an obscure pale eroded streak : posterior
wings and cilia brown.

In the middle of the anterior wings is sometimes an obsolete streak.

Var. (3. No. fuliginalis. Steph. Catal. ii. 168. No. 6842.

Wings of a smoky-bluish, with the base, and a very obscure central line,
darker.

Caterpillar pilose, brown, with a row of whitish spots on the back : it feeds on
the apple and pear, sloe, whitethorn, mountain ash, &3. : the pupa is en-
closed in a silken cocoon ; and the imago appears towards the middle or
end of June.

Very abundant in gardens and hedges within the metropohtan
district ; found also in other parts of the country.

LEPIDOPTERA VESPERTINA;

Or those Lepidopterous Insects which may be known by the following
more or less evident characters : —

PaJpi sometimes two, triarticulate; short and somewhat compressed, conic,
the basal joint usually least, the intermediate one longest and frequently
dilated above, the terminal one short, and rather obtuse ; or elongate
slender, more or less reciu'ved, with the two apical joints of nearly equal
length, the termhial one being mostly aciculate ; sometimes four, the labial
triarticulated, elongate, and in general recurved ; the maxillary minute, or
slightly exposed; maxillce rather short, membranaceous, sometimes rudi-
mentary. Antennas usually short and simple, rarely pectinated or elongate,
though in one genus extremely long in the males : head small, squamous,
the scales occasionally very long and projecting over the frontlet : ej/es pro-
minent : thorax slender, rarely crested : wings either undivided and forming
a deflexed triangle during repose, or convoluted round the body, the poste-
rior alw^ays folded, or divided at the apex by one or more fissures, and ex-
panded during repose : body short and slender, with a small tuft at the apex
in the males, and acute and stouter in the females ; or elongate-cylindric,
acute at the apex: legs rather short, stoutish or slender; four posterior fasci
mostly with spurs at the apex.

64 H AUSTELL ATA. — LEPIUOPTEKA.

Larva various, with from fourteen to eigliteen legs, naked or pilose; either ex-
posed, or concealed within a convoluted leaf, or between the surfaces of one;
or in some few instances within the pith of plants, or in woollens, flannel,
and other stutFs, of which it forms its cocoon ; or the latter is placed in a
folliculus amongst its pabulum or beneath the earth: sometimes suspended,
after the manner of some of the Duima, with a slender thread.

This division is unquestionably the most numerous portion of this
beautiful order of insects, at least in these temperate regions ; the
groups of which it is composed differ considerably in appearance ;
nevertheless they may be recognised from the other sections by their
general habit : in some the anterior wings are broad, with the costal
margin more or less dilated at the base, the wings during repose in
these forming with the body a broad obtuse triangle, the rayed sides
being deflexed, accompanied generally with two short, horizontally
porrected, palpi; others have the anterior wings narrow and slender,
and while at rest convoluted round the body, with the palpi some-
times very short and depending, or elongate, slender, incurved, and
two in number : another group has four distinct, sometimes porrected,
palpi : others again have the wings cleft into plumeleto, varying in
number. It is therefore evident that, from these discrepancies of
form and structure, these insects require furtlier subdivision ; the
following families may consequently be formed therefrom, and may
be recognised by the annexed concise characters.

From the greater portion of the species appearing on the wing in
the evening, I have given them their present appellation ; though
many of them, especially those of brilliant metallic colours, delight in
flying in the full glare of sunshine, while some fly in the night, as
hereafter more particularly pointed out.

jIlcB omnes integrje.

Palpi duo, rarissinie quatuor.

AliB anticae latae, cum corpore triangulum efHcientes : 1. Tortricid^B.

angusta, convolutae: ... 2. YponomeutiDj?:.
pleruimque quatuor : ..... 3. Tixeid^t:.
plerumque in pluniulas fissa; 4. AlucitidjE.

TonxuiriDr.. — irvr.orjfir.A. G.j

Family I.— TORTRICID/E mi/iL

Antenna short, inserted near the eyes on the crown, mostly simple, with
the inside faintly ciliated in some males, or slightly pectinated in both sexes.
Pafpi two, very rarely four, and then only rudimentary, short, compressed, the
intermediate joint usually dilated above, the terminal short, slender, obtuse,
the base generally thickly clothed with scales or pilose, the apical joint
mostly exposed: maxillee short: head small : ocelli two, sometimes wanting:
eyes small, globose : thorax rarely crested : wings undivided, entire, anterior
broad, forming a triangle, dilated on each side anteriorly during repose, and
very slightly deflexed ; posterior ovate-triangular, folded on their inner
edge during repose : bodt/ slender, short, with a small anal tuft in the males,
rather stouter in the females and somewhat obtuse : legs short. Larva
naked, with sixteen legs ; usually residing within a leaf, convoluted by
itself: pupa formed in a delicate folliculus withui the twisted leaf.

This beautiful and extensive family consists of a series of small
moths as remarkable from the great variation to which almost all the
species are subject, as from their peculiar aspect during repose, at
which time they sit with slightly deflexed wings, the outline of which
is not very dissimilar to that of a bell, being a short, broad triangle,
with the longer sides dilated anteriorly, or towards the shoulders of
the insect ; in habit there is consequently considerable resemblance
at first sight, but when more closely examined considerable diversity
becomes apparent, and the family may then be subdivided into
numerous genera, distinguished not only by the contour of the wings
and their markings, but by the variations in the structure of the palpi,
antennae, &:c. Nearly all the species, at least as far as known,
reside in their larva state within a leaf twisted, or convoluted, by the
larva itself, though some few reside within the pulpy substance of
fruits, or even the medulla of plants ; the caterpillar is usually naked,
slender, with sixteen legs, and is very active, running with great ra-
pidity either backwards or forwards.

Genus CCLXXIV. — Hvlophila, Hilbner.

Palpi short, remote, rather slender, somewhat divergent, pilose beneath, the
terminal joint visible; basal joint very short, reniform, second rather atte-
nuated to the apex, apical nearly as long, and more slender, slightly acute.
Antenna simple in both sexes, slender at the base, a little thickened towards
the apex, and with the joints slightly produced and pilose within, the apex
slender and simple : head small, with a dense fascicle of hairs between the

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66

HAUSTELLATA LEPIDOl'TKRA.

antennae : ei/es deeply immersed, globose : thorax stout, pilose, not crested :
wings deflexed, anterior elongate-triangular, faintly rounded at the base of
the costa, on the hinder margin; plain, with simple transverse pale oblique
lines : posterior ovate-triangular, snbdiaphanous : body rather stout, and
acute at the apex, with a very small tuft at the apex in the males, and cari-
nated on the back in the females : legs short, slender. Caterpillar free,
robust, fleshy, naked, subcylindric, a little attenuated to the tail, with
sixteen legs : pupa enclosed in an exposed cocoon, one end of which has
frequently a conical protuberance.

Adhering strictly to the rules of nomenclature, the insects of the
present genus should be considered as constituting the genus Tortrix,
inasmuch as the first Linnean species of that grovip is included
therein ; nevertheless, as that name is so totally inapplicable here, I
have retained it to Ph. To. viridana and its congeners, and have
adopted the name employed by Hiibner in preference to that of
Treitschke (Halias), both on the score of priority, and to avoid the
confusion by using a word far too similar to Halia, although
recently adopted by Mr. Curtis: — the present insects may be known
by their comparatively gigantic size, combined with their beautiful
green anterior wings, which have one or more pale oWique streaks
thereon.

Sp. 1. prasinana. Alis anficis vhidiLns, strigis irihiis obliqnis alhis, margo
postico maris rvfis,fa;mincE aJbis. (Exp. Alar. 1 vuic. 3 — 6 lin.)

Ph. To. prasinana. LirniL — Chi. Fagana. Steph. Caial. ii. 168. A^o. CS43.
Ph. Fagana. Z)ore, viii. 7)/. 280.

Anterior wings green, with the costa and three oblique streaks white, the
posterior streak leading from the apex: thorax green, with four white
streaks : antennae fulvous. Male with the costa of the anterior wings at
the apex and the hinder margin, cilia, and inner margin, more or less bright
red; posterior wings yellowish white; abdomen the same : female with the
same parts of the anterior wings, and the posterior wings entirely glossy
white.

Var. — Male with the base and apex of the anterior wings green, the centre
with a broad ochraceous-yellow fascia.

Both sexes vary considerably in the intensity of colour, and the middle of
each space between the streaks on the upper wings is paler than the edges ;
sometimes broadly white.

Caterpillar pale yellowish-green, with a yellow lateral line and minute dark
specks, and two red lines at the tail : it feeds on the oak, ash, alder, beech,
&c.; pupa reddish brown, sprinkled with an ashy powder, inclosed in a finn
silken cocoon : the imago appears in June.

TOUTRICID.K, EAIUS. GJ

Not uncommon in woody places within the metropolitan district,
especially in Coombc, Darentli, and Birch woods; also found in
Devonshire. " Gihside, Sec." — G. IVailes, Esq.

Sp. 2, Qiiercana. Alis anticis viridissimis, strigis duabvs obliquis Jlavescente^
alhis, posticis albis. (Exp. Alar. 1 unc. 8 lin. — 2 unc.)

Ph. To. Quercana. Wien. Ver-^. — Ph. prasinana. Donov. ii. pi. 4:0, Jiff. sup.
Chi. prasinana. Steph. Catal. ii. 16S. A''^. GSU.

Head above, thorax and anterior wings deep grass green, the latter with the
costa, inner edge, two slender oblique streaks, and the cilia white, sometimes
with a yellowish tinge : posterior pure glossy white : antenna, palpi and
legs red.

The streaks on the anterior wings are occasionally a little waved.

Caterpillar green, with a lateral yellowish line, the second segment with a
dorsal tubercle : it feeds on the oak, alder, &c.: the pupa is pale green,
with a black dorsal line: the imago appears about the middle of June.

Much rarer than the foregoing species ; found throughout the
metropolitan district in similar situations with the preceding. "Once
at Tanfield by Mr. Thornhill."— G. Wailes, Esq.

Genus CCLXXV.— Eaius, Hiibner.

Palpi short, ascending, parallel, densely clothed with short compact scales,
terminal joint somewhat horizontally porrccted ; basal joint short, second
rather stouter and elongate, third short, ovate-acute : vKuilla a littl
elongate. Antenna; simple in both sexes, faintly pubescent beneath in the
males : head rather broad, with depressed scales between the antennte : eyes
large, globose: thorax rather short, not crested: unngs short, anterior
broad triangular, straight at the base, plain with pale margins ; posterior
ample, ovate-triangular, somewhat diaphanous : body slender, obtuse, with,
a small tuft at the apex : legs short. Caterpillar free, convex, attenuated
at both ends, with sixteen legs ; head small : pupa subconic, enclosed in a
firm cocoon, with a conical apex.

In my Catalogue I associated the present genus with the following,
and it has also been attached to the foregoing, but it evidently belongs
to neither : in the habit of the larva and pupa it is allied to the last,
the larva being exposed, that is, not resident in a twisted leaf, and
the pupa is placed in a firm cocoon, but the imago is manifestly
more allied to Tortrix, from which it chiefly differs in the structure of
the palpi and in having the wings entirely of uniform colours, with

pale margins.

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08 IIAUSTF.LI.ATA. LEPIDOPTEKA.

Sp. 1. cloraiia, Alis anticis vh-idibus, cost.i albCi, posticis albidis. (Exp. Alar.
9—10^ lin.

Ph. To. clorana. Liiwe. — Ph. viridana. Wilkes, pi. 5. — To. clorana. Steph.
Catal. ii. 169. No. 684.6.

Anterior wings green, with the costa white ; cilia white or greenish : posterior

wings and cilia shining white.
Caterpillar greenish, spotted with white, the sides spotted with brown : it

feeds on the willow; pupa inclosed in a conical cocoon : the imago appears

in June.

Somewhat local, and not very common ; found generally in marshy
districts, as in Battersea-fields, near Woolwich, Plumstead, Erith,
&c., on willows and oziers.

Gets^us CCLXXVI. — ToRTRTx Auctorum.

Palpi short, subhorizontal, or depending, subparallel, clothed with rather long
divergent scales, the apical joint exposed, and slightly deflexed ; basal joint
short, reniform, second elongate, tumid, terminal short, obtuse: maxillw
almost rudimentary. Antennae short, simple, with a delicate pubescence
within in the males : head with a tuft of scales between the antennae : eyes
large, globose : thorax subovate, not crested : wings broad, anterior slightly
rounded at the shoulder and on the hinder margin, of plain uniform colours,
without any markings; posterior ample, ovate-triangular: body slender,
with a large tuft at the apex in the males ; obtuse in the females: legs short.
Larva elongate, attenuated, residing in a convoluted leaf, in which it changes
to pupa.

These insects are of plain uniform colours, without fasciae, streaks
or borders, whence the name Aphelia applied to them by Hiibner;
they are generally green or yellow, of moderate size, and closely
resemble in external form and habit the genus Earis, from which,
however, their subhorizontal, or deflexed palpi, distinguish them,
without taking into consideration other characters, or the diversity of
their metamorphoses.

Sp. 1. viridana. Alis anticis viridibus concoloribus, costa albidCt , posticis fuscescen-
iibus. (Exp. Alar. 7—13 lin.)

Ph. To. viridana. Linne. — Donovan, iv. pi. 1 H. — To. viridana. Steph. Catal. ii.
169. No. 6846.

Head, thorax, and anterior wings light grass-green, the costa of the latter
slightly whitish: cilia also white, sometimes a little tinted with green;
posterior wings brownish : cilia whitish-ash.

TORTRICID.E. LOZOT.F.NIA. 69

In old specimens the green tint of the anterior wings, liead, and thorax, fades
to a dirty green, or pale dirty yellow : in this state it is the To. Suttneriana.
Wien. Verz.

Caterpillar dull green, with dusky spots : it feeds on the oak, the foliage of
which in some years it utterly destroys, so inmunerable does this species at
times occur : pupa brown, inclosed in a silken cocoon within a leaf: the
imago appears in June, towards the end of the month.

Extremely abundant throughout the south of England, and not
uncommon in other parts of the country. " Oaks about Gibside,
sometimes defoliated by the larvtje." — G. Wailes, Esq.

Sp. 2. palleana. AUs aiiticis st?-aminei's nitidis, jjosticis dilutioribus. (E.xp.
Alar. 9 lin.)

To. palleana. Treitschke.—Stvph. Catal. ii. 169. No. 68 17.

Head, thorax, and anterior wings of a glossy straw-colour; cilia whitish ;
posterior whitish straw, with paler cilia. Female rather smaller, with
darker wings.

Found in the vicinity of Dover, but not very abundant, in July
and August.

Sp. 3. Viburnana. Aiis anticis J'usco-griseis nitidis, innnacuhitis, posticis
obscure cinereis, ciliis albicantibus. (Exp. Alar. 9 — 10 lin.)

To. Viburnana. Wien. Verz. To. unitana. Sieph. Catal. ii. 169. No. 6848.

Head, thorax, and anterior wings shining griseous-brown, or yellowish, imma-
culate: cilia whitish ; posterior wings obscure cinereous-brown, with the
cilia whitish.

The caterpillar, according to the authors of Wien.Verz., feeds on the Viburnum
Lantana : the imago appears in July.

Taken occasionally near Whittlcsea IMcre, and sometimes to the
south of London, butnotcommon. "jNleldonPark." — 6'. Wailes, Esq.

Genus CCLXXVII. — Lozot.exia* mihi.

Palpi short, in general porrected horizontally, densely clothed with short com-
pact scales, sometimes slightly ascending and rather slender ; the basal
joint short, reniform, the second a little tumid, and somewhat attenuated at
the apex, third short, obtuse, generally exposed before denudation: maxillw
short. Antennm simple, slightly pubescent within in the males : head with a
tuft between the eyes, the latter globose : thorax slender, not crested : wings

* Ao^a oblique, raivia lascia.

70

HAUSTELLATA. — I.KMDOPTEKA.

entire, anterior elongate-triangular, with the hinder margin more or les's
repanded ; the disc with distinct broad oblique bands, in general reaching
from the middle of the costa to the anal angle : posterior immaculate : body
rather short, slender, with a conspicuous tuft at the apex in the males, rather
stouter, and somewhat obtuse in the females : legs short. Larva residing
in a convoluted leaf, or in the buds of flowers, in which it changes to pupa.

The insects of this genus, which is rather an extensive one, are
usually of a brown hue, with red or yellowish tints, and in all cases
have their anterior wings adorned with one or more darker oblique
lines or bands, sometimes irregular, at others regular, while some
have the addition of darker clouds ; by these signs they may be
known from the allied genera; amongst them are some of the largest
species of the family, some vieing in expanse with the Hylophihx?,
but unlike those insects they have the abdomen slender. There is
considerable diversity of appearance between the species, which has
induced Hlibner to divide them into genera, as I have attempted to
exhibit.

A. Anterior ivings retuse, slightly caudate at the tip.

a. Anterior wings mostly with a determinate central darker fascia; posterior
unicoloi'ons : — Pandkmia, Hub.

Sp. 1. Forsterana. Alis nnticis latis suhretusis, cinereo-fuscis,maculis trihus satn"
ratioribiis in triangnlo ; posticis fiiscescentibus. (Exp. Alar. 1 unc. — 1 unc.
1 lin.)

Ty. Forsterana. Fabricius. — Lo. Forsterana. Steph. Catal. ii. 169. No. 6850.
Albiii., pi. \\ii.J'. a — d.

Anterior wings broad, subretuse, deep ashy-brown, with a few darker lines,
obscurely reticulated, a quadrate dark-brown spot on the middle of the
costa, a second subovate one between it and the hiiuler margin, and a third
larger towards the middle of the inner margin, placed obliquely with respect
to the first: posterior wings brownish.

Rather variable as to the intensity of the three dark spots on the anterior
wings, and the reticulation of their surface.
Not a common insect ; found at Coombe and Darcnth woods ;

also in Devonshire and in the New Forest, in June.

Sp. 2. Sorbiana. Alis anticis siibangnstis ohtusis griscis, fnscH liasi obi 1(1711.

maculisque tribus suhposticis in triavgulo saturatioribus. (Exp. Alar. 10 lin.

— 1 unc. 3 lin.)
To. Sorbiana. H'vbner. — Lo.Avellana. Steph. Catal. n. 169. iVo. 6851.

Anterior wings rather narrow, obtuse, griseous, with a yellowish tint, the base
with an oblique dark streak, and a second more oblique fasciattbrni one a

TORTlUt ID.K. I.OZOT EXIA. ^1

little behind the middle, occasionally interrupted, between i\\\i and tlio a[)ex
is an ovate dark blotch on the costa : the surface is sometimes faintly reti-
culated : posterior wings dark fuscous, with the cilia fulvcscent.
Slightly variable in colour, and greatly so in size. Caterpillar feeds on the
nut, birch, oak, &c.: the imago appears in June.

Found more frequently than the last, but fur from a common
species ; it occurs in Darcnth and Birch woods, and also near Hert-
ford : it is the largest of the legitimate Tortricidie.

Sp. 3. heparana. Ali\< anticis retusis ttslaceo-fusc'ts, J'usco reticulatis, Jascid
tnedi.l disco dentatu maculhjue postica costuli sat uratiur thus. (Kxp. Alar.
7— llilin.)

To. heparana. Wien. Ver%. — Lo. Carpiniana. Steph. Catal. ii. 169. A'o. 685?.

Anterior wings retuse, testaceous-brown, faintly reticulated with brown,
with a somewhat waved conspicuous darker fascia at the base, a second
oblique one, dentate within, arising in the middle of the costa, and termi-.
nating near the anal angle, where it becomes rather widened ; between this
and the hinder margin is an ovate brownish spot on the costa; posterior
wings brown.

Variable. — In some examples the wings are much darker, or of a dull red,
with the markings very indistinct : others are much paler or testaceous,
with indistinct minute darker transverse lines on the hinder margin, and the
fascia very obscure : others again have the fascia remarkably distinct and
clear, with the groimd colour of the wings pale testaceous : they also vary
much in size.

Caterpillar feeds on the hazel, nut, oak, &c.

Extremely abundant in woods and shrubby places within the me-
tropolitan district in June and the beginning of July ; frequent also
in other parts of the country. " Newcastle." — G. Wa'des, Esq.
'• Raehills."— i?ey. IF. Little.

Sp. 4. cinnamomeana. Ali's anticis cinnamomeis, hasi,fasciti media ohliqua ma-
culdque costali fuscesccntibus, capitc, palpis antennisque albidis. (Exp. Alar.
8^ lin.)

Tor. cinnamomeana. Trcitschke Schmet.von Eur. v. viii. 61.

Anterior wings cinnamon-colour, with a fascia at the base, darker and faintly
edged with pale cinnamon, a broad oblique entire dark band reaching from
the middle of the costa to the anal angle, also edged with pale cinnamon ;
and a small spot of similar hue on the costa towards the apex : posterior
wings brownish : head, palpi, and antennte whitish.

I possess a single example of this conspicuous insect, which I
captured in Coombc wood in June 1832.

72 H AUSTELL ATA. LEPlDOrTEUA.

Sp, 5. Ribeana. Alls anficis testaceo-Jlavis, fascia basi, alterd media obliqud
integrd, maculdque postica costali saturatioribus brunneo marginatis, posticia
fuscis. (Exp, Alar. 7 — 1 1 lln.)

To. Ribeana. Hubner. — Lo. Ribeana. Steph. Catal. ii, 169. No. 6853.

Anterior wings testaceous-yellow, with a darker fascia at the base edged with
brown, a second oblique entire one in the middle, expanding towards the
anal angle, also edged with brown ; and a spot of similar hue and margined
on the costa near its apex : posterior wings fuscous.

Extremely variable in the colour and intensity of the markings, and especially
in size.

Caterpillar feeds on the currant, gooseberry, bramble, &c.: the imago appears
in June.

Very abundant in gardens and woods within the metropolitan dis-
trict ; frequent likewise in other parts of the country, as the New
Forest, Dover, Devonshire, &c. "Monk''s-wood." — C. C. Bahingtoji,
Esq.

Sp. 6. Grossulariana. Alls anticis retusis lestaceo-Jlavis, strigct basi, fascia,
media obliqiia i/itiis dentata maculdque postica costali testaceo fuscis, posticis
fuscescentibus. (Exp. Alar. 8 — 11 lin.)

Lo. Grossulariana. Steph. Catal. ii. 170. iVo. 6854.

Anterior wings retuse, pale testaceous-yellow, or sometimes ochreous, with a
waved testaceous-brown streak at the base, an oblique fascia of similar hue
in the middle, dentate anteriorly on the disc, and a small acute patch of the
same towards the apex of the costa; posterior wings brownish.

Variable in colour; closely resembling Lo. Ribeana, but known from that
species by having the central fascia on the anterior wings dentate or waved
in the middle of its anterior edge, as in Lo. heparana, from which it differs
in not being reticulated with brown, &c.

Caterpillar feeds on the gooseberry and currant : the imago appears in June.

Taken in woods and gardens within the metropolitan district.

Sp. 7. Cerasana. Alis anticis testaceo flavis, fasciis duabus obliquis inths sub-
confluentihus striguque postica costali brunneo fuscis j posticis fuscescentibus,
(Exp. Alar. 8—10 lin.)

To. Cerasana. Hubner. — Lo. Cerasana. Steph. Catal. ii. 170. No. 6S55.

Anterior wings testaceous-yellow, with a transverse streak near the base, and
a broad oblique fascia in the middle brown, the space between more or less
suffused with paler brown ; on the apex of the costa is a small dusky
streak; and on the hinder margin is frequently a faint line of the same :
posterior wings plain brownish.

TORTUICID.t;. LOZOT.ENIA. 7^

Variable in size and colour, as well as in tiie intensity and strengtfi of the

markings.
Caterpillar feeds on the oak, ash, birch, hazel, &c.: it is green, slender, and

hairy: the hnago appears towards the end of June.

Not very common ; found at Coombe, Birch, and Darenth woods;
also in the New Forest.

Sp. 8. Corylana. AUs anticis rctusis,Jlavo-te$taceis cinnamomeo perlepidl rcti-
culatis, xtrigis trilms ohliquis suhwquidistantihus cinnainomeis, ciliis Julvu-
aureis ; posticisjiavesceutihus. (Exp. Alar. 10 — 12 lin.)

Vy. Corylana. Fabricms. — Lo. Corylana. Steph. Catal. ii. 170. No. 6857.

Anterior wings retuse testaceous-yellow, prettily reticulated with dark cinna-
mon colour, with three oblique, nearly equidistant darker streaks, and a
fourth short one on the costa near the apex ; cilia fulvous-orange : posterior
wings flavescent, with the base brownish; the apex occasionally reticulated
with ferruginous.

Like its congeners this species is variable : in some cases the base of tha
anterior wing to the first streak, and the space between the two posterior
streaks is sometimes dusky : the posterior wings are occasionally entirely
fuscous, and sometimes nearly all yellowish.

In the males the head and palpi are paler than in the females.

The caterpillar feeds on the ash, birch, and hazel : it is green, with black
dots : the imago appears at the end of June or beginning of July.

This species is likewise rather uncommon ; it occurs, nevertheless,
in all the usual collecting places within the metropolitan district, and
in Devonshire and the New Forest.

Sp. 9. croceana. AUs anticis ang-usiis ohtusis testaceo-rufis, fascia media prw-
olj/i(/ud ?naculd(jiie aiiticd marginis tenuiuris saturaiioribus ohsolttis. (Exp.
Alar. 5— 9i lin.)

To. croceana. Huhner. — Lo. croceana. Steph. Catal. ii. 17 J. No. 6875.

Anterior wings narrow, obtuse, testaceous-red, with an obsolete very oblique
darker fascia in the middle, and a small spot towards the base of the inner
margin of similar hue: the costa between the fascia and the hinder margin
is whitish, and the cilia are yellowish-red : posterior wings dusky-brown.

Extremely variable in size, and slightly so in colour, and in the intensity of its
markings.

Not very uncommon in woods and hedges within the metropolitan
district ; found also in Devonshire and the New Forest in June ;
likewise at Monk's wood.

^4 HAUSTELLATA. — LEPIDOPTKRA.

b. Anterior wings with an intermediate central fascia; posterior generally

tipped with luteous: — Cacoecia^ H'vbner.
Sp. 10. laevigana. Alls anticis suhreticulatis griseo-testaceis scriceis, macula
media indeterminatafuscCi, posticis fuscis apice luteis. (Exp. Alar. 7 — 9 lin.)
To. l£Evigana. Wien. Ferz. — Lo. Isevigana. Steph. Catal. ii. 170. No. 6856.

Anterior wings griseo-testaceous, somewhat faintly reticulated with brown,

and with a satiny gloss, with an indeterminate brown patch in the middle

forming an irregular fascia; towards the apex of the costa is an obscure

spot, and near the base of the inner margin a smaller one : posterior wings

brown, with the apex pale orange.
Var. j3. — To. Oxyacanthana. Haworth. — Lo. Oxyacanthana. Steph. Catal.

ii. 170. No. 6859. — With the anterior wings very obsoletely reticulated and

almost immaculate.
Var. y. — To. Viburnana. Hawoi-th. — Lo. Viburnana. Steph. Catal. ii. 170.

No. 6860. — With the anterior wings fuscous, shining, immaculate ; posterior

brownish.
Caterpillar feeds on the bads of the rose, and is very destructive in gardens,

despoiling them of their beauty : the imago appears about the middle of

June.

Not uncommon in hedges and gardens within the metropohtan
district ; in my own garden I have found it a perfect pest, from the
havoc its larva creates among the rose-trees.

Sp. 11. nebulana. Alis anticis latis retusts suhtestaceis, striga hasi suharcuatu,
fascia media obliqua clavata lineolisque transversis saturatiorihus. (Exp. Alar.
7—9 lin.)

To. Rosana. Haworth — Lo. Rosana. Steph. Catal. ii. 170. No. 6858. (excl.
synom.)

Anterior wings broad, retuse, testaceous-brown, with obscure darker trans-
verse streaks ; an obscure incurved streak at the base, an oblique fascia in
the middle, terminating in a larg-e blotch on the inner margin, and a small
spot towards the apex of the costa all fuscous : posterior wings brownish,
with the apex broadly luteous-orange.

The wings are more or less light testaceous, and have the fascife more or less
obscure; sometimes almost obliterated, at others very intensely marked:
the posterior wings are occasionally without the orange tint at the apex.

The caterpillar feeds on the rose, bramble, raspberry, &c. ; and the imago
appears towards the end of June.

Also common in gardens and hedges in the vicinity of the metro-
polis : found likewise in the New Forest and in Devonshire.

TORTRICID.E. — LOZOT^ENIA.

/^

•Sp. 12. subocellana. Alia anticls jihimheo-fuscis, atro suhretlculatis, intcmtiliis
quasi obsolete occlhitis, postic'is fuscescentihus. (Exp. Alar. 10 lin.)

Lo. subocellana. Sieph. Catal.n. 170. iVb. 6861.

Anterior wings of a lead-coloured brown, somewhat reticulated with intcr-
. rupted deep black lines, the interstices as if faintly ocellated ; near the base

is a faint black streak, and an oblique more distinct one in the middle:

posterior wings brownish.

I have seen two specimens only of this distinct species, whicli were
taken either in Devonshire or Cornwall.

Sp. 13. oporana. Alis anticis suhcaudatis ferrugineis, fusco maciilatis reticula-
tisque, posticis fuscescentihus, apice hiteis. (Exp. Alar. 10 lin. — 1 unc. 1 lin.)

Ph. To. oporana. Linnc. — Lo. oporana. Steph. Catul. ii. 170. No. 686t.

Albin. pi. xxxvi.^. 58. f—l.
Anterior wings somewhat caudate, ferruginous, finely reticulated with fuscous,

with a brown cloud towards the base of the inner margin, a small one on

the costa, united by a fine oblique line to a larger brown blotch near the

anal angle, and a slight brown cloud on the costa towards the apex ;

hinder margin repanded and subfalcate : posterior wings brownish, with the

apex more or less luteous.
Extremely variable: in some examples the anterior wings are entirely suffused

with a deep smoky brown tinge, with the usual markings slightly expressed,

the posterior wings fuscous, with a slight luteous or coppery tint on the

apex ; intermediate varieties occur.
Caterpillar feeds on the bramble, and also on the rose, to which it is sometimes

very destructive in gardens, abounding at times in my own garden: the

imago appears about the middle of June.

This conspicuous and beautiful species is not very abundant ; it
occurs, however, in some places within the metropolitan district in
plenty, especially in my own garden, where I have captured some ex-
traordinary varieties.

Sp. 14. Rosana. Alis anticis maris ferrugineis, litura media obliqud viaculd que
apicis fuscis ; fcemincE griseis litura fascitcfonnis obsoletdfusca ; posticisfuscis,
apice aurantiis. (Exp. Alar. 8 — 10 lin.)

Ph. To. Rosana. Linne.—Lo. fulvana. Steph. Catal. ii. 170. No. 6865.— Lo.
fuscana. Steph. Catal. ii. 170. No. 6862 ?.

Anterior wings of the male rusty-testaceous, with a small elongate ustulated
brown spot on the inner margin at the base, a very oblique one in the middle
of the wings, tending in a reverse position to the preceding ; and on the
hinder margin near the apex is an abbreviated one of similar hue, which

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llAUSTKLLATA. LEPIDOPTERA.

neither touches the costa nor the inner margin; the extreme apex is also
clouded with the same : posterior wings ashy-brown, with the apex of an
orange tint. Female very dissimilar, the anterior wings griseous, with an
obscure fasciaeform brown blotch in the middle, the apex with a faint streak
of the same.

In some examples the wings are almost entirely suffused with a deep smoky
brown, with the usual markings deeper ; the posterior wings attimes without
the slightest tint of orange at the apex.

The caterpillar of this insect also feeds upon the rose, raspberry, &c.: the
imago appears in gardens towards the end of June.

Rather scarce, or probably local ; found in plenty in my own gar-
den at the time above mentioned ; also taken in other parts of the
country. " Newcastle," &c. — G. Wailes, Esq.

Sji. 15. Cratsegana ? AUs anticis subcaudatis griseo-testaceis macula basi, fas-
ciisque duahus ohliqais brunneo-fuscis, ruedid disco dilatatd subdentata, posticix
Jnscescentibus. (Exp. Alar. 11 — 12lin.)

To. Crataegana. Hilbner? — Lo. Branderiana. Steph. Catal. ii. 170. N'o. 6863.

Anterior wings somewhat caudate, griseo-testaceous, with a subtriangular
brown blotch towards the base of the inner margin, an irregular oblique
fascia of the same in the middle, somewhat dentate on the disc and dilated
towards the inner margin into a large blotch, on the costa midway between
the origin of the fascia and the hinder margin is an oblong-ovate brown
patch, from which a narrow streak, placed obliquely, arises, and terminates
in a point near the middle of the hinder margin: posterior wings fuscous,
with a slight lutcous tinge on the apex.

The caterpillar feeds on the whitethorn, and the imago appears at the end of
June.

This is evidently a rare species : it has occurred within the metro-
politan district, but is rather more abundant near Brockenhurst, in
the New Forest.

Sp. 16. Xylosteana. Alls anticis retusis subcaudatis pallide griseo-testaceis,
sericeis, macula basi, fascia media obliqud ad costam bifida, aliaque abbreviata
posticd bTiinueis, posticisfuscis. (Exp. Alar. 7 — 10§ lin.)

Ph. To. Xylosteana. Linne. — Lo. Xylosteana. Stcph. Catal. ii. 163. iVo. 6866.

Anterior wings retuse, somewhat caudate, pale griseo-testaceous, with a satiny
gloss : near the base of the inner margin is a brown spot, placed obliquely,
and extending towards the middle of the wing, contrariwise to an irregular
oblique band of similar colour, which arises before the middle of the costa,
reaches to the anal angle, and branches of!" to the costa again ; this band is
bordered anteriorly and posteriorly with a satiny white ciS^c; on the huidcr

TOIITKICID.E. I.OZOT.ENIA. ^7

margin is a short, somewhat conica brown streak ; the hinder margin itself

has also a brownish edge, and the cilia are slightly tinted with gold colour:

the posterior wings are brown.
Variable in colour, and in the intensity of the markings ; in some instances the

latter are rather interrupted, and the whitish border is wanting.
The caterpillar feeds on the oak, whitethorn, and honeysuckle (^Lonicera Xy-

losieum) : the imago appears at the end of June or beginning of July.

Very common in some woods in the vicinity of London, especially
at Darenth ; also found in tlie neighbourhood of Hertford, and in
the New Forest.

Sp. 17. Roborana. Alis anticis retusis vix caudatis, ochraceo-iestaceis, macula
■magna hasi interna, alteruqiie pone medium, strigdque costali postica brunneis,
jMsticisfuscis. (Exp. Alar. 9- — 11 lin.)

To. Roborana. Hubner. Lo. Roborana. Steplu Catal. W. 111. No. G9<67.

Anterior wings retuse, scarcely caudate, ochrey-testaceous, with a large
distinct brown spot on their irmer margin near the base; a large blotch of
the same behind the middle, remote from the costa, and placed obliquely,
and beyond this on the costa near the apex a patch of the same, produced
into an attenuated streak, which reaches nearly to the middle of the hinder
margin ; these marks arc sometimes slightly edged with a satiny-white
border : cilia fuscous.

Caterpillar feeds on the oak : the imago appears at the beginning of July.

Slightly variable in colour and markings.

Treitschke gives this as the male of the foregoing species, but I cannot agree
with him in that respect, inasmuch as both sexes of each occur, and the
males of this are as large as the females of the former.

Taken occasionally in the vicinity of the metropolis, at Darenth
wood.

Sp. 18. obliquana? Alis anticis retusis suhcaudatis, cinereo-fulvicaniihus, fascia
subrecta basi secundd m,edid obliqua maculdque costali postica obsolete fulvis,
posticisjuscis, apice fulvis. (Exp. Alar. 8 — 11 lin.)

Py. obliquana. Fabricius? — Lo. obliquana. Steph. Catal. n. 171. No. 6S6S.

Anterior wings retuse, slightly tinted, of an ashy-fulvescent tint, with an ob-
solete fulvous nearly straight fascia at the base, sometimes faintly edged
with white, a second oblique one, arising from the middle of the costa nearly
to the anal angle, unidentate and faintly edged with whitish, and on the
costa a fulvous cloud : posterior wings fuscous, with the apex and costa
fulvous.

Variable in colour, being sometimes pale fulvous, with very obscure golden
fasciae, and the hinder wings pale brown: this appears to be the male.

78 H AUSTELL ATA. — LEPIUOPTEK A.

Apparently very rare : it has occurred at Darenth and Coombe
Vv^oods in June.

B, Anterior wings obtuse, or rounded on the hinder margin.

a. Anterior wings broad, pale, with abbreviated, or inter7-upted oblique fasciae ;
posterior whitish: — Philedone, Hitbner.

Sp. 19. costana. Alis aniicis ohtusis stramine is fascia medid pmobliquu intils
dilutiore maculaque posiicj. costali fuscis; posticis albidis. (Exp. Alar.
8— 12| lin.)

Py. costana. Fabricius. — Lo. costana. Steph. Catal. ii. 171. No. 6869.

Anterior wings obtuse, pale straw colour, rather ashy towards the costa, on
which are a few brown dots ; a little before the middle is a very oblique
brown fascia, pale withhi and vanishing in the middle of the disc towards
the hinder margin ; on the costa near the apex is a darker spot, adjoining to
which on the disc towards the hinder margin are 2 — 5 minute dots of similar
hue : posterior wings whitish, sometimes slightly fuscescent.

Female much larger than the male, with the posterior wings generally
brownish.

Far from common ; found occasionally in the vicinity of London,
in Battersea-fields and near Woolwich ; also at Hackney and at
Coombe wood, in June.

Sp. 20. biustulana. Alis anticis rcttisis, ochraceo-flavis, macula magna obliquu
ad unguium ani altcraque costali ustulatofuscis, posticis albidis. (Exp. Alar.
8 lin.)

Lo. biustulana. Steph. Catal. ii. 171. No. 6870.

Anterior wings retuse, ochry-yellow, with a faint streak at the base, a laige
blotch, arising from a slender streak on the costa, at the anal angle, and
another at the apex of the costa of an ustulated brown ; cilia ochreous :
posterior wings whitish-ash.

Of this remarkable species I have seen but two specimens, which
■were captured I believe in the west of England.

Sp. 21. Modeeriana. Alis anticis subretusis flavis fascia vicdia infeirujitd
obliquu, maculaque costali fulvcscentibus, 2>osticis cincrcis apice albis. (Exp.
Alar. 9 lin.)

Ph. To. Modeeriana. LinnL — Lo. Modeeriana. Steph. Catal. ii. 171. No. 6871.

Anterior wings somewhat retuse, pale yellow, or straw-colour, with an obso-
lete fulvous spot at the hase, an oblique ashy-fulvous fascia in the middle
interrupted towards the costa, and an oblong spot of the same colour on the

TORTniriDE. LOZOT.F.XIA. 7^

costa itself towards the apex, from which a faint fulvous line extends to the
anal angle : posterior wings ashy, with the tips white.

Very rare ; the only locality I know of being Darenth wood, where
I have twice caught the insect in the beginning of July.

b. Anterior wings narrow, ofsomhre ashy hues, ivith distinct continuous ohli(j7ic

centra! fascia' J posterior concohrous.

Sp. 2. Acerana. Alis anticis oblotig-is ohtusisfuscis, strigd bast siiharcuata, fasci:},
mcdij oblifjud ciavata maculuquc posticit custali saiuratioribns obsoletis. (Exp.
Alar. 7—9 liii.)

To. Acerana. Haworth. — Lo. Acerana. Steph. CataL ii. 171. i\'o. 6872.

Anterior wings rather narrow, oblong, obtuse, of a pale fuscous, sometimes
reddish, with a slightly curved streak at the base, an oblique fascia in the
middle widened on the inner margin, and a spot on the costa near the apex
darker ; cilia brown, whitish at the tips ; posterior wings fuscous.

Variable in the tint of colour, and in the intensity of its markings, like its
allies.

Not very uncommon in woods within the metropolitan district in
June, as at Coombe and Darenth ; likewise taken in Devonshire
and the New Forest.

Sp. 23. trifasciana. Alis anticis angustis albo-cinereis, striga suhincurva basi,
fascia media obliqua antrorsiim sinuatd maculcique costalifuscis, posticisfuscis.
(Exp. Alar. 8—9 lin.)

Py. trifasciana. Fabi-icius. — Lo. trifasciana. Steph. Catal. ii. 171. A^o. 6873.

Anterior wings narrow, whitish-ash, with a slightly incurved streak at the
base, an oblique fascia in the middle, waved anteriorly, and terminathig in a
blotch on the anal angle, and a spot on the costa brown ; from the latter in
some specimens arises a row of minute slightly confluent blackish dots,
forming a kind of streak ; cilia with the apex white; posterior wings brown,
with white cilia.

Also very subject to variation both in colour and in the strength of the
markings.

Likewise found occasionally at Coombe and Darenth woods in
June, but less frequently than the foregoing : taken also in the New
Forest.

c. Anterior wings rather broad, yellowish, with a darker fascia bifurcate towaids

the apex ; posterior c^a/Vr : — Epagoge, H'ubner.
Sp. 24. Grotiana. Alis anticis fulvo-tcstaccis, rufo strigulatis, fasci&validd sub*
postic& brunnea ad costam bijidu. (Exp. Alar. 7 — 8 lin.

80 HAUSTEI.I.ATA. — I.KPIDOPTKR A.

Py. Grotiana. Fabrkius — Lo. Grotiana. StejJi. CaiaLn. 171. No. 6874.

Anterior wings tawny-testaceous, very delicately streaked with fine red lines,
with a broad brown oblique fascia a little beyond the middle, extending to
the anal angle, and branching off with a single twig to the apex of the
costa, forming a coarse Roman v ; posterior wings brown.

Slightly variable in size, and a little in colour.

Rare near London; taken occasionally at the end of June in
Darenth wood : also found in the New Forest.

Sp. 25. ochreana. Alis ayiticis aureo-fiavis, ferrugineo'sirigulatis, fascia ferrii-
ginea posticd ad contain late bifida. (Exp. Alar. 7^ lin.)

To. ochreana. Hubner — Lo. Grotiana, van? — Sfeph. Catal. ii. 171. No. 6874'.

Anterior wings of a golden-yellow, finely streaked with rust-coloured lines ;
with a broad rusty band rather beyond the middle, extending to the anal
angle, and branching off, rather indistinctly, to the apex of the costa : pos-
terior wings dull ashy-brown.

Much rarer than the preceding : it has occurred towards the end
of June near London.

d. Anterior wings narrow, sublinear, icith a hijid fascia at the apex ; posterior
dark: — Va^ovi^ia., j). Hiibner.

Sp. 26. cruclana. Alis anticis griseo-ci nereis aut canis, fascia obliqua apiceqxie

castaneis, argenteo submarginatis. (Exp. Alar. 6 — 7 lin.)
Ph. To. cruciana. Linne. — Lo. cruciana. Steph. Catal. ii. 171. No. 6876. —

Var. Lo. cinerana. Steph. Catal. ii. 171. No. 6877.
Anterior wings narrow, griseous-ash, or hoary, with an indistinct rusty blotch

at the base of the inner margin, an oblique chesnut band behind the middle,

and a spot of the same at the apex, the two latter more or less distinctly

edged with a faint silvery line : cilia purplish, with white tips : posterior

wings brown.
Rather variable in colour, and the form of the crucial mark slightly varies,

being sometimes nearly continuous, at others subinterrupted : its colour is

occasionally ferruginous.
This pretty species departs considerably in habit from the rest of the genus,

and would probably associate better with Anchylopera retusana. Steph.

Catal. ii. 177. No. 6950.

Not very 'uncommon in the woods in the vicinity of the metropolis
in the middle of June : I have met with it at Coombe, Darenth,
and Birch woods ; Hertford, Ripley, and Monkswood, Hunts.

TOUTHK.-ID K. PHILEDOXK. 81

e. Anterior wings rather narrow, with very obscure transverse lines, casta unih

a pate triangular spot ; posterior /jg/c, discolor ous : — Cuoesia,^). Huh.

Sp. 27. Holmiana. Alis anticis Ititto-fcrrugineis, parum ustidatis, macula angu-
lata nivea medio cosiaj posticisfuscis. (Exp. Alar. 1 — r lin.)

Ph, To. Holmiana. LinnL — Lo. Holmiana. Steph. Catal. ii. 171. No. 6878.

Anterior wings of a rusty-Iuteous, with slight ustnlated clouds, sprinkled
towards the apex with some minute lead-coloured dots ; costa with a large
angulated snow-white spot; cilia luteous-orange : posterior wings fuscous;
cilia rather ashy.

Caterpillar dull yellow, with reddish head, and a brownish dorsal spot, the
eighth segment slightly verrucose; it feeds on the apple and pear: the
imago appears towards the end of June or beginning of July.

Abundant in gardens and hedges, in the neighbourhood of the
metropolis at the end of June and the beginning of July, especially
in the vicinity of Hertford.

f. Anterior wings rather broad, with faint transverse fasciw, costa with an

irregular white blotch : posterior ^a/e ; — Episagma? Hiibner.

Sp. 28. Schreberiaiia ? Alis anticis ferrugineo-griseis, macula costali trigona
alba, posticis fuscescentihus. (Exp. Alar. 85 lin.)

To. Schreberiana. Linnc? — Lo. Schreberiana ? Steph. Catal. ii. 172. No. 6879.

Anterior wings of a rusty griseous, with an obscure darker oblique fascia
behind the middle, preceded by a large snow-white triangular blotch on the
costa; on the hinder margin itself is a faint palish streak: posterior wings
brownish, with the base paler.

Apparently very rare: I have seen but two examples, one of them
in my own cabinet : they wei'e both taken in Cornwall.

Genus CCLXXVIII.— Philedoxe, Hiibner.

Palpi somewhat approximating, rather long, porrected horizontally, thickly
clothed with scales, subulate; basal joint small, depending, second elon-
gate, horizontal, tumid above, terminal slender, somewhat drooping :
maxillce short. Antenna remote, bipectinated in the males, the pectinations
diminishing in length at each end, each pectination irregularly pilose, either
on one or both sides : head rather broad : eyes small : thorax slender, not
tufted : wings considerably deflexed during repose ; anterior rather long,
obliquely trvmcate at the apex, and faintly excised on the costa, with a
transverse dark fascia : posterior subtriangular : abdomen slender, with a
tuft at the apex : legs short, posterior longest.

Philedone having the priority of Amphisa is necessarily here em-
Hausteixata. Vol. IV. 30th June, 1834. f

82 H AUSTELL AT A. — LEl'IDOPTERA.

ployed to designate the present genus, which may be known from its
aUies by having the antennae strongly pectinated in the males and
faintly so in the females ; the anterior wings, like Lozotaenia, have a
transverse oblique fascia beyond the middle, and a cloud or spot on
the costa ; they are also slightly excised towards the tip of the costa,
and the hinder margin is very obliquely truncate.

Sp. 1. Gerningiana. Alis anticis Jlavesceniibus, obsoletissiml' Julvo reticulatis,
fascia maculaque apicali brunneo-fuscescentibus. (Exp. Alar. 6 — 8 lin.)

To. Gerningiana. Fabricius. — Am. Gerningiana. Steph. Catal. ii. 172.
A^o. 6880.

Anterior wings flavescent, obscurely reticulated with tawny, with a broad
oblique chocolate-brown fascia rather beyond the middle, well defined
anteriorly, but shaded off posteriorly to the hinder margin, with a rather
distinct streak of yellowish on the costa, having a brown spot at the apex :
posterior wings fuscous.

The base of the anterior wings is sometimes brownish.

Not found, I believe, within the metropolitan district, the nearest
locahty I am aware of being the neighbourhood of Birmingham,
where the insect has been taken in profusion, in June : it has also
occurred in other parts of the north of England, and in Scotland.

"fSp. 2. Walkerana. Alis anticis Jusco-cinereis aut griseis, macula triangulari
foscicpformis versus apicem subferruginea, in qua litura oblonga grisea. (Exp.
Alar. 8 lin.)

Am. Walkerana. Curtis, v. v. pi. 209. — Steph. Catal. ii. 172. A'n. 6881.

" Pale greyish-ochre, sometimes fuscous : superior (anterior) wings pale,
sometimes dark grey, fuscous towards the base, with a large triangular sub-
ferruginous spot, broadest at the costa, upon which is an oblique oblong
grey spot, and a small one at the apex : inferior (posterior) wings ochra-
ceouSj spotted with fuscous, darkest at the base." — Curtis, I. c.

Hitherto found, I believe, only near New Lanark, in Scotland, by
Mr. Walker.

Gexus CCLXXIX.— Ditula* mihi.

Palpi slightly remote and divergent, somewhat ascending, thickly clothed with
scales, subclavate, the terminal joint exposed; basal joint depending, second

* SirvXog, duplicem gibbum babcns.

TOKTKU'lUi;. UlTl'I.A. 83

slightly elongate, tumid above, terminal slender acute, rather depending :
maxilla short. Antennae simple in both sexes, slightly pubescent within in
the males : head rather broad : eijes large : thorax rather stout, with a bifid
crest behind : wings slightly deflexed during repose ; anterior somewhat
rounded on the hinder margin, the disc variegated, and adorned with
irregular oblique fasciae and clouds; sometimes abbreviated; posterior
ovate-triangular : hodii rather slender, with a short tuft at the apex in the
males, rather stouter and acute in the females, with a short l)ifid tuft: legs
short, posterior longest.

The insects of this genus resemble the two preceding by having
the anterior wings marked with obhque bands or lines, but from
those they may be known by having the thorax crested behind, the
crest long and bifid, whence the name I have applied to them : the
genus is decidedly not synonymous with Thiratcs of Treitschke, as
given by iVIr. Curtis, the type of that genus being Padisca profun-
dana.

A. Anterior wings dark, with continuous oblique fasciae in the middle.

a. Anterior wnngs with obscure fascim, the costa with a pale spot at the apex, with
metallic streaks : — Astatia, Hiihner.

Sp. 1. angustiorana. Alis anticis ohlongo-angustis obtusis fuliginoso-testaceis,
macula basi, fasciisque obliquis saturatioribus, posticis nigris aut fuliginosiS'
(Exp. Alar. 5—8 lin.)

To. angustiorana. Haworth — Di. angustiorana. Steph. Catal. ii. 172.
No. 6882.

Anterior wings oblong narrow, obtuse, of a smoky-testaceous hue, with an
obscure oblique brownish streak or spot at the base towards the irmer
margin ; a waved broader streak, of similar colour, arising from a palish
blotch on the costa, and reaching to the anal angle ; beyond which on the
costa is a short ustulated brown one, widest on the costa and narrowing
towards the hinder margin, which is faintly variegated with some palish
lines : posterior wings dusky or black.

The male is smaller, of a deeper hue, sometimes blackish-brown, with very
dark, nearly black, markings.

Extremely variable in size, and in the strength and intensity of its colours and
markings.

A very common insect throughout the metropolitan district ; taken
also not uncommonly in other parts of the country ; I have caught
it near Dover, Brighton, Ramsgate, Cambridge, lMonk''s-wood, &c.:
it likewise occurs in Devonshire and the New Forest.

f2

84 ]IAUSTF.I,LATA. LKI'lUOPTERA.

Sp. 2. rotundana. Alls anticis ohtusissime rotundatis fuliginosis, viacula basi
fasciaque media ohliqua brunneis ; posticis atris. (Exp. Alar. 3^ — 6 lin.)

To. rotundana. Haworth. — Di. rotundana. Steph. Catal. ii. 172. No. 6883.

Anterior wings very obtusely rounded, smoky-black, with a brown spot at the
base, and an obli:jue streak of similar hue in the middle; and behind this
an ustulated oblique abbreviated one : posterior wings deep black.

The anterior wings are sometimes of a paler hue, with very faint markings.

I suspect this to be a variety of the male of the preceding insect.

P\iund, but very rarely, in company with the preceding species.

Sp. 3. sylvana. Alls anficis castaneo-brunneis aut tesfaceis, obsolete strigafis
fasciatisque, maris atomis argenteis, Jixmince Jlavescentibvs. (Exp. Alar;
7—8 lin.)

To. sylvana. /TwZiwfr ?—Di. sylvana. Steph. Catal. ii. 172. No. 6886.

Anterior wings in the male chestnut- or cofTee-brown, with darker oblique
streaks and spots, and a few silvery spots interspersed ; in the female of a
lighter hue or cinnamon colour, with similar markings and yellowish spots :
on the middle of the inner margin is a whitish spot, and a yellowish one on
the costa; posterior wings reddish-brown.

This appears to be a rare species, at least in the vicinity of London;
it has occurred at Darenth and in Norfolk.

b. Anterior wrings with distinct oblique fascice, the apex without metallic

markirigs, with a dark clovd on the hinder margin : — Eudemis, Hubner ;

PjEDisca, p. Triet.

Sp. 4. porphyrana. Alis anticis glanco-cinereis nitidis, Jasciis duabus obliquis
maculdque posticd fusco-brunneis, posticis nigrescentibus. (Exp. Alar. 9 —
9i lin.)

To. porphyrana. Iliibrier? — Di. porphyriana. Steph. Catal. ii. 172. No. 6884.

Anterior wings shining ashy, with a broad oblique fuscous-brown band at the
base, darkest on the inner margin and posteriorly, with a very slender
delicate white margin, beyond these is a second more oblique fascia leading
from the middle of the costa nearly to the anal angle, its edges a little waved
and bordered very finely with whitish; on the hinder margin, towards the
middle, is a roundish blotch of the same colour as the fascia : cilia with
brownish dots : posterior wings blackish.

Slightly variable, some specimens being rather suffused with fuscous, with the
fasciae rather broader than usual.

Not common; found occasionally at Darenth and Birch-woods,
near London, at the end of June and beginning of July: also in the
New Forest.

TORTKICID.E. DITULA. 85

Sp- 5. iiebulaiia. Alis a}ilicis subfcrrugineo-griseis, subttitidis, Jasciis duabus
obaolttis, niaculaque posticd saturatioribus. (Exp. Alar. 8 — 9^ lin.)

Ph. To. nebulana. Donovan, xi. pL 364. /. 3. — Di. nobulana. Sttph. Catal.
ii. 172. JVo. 6885.

Anterior wings somewhat rusty-griseous, slightly glossy ; with a rather ob-
scure darker oblique fascia towards the base^ angulated in the middle, and
a second a little beyond the middle, occasionally somewhat confluent with
the basal one, and widened on the inner margin ; in the middle of the
hinder margin is a dark obscure rounded spot, faintly edged with whitish:
posterior wings dusky.

Found also, but somewhat rarely, in the vicinity of London ; at
Darenth and Birch woods, also in the New Forest, and in Surrey, in
June.

Sp. 6. Wellensiana. Alis anticis griseo fuscoquc variegatis,fasciis duabus obliquis
saturatioribus, maculaque posticd fuscescentibus, macula cuvtmuni alba, posiicis
fuscis. (Exp. Alar. 8 — 9§ lin.)

To. Wellensiana. H'ubner. — Di. Asseclana. Steph. Catal. ii. 172. Xo. 6887.

Anterior wings variegated with griseous and brown, with two very dark
oblique streaks, one basal light posteriorly, and almost black on the inner
margin, the second central, narrow on the costa, widened on the inner
margin, and faintly edged with whitish ; the hinder margin waved ; between
these streaks on the inner margin is a somewhat trigonal white or snowy
spot : near the posterior margin is a large rounded fuscous spot ; and on the
extreme apex is a small one : cilia slightly clouded; posterior wings fus-
cous.

Kather variable in tint and in the strength of the fasciae, as well as in the iorm
of the white spot on the imier margin of the anterior wings.

Taken not very commonly in Darenth wood, in June ; also in
Devonshire and the New Forest, as well as near Hertford and
Ripley.

Sp, 7. .^thiopiana. Alis saturate fuscis atro nebulo.sis, margine postico ci!iis<jue
pallide griseo-Juscis'; posiicis fuscis. (Exp. Alar. 8 — 9 lin.)

To. iEthiopiana. iyau;o;-^A.— Di. ^thiopiana. Stcjih. Catal. \l 172. A^a. 6888.

Wings deep fuscous, clouded with black, with two darker obscure fasciae ; the
hinder margin, some spots on the costa, and the anal angle, pale griseous-
brown, cilia the same : posterior wings fuscous.

Probably an extreme variety of the preceding.

Taken with the foregoing insect, near London, at Darenth, the
New Forest, kc. in June.

86

HAUSTELLATA. LEPIDOPTERA.

B. Anterior wings pale, with an abbreviated oblique central fascia: —
Aphania, p. Huhner.

Sp. 8. scriptana. AUs albidis cinereo suhnehulosis fascia media suhobliquu inier-
rupfaj'usco Tiigrd, lineula longitudinali atrd adnata, posticis fuscis. (Exp.AIar-
8— 9lin.)

To. scriptana. Huhner. — Di. scriptana. StepK. Catal. ii. 172. No. 6889.

Anterior wings ashy-white, slightly clouded with darker ash-colour, espe-
cially at the base and on the inner margin ; with an interrupted slightly
oblique central fascia, brownish-black from the costa to the middle of the
disc, where it is bounded by a short deep black longitudinal streak, from
thence to the inner margin ashy-black ; on the costa are a few ashy-brown
spots, and a row of the same placed obliquely on the hinder margin; cilia
spotted with ashy ; posterior wings pale fuscous.

Not common ; taken occasionally within the metropolitan district
in July ; also in Devonshire.

Sp. 9. semifasciana. Alis anticis fusco-cinereis, fasci& basi alteraque ahbreviata
media costali fuscis, lineola longitudinali atrd terminatd. (Exp. Alar. 8 — 9 lin.)

To. semifasciana. Haworth. — Di. semifasciana. Steph. Catal. ii. 172.
No. 6890.

Anterior wrings of a brownish ash, with an obscure darker fascia at the base,
and an abbreviated one, more distinct, in the middle of the costa, extending
only a short distance towards the disc and terminated by a short longitu-
dinal black line ; on the costa are a few dark ashy clouds : posterior wings
fuscous.

Probably Ph. Tortrix Hartmanniana of Linne, ii. 878. — Treitschke considers
it the opposite sex of the preceding, but in this country the two insects are
found at different periods and remote from ea^h other.

Rare : found occasionally in Kent in August, but more abundantly
in the New Forest : also in Battersea-fields.

Genus CCLXXX. — Antithesia* mihi.

Palpi short, ascending, subclavate, densely clothed with short, compact scales,
longest beneath, the apical joint scarcely exposed, obtuse: maxilla moderate.
Antenna simple in both sexes, slightly pubescent within in the males; head
small, with a tuft of scales between the antennae : eyes large, globose : thorax
subovate, with a bifid crest behind: wings deilexed during repose; anterior
broad, somewhat rounded on the hinder margin, the costa straight, colours
black and w^hite; posterior ovate-triangular, dusky: abdomen slender, with

* AvTiOtaiQ oppositio.

TOUTRICID.K. AN'TITIIESIA. 87

a tuft at the apex in the males, rather obtuse and stout in the females : Itgs
rather short and slender:

In the synoptic list of the Tortricidae published by Treitschke, in
his 7th vol., he gives a genus nearly corresponding with the present
by the name Penrfina (a typographical error for Pcnth'ma, as cor-
rected in his subsequent volume) with Pe. salicana as the type ; but
when he proceeds to characterize it in his 8th vol., he introduces To.
revayana, Wieii. Verz. (the genus Sarrothripus) for the type, as
section A, consequently his name becomes obsolete, and a new appel-
lation is required ; I have therefore continued the one published in
my Catalogue, in allusion to the contrasted colours with which all the
species are so prettily adorned ; the anterior wings being either black
at the base with white, variegated or spotted, tips, or black with the
inner margin, except at the apex, white, spotted with black.

A. Anterior wings with the base black, the costa pale at the ape.x : —
ApotoimiSj Hiibner.

Sp. 1. corticana. Alis anticis allns, bast nigra plumheoqiie varicgatis, fascia
media nigra, postice niveis, posticis j'uscis. (Exp. Alar. 9 — 10 lin.)

To. corticana. Hiibner. — An. corticana. Stcph. Catal. ii. 172. No. 6891.

Anterior wings white, the base varied with lead-colour and black, having two
snowy blotches, followed by a rather distinct black fascia, irregularly
simiated posteriorly, the apex of the wing snow-white, with ashy-white
clouds and a few blackish dots, the latter disposed in a short fascia on the
hinder margin: on the costa are three or four black dots; the base of the
inner margin is varied with black : posterior wings fuscous.
Rather scarce: found in the middle of July at Coombc and

Darenth woods. I am not awiire of any other locality.

Sp. 2. Betuletana. Alis anticis hasi fuscesccntihus atro plumhcocjuc ncbidosis.
posticc albis, posticisfuscis. (Exp. Alar. 9 — 10^ lin.)

To. Betuletana. Haworth. — An. Betuletana. Steph. Catal. ii. 173. No. 6892.

Anterior wings brownish-black at the base, with darker black spots and lead-
coloured clouds, the apex obliquely white, clouded with ash-colour, costa
with some dusky spots : posterior wings fuscous.

The anterior wings vary slightly; in some examples the white on the apex
is immaculate ; in others it is entirely suffused with ochraceous, and more
than usually clouded ; but all the varieties may be known from the fore-
gohig by having the termination of the dark basal cloud extending obliquely
to the anal angle of the wing, whereas in An. corticana this part terminates
less obliquely, and does not extend to the angle.

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HAUSTELLATA. LEPIDOI'TEIIA.

Extremely abundant in June and July within the metropolitan
district ; also taken in other parts of the country, as in Devonshire,
the New Forest, near Dover, &c.

Sp. 3. tripunctana. Alis anticis basi nigris, nehulis atris maculisque ohsoieie
brunncis, postice albidis cintreo nubnebuhsis, punctis tribus nigricaniibus ;
posticis atris aid fuscescentibus. (Exp. Alar. 9 — 10^ lin.)

Py. tripunctana. Fabricius. — A.n. tripunctana. Stcph. Catal. ii. 173. No. 6893.
Ph. Cynosbana. Donov. x. pi. 355. f. 3.

Anterior wings black or dusky at the base, with dark black and obscure brown
clouds, terminating obliquely behind the middle, anterior to the anal angle;
near the middle of its hinder edge are two blackish dots, and a third at the
apex; the tip of the wings is whitish, clouded with ashy, with the extreme
hinder margin brownish ; on the costa are some minute black streaks : pos-
terior wings dusky or black.

Variable : in some examples the base of the wings is darker than others, and
the apex is more or less suffused with ochraceous or dirty yellow.

Not very common : taken towards the end of July in the woods
within the metropolitan district ; also in the New Forest, &c.

Sp. 4. Pruniana. Alis anticis basifiisco nigroque variis, plumbeo sfrigatis, apice
fascia lata alba interrupta, in qua mucuJd atra. (Exp. Alar. 7§ lin.)

To. Pruniana. H'ubner.— An. Pruniana. Steph. Catal. ii. 173. No. 6894.

Anterior wings at the base varied with fuscous and black, with darker spotS;,
and lead-coloured streaks ; the apex with a broad, irregular, interrupted,
white fascia, in which is a black spot, and on the costa are three conspicuous
black dots ; the hinder marghi is slightly dusky : posterior wings fuscous.

The caterpillar feeds on the sloe, birch, ash, &c.: the imago appears about the
middle of June.

Not very common ; taken in woods and hedges within the metro-
politan district, and at Dover, and in the New Forest and Devon-
shire.

Sp. 5. pullana. Alis anticis nigro-JuUginosis, fascia media viargineque postico
vigris ; posticis piceo-atris. (Exp. Alar. 6 — 6§ lin.)

To. pullana. Hawortb. — An. pullana. Siepk. Catal. ii. 173. No. 6895.

Anterior wings smoky-black, with some darker blotches and dots, a central
black fascia, and the hinder margin also black : posterior pitchy-black.

Found, but very rarely, in the neighbourhood of London, in
June.

TOllTRICID.E. — ANTITHESIA. 89

Sp. 6. marginalia. Alts anticis nigris anticl obsolete cinerascentibus, fascia
posticA ochracea, posticis albicantibus margine fusco. (Exp. Alar. 6§ lin.)

To. marginalia. Haworth. — An. marginana. Steph. Caial. ii. 173. No. 6896.

Anterior wings black, obsoletely clouded with cinereous at the base, the apex
with a broadish ochraceous fascia, in which is a cluster of from six to eight
mhiute black approximating dots, on a slightly ashy grovuid: posterior
whitish, with the margin fuscous.

Also a very rare species ; I have once taken it in July at Darenth
wood : it has also occurred at Coorabe wood.

Sp. 7. oblongana. Alts anticis ohlongis, nigris, anticl obsolete cinerascentibus,
Jascid posticd alba ; posticis atro-fuscii. (Exp. Alar. 7 — 7^ lin.)

To. oblongana. Haworth.— An. oblongana. Steph. Catal. ii. 173. No. 6897.

Anterior wings oblong, black, faintly clouded with ashy at the base, the apex
with a white fascia, in which is an ashy cloud : posterior wings deep
fuscous: the fascia on the hinder margin of the anterior wings is sometimes
ochraceous^ and the base rather darker than usual.

This insect is also a very scarce species : it occurs in July within
the metropolitan district.

Sp. 8. Gentianaenana. Alls anticis suboblongis fusco nigroque nebulosis, punctis
plumbeis, lUurisque albidis, postice ochraceis nigra punctatis, margine postico
fuliginosojferrugineo punctata, (Exp. Alar. 8 lin.)

To. Gentiansenana.jH'/Virae/-. — An. Gentiantenana. Steph. Catal. ii. 173. No. 6898.

Anterior wings somewhat oblong, the base clouded with brown and black,
with lead-coloured dots and whitish streaks, the apex ochraceous, spotted
with black, with the hinder margin dusky-black, the costa with some rusty
dots : posterior wings dirty-brown.

The caterpillar feeds on the Teazle {Dipsacus) : the imago appears in July.

Very rare : found in Devonshire, and also within the metropolitan
district, near Walthamstow, in August. " Barham."" — Rev. W. Kirhi/,
to whom I am indebted for one of my specimens.

B. Anterior wings -with the costa (except at the base) and hinder margin, black

or dark coloured: — Hedy-e, js. Hub.
Sp. 9. Salicella. Alis anticis atro nigrcque variis, lituris maculisque plumbeis

sparsis, viargine tenuiore lato niveo basi macula atrd, thorace niveo nigra

punctato. (Exp. Alar. 9 — 10^ lin.)

rh. Ti. Salicella. Linnc.— Wilkes, pi. 10— An. Salicella. Steph. Catal. ii. 173.
No. 6899.

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H AUSTELL ATA. — LEPIDOPTERA.

Anterior wings varied or clouded on the costa with black and fuscous, with
scattered darker dots and whitish spots ; the inner margin nearly to the
apex snowy white, also with a few black dots, and a larger spot of the same
colour at the base : posterior wings black or brown : head and thorax snow
white, with black spots.

The caterpillar robust, brownish, with black head and small white dots: it
feeds on various species of willow : the imago appears towards the end
of July or the beginning of August.

Not common; found in Battersea-fields, and in the vicinity of
Charlton and Hertford ; likewise in other parts of the country.

Genus CCLXXXI. — Spilonota* mihi.

Palpi short, porrected nearly horizontally, subclavate, densely clothed with
elongate compact scales, the apical joint not slender, exposed : maxillw
short. Antenna simple in both sexes, slightly pubescent within in the males :
head small, with a tuft of scales between the antemiise: eyes small, globose :
thorax subovate, not crested behind : wings deflexed during repose ; anterior
rather narrow, rounded behind, the extreme costal apex with a small circular
mark, colours generally dark on the base and costa, the inner margin with a
white blotch in the middle, and sometimes a second ; posterior ovate-trian-
gular, dark : abdomen rather short, stoutish, with a small tuft at the apex in
the males, obtuse in the females, and faintly tufted : legs short, posterior
longest.

The species of this pretty genus are all characterized by having the
wings dark at the base and apex, and mostly also on the costa, with a
more or less extensive conspicuous white blotch in the middle of the
inner margin, but they differ from Pseudotomia, which also possesses
an internal (or dorsal) blotch by being deficient of the false cleft on
the hinder margin of the anterior wings, which forms so conspicuous a
character in those insects, and the dorsal blotch in them is rarely
white, being usually of a yellowish or golden tint : the wings are also
of dissimilar form, being narrower in proportion to their length than in
the Pseudotomiae.

A. Anterior wings with a solid black fascia at the base, the apex pale, with
dark clouds or spots, costa sometimes dark, centre of inner margin white.

a. Anterior wings broad, the basal fascia straight, and placed obliquelij : —
Hedy^, p. Hubner.

2n-i\o(,- macula, Nwroc dorsum.

TORTRICID.E. — SPILONOTA. 91

tSp. 1. nubiferana. Alis aniicis osseis, cinereo-suhnelmlosis, vittd lata a basi ad
medium nigra; posticis fuscis. (Exp. Alar. 8^ lin.)

To. nubiferana. /TaworM.—Sp. nubiferana. Steph. Catal. n. 173. iVo. 6900.

Anterior wings of a bone-white, with an irregular black streak reaching from
the base to the middle, extending along thecosta; in the middle of the disc
are two rounded deep black spots : on the middle of the inner margin is
another dark streak, and one near the apex, also towards the inner margin.

A very rare species; taken in the middle of June in hedges
near Darenth-wood ; and, I believe, also near Westerham.

Sp. 2. Cynosbatella. Alis aniicis osseo-albis, basi limboque postico nigris, versus
apiceni nebulis subplumbeis, palpis Intcis. (Exp. Alar. 1\ — 10 lin.)

Ph. To. Cynosbatella. Linnc.—^-p. Cynosbatella. Steph. Catal. ii, 173.
No. 6901.

Anterior wings white, with a black fascia at the base, continued on the costa
alone nearly to the middle, and terminating in a slight distinct spot, which,
with two other spots of a lead-coloured hue, forms an obscure interrupted
oblique streak across the wing, ending near the anal angle ; hinder margin
more or less brownish, with a circular clouded spot towards the anal angle,
in which three or four minute, but distinct, black dots are placed transversely:
posterior wings fuscous ; palpi luteous.

Taken in July and August in gardens within the metropolitan
district, not uncommon.

Sp. 3. aquana. Alis anticis alho-cinereis nebulis saturatioribus, fascia basi, via-
culaque posticd ?)ia}-ginis tenuioris fusco-nigris, apice rujescente, palpis fuscis.
(Exp. Alar. 9— 10 lin.)

To. aquana. H'ubner? — Sp. aquana. Steph. Catal. ii. 173. No. 6902.

Anterior wings ashy-white, with darker or lead-coloured clouds, the base with
a truncate brownish-black fascia; towards the tip of the inner margin is an
irregular black or pitchy spot, placed transversely ; the costal apex of the
hinder margin is pitchy-red, this tint extending over the cilia of that part :
costa with numerous short black or pitchy lines placed obliquely: posterior
wings ashy-brown ; palpi brown.

Caterpillar feeds on the rose : the imago appears towards the end of June in
gardens.

Less abundant than the last species, but nevertheless not uncom-
mon throughout the metropolitan district.

Sp. i. trimacvdana. Alis fuscis, anticis nigra subnebulo sis, maculis duabus albidis
comniunibus alteraque minore interjecla costali. (Exp. Alar. 7^ — S lin.)

To. trimaculana. Haworth.—Sp. trimaculana. Steph. Catal. ii. 174. iVo. 6903.

92 HAUSTELLATA. I-KPIDOrTIiR A.

Wings brown, anterior clouded with dusky-black, the base darkest ; the inner
margin with two whitish blotches, and on the costa a very short one, all of
which are clouded with ash-colour; and the costa itself bears some very
short oblique lines : posterior wings dull brown.

More abundant than the foregoing insect within the metropolitan
district, at the end of June and beginning of July, frequenting
hedges, woods, &c.

b. Anterior wings narrow, the basal fascia angulated: — Notocelia, p.

H'dbner.

Sp. 5. comitana. Alls anticis albidis aut fusco-cinereis nigro strigulatis, fascia
baseos, margine postico maculaque analifuscis. (Exp. Alar. 6 — 7^ lin.)

To. comitana. Hubner. Sp. comitana. Steph. Catal. ii. 174. Ao. 6914.

Anterior wings whitish or cream colour, finely streaked throughout with waved
dusky or lead-coloured lines, with a broad fascia at the base, a triangular
patch at the tip of the inner margin, and the hinder margin itself fuscous ;
near the latter is a transverse row of minute black dots, varying from three
to five, placed in an irregular ovate lead-coloured ring : posterior brownish.

Extremely variable in the tint of the anterior wings ; the ground-colour behig
sometimes pure white, at others cream-colour, or pale ash, occasionally
dusky-ash or fuscous, or even blackish ; but in all the varieties the disc is
minutely streaked with irregularly waved dusky or black lines ; and in some
instances there is an abbreviated fascia in the middle of the costa.

The caterpillar feeds on the Hornbeam : the imago appears towards the middle
of June.

Extremely abundant in the vicinity of the metropolis, and not un-
common in other parts of the country, frequenting hedges and
woods.

B. Anterior wings rather broad, with the base and costa black or dark-
coloured : having one or more distinct white blotches on the middle of
the inner margin.

a. Anterior wings with a large curved white blotch on the middle of the inner
margin : — Epiblema, p. Hubner.

Sp. 6. foenella. Alis anticis obscure brunneo-fuscis, postice cinereis, arcu com-
muni tibialiformi albo. (Exp. Alar. 9 — 13 lin.)

Ph. Ti. foenella. Linnc. — Ph. To. interrogationana. Donov. ii. pL 65. f. 1. —
Sp. foenella. Steph. Catal. ii. 174. No. 6904.

Anterior wings dull fuscous-brown, changing to chiereous behind the middle,
on the inner margin is an arched white blotch, resembling the tibia, which
is attenuated towards the hinder margin, and terminates a little before
reaching the anal angle ; on the liinilir margin near the latter is a rounded

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palish cloud, in wliich are three minute black dots: costa with some short
pale oblique lines : posterior wings shining brown.

Extremely rare : found, so far as I am aware, only in Epping
Forest, within the metropolitan district, in August : it hkewise has
occurred in the vicinity of Wisbeach, in Cambridgeshire, and also in
Norfolk.

b. Anterior wings with one or more simple white blotches on the middle of the
inner ed^e : — Epinotia, p. Hiibner.

Sp. 7. Pflugiana. Alis anticis fuscis nebulosis, J'asciis duabvs abbreviatis sub-
conjluentibus albidis marginis tenuioris, posticis fuscis. (Exp. Alar. 10 —
lllin.)

Py. Pflugiana. Fabricius-Sp. Pflugiana. Steph. Catal. ii. 174. No. 6906.

Anterior wings brown, slightly clouded with ash-colour and black, with some
fdiiit oblique abbreviated transverse geminated white streaks towards the
tip of the costa, and a round brown dot on the extreme tip itself: in the
middle of the inner margin is a broad white blotch, a little clouded, and
extending nearly to the middle of the disc ; behind this, near the anal angle,
is a similar blotch, in which are four black dots placed transversely, divided
from the other by a brown band, which is generally somewhat interrupted:
posterior wings pale shining brown.
Rare : found occasionally in June within the metropolitan district,

at Darenth and Birch woods ; also at Coombe.

Sp. 8. Strsemiana. Alis anticis rufescentefuscis, maculis diiahus albidis mar-
ginis tenuioris, posticis fuscis nitidis. (Exp. Alar. 8 lin.)

Py. Strsemiana. Fabricius.— Sp. Strsemiana. Steph. Catal. ii. 174. No. 6907.

Anterior wings reddish-brown, slightly clouded with darker shades, with an
irregular whitish, or ochraceous, blotch in the middle of the inner margin,
and a second, somewhat rounded, near the anal angle, not united to the
former; posterior shining brown.
IMore abundant by far than the foregoing species; it occurs

towards the end of July in woods and hedges about Darenth and

Coombe ; also in other places. " Gibside, &c." — G. Wailes^ Esq.

Sp. 9. rusticana. Alis anticis cinereofulvis nebulosis, macula media communi
alba, posticis fuscis, ciliis albidis. (Exp. Alar. 8 — 9 lin.)

Py. rusticana. Fabricius.—Sp. rusticana. Steph. Catal. ii. 174. No. 690.5.

Anterior wings tawny-ash, slightly clouded with darker lines, the costa with
several short oblique black lines, with whitish spaces between; in the
middle of the inner margin is a rhomboid or subquadrate white blotch ; and

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HAUSTEM.ATA. — I.Kl'IDOPTER A.

somewhat parallel with the hinder margin, towards the anal angle, is a row
of three or four very minute black dots : posterior wings brown, with whitish
cilia.

This rare species is occasionally fotind within the metropolitan
district towards the end of August : I am not aware that it occurs in
other parts of the country.

Sp. 10. trigeminana. Plate 37, /. 3. Alls anticis fiiscis nigra transverse
undulato-strigatis, macula humerali alba, alteraque irregulari marginis
tenuioris, casta. postice linealis tribus geminatis albis. (Exp. Alar. 10 lin.)

Sp. trigeminana. Steph. Catal. ii. 174. Na. 6908.

Anterior wings brown, rather thickly streaked transversely with irregularly-
waved black lines, and a little clouded with ashy-white towards the base
and the extreme apex of the hinder margin ; in the middle of the inner
margin is an irregular white blotch in which are two parallel waved
brownish lines; on the shoulder is a small rounded white dot, and on the
costa towards the apex are three pair of short white streaks placed rather
obliquely: on the extreme hinder margin is a fine black line: the base of
of the cilia is pale fuscous, the apex very dark : posterior wings deep
brownish-black ; cilia rather paler.

The only specimen I have seen of this beautiful species I caught
at Ripley, in July 1827.

Sp. 11. sticticana. Alis anticis airo-fuscis, suhnebulasis, medio macula angulata
alba, altera terminali ulbido-cinered marginis tenuioris, lineolisque 4-6 posticis
geminatis costalibus albis. (Exp. Alar. 7 — 10 lin.)

Py. sticticana. i^aZ-r/czW.—Sp. sticticana. Steph. Catal. ii. 17 i. No. 6909.

Anterior wings black-brown, slightly clouded, with a large irregularly qua-
drangular white blotch in the middle of the inner margin, in which is a black
dot, or sometimes two, on the margin itself: adjoining the anal angle is also
a second blotch of a whitish-ash, but not very conspicuous ; in this are four
or five deep black dots, placed transversely : on the tip of the costa are from
four to six short white lines, placed in pairs and rather obliquely : posterior
wings deep black, cilia ashy, with a dark line at the base.

Variable in size, and slightly in markings, the geminated pale lines at the apex
of the costa being sometimes almost obliterated, and the ashy spot on the
anal angle of the anterior wings more or less suffused with the ground
colour of the wings so as to become inconspicuous.

Not common; found at the end of July in the vicinity of London,
in hedges : I have taken it in the lanes in the neighbourhood of Oak
of Honour wood, Peckham, and in August last at Coombe wood.

TORTRICID.E. — SPILONOTA. O-J

8p. 12. costipunctana. Alts anticis fusco cinerenque variis, costd postice alba
punctis septem confei-tis nigris, viaculnqiie media alb& marginis tenuioris.
(Exp. Alar. 6§ lin.)

To. costipunctana. Haworth. — Sp. costipunctana. Steph. Catal. ii. 174.
No. 6910.

Anterior wings varied with ash-colour and white, with the costa posteriorly
white spotted with about seven black elongate dots, rather approximating
and not placed in pairs : in the middle of the inner margin is a nearly trian-
gular white patch, from the discal side of which an oblique ashy fascia ex-
tends to the anal angle : posterior wings ashy-brown.

Rare : found occasionally in July near London, and in Norfolk,
and I possess a specimen which was found near Edinburgh.

Sp. 13. argyrana. Alls anticis nigris,fasciis duabus strigiilisque nvmerosioribus
undulafis obsolete argenteis, maculaque media albido-cinered oblongd marginis
tenuioris. (Exp. Alar. 9§ lin.)

Sp. argyrana. Sicph. Nomen. '2d edit.

Anterior wings black, rather thickly streaked with obscure waved silvery
lines, a distinct broad band of the same in the middle, palest on the inner
margin, where it forms a narrow oblong patch ; behind this, near the apex,
is an oblique, irregidar, silvery-ash band, and some clouds of the same hue
on the hinder margin ; towards the tip of the costa are four pair of short
silvery white lines, placed obliquely; cilia fuscous: posterior wings dark-
brown ; cilia the same.

Of this pretty and remarkable species, I possess a fine pair from
the Highlands of Scotland ; they were taken in August.

Sp. 14. quadrana. Alis anticis nigris, fulvo nchulosis, inaculd media quadrata
ochraced marginis tenuioris; posticis atris ciliis ochraceis. (Exp. Alar.
10 lin.)

Sp. quadrana. Steph. Nomen. 2d edit.

Anterior wings black, with fulvous clouds, most distinct towards the apex,
with two pair of obsolete ochraceous lines towards the tip of the costa ; a
quadrate ochraceous spot in the middle of the inner margin : towards the
apex of the hinder margin is a curved row composed of about seven black
dots : cilia mixed black and fulvous : posterior wings black, with ochraceous
cilia.

I have also a specimen of this species, which is very distinct from
any of the foregoing, from Scotland : it was found in July.

96 H AUSTELL ATA. LEPIDOPTKRA.

Sp. 15. tetragonana. A/is cuificix fusco-nigris, nehulis atris, posiict; plumheo
variis, maculdque media quadratu alba jnarginis ttnuioris. (Exp. Alar. 6 lin.)

Sp. tetragonana. Steph. Catal. ii. 174. Xo. 6911.

Anterior wings brown-black, with darker black clouds, the hinder margin varied
with lead colour; on the middle of the inner margin is a quadrate white
blotch, slightly dentate on the hinder edge : on the apex of the costa are
two pair of short white lines : cilia ashy at the base, black at the apex : pos-
terior wings black, with brown cilia ; the base with a black Une.

Apparently very rare : I have once taken it at Coombe Avood, and
have a second specimen, which was captured at Darenth in July.

Sp. 16. nigricostana. Alis anticis ohhisis nig?-i.s, nebulis saturatio7-ihus, macula
media magna commu?iii?-regula?'i ochraceo-alhida. (Exp. Alar. 6 lin.)

To. nigricostana. Haworth. — Sp. nigricostana. Steph. Cutal. ii. 174.
No. 6912.

Anterior wings obtuse, black, with darker clouds, with an ill-defined, irregular
large ochraceous-wliite blotch in the middle of the inner margin ; cilia black :
posterior wings black, with brown cilia.

I have frequently taken this insect, which is far from abundant, in
tlie high road leading from Hertford to the heath, in June, upon
elms.

Sp. 17. ustulana. Alis anticis ohtusis fuliginosis, fascia margineque postico atro-
ustulatis, punctis duabus costalibus fulvis. (Exp. Alar. 5§ lin.)

To. ustulana. Haworth. — Sp. ustulana. Steph. Catal. ii. 174. No. 6913.

Anterior wings obtuse, dull smoky-black, the base brownish, in the middle is
an obscure straight fascia, with its extreme hinder margin and the cilia of
an umber-black ; between this and the hinder margin is an indistinct tetra-
gonal ashy spot, and a second very obscure one at the anal angle : on the
costa are two pale tawny spots ; posterior wings and cilia black.

Rather scarce ; found at Coombe wood in June, and in Norfolk
and other parts of the country.

Genus CCLXXXII.— Heusimene, Hiihner?

Palpi short, parallel, clavate, densely clothed with ovate scales, elongate be-
neath, the terminal joint not exposed : maxilla very short. Antenna simple
in both sexes, faintly pubescent within in the males; head with a small tuft
of short scales between the antenna : eijes small, lateral : thorax rather
broad, not crested: irmo-j deflexod during repose ; anterior elongate, straight
on the costa, the hinder margin somewhat rounded, with a faint notch

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towards the costa dark-coloured, the inner margin witii an obscure pale
blotch; posterior elongate-ovate, pale, with a dark border: Aoi^/y short,
slender, with a small tuft at the apex in tiie males, rather obtuse in the
females : legs rather short and slender.

From the insects of the preceding genus the present differs in
having the anterior wings long and slender, with a faint notch
towards the costa on the hinder margin ; like those insects there is a
palish blotch on the inner margin, but unlike them their posterior
wings are pale, Avith a dark border, as in some of the insects of the
following genus, from which these may be distinguished by having the
wings narrower and destitute of a conspicuous pale blotch, as well by
having the terminal joint of the palpi concealed, that part being
exposed in Pseudotomia.

Sp. 1. fimbriana. Alis anticis Juscis cinereo-nehulosis, lunula media communi
ohsoletissima marginis tenuioris, posticis albidi.i fimbria fusca. (F]xp. Alar.
7 lin.)

To. fimbriana. Haworth.—^. G. dorsana.? Steph. Cafal. ii. 174. A^o. 6915.

Anterior wings brown, clouded with ashy, with a very obscure ashy lunule in
the middle of the inner margin, in which is a very obsolete fuscous streak ;
costa marked with minute alternate whitish and black dots ; cilia ashy,
clouded with brown : posterior wings whitish-ash, with a brown border.

The lunule in the middle of the inner margin of the anterior wings is sometimes
scarcely visible.

Very rare : I once found a few specimens in March at Coombe
wood, flying in the afternoon.

Genus CCLXXXIII. — Pseudotomia* 77iihi.

Palpilonger than the head, porrected horizontally, slightly ascending, densely
clothed with scales, which are produced into a triangular mass, of which
the extreme joint of the palpi forms the apex ; this joint is scarcely visible
before denudation. Antennce short, simple in both sexes, a little thickened
and faintly pubescent within in the males: head small, with a crest of scales
between the antennae : eyes large, globose : thorax small, not crested : wings
entire, deflexed during repose ; anterior rather long, somewhat linear, with
a line at the apex of the hinder margin, which gives the appearance of a
cleft (see pi. 37, fig. 2), the inner margin frequently with a blotch of pale

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98 HAUSTELLATA. LEPIDOPTERA.

yellow or white in the middle; posterior wings ample, ovate-triangular:
legs short and slender.

The chief peculiarity of the insects which I have here associated
together consists of the appearance of a cleft on the hinder margin of
the anterior wings, near the costa : it appears to arise from a defi-
ciency of the scales at that part : many other of the Tortricidae
possess a rounded spot at the apex of the costa, but in those the
hinder margin of the wings does not appear to be cleft or varied in
outhne, at least so conspicuously as in these insects : they also agree
in having the pale blotch or rudiments thereof, on the inner margin,
■which adorns the species of the two former genera, but the outline of
the wings at once removes them therefrom, as well as the dissimilarity
in the palpi.

A. Anterior wings rather narrow, varied, marked with silver streaks or spots,
and an indistinct dorsal blotch : — Eudemis, p. H'vbner.

Sp. 1. obscurana. Alis ant ids obscure fuscis nebulis saturaiiorilms, inaculaque
geminata obsoletd medio margine tenuioris posticis fuscis. (Exp. Alar. 6 lin.)

N. G. obscurana. Steph. Catal. ii. 175. No. 6916.

Anterior wings obscure brown, with darker clouds, towards the apex of the
costa are a few rather indistinct whitish abbreviated lines, placed irregu-
larly, and on the middle of the inner margin is a faint whitish spot, com-
posed of two parallel lines, the extreme hinder margin with a slender black
line : cilia fuscous, with black tips : posterior wings fuscous, cilia paler.

Very rare ; found in the summer within the metropolitan district,
but I forget the exact locality.

Sp. 2. fraternana. Alis anticis longiusculis griseis, Jasciis duabus subrectis
cinereo-argenteis obsoletis, posticis cinereis fimbria fusca. (Exp. Alar. 5^ —
6 lin.)

To. fraternana. Haworih. — N. G. fraternana. Steph. Catal. ii. 175. No. 6917.

Anterior wings rather long and linear, griseous, with a straight silvery-ash
bar before the middle, an oblique angulated one behind, and some spots or
lines of similar hue on the costa ; the angulated fasciae terminating in a
faint palish blotch: towards the anal angle is a minute brown dot, and two
or three darker ones towards the hinder margin : posterior wings ashy, with
a brown border.

Also a rare species, found in the spring at Coorabe wood, and I
believe also in Norfolk.

TORTniCID.E. PSKUDOTOMIA. 99

Sp. 3. atromargana. Alis anticis cinereis fusco nebulosis, maculCi albida communi
strigisque ohsoletis subargenteis, posiicis fiiscis basi dilutioribu.s. (Exp. Alar.
5—6h lin.)

To. atromargana. Haworth. — Ps. atromargana. Steph. Catal. ii. 175.
No. 6918.

Anterior wings ashy, coarsely clouded with deep fuscous, with a large trape-
ziform whitish spot in the middle of the inner margin, in which is an ashy
streak ; behind this on the hinder margin are two very short interrupted
silvery streaks : the costa is prettily streaked with white and black : posterior
wings fuscous, with the base pale and the apex very dark.

The colours are occasionally much brighter, and therefore by the contrast give
the insect a different aspect.

Not very common ; foimd in Oak woods in June. I have taken
it at Darenth, Birch, and Coombe woods, and also at Hertford and
Ripley.

Sp. 4. Strobilella. Alis anticis pallide fuscis, subnebulosis, postice argenteo
strigosis, punctoque atro, fascia media abbreviata albida, costa lineolis argentcis.
(Exp. Alar. 4 — 5^ lin.)

Ph. Ti. Strobilella. Xm«t'.— Ps. Strobilella. Steph. Catal. ii. 175. No. 6919.

Anterior wings pale brown, with irregular silvery streaks, consisting of an
obscure one at the base, a more conspicuous angulated one in the middle,
and a third interrupted one behind : in the middle of the inner margin is a
short divided whitish blotch ; and in the middle of the posterior streak a
minute black dot, and occasionally one or two minute ones on the anal
angle of the posterior margin : on the costa are several minute short silvery
lines : posterior wings dusky.
Found towards the end of May in fir woods ; not very uncommon

near Hertford.

B. Anterior wings broad, of plain brown hues, generally with a lunate pale or

yellow dorsal blotch, and oblique pale costal streaks: — Heusimene,

p. Hiibner,

Sp. 5. sequana. Alis anticis cinereis, strigis posticis Jlavis argenteisque, macula

media communi argented, posticis piceis. (Exp. Alar. 4§ lin.)
To. sequana. H'ubner. — Ps. sequana. Steph. Catal. ii. 175. No. 6920.
Anterior wings cinereous, with angulated transverse silvery and yellow
streaks, the costa towards the apex with very short white lines : towards
the anal angle are two or three very minute black dots ; and on the middle
of the inner margin is a lunate silvery blotch : posterior wings pitchy.
Scarce ; found in the beginning of June in woods within the me-
tropolitan district and in Norfolk.

g2

100 HADSTF.T.LATA. — LEPIDOPT^RA.

Sp. 6. PetivercMa. Alls anficls I'ulvo-JvA-cis, costa posiicl- plumbeu aureoque
strigata, ciliis plamheis lucidis, lunula communi dorsali luted. (Exp. Alar.
5— 6i lin.)

Ph. Ti. Petiverella. Linjie. — Ps. Petiverella. Sieph. Catal. ii. 173. No. 6921.

Anterior wings fulvous-brown, rather brightest posteriorly : in the middle of
the inner margin is a coarse pale golden crescent-shaped blotch, ending
obtusely on the disc: towards the apex of the costa are some minute
yellowish dots, and some oblique lead-coloured streaks; on the hinder
margin are three or four minute black dots, with a rather distinct ocellus on
the costal apex: cilia lead-coloured and shining: posterior wings dusky.

Varies slightly in size, and in having the lunate spot more or less oblite-
rated.
Not very abundant ; found, however, in woods throughout the

metropoHtan district towards the end of May or beginning of June,

and also in the New Forest, Devonshire, Norfolk, &c.

i'Sp. 7. lunulana. Alls anticisfuscis, lunula communi siniplici strigulisque cos-
talibus numei-osis albis, specula argenteo nigro-striato, ciliis plumbeis. (Exp-
Alar. 7 lin.)

To. lunulana. Wien. Verz. — Ps. concinnana. Staph. Catal. ii. J 75. No. 6922,

Anterior wings fuscous, with a simple silvery-white crescent-shaped spot in
the middle of the inner margin, and numerous short streaks on the apex of
the costa, the anal spot silvery, with black streaks; cilia lead-coloured :
posterior wings brown-black, with yellowish-grey cilia.

Rare ; taken in Hants, by the Rev. G. T. Rudd, in June.

Sp. 8. simpliciana. Alis anticis obtusis pallide-fuscis, strigis abbreviatis posticis
costalibus, ciliisque argenteia lucidis, (Exp. Alar. 7 lin.)

To. simpliciana. Haworth. — Ps. simpliciana. Staph. Catal. ii. 175. No. 6923.

Anterior wings obtuse, pale brown, on the costa, towards the apex, are
several short streaks ; and in the middle of the inner margin is a very-
obscure yellowish patch of a triangular form ; towards the anal angle are
three very minute black dots placed transversely : cilia shining, and in
certain lights of a silvery hue : posterior wings brown, with silvery white
cilia.
Also uncommon : found within the metropolitan district towards

the middle of June, and in Norfolk.

Sp. 9. Jacquiniana. Alis anticis fulvis, medio macula communi grosse lunat a
saturate aurea, costa postice fulvo strigata. (Exp. Alar. 6 — 7 lin.)

Py. Jacquiniana. Fabricius. — Ps. Jacquiniana. Steph. Catal. ii. 175. iVb. 6924.

Anterior wings fulvous, with a golden tinge, costa obscurely streaked with
fulvous behind, in the middle of the inner margin is a coarse dark-golden

TORTRICID^:. — I'SEUDOTOMIA. 101

crescent ; on the hinder margin, near the anal angle, arc three or four
minute black dots: cilia with a golden gloss: posterior wings pitchy-
black.
Rather variable in size, and slightly so in colour.

More abundant tlian the last, but not very common ; found at
Coombe and Darenth woods, also in the New Forest and in other
parts of the country, in June.

Sp. 10. strigana. Alis anticis subretusis fulvis strigis hrevissiinis poslicis cosia-
libus ferrugineis subargenteisque, ciliis aureis lucidis. (Exp. Alar. 6 — 7 lin.)

Py. strigana. Fubricius? — Ps. strigana. Siejjh. Catal. ii. 175. Ao. 6925.

Anterior wings rather narrow and a little retnse, of an almost uniform fulvous,
with some very short oblique tawny, yellowish, and silvery streaks on the
apex of the costa: on the anal angle of the posterior marghi are about three
very minute black dots : posterior wings brownish.

Variable in having the colours darker, and the few markings nearly oblite-
rated.

Not common ; found in June at Hertford and Ripley, and at
Coombe wood ; also near 13rockenhurst, in the New Forest, &c.

Sp. 11. atropurpurana. Alis anticis ntropurpureis i?nmaculafis, ciliis allis
nitidis, posticis fuscis. (Exp. Alar. 5§ lin.)

To. atropurpurana. Haworth. — Ps. atropurpurana. Steph. Catal. ii. 175.

No. 6926.
Anterior wings deep glossy purple, immaculate; cilia white, with a rich

silvery gloss in certain positions of light: posterior wings brown or brownish;

the costa snowy white, the coloured line attenuated towards tlie apex.

Rare; found at Coombe wood, at the end of June.

Sp. 12. nigricana. Alis omnibus nitidis piceo-nigris, costa anticaruni pei-lcpidc
nigra, alboque strigatd. (Exp. Alar. 6^ Hn.)

Py. nigricana. Fabricius. — Ps. nigricana. Steph. Catal. ii. 175. No. 6927.
Wings glossy black, anterior with numerous black and white oblique short
streaks on the costa, especially in the middle: hi the middle of the hinder
margin are two or three short black streaks, placed in an indistinct golden
ring: posterior wings deep black: cilia of all pale shining, with a silvery
gloss in certain lights.

Not very uncommon, in the middle of June, within the metropo-
litan district, at Darenth and Coombe woods, &c.

Sp. 13. proximana. Alis omnibus pallidcfuscis nitidis, costa anticarum perlepide
alho suhfidvoque strigat.l. (Exp. Alar. 6 lin.)

To. proximana. Haworth.— Vf, proximana. Steph. Catal. ii. 175. No. 692R.

102

HAUSTELLATA. LEl'IDOl'TKKA.

Wings pale glossy brown, the posterior rather darkest; anterior with a
slightly golden gloss, the costa prettily streaked with short oblique white
and fulvescent streaks.

Much less abundant than the foregoing ; found about the same
time, within the metropolitan district, and in Devonshire.

Sp. 14. puncticostana. Alts anticis nigro-purpureis immaculatis, costa albo
punctata, ciliis plumbeo lucidis. (Exp. Alar. 5§ lin.)

Ps. puncticostana. Steph. Caial. ii. 175. JVo. 6929.

Anterior wings purple-black, immaculate, the costa with short white elongate

spots, most conspicuous in the middle : cilia with a lead-coloured gloss :

posterior wings brown black, with paler cilia.

Hare : found at Ripley in June, in grassy places.

Sp. 15. Populana. Alls omnibus atris, casta postice aureo, atro, alboque punctata,
lambda grwcorum alba medio marginis tenuioris. (Exp. Alar. 4 — 6 lin.)

Py. Populana. Fabridus. — Ps. Populana. Steph. Cafal. ii. 176. No. 6931.

Wings deep black ; anterior with the costa spotted with minute golden and
white dots, with alternate longer very oblique deep black lines; on the
middle of the inner margin is a triangular white blotch with a twig extend-
ing towards the disc, forming a patch resembling the Greek \, a minute
black dot being on the extreme edge of the wing ; near the hinder angle are
some golden scales ; cilia also of a golden hue : posterior wings rather
paler.

The white dorsal blotch varies a little in form, and sometimes bears two black
dots, the posterior one being very minute.

Also a scarce species, found amongst nettles in the autumn, within
the metropolitan district and in Norfolk.

Sp. 16. Ephippana? Alis anticis nigro^brunneis, violaceo adspersis, lineis ar^
genteis subccErulescentibus, macula dorsali trigonu alba. (Exp. Alar. 5 — 6 lin.)

To. Ephippana. Hubner.To.pl. S9. f. 246 ? — Ps. trigonana. Steph. Catal.
ii. 176. No. 6932.

Anterior wings brown-black, with a violet tint; in the middle of the inner
edge is a small triangular white blotch, in which is occasionally a minute
black dot : on the anal angle of the hinder margin is a metallic spot ; and
the apex of the cilia is also of a glossy metallic hue : posterior wings paler,
with still paler cilia.

Taken occasionally in June, at Birch and Darenth woods, but far
from a common insect.

TOItTltUlDK. I'SEL'DOTO.MIA. 103

C. Aiitcriur willies broad, black, with a large ovate pale dorsal blotch : —
Pammkni:, Hiihncr.
S|). 17. Trauniana. Alls vninihus atris, anticis macula communi viedit sphw-
roideu Jlava, strifft'scjue poiiicis cosiulibus Jlavo-allndis. (Exp. Alar. 6^ —
7 Ihi.)
Py. Trauniana. Fabricius — Ps. Trauniana. Steph. Catal. ii. 175. No. 6930.
Anterior wings deep black, with a large sphaeroidal yellow patch in the middle
of the inner margin, sometimes with a short branch towards the posterior
margin, and with two or three minute black dots on the extreme edge of the
inner margin ; on the costa are several obliquely placed yellowish-white
dots, varying hi number: on the hinder margin is an imperfect lead-
coloured speculum : cilia black, with the tips glossy lead-colour : posterior
wings brownish-black, with yellowish cilia.

\Qry rare, or local ; taken formerly not very uncommonly in the
gardens called " Islington Spa" in June, but I know of no other me-
tropolitan locality : it has also occurred near Holt in Norfolk, and, I
believe, likewise in Devonshire.

D. Anterior viiigs rather narrow, with pale costal streaks and a white dorsal
spot, divided by one or more waved lines: — Euspila.

Sp. 18. compositella. Plate 37./. 2. AUs anticis nigris, strigis posticis cosia-
libus, maculaque medi.i communi tristrigata argenteis, posticis niveis fimbria
nigra. (Exp. Alar. 3— 4\ lin.)

Ti. compositella. Fabricius — Ps. compositella. Steph. Catal. ii. 176.
No. 6936.

Anterior wings deep shining black, with about eight oblique silvery- white
streaks on the costa, a faint lead-coloured mark towards the hhider marghi ;
in the middle of the inner margin is a quadrate bright silvery blotch, in which
are three waved streaks, the two outer being occasionally slightly abbre-
viated : posterior wings at the base snowy, the margin black.

Somewhat rare ; found at Birch and Darenth woods in June, and
occasionally in other places within the metropolitan district.

Sp. 19. Gundiana. AUs anticis piceo-atris, strigis posticis costalibus, maculaque
media communi tristrigata argenteis posticis atris. (Exp. Alar. Z^ — 4 lin.)

To. Gundiana. Hubner?—Vs. Gundiana. Steph. Catal. ii. 176. No. 6935.

Anterior wings deep shining pitchy-black, the costa towards the apex with
eight short silvery-white streaks placed in pairs, the first pair arising rather
before the middle of the costa, and situated very obliquely ; in the middle
of the hinder margin is a large somewhat quadrate silvery-white blotch in
which are three slightly waved black streaks; towards the hinder margin
is a faint metallic speculum, and at the apex is an obscure Yme, giving the
appearance of a cleft : posterior wings deep black.

104 H AUSTELL ATA. LEPIDOPTERA.

Rather scarce, at least within the metropolitan district, where it
occurs in June, at Coombe and Darenth woods.

Sp.20. dorsana. Alis anticis piceo-nigi-is, sfi^igis posticis costalihus, maculuijue
TTiedid communi unistrigata argerdeis, pusticis albidis Jimbria fused. (Exp.
Alar. 3 — i lin.)

Py. dorsana. Fahricius. — Ps. dorsaua. Steph.Catal.u. 176. No. 6937.

Anterior wings dull pitchy-black, with eight oblique silvery-white streaks
towards the tip of the costa, and a minute dot of the same on the hinder
margin: in the middle of the inner margin is a slightly oblique somewhat
tetragonal silvery-white blotch, intersected transversely to the wings, with
a slightly waved black line: posterior wings whitish, with a dusky border.

Apparently very rare : I have a specimen which was taken at
Darenth wood in June ; it has also been found at Birch wood and in
Norfolk.

E. Anterior wings narrow, with a round ocellus at the apex, the inner margin
immaculate : — Aspila.

Sp. 21. Lediana. Alis anticis obtusissimis purpurascentibus, obsolete fusco nebu-

losis et strigatis. (Exp. Alar. 4 — 5| lin.)
Ph. To. Lediana. Linne.—Fs. Lediana. Steph. Catal. ii. 176. No. 6933.

Anterior wings very obtuse, dull brownish-black, with a purplish gloss in
certain positions of light, with numerous darker clouds and slightly waved
streaks; the costa streaked with tarry and brown ; the middle of the inner
margin is sometimes palish : posterior wings pitchy-black.

Rather variable in size and colour; the streaks on the costa occasionally
whitish.

Not common ; found occasionally in the woods within the metro-
politan district : also in Norfolk, the New Forest, and in Devonshire,
in June.

Sp. 22. nitidana. Alls nigris, antieis faseiold unangulatd media cinereo-argented,

lineoUsque posticis costalibus argenteis. (Exp. Alar. 3 — 4 lin.)
Py. nitidana. Fabricius. — Ps. nitidana. Steph. Catal. ii. 176. No. 6939.

Anterior wings black, with an obscure silvery-ash fascia, iniangulated in the
middle exteriorly, and divided by a very faint dusky streak : there is also a
second very obscure abbreviated silvery-ash streak near the hinder margin ;
on the apex of the costa are three pair of silvery-white streaks, from the
first pair of which the angulated fascia arises : posterior wings black.

Moderately common ; taken at Darenth and in the New Forest in
June; also in other places within the metropolitan district.

TORTKICIDE. STKGANOPTYCHA. 105

F. Anterior wings rather broad, brown, with two remote pale blotches, one
dorsal, the other on the disc : — Encelis: — Hubner.

Sp. 23. aurana. Alis nigro-brunneis, anticis maculis duahus auraniiis. (Exp.

Alar. 3— 5§ lin.)
Py. aurana. Fabricius. — Donov. ii. pi. 57, f. 2. — Ps. aurana. Steph. Catal. ii.

176. No. 693S.
Wings black brown ; anterior with a quadrate common dorsal orange blotch,

and a large rounded one towards the apex of the costa and the hinder

margin : posterior wings black.

Not very common ; found occasionally on umbelliferous flowers in
the vicinity of London : I have taken it at Ripley and Hertford, and
once rather plentifully at Darenth in June.

Genus CCLXXXIV. — Steganoptycha* miki.

Palpi longer than the head, porrected horizontally, clavate, densely clothed

with scales, the terminal joint exposed acute: maxillcB short. Antenna:

simple in both sexes, faintly pubescent within in the males : head small,

subglobose, with a rounded mass of scales between the antennse : eyes small:

thorax not crested : wings entire, anterior somewhat linear-triangular ; the

base straight, and in the males reflected, with an elongate fascicle of hairs,

usually concealed, but capable of expanding like a fan ; colours generally

sombre, with a deeper band at the base, and a tendency to a pale blotch in

the middle of the inner margin ; hinder margin slightly indented near the

costa; posterior wings rather ample, faintly emarginated at the apex:

abdomen rather long and slender : legs short and slender.

The males of this genus, at least in the typical species, are well

characterized by the peculiar process of hairs, which, during repose,

lies concealed beneath the reflected base of the anterior wings, and

which is capable of being extended in the form of a fan ; but both

sexes have the anterior wings very narrow, of sombre hues, and very

faintly emarginate on the hinder margin ; the head is somewhat

globose, the thorax simple.

Sp. 1. tetraquetrana, Alis anticis griseis, fascia basirhombed, punctutjue jx)stico

viarginem tenuiorem versus foscis j posticis fuscescentibus. (Exp. Alar.

7—lh lin.)
To. tetraquetrana. Hawortli. — St. tetracpietrana. Steph. Catal. ii. 176.

ATq. 6940.
Anterior wings griseous, with a reddish tinge, with a rhomboid brown fascia

at the base, most conspicuous on the inner margin, with faint brownish

Srtyw tcgo, TTTvl plica.

106 HAUSTELLATA. LEI'IDOPTEKA.

waves throughout ; on the hinder margin near the anal angle is a distinct
brown spot, followed on the anal angle by an ashy cloud : near the apex of
the costa are two or three faint whitish streaks,, and on the extreme hinder
margin is a slender brown line : cilia brown at the tip, ashy near the anal
angle: posterior wings brownish, with the apex dusky; cilia ashy-brown.

Rare ; found in June at Darenth and Coombe, on the margin of the
woods.

Sp. 2. angulana. Alis anticis rufo-griseis, strigis angiilatis saturaiiorihus eva-
nescentibus, fascia basi iubundulata obscura fusco nebulosd, punctoque J'usco
versus angulimi aiii. (Exp. Alar. 6^ — 7 lin.)

To. angulana. Haworth. — St. angulana. Steph. Catal. ii. 177. No. 6943.

Anterior wings reddish-griseous, with numerous very fine angulated brownish
streaks, a slightly waved brownish basal fascia, an obscure oblique band
towards the apex, in which is placed a minute brown dot, near the anal
angle, which latter, as well as a faint blotch in the middle of the inner
margin, is whitish-ash : cilia ashy, palest at the anal angle : posterior wings
brownish ; cilia palish.

Rarer than the foregoing, of which I think it likely to be a variety
of the female, or perhaps the usual state of that sex, knowing but
two examples which exactly correspond with each other : it is found
in June at Darenth wood.

Sp. 3. unipunctana. Alis anticis griseo-civereis nebulosis, fascia basi rhombeCi
punctoque postico costam versus fuscis. (Exp. Alar. 6 — 8 lin.)

To. unipunctana. Haworth. — St. unipunctana. Steph. Catal. W. 177. No. 6941.

Anterior wings griseous-ash, faintly clouded with fuscous, with a rhomboid
brown fascia at the base ; an obscure angulated palish blotch in the middle
of the inner margin, and a rather conspicuous brown dot towards the apex
near the costa ; the costa itself has a few pale streaks, and terminates in a
blackish dot : posterior wings linear.

Variable in colour and size.

Mr. Haworth says found amongst nettles in the spring: I take it in my own
garden at the end of June, on the elm and elder, though not commonly.

Taken occasionally in the vicinity of London in June, and in the
New Forest, by Mr. Bentley.

Sp. 4. triquetrana. Alls anticis griseis, fascia basi triquetra cinereo-fuscu,
punctoque postico j'usco viarginem tenuioreni versus. (Exp. Alar. 7 lin.)

To. triquetrana. Hawor-th. — Sta. triquetrana. Steph. Catal. ii. 177. No. 6942.

Anterior wings griseous, with a distinct trigonal brown fascia at the base,
lollovvedby a pale space, and terminating hi a brown cloud, most conspicuous

TOIITIUCID.E. STEGANOPTYCHA. 107

on the costa, on the inner margin of which towards the anal angle is a brown

dot: posterior wings brown.
Rather variable ; some examples are considerably clouded with brown, and

the pale portion approaches to ashy-white.

Not very abundant: found witliin the metropolitan district towards
the end of June : it lias also occurred in the west of Enj^jland and in
the New Forest.

Sp. 5. Pavonana. Alis unficis cinereis, niaaild media communi rufci mliovatd
nigro-cincta. (Exp. Alar. 7 lin.)

Ph. To. Pavonana. Dunovan, ii. pi. 58./. 3. pi. 59. f. 1. aucfa.—St. Riibiana ?
Sieph. Catal. ii. 177. No. 694.5.

Anterior wings ashy, with minnte blackish clouds; the costa with short,
oblique black and white streaks, and a varied ustulated dot at the tip ; on
the middle of the inner margin is a somewhat ovale red blotch deeply mar-
gined with black : posterior wings brown, darkest at the apex.

Apparently rare ; it has been taken in August in Epping Forest,
and also near Darenth wood : it is likewise found near Brockenhurst,
in the New Forest, and, I believe, at Coombe wood.

Sp. 6. Boeberana. Alls antkis cinereis, stria, magna communi lanceolaid, a bast
post medium nigra. (Exp. Alar. 7 — 75lin.)

Py. Boeberana. Fabricius. — St. Bceberana. Steph. Catal. ii. 177. No. 6944.

Anterior wings ashy, clouded with brown and dusky ; with an ample common
lanceolated black streak from the base to behind the middle, a little tinted
with reddish in the centre of the hinder margin : posterior brown.

Rather variable in tint; and probably a mere variety of the preceding
insect.

Also a rare species, occurring with the last in the vicinity of the
metropolis, in August : it has likewise been found in the New Forest.

Sp. 7. cuspidana. Alisanticis medio rufis fascia basi obliqua truncatd cuspidatd,
lineoldque postico nigris. (Exp. Alar. 6 lin.)

To. cuspidana. Haworth. — St. cuspidana. Sieph. Catal. ii. 177. No. 6946.

Anterior wings with a deep black fascia at the base, the centre of which is
produced into an acute point, followed by a broad pale red space ; the
posterior margin is blackish, with ashy clouds ; on the costa are some faint
dark streaks, and the extreme apex has a round ustulated dot : posterior
wings dusky, palest at the base.

Variable in colour, and slightly in markings; closely allied to the two
preceding, but diflers in wanting the black longitudinal streak on the
anterior wings.

108 HAUSTELLATA. — LEIMUOPTEK A.

Rare ; taken at Darenth and Coombe woods in the beginning of
Auffust, and also near Brockenhurst in the New Forest.

Sp. 8. rhonibifasciana. Alis anticis cinerels, jwstice nigro nebulosis, fascia bast

nigra trepeziformi ; posticis fuscis. (Exp. Alar. 7 liii.)
To. rhombifasciana. Haworth.—St. rhonil)ifasciana.'^iA,S'/<7j/(. Catal. ii. 177.

No. 6948.
Anterior wings ashy, clouded with black behind, the base with a conspicuous

trapeziform black fascia; the middle of the hiiier margin is sometimes tinted

with reddish : posterior wings fuscous.

iV rare insect; found at the end of July at Darenth ; it has also
occurred in other parts the beginning of August.

Sp. 9. stictana. Alis anticis cinereo riifis, nebulis parvis nigris spaisis, posticis

fuscis. ( Exp. Alar. 6— 6§ lin.)
To. stictana. Haw or th.— St. stictana. Steph. Catal. ii. 177. iVo. 6949.
Anterior wings ashy-red, with minute scattered black dots or clouds^ the base
concolorous : posterior wings brown.

Very rare : taken within the metropolitan district in the month of
August.

Sp. 10. cinereana. Alis anticis cinereis,fusco marmoratis, ocello postico obsolcto
cceco subargenteo, iridefusca, posticis fuscis. (Exp. Alar. 7 lin.)

To. cinereana. Haworth. — St. cinerana. Steph. Catal. ii. 177. No. 6949.

Anterior wings ashy, obscurely marbled with brown, with an obsolete blind
somewhat silvery ocellus behind, having a brown iris : costa ashy-brown :
anterior with very oblique darker streaks, the apex with a round brown
dot : posterior wings brown.
Also a rare species, and found within the metropolitan district in

August.

Sp. 11. retusana. Alis anticis retusis rujis, macuhl communi albido-cinerea ;
costa albo obliqua strigata, posticis fuscis. (Exp. Alar. 6 — 7§ lin.)

To. retusana. Haivorth. — An. retusana. Steph. Catal. ii. 177. No. 6950.

Anterior wings retuse, ashy-red, with a dark fascia at the base of the h)ner
margin, followed by a large somewhat quadrate common whitish-ash blotch,
and a more obscure one on the anal angle, in which are usually some trans-
verse black lines : on the costa are some whitish streaks, and its extreme
tip has a round red spot: posterior whigs brown.

Extremely vaiiable in colour: in some instances the wings are nearly of a
plain dull red, with the ordinary markings indicated of a deeper hue, or
nearly obliterated: at others, the colours arc prettily contrasted, and the

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blotch on the middle of the inner margin of the anterior wings approaches
to a snowy white : again, the oblique costal streaks are occasionally absent,
or very strong and elongated: the black ones on the anal speculum are
frequently very apparent.

An abundant insect in hedges near woods, within the metropolitan
district, especially near Darenth in June.

Sp. 12. subuncana. Alls unficis suhcaudatis rufis, semifascia recta basi satura-
tiore marginis tenuioris a/bo postice marginato. (Exp. Alar. 6 — G§lin.)

To. subuncana. Haworlh. — An. subuncana. Steph. Catal. ii. 177. No. 6951.

Anterior wings slightly caudate, pale red, with a fascia of a deeper hue on the
base of the inner margin, shading off towards the costa, and bordered on
its straight posterior edge with a white line ; costa prettily streaked with
oblique white lines, the apex slightly recurved, with a brownish-red dot;
the anal angle of the hinder margin has a faint ashy patch : cilia reddish-
brown : posterior wings rather dark fuscous.

Not uncommon in June in the woods within the metropolitan dis-
trict, especially in those of Kent.

Genus CCLXXXVI. — Anchylopera* mihi.

Palpi longer than the head, porrected nearly horizontally ; clothed with elon-
gate scales, which leave the terminal joint visible, the latter small conic,
elongate and slender when denuded: maxUlae short. Antennoe simple,
densely scaly : head small, with a tuft between the antennae : eyes rather
large, globose : thorax slender, not crested : wings entire ; anterior elongate,
falcate, and the costa in some species slightly waved ; marked in general
with an undulated longitudinal streak ; posterior faintly eniarginate on the
hinder margin : abdomen slender, tufted at the apex in the males, slightly
acute in the females : legs rather short and stout.

Although the insects of this pretty genus, which nearly cor-
responds with Ancylis of Hiibner, may in general be recog-
nised by having the anterior wings more or less falcate, there are
other genera of this family which possess that character ; but from
these the present insects may be at once known by the generality of
them having the wings adorned with pale longitudinal waved or
curved lines, sometimes intersecting the wing with two discolorous
surfaces, at others a broken longitudinal series of streaks only exists.

* AyKuXoc uncus, TTcpag terminus.

110 HAUSTELLATA — LEPIDOPTERA.

Sp. 1. obtusana. Alls anticis ohtusis rujis, fascia irregulari cinerea albido
cinctd, a basi costoe fiexuosim ad angulum ani. (Exp. Alar.-5§ lin.)

To. obtusana. Haworth. — An. obtusana. Steph. Catal. ii. 177. No. 6952.

Anterior wings obtuse dull red^ the costa entirely streaked with minute
oblique white and red lines, the apex with a red dot, encircled with white :
from near the middle of the costa an irregular ashy fascia arises, which
extends in a flexuous direction to the anal angle, giving off a twig towards
the middle of the inner margin, and a wave towards the hinder one ; it is
faintly bordered with a whitish line : posterior wings brown.

Apparently rare : it occurs at Darenth and Coombe woods, in the
beginning of June.

Sp. 2. imculana. AUs anticis caudatis cinereis, macula magni basi comrnuni
ustulata, alteraque postica costoe rujis. (Exp. Alar. 7 — 7§ lin.)

To. unculana. Haworth. — An. unculana. Steph. Catal. ii. 177. No. 6953.

Anterior wings caudate ashy, with a large ustulated red ovate common blotch
at the base of the iiiiier margin, and a triangular one of a paler hue on the
apical half of the costa, leaving a flexuous ashy band between, which is
faintly bordered with whitish ; the ashy portion of the costa is faintly
marked with short dusky lines, and the apex with three or four extremely
obscure and oblique palish ones, and two more distinct parallel ones, con-
verging to the hinder margin, and having an angular red space at the apex :
posterior wings dusky-brown.

Also a not very common species ; found in the woods near London,
especially Birch and Darenth.

Sp. 3. Lundana. AUs anticis caudatis paUidis postice fulvis striga angulata
av7'atd, maculaque magna comrnuni basi ustidato-castanea. (Exp. Alar.
6—7 lin.)

Py. Lundana. Fabricius. — Donovan, xi. pi. 374./. 1 ? — An. Lundana. Steph.
Catal. ii. 177. N'o. 6954.

Head, palpi, sides of the thorax and costal base of the wing pale ochreous,
which colour extends towards the anal angle in a flexuous streak, which
vanishes towards the anal angle in the ground colour of the apex of the
wing, which is pale tawny ; at the base on the inner margin is a large sub-
triangular common ustulated chestnut blotch, and in the middle of the costa
arises a pale golden streak very obliquely placed, so as almost to become
parallel with the costa ; it is bent at a rather acute angle near the apex, and
extends from thence to the inner edge of the wing, near the anal angle :
beyond this line on the costa are some very short silvery streaks : the
extreme hinder margin is pale, and the cilia the same, except at the costa,
where they are fulvous: posterior wings brown.

TORTllICID.E. ANCHYLOPERA. HI

Found at the end of May, at Uarenth and Coombe woods, and in
Hampshire, not common.

fSp. 4. Lyellana. Alts anticis cinereis, ockreo variegatis macula costali apicequa
fcrru<riiieis, altercujue communi basi hrunned. (Exp. Alar. 6^ lin.)

An. Lyellana. Curtis, folio 376.

" As large as A. fractifasciana, satiny, pale cinereous ; collar and apex of the
abdomen ochreous : superior (anterior) wings slightly variegated with pale
ochre : on the costa are an oblique macula at the middle, three dots beyond,
and a spot at the apex, didl ferruginous : on the interior margin is the usual
large patch of a deep brown and subtrigonatc : nearer the anal angle a brown
crescent (l)earing five black lines and dots), which leaves a grey oval
macula at the anal angle." — Curtis, I. c.

Taken at Kinnordy, in Scotland, by C. Lyell, Esq. — Curtis, I. c.

Sp. 5. fractifasciana. Plate 34. f. 3. — AUs anticis suhcaudatis Javillaceis,
rivulis brunneis, fascia ohscura basi alteraquc sccpc interrujHa pone medium
brunneo-fuscis. (Exp. Alar. 6^ — 1^ lin.)

To. fractifasciana. — Hawoi-th. An. fractifasciana. Steph. Catal. ii. 176.
No. 6955.

Anterior wings slightly caudate, brownish-ash, with numerous irregular
darker brown streaks, the base with an obscure brown fascia occupying
nearly one-third of the wing ; behind the middle is a distinct reddish-brown
one, slightly angulated in the middle behind, and a little darkened there by
a longitudinal dusky streak : near the apex is a brownish cloud : the costa
is prettily streaked with white, with a brown dot at the tip : cilia ashy,
with fuscous lines : posterior wings pale brownish.

The fascia behind the middle of the anterior wings is frequently interrupted,
and sometimes throws out two processes behind.

Rare, at least near London : it has been taken in some plenty by
Mr. Bentley near Brockenhurst, in the New Forest, and has also
occurred near Ambleside.

Sp. 6. siculana. Alls anticis subcaudatis rufo-cinereis, stria longissimu pallidiore,
alice nigras fractoe adnata. (Exp. Alar. 6 — 7§ lin.)

To. siculana. H'ubner. — An. siculana. Steph. Catal. ii. 179. No. 6956.

Anterior wings acute, subfalcate, of a pale reddish-ash, with a whitish streak
from the base nearly to the apex, bordered towards the hmer marghi with
an interrupted brownish-black one; behind the middle of the costa are
several very oblique pale and dusky lines, some of which are faintly continued
to the inner margin ; on the anal speculum are one or two dusky-browu
streaks : posterior wings pale brown.

112 HAUSTELLATA. — LEPIDOPTERA.

Found in the vicinity of the metropolis towards the end of May in
damp bushy situations, and also at Coombe and Darenth woods.

Sp. 7. diminutana. Alis anticis subcaudatis pallide rufis, vitta lata cinei-ea per
totam marginem interiorem. (Exp. Alar. 6 — 7 lin.)

To. diminutana. Haworth. — An. diminutana. Steph. Catal. ii. 178. JVo. 6957.

Anterior wings slightly caudate, pale red, with a broad waved ashy streak
occupying the entire inner margin, bordered from the red of the costa by a
paler waved streak, which extends to the apex; posterior wings ashy-
brown.

A rare species ; it occurs at Coombe and Darenth woods, and in
other places near London.

"fSp. 8. funalana. Alis anticis subcaudatis fusco-rufis , linea longitudinali nigra,
JlexuosL (Exp. Alar. 7 lin.)

An. funalana. Steph. Catal. ii. 178. No. 6958.

Anterior wings slightly caudate, reddish-brown, with a longitudinal waved
blackish line extending nearly from the base to the apex : posterior wings
brown.

Once taken at Coombe wood, in June.

Sp. 9. uncana. Alis anticis caudatis hriinneis, arcubus duobus cinereis marginis
interioris, posticis pallide fuscis. (Exp. Alar. 7 — 8 lin.)

To. uncana. Hubner. — An. uncana. Steph. Catal. ii. 178. A^o. 6959.— PL To.
geminana. Donovan, xi. pi. 370. f. 1.

Anterior wings caudate, brown, the costa with short oblique white streaks at
the tip, the extreme apex brown acute and recurved : in the middle of the
inner margin is a large arched ashy blotch, connected with a smaller one on
the anal angle : posterior wings pale brown.

Not a common species ; it occurs in the woods within the metro-
politan district, as at Darenth and Coombe, in the beginning of
June.

fSp. 10. ustomaculana. Alis anticis cinereo-fuscis, casta postice lineolis pallidi-
oribus, fascia ohliqua brunnea, maculaque magna communi in medio marginis
tenuioris argenteo-cinerea. (Exp. Alar. 7 lin.)

An. ustomaculana. Curtis, vWi. pi. S7 6.

"Fuscous ; tips of palpi, face, and crown of thorax whitish : superior (anterior)
wings deep brown, the base glossy cinereous, with six or seven cleft marks
on the costa of the same colour, the third continued to the anal angle, having
an oblique brown fascia across the centre, dilated at the middle, the margins
sinuated ; a large subtrigonate mark on the internal (inner) margin silvery-

TORTK ICID.E. AXTICLEA.

11^

grey; some smaller irregular markings of a similar colour towards the pos-
terior margin, and a black spot at the apex." — Curtis, I. c.
"June, in the Black Wood of Loch Rannoch." — Curtis^ I. (•■ I
now possess this species from the late Mr. Haworth's cabinet.

fSp. 11. cuspidana. Alis anticis externe ferrugtneis, interne cinereis, lined
longitudinali biJlecAio.m albida, costa albo striguluta. (Exp. Alar. 8 lin.)

An. biarcuana. Steph. Catal. ii. 178. No. 6960. — Phoxopteris cuspidana.
Treit. v. \\ii. p. 2.36.

Anterior wings with the costa broadly dull ferruginous, the inner margin
whitish-ash, the colours separated longitudinally by a flexuous whitish line,
forming a double arc on the wing, one near the centre, the other towards
the hinder margin ; on the costa are some very oblique whitish streaks,
some of which are elongated to the extreme hinder margin, near the anterior
angle; the apex is rusty-brown; cilia ashy, brown towards the anterior
angle : posterior wings ashy, with a paler fringe.

The only indigenous specimen I have seen of this beautiful and
distinct insect, which is closely allied to An. uncana, which it greatly
resembles, and not the foregoing species, to which it is referred by
Mr. Curtis, was taken many years since at Coombe wood by
Mr. Chant, 1 believe, in May.

•j-Sp. 12. derasana. Alis anticis macula haseos subcordata, hepaticd, vitt'i ar-
cuatd albida, macula costali subtrigona ferruginea, externe albo strigulatd-
(Exp. Alar. 6 lin.)

To. derasana. Hitbncr. To. pi. 92. f. 206.

Anterior wings with a somewhat heart-shaped liver-coloured spot at the base,
then a curved whitish streak, followed on the costa by a nearly triangular
ferruginous spot, which is externally streaked with white.

Taken in Devonshire (at Spitchweek .'') by Mr. Chant, in June.

Genus CCLXXXVII— Anticlea mihi.

Palpi shorter than the head, compressed, porrected horizontally, densely
clothed with scales, subclavate, the apical joint exposed, minute : maxillai
short. AntenncE rather short, stout in the males, with the articulations
distinct, slender and simple in the females : head with a fascicle of scales on
the forehead : eyes lateral, globose ; thorax not crested : wings slightly de-
flexed during repose, anterior elongate-triangular, obscurely falcate at the
apex, the costa straight ; colours generally white, or pals, with black or
fuscous clouds and fascia, the anterior angle usually with a circle of browhj
posterior ovate-triangular entire : body rather short and slender, with rf
small tuft at the apex in the males, rather stouter and obtuse in, the"
females.

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114 HAUSTELLATA. — LEPIDOPTKKA.

The name Phoxopteris (the type of which genus is To. lanceolana,
Hiibner, probably a Carpocapsa,) has been applied by Mr. Curtis,
in his Guide, to the pretty insects I have here brought together ;
but the above name is employed by Treitschke for the preceding
genus, with the exceptmi of the typical species above referred to,
so that the name is perfectly inapplicable here; and as the genus
does not correspond with either of Hlibner's, I have been compelled to
propose a new appellation for it : the species of which it is composed
may be readily known by having the anterior wings of pale colours,
clouded or fasciated with dark or black, and the anterior angle of the
hinder margin slightly falcate, as in Anchylopera.

Sp. 1. harpana. Plate 31, J". 1. Alis anticis acui)m subcaudatis albis nigra
subnebulosis, dorso dimidiafim 7iigris. (Exp. Alar. 8 — 85 lin.)

To. harpana. H'ubner. — N. G. harpana. Steph. Catal ii. 178. No. 6961.

Anterior whigs white, rather acutely caudate, the costa with minute oblique
numerous short black streaks, especially towards the apex ; the inner edge
is irregularly blackish, with a darker blotch towards the base, and a large
ashy lead-coloured spot near the anal angle, which last is white ; the apex
of the costa is brown: cilia white, brown at the apex towards the costa:
posterior wings brownish, with shining pale cilia.

Not common : found in June at Darenth wood.

Sp. 2. nigromaculana. Alls anticis niveis nigro nebulosis maculatisque, costa
maculis punctisqne nigj-is. (Exp. Alar. 6 — 7§ lin.)

To- nigromaculana. Haivorth — N. G. nigromaculana. Sicpk. Catal. ii. 178.
No. 6962.

Anterior wings snow-white, slightly caudate, the apex ashy: costa varied
with minute black dots, with a small distinct spot before, and a larger sub-
quadrate one behind, the middle: on the inner margin are also two largish
spots, the first towards the base somewhat angulated and double, the other
nearly at the anal angle, acutely conic: adjoining the last is an ovate
speculum, waved with ash-colour and white : posterior wings fuscous.

Very rare : found the beginning of July at Tunbridge Wells, and
also within the metropolitan district. " Carlow. Ireland." — N. A,
Vigors, Esq. " Raehills."— i?ey. W. Little.

Sp. 3. albana. Alis anticis niveis cinereo subnebulosis, costd nigro punctata,
strigis tribus conjertis brevissimis interruptis commuriibus nigris. (Exp. Alar.
6§— 7 lin.)

To. albana. Haworth.—Eu. albana. Steph. Catal. ii. 191. No. 7135.

Anterior wings snow-white, slightly clouded with ashy, the apex ashy-brown ;

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with a larg* common ashy spot on the inner margin, before the middle,
composed of three very approximating black streaks, and a larger acutely
conical one, also common and deep black, near the anal angle : posterior
wings whitish, with the apex dusky.

A rare species, of which I possess the original specimens ; found
near Darenth wood, and also in Yorkshire, towards the end of June.

Sp. 4. nsDvana. Alis anficis nigris, macula communi Joisali viaculaque posticd
albis, costu postice albo oblique strigath (Exp. Alar. 5 — 6^ lin.)

To, naevana. Htibncr. — N. G. nsevana. Steph. Catal. ii. 178. No. 6963.

Anterior wings with a livid black fascia at the base, the costa and hinder
portion of the wing also black, faintly varied with white, and having a large
blotch of the last colour on the inner margin of the wing about the middle,
in which on the extreme edge is a small black dot, near the anal angle is a
roundish white spot, and the black at the base is sometimes banded with
white : on the costa l)ehind the middle are three or four pair of oblique
white streaks, the extreme tip of the wing has a rounded brownish spot^
adjoining to which is a white dash, as in the Pseudotomia; : cilia brown,
white at the anal angle : posterior wings brownish.
Found at Darenth and Birch woods, in June, not very common.

Sp. 5. sociana. Alis anficis niveo nigroque fasciatis, ipso apice puiicio rotunda
hrunneo, posticis f'uscis. (Exp. Alar. 6 — 7 Ihi.)

To. sociana. Hawortlt. — N. G. sociana. Steph. Catal. ii. 178. No. 6964.

Anterior wings black, sometimes atrous, from the base nearly to the middle,
followed by a snow-white band, waved, or angulated, at the base, then
another, frequently abbreviated, in the middle of the costa, black or dusky ;
beyond this the wing is ashy-white, varied, with the margin itself darker,
and with a round brown dot on the costal apex : posterior wings brown.
Not uncommon, in June, at Darenth-wood, and other places within

the metropolitan district.

Sp. 6. incarnana. Alis anticis albonigrocinereoque variis, puncto distincto postico
nigro, ante lituram parvamjlexuosam cineream. (Exp. Alar. 5 J — 6 lin.)

To. incarnana. Hubner — N. G. incarnana. Steph. Catal. ii. 178. No. 6965.

Anterior wings varied with ashy-white and black, the base chiefly of the last
colour ; in the middle of the costa is a small dash of a reddish hue placed on
an ashy ground, the apex itself bears a roimd brown spot, imperfectly edged
with black : on the disc towards the apex is a small black dot, placed lon-
gitudinally : posterior wing fuscous.

Extremely variable, some examples are almost entirely suffused with brown,
in others the white predominates, and all the intermediate grades occur.
Found in August within the metropolitan district, abundantly in

some places, especially at Darenth wood.

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116

HAUSTELLATA. LKPIDOPTEBA.

Sp. 7. Paykulliana. Alis anticis canis cinereo-nubilosis, basi vigris, litura
postica transversa tenuissima sinuaiu atrh (Exp. Alar. 6 lin.)

Py. Paykulliana. Fabrkius.—N. G. Paykulliana. Steph. Catal. ii. 178.
No. 6966.

Anterior wings hoary, clouded with cinereous, the base black, towards the
apex is a transverse dark very slender streak : posterior wings whitish.

Taken at the end of March at Darenth ; probably an autumnal
species.

Sp. 8. fimbriana. Alis anticis albis nigro-nebulosis lineolatisque, puncto apicis
brunneo, lunula communi nigra aliaquefuscCt, posticis fuscis. (Exp. Alar.
6—6i^ lin.)

to. fimbriana. Thunberg. — N. G. fimbriana. Steph. Catal. ii. ITS. No. 6967.

Anterior wings white, clouded and streaked with black, the streaks being
placed very obliquely on the costa, the apex of the latter with a varied
brown dot: near the base of the inner margin is a distinct, conspicuous,
conical or lunate blackish-brown patch and an indistinct brownish one near
the anal angle : posterior wings brown.

Remarkably variable : in extreme varieties, the costa alone is white, with its
usual dark streaks, and the entire inner margin is black or deep fuscous,
with a faint tracing of the blotches at ihs base and anal angle : all the inter-
mediate shades occur.

Inhabits woods where plenty of birch occurs, as at Darenth, Birch
wood, Coombe, &c. in June: the dark varieties are rare.

Sp. 9. bilunana. Alis anticis albis cinereo-nebulosis, lineola atra maculaque
cinerea dorsalibus communibus, posticis albidis. (Exp. Alar. 6 lin.)

To. bilunana. ffaworM.—Eu. bilunana. Steph. Caial. li. 191. iVb. 7134.

Anterior wings white, more or less clouded with ash-colour, and a few dusky
dots, somewhat disposed in streaks on the costa; near the base of the inner
margin is an oblique black line, pointing towards the apex, and common to
both wings ; this is bounded towards the base with a large fuscous blotch,
sometimes rather indistinct ; near the anal angle is an obscure ashy spot :•
cilia white : posterior wings whitish-brown.

Rather variable in the intensity of its colours and markings.

Not very common : found in June at Darenth and Birch woods.

Sp. 10. subocellana. Alis anticis retusis albidis, basi cinereis, postici macula
plumbed nigro-cinctd in fascia cinerea, posticis fuscis. (Exp. Alar. 5^ lin.)

Ph. To. subocellana. Donovan, xii. />/. 381./. 1. — N. G. subocellana. Steph.
Catal. ii. 178. No. 6968.

Anterior wings retuse, white, ashy at the base, where they are thickly sprinkled

TORTRlCIDt. — AXTICLEA. llj

with minute blackish dots, the hinder portion is similarly marked, and
bears an hidistinct speculum with a lead-coloured patch and three or
four transverse black dots: costa streaked with black, with a brown dot at
the apex: hinder margin with a black line: cilia white, brownish at the
apex: posterior wings fuscous: cilia ashy and shining.
Not common ; found in hedges at the end of June and beginning
of July, within the metropoUtan district.

Sp. 11. asseclana. Alis anticis obtusis albidis, postice fuscis macula nuhocellari
suhargenied, margine unuii cinereo, upice puncto rotunda picto. (Exp. Alar.
5^—6 lin.)

To. asseclana. Hubner. — N. G. asseclana. Steph. Catal. ii. 178. No. 6969.

Anterior wings very obtuse, whitish, very thickly sprinkled with minute bluish
dots and streaked with the same on the costa; the hinder portion of the
wings is brownish, with a very obsolete silvery spot on the speculum, in
which are some minute black lines ; at the apex is a rounded brown dot :
posterior wings brownish.

I suspect this insect may prove to be a large and suffused variety of the pre-
ceding species, which it very much resembles, excepting in colour, and in the
anterior wings being more retuse at the apex.
Not common ; found at Darenth in July.

Sp. 12. Mitterbacheriana. Alis anticis subtestaceis nebulosis, strigis costalibus
JcLsciaque rectangulari albicantibuSt posticis fuscis. (Exp. Alar. 6 — 7 lin.)

To. Mitterbacheriana. ^Wi&rter? — N. G. Mitterbacheriana. Sieph. Catal. ii. 178.
iVo. 6970. — Ph. To. trimaculana. Donovan, xi. pi. 369. f. 1.

An extremely variable insect : in general the anterior wings are of a testaceous
brown, with darker streaks and clouds, with a conspicuous rectangular
whitish fascia a little before the middle, varying in width ; towards the apex
is another but more obscure one, placed obliquely and faintly marked with
silvery spots near the anal angle, adjoiinng to which are three or four black
longitudinal streaks: the costa is prettily streaked with oblique white lines,
and at the extreme tip is a brown dot, edged with black; cilia brown:
posterior wings fuscous.

Some examples are entirely suffused with fuscous, with the usual markings
very indistinctly traced : others are brownish, or pitchy, or nearly black,
and all intermediate shades are found ; while in some, which are pale testa-
ceous-brown, the markings are scarcely visible ; in fact, two examples hardly
occur precisely alike.
I suspect this species feeds on the elm : it is abundant where that

tree is found, and is in plenty within the metropolitan district

throughout the summer. " Gibside." — G. Wailes, Esq. " Rac-

hills."^— Tfc'f. W. Litlle.

118 HAUSTKI.LATA. LEPIDOPTEKA.

Genus CCLXXXVIIL— Roxana mihl.

Palpi longer than the head^ compressed, ascending, densely clothed with loose
scales, subclavate, the terminal joint minute, exposed : maxilla short.
Antenna rather long, slender, pubescent within in the males, simple in the
females : head small, with a tuft of loose scales between the antennae and
on the crown : et/es globose : thorax faintly crested behind : wings deflexed
during repose, anterior elongate-triangular, rounded on the hinder margin,
the disc with pencilled metallic markings on a dark ground; posterior
ovate-triangular, entire : bodi/ rather long, slender, with a largish tuft at the
apex. in the males, and a small one in the females; the back in both sexes
with a ridge : legs short, posterior longest and stoutest.

The only indigenous species of this genus, which forms a portion
of the genus Eucosma of Hubner, may be distinguished by its
markings alone from any other of the Tortricidae, exclusively of the
slight diversity in the structure of its trophi, &c. : it has been
included in the genus Carpocapsa, but from the typical species it
differs in having the palpi rather differently constructed, in reposing
■with its wings deflexed, and in having the hinder margin of the
anterior ones rounded, with the disc more or less transversely pen-
cilled with metallic lines, on a dark ground.

Sp. 1. arcuana. Alis anticisfusco-luteis, basi lineoUs tribus fasciisque sesquitertiis
arcuatis argenteis, macula discoidali atrd punciis argcnteis. (Exp. Alar.
7—8 lin.j

Ph. To. arcuana. Linne. — Donovan, xi.pl. 364,. f. 1. — N. G. arcuana. Sieph.
Catal. ii. 180. No. 6984.

Anterior wings luteous-brown, with three short silvery or lead-coloured
streaks, placed longitudinally at the base, then a transverse curved one
before the middle, followed by a short one on the costa, a larger one near
the apex, and a fourth very short, almost at the tip ; between the second
and fourth streaks is a pale creamy-white blotch, with an irregular black
patch spotted with silver, and bordered near the anal angle with a short
silvery line : posterior wings deep fuscous.

The wings vary slightly in tint, and the silvery markings are sometimes rather
confluent at the base, and vary in width, as well as a little in form.

Found amongst hazels and oaks, at the end of June, at Coombe
and Darenth woods, and in other places within the metropolitan
district.

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TORTRICID.E. CARPOCAPSA. 119

Gp:n'L's CCI. XXXIX. — Carpocapsa, V'reituckke.

Palpi longer than the head, ascending, subclavate, densely clothed with short
compact scales, the terminal joint exposed and porrected longitndinally :
maxilhe short. Aniennw short, slender, rather stoutest in the males, simple
in both sexes: head transverse, small, densely clothed above with compact
fine scales : eyes large, globose: thorax stout, not crested: wing-* slightly
convoluted during repose; anterior broad, elongate-triangular, hinder
margin with a faint emargination near the anterior angle ; the disc, with a
more or less distinctly marked metallic ring or ocellus, having three or more
black streaks in the pupil, placed near the posterior angle ; posterior wings
larger, ovate-triangular, slightly eniarginatcd towards the apex ; Ixxh/ rather
stout, with a tuft at the apex in the males, obtuse in the females : legs
short.

This genus requires considerable revision ; the three first species
form the true Carpocapsae of Treitschke — Cydia of Huhner — the
remainder are mostly included in the genus Graph olitha of Trciti^chke,
and constitute other genera of Iliibner, as indicated hereafter : from
the preceding genera of this family they may, however, be known, by
the anterior wings being more conspicuously adorned, near the anal
angle, with an oval spot, usually metallic, and marked within with
a few black transverse dashes ; the hinder margin is faintly notched
or falcate towards the apex.

A. Anterior ivings broad, with numerous transverse dark streaks, and a
distinct ocellus on the anal angle : — Cydia, Hubner.

Sp. 1. Pomonella. Alis anticis fusco-cinereis, strigis nuinerosissimis saturatiu-

ribiis, maculaque suhocellari posticd rubro-aurea. (Exp. Alar. 8 — 10 lin.)
Ph. Ti. Pomonella. Linne.Se. Pomonella. Steph. Catal. ii. 179. Xo. 6971.

Anterior wings ashy-brown, with very numerous, rather obscure darker
transverse streaks, \mited into a broadish fascia towards the base ; on the
anal angle is a large blind subocellated spot, of which the margins are of a
coppery or reddish-golden colour; posterior wings black, darkest at the
apex.

The caterpillar feeds on the inside of the apple, causing its destruction by
depriving the stalk of its support : the moth frequents gardens and orchards
in June.
Not very abundant, but found in gardens within the metropolitan

district, occasionally in some plenty : about three years since I found

several in my own garden, and this year it has been again in plenty.

Sp. 2. splendana. Alis anticis cincreis, griseo 7iebulosis, posticc fuscis, fascia
posticd obliqud albidd, macula occllari subviolacea. (Exp. Alar. 7 — 9 lin.)

120

HAUSTKLLATA. J>EPlI)Oi*TKRA.

To. splendana. Hubner.—Se. splendana. Steph. Catal. ii. 179. No. 6972.

Anterior wings ashy^ clouded with griseous, and with darker angulated
streaks, forming a fascia at the base, the extreme hinder margin is fuscous,
and bears a large subocellar spot, of which the sides are violet, with a
slightly golden gloss, and within are two or three black streaks ; the costa
is obliquely streaked with pale lines, and the cilia are brown : posterior
wings brown, with a black line on the hinder margin.
A rare species ; I believe it has hitherto occurred only in one or

two locahties within the metropolitan district, Epping Forest and

Darenth wood, in June.

Sp. 3. grossana. Alis anticis J'uliginoso-cinereis, frscid media ohliqu^i cinereo-
albidci, ante lituram obscuram atram anguli ani. (Exp. Alar. 7 — 9 lin.)

To. grossana. Haworth. — Se. grossana. Steph. Catal. ii. 179. No. 6973.

Anterior wings smoky-ash, with numerous darker angulated transverse
streaks, an oblique ashy-white fascia in the middle, and an obscure black
patch on the anal angle, having some transverse darker lines, and edged
exteriorly with cinereous : posterior wings fuscous.
Also a scarce insect ; found at Birch wood, in June, and also in

the New Forest.

Sp. 4. aspidiscana. Alis anticis fusco-ferrugineis, fasci& media ohsoleta cinered
strigxdisQue argenteis costalibus, specula argent eo, lineis tribus nigris. (Exp.
Alar. 6^ lin.)

To. aspidiscana. Hvbner, To.pl. 41./. 256.

Anterior wings rusty-brown, with an obscure ashy fascia in the middle; the
costa with four pair of short oblique silvery streaks ; near the anal angle is
a subocellar spot with a silvery edge, and three black transverse streaks :
posterior wings brownish-grey, with paler cilia.
Found, but very rarely, within the metropolitan district : it has

also occurred in the north of England.

B. Anterior wings narrow, with irregular pale markings on a darker ground ;
ocellus indistinct: — Enarmonia, Hubner.

Sp. 5. Weberana. Alis anticis frtscis, fuho variegatis, strigis liturisque argenteis,
macula posticd svbcellari aurea, tiigro striata. (Exp. Alar. 6§ — 8 lin.)

Py. Weberana. Fabricius. — Se. Weberaffa. Steph. Catal. ii. 179. No. 6974.

Anterior wings fuscous, very prettily varied and streaked, the costa with
oblique golden, silvery and fulvous lines, and the disc with luteous : nearly
at the anal angle is a circle of the last colour, in which is a shining subocel-
lated golden spot, the ground of which is so broadly streaked with transverse
black lines as to leave only three slender luteous streaks : cilia varied with
luteous and black : posterior wings black or deep pitchy.
Not an uncommon insect, in apple orchards and in the borders of

iOKTKIClD.E. I'A KPOCAl'.SA . 1 21

woods within the metropohtan district, in June. It occurs at Coombc,
Darenth, and Birch woods, the New Forest, Devonshire, &c.

Sp. 6. Rheediella. Alls anticis brunneis, postice fulvo aureis, strigis quatuor
flexuosis aureis, margine postico aureo. (Exp. Alar. 6 — 7 lin.)

Ph. Ti. Rheediella. Limit'. — Donovan, xii. /*/. 377. f. 1. — Se. Rheediella.
Sfeph. Catal. ii. 179. So. 6975.

Anterior wings at the base to beyond the middle brownish, this space termi-
nated by an oblique obscure brown fascia, edged with gold colour ; beyond
this are two other oblique abbreviated golden costal spots, and a third in-
terrupted one, which passes in a flexuous manner from the costa to the
inner margin : near the anal angle are two or three black streaks placed
transversely ; and on the extreme hinder margin is a black line : posterior
wings brownish, yellowish behind.
Not uncommon, at least within the metropolitan district : taken in

June near London, and in the New Forest.

Sp. 7. lanceolana. Alts anticis acutis pallide cinereis, casta albofulvoque strigatis,
macula subocellari postica argentea. (Exp. Alar. 6 — 7 lin.)

To. lanceolana. Hiibner? — Se. lanceolana. Steph. Catal. i'l. 179. No. 6976.

Anterior wings acute, pale ashy-brown, the costa with oblique streaks of white
and fulvous, which pass on to the disc, where they vanish : on the anal
angle is a subocellar spot, of which the posterior portion is silvery, and it
is transversely streaked with two or three brownish-black lines, on a ful-
vescent ground : posterior wings fuscous.

The wings vary considerably in tint, and the insect varies much in size.
Not an uncommon species, in the spring, in hedges where nettles

abound, within the metropolitan district : — it occurs at Coombe

wood, Hertford, &c. " Loch.'"— Rev . W. Little.

Sp. 8. Hypericana. Alls anticis cinnamomeo-luteis, costa strigis saturatioribus
pallidioribusque, postice argenteo strigiilosis, specula argenteo, punctis tribus
atris. (Exp. Alar. 6 lin.)

To. Hypericana. H'ubner. — Se. Hypericana. Steph. Catal. ii. 179. N'o. 6977.

Anterior wings of a luteous cinnamon colour, the costa with darker and paler
oblique streaks, and faint silvery ones behind ; on the anal angle is an
obscure silvery ocellus, with three black streaks placed transversely : pos-
terior wings deep fuscous.
A rather scarce species, occurring but sparingly at Coombe and

Darenth woods in June.

C. Anterior wings narrow, with a lunate pale spot on the inner margin : —

Sei.ania mihi.
Sp. 9. Leplastriana. Alis anticis cinereis it7-igis obliquis olivaccis, lunulaque
alba communi dor sali, posiicisfuscis. (Exp. Alar. o\ — 7 lin.)

122 HAUSTKLLATA. LEPIDOPTKR A.

Car. Leplastriana. Curtis, vm. pi. 352.

Anterior wings pale cinereous, transversely streaked with very fine black lines,
the costa with numerous short white marks, passing obliquely into pale
ochreous lines, with a few silvery ones intermixed ; on the inner margin are
some pale streaks, two of which are lengthened on the disc and curved ; near
the posterior angle is an imperfect silvery ocellus, with an ochreous centre
and with three or four black lines : cilia metallic black : posterior wings
fuscous, with ochreous cilia.

Found near Dover in the beginning of July ; I am indebted to
my friend, J. G. Children, Esq. for my specimens.

Sp. 10. perlepidana. Alls anticisfulvescentibus, 7iitidis lunula dorsali subargentea
lineolavi fascam includente, posticis albidis. (Exp. Alar. 5 — 6 lin.)

To. perlepidana. Haworth. — Se. perlepidana. Steph. Catal.ii. 179. N'o. 6978.

Anterior wings ashy-fulvous, varied with brownish, but fuscous towards the
base of the inner margin: the costa prettily streaked with brown and
silver : in the middle of the inner margin is a slender silvery-white lunate
spot, in which is a very delicate brown streak : near the anal angle is the
usual subocellar spot, which has an interrupted golden iris, and four oblong
transverse black dots for a pupil : cilia very glossy and of a golden hue :
posterior wings whitish.
A rare and beautiful species, occurring at Daren th wood in June,

and also in Scotland. " Cramond.'' — Kev. W. Little.

Sp. 11. stelliferana. Alts anticis Jlavido-cinereis costa albo punctata, macula
media communi albida, ocelloque argentea angiili ani maculis tribus atris.
(Exp. Alar. 6 lin.)

Car. stelliferana. Curtis, Brit. Ent.fo. 352.

"Yellow-cinereous, shining, superior (anterior) wings with ten whitish spots
on the costa, none at the base, two or three producing silvery lines ; a
whitish spot on the interior margin, and another near the middle, an
indistinct silvery oval near the posterior angle, containing three black dots :
inferior (posterior) wings whitish at the base." — Curtis, I. c.

Taken " in Perthshire." — Curtis, I. c. I have an injured specimen
from the neighbourhood of Edinburgh, and I believe Mr. Rudd has
another taken near Darlington.

D. Anterior wings narrow, with darker, very oblique, indistinct longitudinal

streaks; ocellus obscure : — Epiblema, ^. Hiibner.
Sp. 12. pupillana. Plate Si.f. 2. — Alis anticis albidis, fasciis duahus obliquis,
macuhique suboallari posiicd olivai:ei5. (Exp. Alar. 7^ — 3 lin.)

TORTRICIDE. CARPOCAFSA. \23

Ph. To. pupillana. Linn^.—Se. piipillana. Steph. Caial. ii. 179. No. 6979.

Anterior wings white, ashy at the base, with a slender fascia before, and
another similar one behind, the middle of a slightly olivaceous hue : beyond
these, nearly at the anal angle, is a somewhat ocellar spot, of which the iris
anteriorly is also olivaceous, but posteriorly obliterated; the pupil is com-
posed of three silvery longitudinal dots, and numerous minute deep black
ones : costa with two or three olivaceous dots : cilia white : posterior wings
brown, with silvery cilia.

The anterior wings are sometimes white, with the markings completely obli-
terated.

The caterpillar feeds on the wormwood ; and the moth occurs where that
plant grows, chiefly, however, on the coasts.
Found in June, on the coasts of Devonshire and Pembrokeshire ;

also on those of Essex and Kent ; most abundantly in the former

locality.

Sp. 13. fulvana. Alls anticis subfulvis, strigis obliquis nvvierosis costalihus alhis
fulvisque, macula subocellari postica argenteCi. (Exp. Alar. 9 — 10 lin.)

Se. fulvana. Steph. Catal. ii. 180. No. 6980.

Anterior wings somewhat fulvous, acute at the apex, the costa with numerous
short oblique whitish and tawny streaks on the apex ; near the anal angle
a slightly ocellated spot, with an interrupted silvery margin, and three or
four deep black streaks in the middle: posterior wings dark brown.
Scarce: taken in June, in meadows adjoining to woods in the

vicinity of the metropolis.

Sp. 14. cana. Alis anticis canis, suhfulvo prwnebulosis, si7-igis ohliquii costalihus
maculaque postica subocellari argenteis. (Exp. Alar. 8 — 9 lin.)

To. cana. Haivorih.—Se. cana. Steph. Catal. ii. 180. Ao. 6981.
Anterior wings hoary, thickly clouded with fulvescent, with numerous oblique
silvery white and tawny streaks on the costa, especially towards the apex,
which is acute ; near the anal angle is a large somewhat ocellated spot,
with an uninterrupted silvery iris, and three, nearly united, deep black
streaks in the middle : posterior brown.

Not very common : found occasionally at Coombe and Darenth
Avoods ; also at Hertford and Ripley in June. " Kaehills.'" — liev.
W. Little.

Sp. 15. Scopoliana. Alis anticis rufo-fuscis, macuU media communi cinered,

alterdque anguli ani obscuriore. (Exp. Alar. 7 — 9 lin.)
To. Scopoliana. Haworth.—Se. Scopoliana. Steph. Catal. ii. 180. No. 6982.
Anterior wings red-brown, the costa broadly pale, with alternate streaks of

hoary and reddish; on the inner margin is a pale blotch, and another

124 HAUSTKLLATA. I.KJPlDOf TKRA.

smaller somewhat ocellated one near the anal angle, with a slightly silvery

margin, and three minute central black dots: posterior whigs deep brown.
The wings vary in colour, being either paler or redder, sometimes ashy ; the

markings occasionally very mdistinct, at others very bold and well

defined.

Not uncommon ; found in June within the metropolitan district,
and in the New Forest, Norfolk, &c.

Sp. 16. rufana. Alis aniicis riifis, immaculatis, costa pallida, macula subocellari
obsoletissima ad angulam ani. (Exp. Alar. 9 lin.)

Se. rufana. Steph. Catal ii. 180. No. 6983.

Anterior wings narrow, deep immaculate tawny red^ the costa pale; on the
hinder margin near the anal angle is a very obscure somewhat ocellated
silvery spot, with three fulvescent lines in the middle : cilia pale tawny :
posterior wings brown.
Found at Darenth in July.

Genus CCXC. — Bactra milii.

Palpi longer than the head, rather large, compressed, porrected horizontally,
clothed with loose elongate scales, which conceal the terminal joint: maxiUa
short. Antennae short, slender, slightly pubescent within in the males,
simple in the females : head small, enveloped in a dense mass of elongate loose
scales : eyes small : thorax slender, not crested : wings placed horizontally
during repose; anterior elongate triangular, somewhat linear, with the
hmder margin obliquely truncate ; the disc nearly destitute of markings, or
having only some indistinct longitudinal dashes ; posterior ovate-triangular,
entire, with long cilia : body long and slender, with a large tuft at the apex
in the males, and a small one in the females : legs rather long and slender.

The insects of this genus may be known by the extreme simplicity
of their colouring, the anterior wings being nearly destitute of
markings ; they are very narrow, somewhat linear, and have the
hinder margin obliquely truncate, with the anterior angle acute ; the
palpi are rather large and thickly enveloped in scales : most of the
species frequent damp situations, where rushes abound.

Sp. 1. egenana. Alis anticis sordide rufescentibus, postice atomis perpaucis

minutissimis fuscis. (Exp. Alar. 7§ lin.)
To. egenana. Haivorth. — Ap. egenana. Steph. Catal. ii. 180. No. 6985.

Anterior wings dull reddish, with a few very minute brown dots towards the
hinder margin : posterior whitish-brown.

Found, but rarely, in damp situations, near Coombc wood, in
June.

tORTRlCIDE. BACTRA. V25

Sp. 2. pauperana. Alis anticis rufo-fuscescentibus, maculis dnabus oblongis
fuscis. (Exp. Alar. ?§— 8 lin.)

*ro. pauperana. Hawo7-th. — Ap. pauperana. Steph. Catal. ii. 180. No. 6986.

Anterior wings red-brown, with two, more or less distinct, oblong brown
spots on the disc, one towards the base, the other, rather curved, towards
the apex ; besides these is a brown streak at the apex, which is sometimes
very obscure, at others distinct and nearly united to the curved discoidal
spot; the inner margin is very finely and thickly dotted with brown : the
posterior wings are brown, with paler cilia.
The discoidal spots on the anterior wings are sometimes wanting.

Not uncommon in marshy places, where rushes abound, as on
Wimbledon Common, &c. Found in July last at Richmond, ap-
parently common : also in the New Forest. " Raehills." — Rev.
W. Little.

Sp. 3. egestana. Alis nitticis ritfescentibus immacuhtis, margine ipso tenviore
nigricante. (Exp. Alar. 7 lin.)

To. egestana. Haworth. — Ap. egestana. Steph. Catal. ii. 180. No. 6987.

Anterior wings reddish, immaculate, with the inner margin faintly edged with
black : posterior brown, with reddish- white cilia : anterior short and
slender.

Less abundant than the last : found in similar situations in the
month of June, towards the end.

Sp. 4. plagana. Alis anticis aiigustis rujis plagu centrali nigricante a basi ad
marginem posticum. (Exp. Alar. 7^ lin.)

To. plagana. Haworth. — Ap. plagana. Steph. Catal. ii. 180. No. 6988.

Anterior wings narrow, pale red, with a distinct broad, dusky dash, reaching
from the base to the hinder margin, and occupying nearly one-third of the
wings : posterior wings brown, with paler cilia.

The central dash on the anterior wings is sometimes rather obscure.

Rare : found within the metropolitan district, and in Norfolk.

Sp. 5. expallidana. Pallida, lucida, tinctura cosiam versus alarum anticarvm

icterici. (Exp. Alar. 6 lin.)
To. expallidana. Haworth. — Ap. expallidana. Steph. Catal. ii. 180.

No. 6989.
Pale shining, immaculate; anterior wings with a tinge of yellowish towards

the costa: palpi long, and slightly curved over the back.

Taken near Coombe wood : probably not strictly belonging to this
genus, but my specimen is too injured to determine.

126 HAUSTEI.LATA. LEPIDOPTEKA.

Genus CCXCI. — Ablabia, HUbner.

Palpi longer than the head, rather slender, compressed, depending, densely
clothed with scales, which are elongate above, the terminal joint long and
slender, drooping, and scarcely exposed: maxillcE short. Antennas long,
rather slender, simple in both sexes, most robust in the males : head
moderate, with a slight tuft between the antennae : eyes large : ihoi-ax
moderate, not crested: wings deflexed during repose, anterior glossy,
elongate, entire, acutely truncate on the hinder margin, the disc plain, with
a few dusky clouds, cilia long ; posterior ample, ovate-triangular, with long
slender cilia : abdomen rather long and slender, with a large tuft at the
apex in the males, rather stouter and obtuse in the females : legs slender.

Ablabia differs botli in the structure of its palpi and in general
habit from Bactra, -with which genus Mr. Curtis unites it in his
Guide, but in his genera it constitutes a portion of his genus Cne-
phasia, this shifting being a svifficient indication of the propriety of
detailing it ; from the former it differs by having the wings very
glossy, and from the latter by having them nearly destitute of
markings, exclusively of the diversity in the palpi.

Sp. 1. quadripunctana. Alis anticis sordide lutescentibus nitidis punclis obsoletis
fuscis. (Exp. Alar. 8—11 lin. )

To. quadripunctana. Haivoi-th. — G. N. 4-punctana. Steph. Catal. ii. 180.
No. 6990.

Anterior wings dull lutescent, or pale ochreous, shining, with about four
obsolete remote brown spots, placed somewhat tetragonally, and on the
hinder margin a few minute brown dots; cilia ashy-white : posterior leaden-
brown, glossy ; cilia of a satiny-white.

In some examples the spots on the anterior wings are nearly obsolete; in others
they are very evident, and the remainder of the wing is more or less spotted
or tesselated with brown : the former varieties constitute Cn. Cautiana. —
Curtis.— Stcph. Catal. ii. 180. No. 6991.

Not a very common species, being local : it is, however, not
unfrequent near Dover, where it occurs sometimes in the month of
August in plenty ; last season I found it there in July. " Scotland."
— J. C. Dale, Esq.

Genus CCXCII. — Cnephasia, Curtis.

Palpi shorter than the head, ascending, densely clothed with long scales,
especially on the iipper edge of the second joint, the terminal joint exposed :

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viaxiUoe short. Antennw rather long, slender, finely pubescent within in tlie
males, simple in the females : head small, with a tuft on the crown : ei/e$
lateral, subglobose : thorax not crested : wings deflexed during repose ;
anterior somewhat lanceolate, rounded at the apex, and gcrrerally marked
with transverse irregular bands, rarely immaculate; posterior ovate-tri-
angular, entire : abdomen moderate, carinated on the back, and with a tuft
at the apex; stouter and obtuse hi the females: legs slender, short.

In this genus the anterior wings are somewhat narrower in pro-
portion than in the other genera of this family, and are rounded at
the apex, the posterior margin being rather straight ; they are gene-
rally adorned with interrupted or waved darker fasciie upon a light
ground, though in some cases they are nearly immaculate ; there is,
however, a peculiarity of habit about the species, by which they may
be more easily recognized than described.

A. Anterior wings white, with irregular (sometimes interrupted) curved and

oblique black fasciae: — Nephodesma, Hiibner.

Sp. 1. Penziana? Alls anticisj'uscoirroratis,fasciisfrihus obliquis irregula'

ribus air is, posiicis albidis. (Exp. Alar. 11 — 13 lin.)
To. Penziana. Thunberg?—Cn.'Penz\aua. Steph. Catal. n. 180. i\^o. G992.

Cn. bellana. Curtis, 'in. pi. 100.

Anterior wings white, prettily, but distantly sprinkled with brownish-black,
with an irregular angulated black fascia near the base, widest on the costa,
and narrowing on the inner margin ; about the middle is a second very
oblique fascia, composed of three spots, which are occasionally remote, at
other times united by a narrow line, thus forming an irregular bar on the
costa: near the tip are three other black spots, opposite to the central one
of which, on the hinder margin, is a fourth, forming a second interrupted
oblique fascia ; cilia ashy, with darker clouds : posterior wings whitish-ash,
with some darker spots on the hinder margin ; cilia whitish-ash.

Var. /3. To. octomaculana. Haworth MSS. — Steph. Catal. ii. 180. No. 6993.
— Differs in being rather larger and in having the fascia composed of dis-
tinct minute black spots.

Scotland and the north of England are the only localities I am
aware of for this pretty species, which occurs in the beginning of
July.

B. Anterior wings narrow, luteous-white, indistinctly fasciated, or imma-

culate : — DoLOPUORA, H'vbner.
Sp. 2. longana. Alis anticis luteo-albis fusco maculatim fasciatis. (Exp.

Alar. 9— 10| lin.)
To. longana. Haworth.— Cn. longana. Sfeph. Catal. ii. 180. No. 699 U

128 HAUSTEI.LATA. LEl'IDOPTERA.

j\nterior wings rather long, slightly rounded at the apex, ashy- or yellowish-
white, with an irregular patch of brown clouds or spots in the middle,
forming a fascia, and three other larger ones towards their apex, more con-
fluent and irregular : hinder margin with brownish dots : posterior wings
ashy-white.

The apex of the anterior wings is sometimes faintly reticulated with brown ; or
the wings are pale, with the markings more or less conspicuous.

Taken occasionally in meadows and marshy places within the
metropolitan district ; not very common ; found in the Isle of Dogs
in June, and in the New Forest.

Sp. 3. ictericana. Alis anticis sordide flavicantibus immaculatis, posticis alhidis.
(Exp. Alar. 8— 9^ lin.)

To. ictericana. Haworth. — Cn. ictericana. Steph. Catal. ii. 181. No. 6995.

Anterior wings dull yellowish, immaculate, the apex rounded; posterior

whitish.
The anterior wings are sometimes whitish, and the posterior reddish-white :

probably the result of age.

This is rather a scarce species : it is found in the meadows about
Bow and Limehouse, and also in other places within the metropolitan
district, towards the end of June.

C. Anterior wings ashy, with sinuated or irregular continuous darker fasciae :
— EuDEMis, Hubner.

Sp. 4. sinuana. Alis anticis cinereo-albidis, fascia incurva basi alteraque valde
sinuata in medio, margineque in post ico fuse is. (Exp. Alar. 8 lin.)

To. sinuana. Wien. Ferz- — Cn. sinuana. Steph. Catal. ii. 181. No. 6996.

Anterior wings ashy-white, with an incurved deep fuscous fascia near the
base, having a tooth without, then a very waved fascia in the middle, reach-
ing from the costa to the posterior angle, and externally shaded off to the
hinder margin of the wing, which is very dark at the extreme apex: posterior
wings ashy-brown.

The only example I have seen of this pretty insect was taken at
Darenth in June, several years since.

Sp. 5. assinana. Alis anticis cinereo-albidis, fasciis sesquitertiis fuscis, posticis

albidis. (Exp. Alar. 9 — 11 lin.)
To. assinana. Hubner. — Cn. assinana. Steph. Catal. ii. 181. JVo. 6998.

Anterior wings whitish-ash, with a slightly bent unangulated ashy-browit
fascia near the base, frequently, spotted with black, a second somewhat
similar, but stouter, placed obliquely, and very much waved and circled

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within, and a third, abbreviated, but frequently carried on a? an interrupted
one near the apex to the hinder margin : posterior wings whitish-brown.
The markings vary considerably, and are sometimes brol^en into small
blotches instead of being in fasciae.

Found occasionally within the metropolitan distinct, about the
middle of June, and also in the New Forest and in Devonshire.

Sp. 6. niterjectana. Alis anticis albido-cinereis, fasciix dunbus integrisfnscis,
posticis fuscescentibus. (Exp. Alar. 9 — 9^ lin.)

To. interjectana. Haworth. — Cn. interjectana. Steph. Catal. ii. 181. N'o. 6999.

Anterior wings ashy- white, thickly sprinkled with black dots, with an acutely
un-angulated, slightly oblique, brown fascia at the base, and a second
reaching from the middle of th(! costa to the hinder angle, not waved
within ; the rest of the wing to the apex dark ashy, with faint darker
clouds : posterior wings pale brownish-ash.

Not uncommon in the vicinity of I^ondon in June ; taken also in
other parts of the country.

Sp. 7. Logiana. Alls anficis albido-cinereis, fasciis tribus flcxuosis fusco nebii"
h.iis, anfcriore ahbreviatd, posticis cinereis. (Exp. Alar. 6 — 9 lin.)

Ph. To. Logiana. Linne?—Cn. Logiana. Steph. Catal ii. 181. N'o. 7000.

Anterior whigs whitish-ash, thickly sprinkled with rather large fuscous dots,
M'ith three flexuous ashy-brown fascise with darker spots, of which the first
is un-angulated and shortened near the base, the second very much sinuated
in the middle, and the third on the hinder margin : posterior wings whitish-
brown.

Extremely variable : the ground colour of the anterior wings being whitish,
ashy, or darker brown, dusky or blackish ; with the fuscous dots more or
less distinct, or totally wanting; the fasciae sometimes interrupted, at others
very distinct or nearly obliterated; and in old examples the wings are
sometimes of a rosy tint and immaculate.

Extremely abundant, in June, throughout the metropolitan dis-
trict ; also found in the New Forest, Norfolk, Scotland, &c. " Cra-
momV'—Rev. W. Little.

Sp. 8. obsoletana. Alis anticis fuscis, fere immaculatis, obsoletissimc trifasciatis,
fascia antica abbreviatd. (Exp, Alar. 8 — 9 lin.)

Cn. obsoletana. Steph. Catal. ii. 181. No. 6997.

Anterior wings somewhat rounded at the apex, fuscous, nearly immaculate,
with three very obsolete fascia, of which the basal one, which is curved, is
abbreviated, the second oblique and flexuous, the third short and faintly

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130 HAUSTELLATA. — LEPIUOPTERA.

interrupted, arising on the costa, near the apex, and terminating in the

middle of the hinder margin.

Taken near Ripley in June 1827.

Sp. 9. rectifasciana. Alls anticis ochraceo-alhis, cinereo nehuhsis, Jasciis tribus
rectis testaceo-fuscis nigro proepundatis ; posticis fascis. (Exp. Alar. 6 —
7 lin.)

To. rectifasciana. Hmvorth. — Cn. rectifasciana. Steph. Catal. ii. 181. No. 7001.

Anterior wings ochreous-white, with a broad straight testaceous-brown fascia
at the base, a second entire, or faintly sinuated one, in the middle, a third
abbreviated one at the tip of the costa, reaching to the middle of the hinder
margin : on the anal angle is a small spot of similar colour, and two minute
ones on the costa ; and all the fasciae are minutely spotted with black :
posterior wings pale brown.
Not uncommon at Darenth and Coombe woods, especially the

former, in June ; taken also in Devonshire, the New Forest, &c.

Sp. 10. curvifasciana. Alis anticis cinereo-alhis fusco functatisyfasciis tribus
arcuatis cmereo-tesiaceis,J'usco punctatis. (Exp. Alar. 7 — 8 lin.)

Cn. curvifasciana (nee aurifasciana). Steph. Catal. ii. 181. No. 7002.

Anterior wings ashy-white, rather thickly, but minutely sprinkled with brown
dots, with a broad angulated or curved ashy-testaceous fascia at the base,
a second narrow curved one in the middle, widest on the costa, and a third,
also bent, near the hinder margin, which it does not reach : adjoinin' to
this on the inner margin is a large triangular spot, and on the costa two
minute ones, as in the preceding insect : posterior wings ashy-brown.

The third fascia on the anterior wings is sometimes entirely wanting.

Less abundant than the preceding: it occurs at Darenth and

Birch woods, and near Dover, in June.

Sp. 11. nubilana. Alis anticis nigro-cinereis, fascia strigisque saturatioribvs,

posticis atris. (Exp. Alar. 6 — 7§ lin.)
To. nubilana. H'ub7ier.—'N. G. nubilana. Steph. Catal. ii. 181. No. 7004.
Anterior wings deep ashy, or dusky-brown, with numerous deeper brown, or
blackish streaks, more or less confluent, and a distinct oblique broad fascia
behind the middle, extending to the anal angle ; near the base is sometimes
a second fascia, but less distinct than the oblique one, and a faint cloud
occasionally exists towards the apex : posterior wings deep black, cilia the
same.
The wings are sometimes almost entirely suffused with fuscous, and the
markings become obsolete.

Very common in meadows, pastures, and woody places ; also occa-
sionally taken in gardens, in June, throughout the metropolitan dis-
trict.

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Sp. 12. perfuscana. Alis anticis nigris nitidis fere immnculufis, cilii.s cinvrco-
fuxcis, posiicisjuscescentihns. (Exp. Alar. 6§ — 7 lin.)

To. perfuscana. Haworth. — N. G. perfuscana. Sleph. Catal. ii. 181. iVo. 7005.

Anterior wines shining black, nearly immaculate, the disc having a few very
indistinct darker markings; posterior wings brown; cilia ashy-brown;
antennae slender and reddish.

I suspect that this is a mere variety of the foregoing.

Taken in similar places, and at the same time, with the foregoing.

Genus CCXCIII.— Skuicokis, Treifschke.

Palpi short, slightly ascending, densely clothed with elongate scales, having
the terminal joint exposed, the latter slender and acute : maxilla; short.
Antenna; moderate, rather stout, pubescent within in the males, simple in
the females: head small, with a short tuft between the antennae: eyes
small: thorax xaihev slender, not crested: wings detlexed during repose;
anterior broad, slightly rounded on the hinder margin, the disc more or less
marked with straight bands, sometimes darker, at others lighter, than the
ground colour, and the costa with short oblique streaks towards the apex,
which has usually a ring-like spot ; posterior also ample, faintly emar-
ginate on the hinder margin : abdomen rather long, with a largish tuft at
the apes in the males, stout and obtuse in the females : legs short and
rather stout. Females smaller than the males.

Tliis genus, which requires further subdivision, is distinguished by
havino' tlie anterior wincfs rather Inroad, with a straio-ht transverse
dark central fascia on a paler ground, accompanied in general by an
oblique one near the hinder margin, and some pale geminated spots
towards the tip of the costa; the hinder margin is slightly rounded :
I applied the name Orthotasnia to it in my Catalogue, in allusion to
the fasciae, but that name has been subsequently used for a distinct
genus, which, however, was previously characterized and named by
Treitschke.

A. Anterior wings with a dark central spot or straight fascia, the costa with
geminated spots: — Celypha, Hdbner.

Sp. 1. quadrimaculana. Alis anticis pallide cinereo-J'uscis tincturn rnfescenti,
viaculis discoideis irregularihus fuscis. (Exp. Alar. 9 — 10 lin.)

To. 4-maculana. Haworth. — Or. 4-maculana. Sieph. Catal. ii. 181. No. 7006.

Anterior wings pale ashy-brown, with a reddish tinge; with about four
fuscous clouds, placed longitudinally, the first small towards the base, the
next, somewhat angulated, about the middle, the third towards the hinder
margin, united, generally, to a fourth near the anal angle, and with it

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132 HAUSTELI.ATA I.KPIDOl'TER A.

forming a sort of inverted crescent; costa with obscure brown dots, placed
obliquely : posterior wings reddish-brown.
Female much darker in colour^ without the reddish tinge.

Not common : it occurs sometimes within the metropolitan district^
in the neiglibourhood of fir-trees, in June : I have several times
taken it at Ripley, and at Darenth once: it is found also in Norfolk.

Sp. 2. striana. Alis anticis testaceo-fuscis, obsolete fusco reticulatis ; fascia
media recta strigaqne pnsticii submarginali fuscis' (Exp. Alar. 6 — 10 lin.)

Ph. To. striana. Wien. Verz.—Or. fasciana. Stej)h. Catal. ii. 181. No. 7007.
Ph. To. biliturana. Donovan, xi. j>l. 37 !._/". 2. female.

Anterior wings testaceous-brown, very obscurely reticulated with darker
brown, the base rather dark ; in the middle is a stoutish, straight, deep-
brown fascia, being obscurely bidentate without, and narrowest on the costa ;
near the hinder margin is a curved streak, arising from the apex of the costa,
and extending nearly to the anal angle of the hinder margin ; posterior
wings brown.

Extremely variable in size, and slightly so in colouring ; the ground colour
of the anterior wings being sometimes so dark as nearly to obliterate the
fasciae: at others it is very pale, and the fascia extremely distinct.

A common species in the vicinity of London during the month of
June, frequenting woods, hedges, &c. ; abundant at Darenth,
Coombe, Hertford, Ripley, &c.

Sp. 3. fasciolana. Alis anticis cinnamomeo griseis, obsolete fusco reticulatis,
fascia media subobliqua margineque postico fuscis, ciliis sordide carneis.
(Exp. Alar. SJ lin.)

To. fasciolana. Hiibner. To.pl. 4.1. f 260.

Anterior wings of a griseous-cinn anion hue, very obsoletely reticulated with
brown, with a slightly oblique, broad, brown fascia, rather beyond the
middle, with a tendency to expand towards the anal angle ; the hinder
margin, excepting at the angle just mentioned, is also brown, this colour
forming a triangular patch ; cilia flesh-colour ; posterior wings brown ;
cilia paler, with a reddish tinge.

Of this species, which appears very distinct from the foregoing, I
obtained a fine pair from the late Mr. Haworth's cabinet ; I know
not their locality.

Sp. 4. Urticana. Alis anticis gtiseo-cinereis, basi fasciisque subrectis fuscis

sesquitertiis, costa postice punctis fuscis. (Exp. Alar. 9 — 9^ lin.)
To. Urticana. H'vbner.— Or. Urticana. Steph. Catal. ii. 181. No. 7008.
Anterior wings griseous-ash, with darker waves, the base broadly fuscous.

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and irregularly waved ; a second in the middle narrowed at the costa, and
expanded towards the inner margin, its outer edge very irregular ; on the
hinder margin is a third small abbreviated one, arising near the anal angle,
but not extending to the costa; the latter is spotted with fuscous at the
apex ; cilia ashy, with a blackish spot in the middle, adjoining the third
fascia: posterior wings brown.

Very abundant, during the month of June, in hedges and places
where nettles abound, throughout the metropolitan district ; found
also in Norfolk, near Dover, Devonshire, the New Forest, &c.

Sp. 5. obsoletana. Alis anticis griseis, fasciis subrectis sesquitertiis fuscis,
strigaque ohsoletd postica punctulorum argenteorum. (Exp. Alar. 7^ Ini.)

Se. obsoletana. Steph. Nomen. 2d edit. — To. micana. Haworth.

Anterior griseous, with an irregular fascia at the base and another broad one
in the middle with the edges ill defined, beyond which is a very clear streak
of silvery dots ; on the costa towards the apex are some pale spots disposed
in pairs, and on the hinder margin is an abbreviated oblique fascia : cilia
pale, with a brown dot : posterior wings deep fuscous.

Not very rare in the vicinity of London, frequenting hedges at the
sides of woods, at Coombe, Darenth, Ripley, Hertford, he. in June.

Sp. 6. alternana. Alis anticis ochraceo-griseis, nigro irroratis, fascia basi
alteraque irregular i media saturatioribus, ciliis puncto atro. (Exp. Alar.
7 lin.)

Or. alternana. Curtis, v. viii. Jb. 364.

" Shining ochreous-grey : thorax and superior (anierior) wings freckled with
black, the latter with nine pair of pale spots on the costa, the base rather
darker, the black spots forming irregular and broken transverse lines ; a
blackish fascia across the centre freckled with a few pale scales, having a
longitudinal pale line across the middle, the apex rather dark ash-colour :
cilia with a small black spot at the tip and middle : inferior (posterior) wings
fuscous." — Curtis, I. c.

Found in the north of England and in Scotland the beginning of
July. " Taken 14th July, amongst heath in the Black wood. Loch
llannoch."" — Curtis, I. c.

Sp. 7. undulana. Alis anticis rufo-cinereis, fasciis duabus dentatis strigaque
postica fusco-brunneis argenteo obsolete marginatis. (Exp. Alar. 6 — 8 lin.)

To. undulana. Wie/i. Verz. — Or. undulana. Steph. Catal. ii. 182. No. 7010.

Anterior wings reddish-ash, with faint darker streaks, a broad brown fascia
at the base, a second in the middle, bifurcate exteriorly, and a third short
oblique one on the hinder margin ; on the costa are four pair of whitish

134 HAUSTKLLATA. LEPIDOPTERA.

Streaks, with a brown dot between each pair, and near the anal angle is a
brown spot; the fascia are obsoletely margined with silver; cilia silvery,
with a dusky dot towards the hinder angle: postcrinr wii^s fuscous.

Rather scarce ; found occasionally in June at Eirch and Darenth
woods ; also in Norfolk and the New Forest. " Monkswood." —
C. C. Bahington, Esq.

Sp. 8. gramineana. Alis anticis ferrugineo-fuscis, fascia ante medium subargented,
apice pallido fnaculis tribus griseo-j'uscis. (Exp. Alar. 7 lin.)

Or. gramineana. Curtis, v. v'lii. fo. 364.

" Head, thorax, and superior (anterior) wings ferruginous-brown; the latter
with seven or eight pair of whitish spots on the costa, with a somewhat silvery
sinuated fascia, leaving a dark space at the base, apical portion of the same
pale colour, having a dark and very sinuated fascia across the middle, the
apex with three triangular spots on the costa, and an oblique lobe-shaped
mark, rising from the posterior margin, and another near that angle, ferru-
ginous-brown : inferior (posterior) wings brown." — Curtis, I. c.

Taken near Edinburgh in July. " On grassy slopes ascending
Arthur''s Seat." — Curtis, I. c.

B. Anterior wi}igs with an irregular central fascia, the costa with simple spots:

— Phiaris, Hilbner.

Sp. 9. micana. Alis aiiticis cervinis, fusco irroratis, fasciis sesquitertiis inter-
media intiis bifida punctoque medio urgenteo-albis, casta alba fusco punctata.
(Exp. Alar. 6—7 lin.)

To, micana. Hubner? — Or. micana. Steph. Catul. ii. 182. No. 7009.

Anterior wings of an olive-green, sprinkled with minute black dots, with a
silvery-white fascia before the middle and a second behind, the latter bifid
withhi; towards the apex is an irregular patch of the same colour, and on
the middle of the disc a silvery-white spot; costa white, spotted with
brown : posterior wings brownish, with whitish cilia.

Found rarely near London, but not uncommon in the east of
Norfolk, and also near Beachamwell in Suffolk, towards the end of
June.

C. Anterior ivings with the central fascia placed rather obliquely, the costa

with geminated spots: — Eudemis, Hiibncr.

Sp. 10. cespitana. Alis anticis brunneo-fuscis seu sordiddferi-ugineix, fasciis
duabus cintreis niiidulis rivulosis, postica intiis bifvrcata, costa argenteo strigu-
lata. (Exp. Alar. 6^ lin.)

To. cespitana. H'ubner. To. pi. 39- f '2i4.

Anterior wings fuscous-brown or dull ferruginous, with a slightly curved ashy

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135

fascia near the base, and a second broader one, and bifurcate within beyond
the middle, both with a silvery gloss ; towards the apex, near the hhider
margui, is a small brown lobe, and on the costa are numerous minute
silvery streaks; cilia reddish-white, with a brownish cloud: posterior wings
grey-brown ; cilia ashy.

Taken in Devonshire and in Scotland, in June.

Sp. 11. politana. Alis aniicis nitidis subglaucis fasciis tribus rufo-brunneis.

(Exp. Alar. 6§ lin.)
To. politana. Haworth.— Or. politana. Steph. Catal. ii. 189. jA'o. 7015.
Anterior wings somewhat glaucous, shining, with the base obliquely brown,

an oblique waved fascia in the middle, and another, frequently interrupted,

reaching obliquely from the costa to the anal angle red-brown; posterior

wings brownish.

Rare ; found in the New Forest, and in Devonshire, in June ; very
scarce within the metropohtan district.

Sp. 12. pulchellana. Alis anticis canis, fasciis tribus, subobliquis, concinnis

nigricantibus, ultima interriiptCi. (Exp. Alar. 6 — 7 lin.)
To. pulchellana. Haworth.— Or. pulchellana. Steph. Catal. ii. 182. No. 7017.

Anterior wings hoary, with a large angulated oblique brown fascia at the
base ; a second stout, waved one, extending from the middle of the costa
nearly to the anal angle, in which about the middle of the wings is a fulvous
dot ; a third fascia is formed of a semiovate spot on the costa, and a second
pear-shaped one on the inner margin : cilia brown, dusky-black towards the
apex of the wing : posterior lead coloured, with snowy cilia.

Very scarce : I possess a specimen that was taken in the New
Forest ; a second (which was in the late Mr. Haworth's collection)
was found near London, in June.

Sp. 13. fuligana. Alis nigris, anticis fusco nebulosis, strigis sesquiiertiis lituris
punctisque atro-plumheis, costa albidd subpunctatd. (Exp. Alar. 6 — 7 lin.)

To. fuligana. H'ubner. — Or. fuligana. Steph. Catal. n. 182. No. 7016.

Anterior wings with the base, an oblique fascia behind the middle, and the
hinder margin, black, the intermediate spaces forming pale bands, which
are clouded with fuscous, the black on the hinder margin is slightly inter-
rupted, and forms a lobe inwards : costa with three black dots edged with
white : cilia with a pale stripe at the base ; posterior wings rather
brownish-black.

Very rare : taken in June within the metropolitan district, and m
Norfolk.

136 HAUSTELLATA. LEPIDOPTKRA.

Sp. 14. subsequana. Alls anticis rufo-griseis lucidis, strigis irregularibus siib-
argenteis, lineolisque tribus atris ad avgulum ani, postlcis cinereo-Juscis.
(Exp. Alar. 6§— 7 lin.)

To. subsequana. Haivorth. — Or. subsequana. Steph. Catal.n. 182. No. 7021.

Anterior wings grlseous-red and shining, with irregular whitish glossy streaks,
arising from the costa, and faintly tinged with silver towards the apex ;
these streaks inclose first an oblique continuous pale reddish fascia before
the middle, and an interrupted one towards the apex ; at the tip of the wing
is an irregular brown spot, and a second towards the middle of the wing;
near the anal angle are three minute black streaks : cilia glossy ashy-white:
posterior wings ashy-brown, with whitish cilia.

This pretty species appears to belong rather to the genus Carpocapsa, but it
difTers sufficiently to constitute a section thereof, should it be referrible there.

Rare : I have one example that was found near London, and a
second that occurred in the vicinity of Edinburgh in June.

Sp. \5. aurofasciana. Plate 38.^. 3. — Alis anticis nigro-fuscis,fasciis duabus
medio rectis, j^unctisqne duobus posticis transversis aureo-Jlavis, posticisfuscis.
(Exp. Alar. 5—6^ lin.)

To. aurofasciana. Haworth. — Or. aurofasciana. .S^c^j^. Ca/a/.ii. 182. iVb. 7019.

Anterior wings with a slightly-angulated brown-black fascia at the base,
followed by a broad golden-yellow band, irregularly streaked with dusky,
thence to the apex brown-black, with an irregular golden-yellow fascia,
extendhig rather obliquely from the costa to the hinder angle, and having a
brown lobe in the middle of the posterior margin : costa with minute white
dots on the extreme edge : posterior wings blackish-brown.

Apparently very rare ; I have one specimen that I caught many
years since at Darenth wood in the beginning of July, and a second,
a very fine one, whence the accompanying figure was designed, that I
secured in July, 1827, on Clandon Common, near Ripley.

Sp. 16. bifasciana. Alis anticis Juteo-fuhis strigis satur atioribus, fasciis duabus
J'uscis, posticis fuscis. (Exp. Alar. 5^ — 7 lin.)

To. bifasciana. Haworth. — Or. bifasciana. Stvph. Catal. ii. 182. No. 701S.

Anterior wings with a broad straight brown fascia at the base, placed a little
obliquely, thence to the apex tawny-luteous, with a somewhat pear-shaped
fascia a little behind the middle, widest on the costa and slightly waved
externally, the extreme apex rather dusky; costa somewhat cinereous,
with minute white streaks: posterior wings brown.

Also a rare species ; I have two specimens, which were taken
many years ago at Darenth wood in June ; I have seen but one
other spvcimen.

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Sp. 17. fiirfiirana. Alia aiiiicii- sordide grixeo-rufescentibus, nebulosis, juacidis

irregularibus brunneo-fuscis. (Exp. Alar. 7 lin.)
To. furfiirana. Haworth.—Ov. furfurana. Steph. Catal. ii. 182. No. 7020.

Anterior wings rather obtuse, truncate, dull reddish, clouded, and varied
with irregular fuscous-brown spots, forming an indistinct fascia at the base,
and an interrupted one about the middle ; besides these are a broad oblique
brown streak at the apex, and a spot of similar hue on the inner margin ;
on the costa towards the apex are three distinct brown dots, with white
edges, forming short streaks of that colour: posterior wings brown.

This is likewise a scarce insect ; I possess two of the original
specimens, one of them given to me by the late Mr. Haworth long
since, the other I obtained from the dispersion of his fine collection.

Sp. 18. marmorana. Alis nnticis fuscis, apice cinereis, macula costae alter aque
opposita communi, apiceque fusco-brunneis. (Exp. Alar. 7 — 7^ lin.)

To. marmorana. Hubner. — Or. marmorana. Steph. Catal. ii. 182. No. 7011.

Anterior wings with a broad angidated fuscous-brown fascia at the base,
followed by an ashy space, streaked with fuscous, then a very short brown
fasciffform spot in the middle of the costa, opposite to which on the inner
margin, towards the anal angle, is another larger triangular one, and on the
hinder margin, near the anterior angle, is a slender brown fascia, and the
extreme tip is of similar colour, with some abbreviated white streaks on
the costa and on the hinder margin : posterior wings brownish.

Not very rare ; found at Coombe and Darenth woods in June ;
also at Ripley, in Devonshire, Norfolk, Scotland, &rc.

Gknus CCXCIV. — NoTocKLiA, Hiibner.

Palpi approximating, stout, subclavate, clothed throughout with long loose
scales, totally concealing the termhial joint : Twaa^zYte very short. Antenna;
rather short, robust and slightly serrated in the males, pubescent within,
slender and simple in the females : head small, clothed with long scales :
etfes small, subglobose : thorax stout, ovate, not crested : wings entire,
anterior broad, short, with faint markings, excepting a conspicuous dark
blotch near the anal angle, and an obscure ring at the anterior one ; liinder
margin faintly emarginate; posterior wings ovate-triangular, slightly
emarginate at the apex : bodi/ short, slender in the males, with a slight tutt
at the apex, robust and acute in the females : legs short.

This genus is synonymous with Aspis of Treitschke, a name which
falls both on the score of priority of Hubner''s, and from its being
used in another department of zoology ; the shortness and breadth
of its anterior wings, which are very simply marked, and possess a

138 HAUSTELLATA. LEPIDOPTERA.

very strong dark triangular blotch near the anal angle, unlike any
other of the foregoing genera, sufficiently indicate its distinction :
one species only is known.

Sp. 1. Udmanniana. Alis anticis cinereis strigis fuscescentibus, macula posticd
communi suhtrianguhiri castanea, albido cincta, (Exp. Alar. 7 — SJ Hn.)

Ph. To. Udmanniana. Linnl—Donov. v. pi. 153./. 1— 3.— Pcec Udmanniana.
Steph. Catal. ii. 183. No. 7024.

Anterior wings ashy, with indistinct brownish streaks forming obsciue fascis;
adjoining the anal angle is a somewhat obtusely-triangular common distinct
brown spot, and on the apex of the costa, which is dark, are three or four
pairs of whitish streaks, separated by a brown line, and with a brown spot
between each pair : posterior wings brownish.

Not rare, in woody places within the metropolitan district, in
June ; I have frequently taken it at Darenth and Coombe woods,
Ripley, Hertford, &c.; it also occurs in the New Forest, Devonshire,
Norfolk, Suffolk, the north of England, &c.

Genus CCXCV. — Poecilochkoma* mihi.

Palpi remote, parallel, porrected horizontally, densely clothed with rather
short scales, leaving the terminal joint visible, and acute : maxillw rather
long. Antennae short, robust, and with the joints very distinct and pubescent
within in the males, slender and simple in the females : head small, with a
dense tuft of scales above: eye* small: thorax robust, not crested: wings
ample ; anterior long and rather wide, with indistinct but variable markings,
rarely fasciated, the inner margin with a more or less evident light or dark
blotch on the inner margin, the hinder margin entire, rounded, without
the usual ring-like mark at the apex, or having it very obscure : posterior
faintly emarginate at the apex : body rather short, slender, and tufted in the
males, robust and acute in the females.

The insects comprising this genus are generally very prone to vary,
and have usually much diversity of colouring, whence their name :
their anterior wings are long, broad, rounded behind, rarely fasciated,
but mostly dotted or freckled with dark colours, and have a more or
less distinct pale blotch on the middle of the inner margin, or that
margin is entirely pale ; the posterior wings are ample : they differ in
habit, and 1 suspect the last species belongs to another group.

• IIoiKiXof- varius, Xpw/ia color.

TORTKICID.K. — i'CECII.OCHKOiMA. 139

A. Anterior wings not fasciated, simply coloured, with a large ovate dark-

coloured blotch on the inner margin: — Episagma, p. Hiibner.
Sp. 1. Solandriana. Alls anticis puUidis atojnis mimdissimis rufesceiiillius,

7nacula communi oblotigd suhainuata brunneo-ferrugineu. (Exp. Alar. 8 —

9i lin.)
Ph. To. Solandriana. Z/nnt'.— Poec. Solandriana. Steph. Catal. ii. 183. No. 7026.
Anterior wings pale, with a reddish tinge, caused by very minute atoms, the

hinder margin brownish, and the costa with some minute brown dots ; on

the inner margin is a large oblong rusty-brown, or dusky, patch, slightly

waved on the discal edge : posterior wings brownish.

Not very common, though far from rare, within the metropoUtan
district, towards the end of July or beginning of August : it also
occurs in the New Forest, and in Norfolk and Devonshire.

B. Anterior wings indistinctly fasciated, or immaculate, with a paler blotch

on the inner margin : — Epiblema, p. Hiibner.

Sp. 2. trapezana. Alis anticis testaceis seu fusco-ferrvgineis subrivulosis niti-
dulis, macula magna dor sali communi paUidiore, aut albida vel niveCi. (Exp.
Alar. 8— lOi lin.)

Py. trapezana. Fabricius. — Poec. Sparmanniana. Steph. Catal. ii. 183. No. 7025.

Anterior wings glossy testaceous, or cinnamon-brown, with more or less dis-
tinct brown or blackish markings, the principal of which form a Greek A on
the middle of the inner margin, the hollow of which is always paler than
the rest of the wing, sometimes ashy, or pale testaceous, whitish, white, or
snowy, and the extreme edge of the blotch bears a few testaceous, fuscous,
or blackish dots, and is very rarely immaculate: posterior wings fuscous.

Excessively variable : the wings are sometimes fuscous, and the blotch on
the inner margin is occasionally almost obliterated : the wings frequently
are adorned with dusky spots, at other times they are nearly immaculate.

More abundant than the foregoing species, and extremely given to
vary : it occurs at Coombe and Darenth woods, and in other parts of
the country, about August. " Loch." — Rev. W. Little.

C. Anterior wings dark on the costa or varied, and with a distinct irregular

pale dorsal blotch, or an indication of one: — Epinotia, p. Hubntr.
Sp. 3. communana. Alis anticis nigro-Juscis, albido, cinereo, viresctnteve variis,

macula doisuli quadratd subbijida liturnque anali albidis, aut cinereis, costa

albo nigroque punctata. (Exp. Alar. 6 — 7§ lin.)
Py. communana. Haworth. — N. G. communana. Steph. Catal. ii. 182. No. 7023.

To. corticana. Hiibner, To.pl. 55. f. 209, male; pi. 43./ 270, female.
Anterior wings black-brown, or varied with whitish, ash-colour, or greenish.

140 HADSTELLATA. — LEPIDOPTKKA.

with a conspicuous irregularly waved darker or deep black central streak,
dilated towards the inner margin, at the base, and near the apex ; on the
inner margin is a conspicuous ashy, whitish, or snowy quadrate patch,
spotted with fuscous, and bearing considerable resemblance to a cock's
head, the beak directed towards the hinder margin ; near the anal angle is
a smaller, but less distinct pale mark, and the costa is prettily dotted with
black and white; cilia varied with whitish and dusky: posterior wings
fuscous.

Extremely variable, scarcely two specimens occurring precisely alike, some
being richly varied, others totally suffused with black ; in some the dorsal
blotch is very evident and large, in others obscure and small ; some are
prettily tinted with green, others destitute of that colour : the marks on the
costa are often wanting, and in size the insect varies greatly.
One of the most abundant species of this family; it occurs not

only throughout the metropolitan district in June, but in other parts

of the country. " Gibside." — G. Wailes, Esq.

Sp. 4. piceana. Alls lucidis, anticis piceis fusco irroratis, aut immaculatis,
posiicis pallidissime fuscescentibus. (Exp. Alar. 8 — 10 lin.)

To. piceana. Haworth. — Poec. piceana. Steph. Catal. ii. 183. No. 7029.

Anterior wings glossy pitchy, with very faint and indistinct darker markings,
frequently totally immaculate, but sometimes with a few black dots placed
in irregular streaks ; posterior wings also glossy, and very pale brownish.

Variable like its congeners : in some examples the anterior wings have a narrow
longitudinal testaceous streak reaching from the base to the apex ; others,
again, are considerably varied with tawny or ferruginous, with some obscure
darker markings ; and the posterior wings are sometimes fuscous.

I suspect the variety with the central testaceous streak may be Sp. vittana,
Curtis : it has the habit of being distinct, but is evidently a mere variety.

Rare, at least within the metropolitan district ; but in August 1821
a great number of specimens were taken near Brockenhurst, in the
New Forest, whence my series was obtained.

Sp. 5. semifuscana. Plate 36, f. 1. Alls anticis externl fusco-nigris seu
fuscis, interne lacteis ; posticis pallidis. (Exp. Alar. 8 — 10 lin.)

To. semifuscana. Haworth MSS. — Poec. semifuscana. Steph. Catal. ii. 183-
No. 7028.

Anterior wings glossy, the costa broadly black-brown or fuscous, the inner
margin clear milky white, which colour extends to the disc in a broad lobe,
and towards the apex is expanded irregularly on the hinder margin, where it
becomes clouded with fuscous and is somewhat rounded : posterior wings
also glossy, and pale ashy-white.

This is also a scarce species, but occurs in the New Forest in

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TORTRICIDK. I'TYf'HOLOMA. 141

August, I believe in the vicinity of Brockenhurst : I obtained two
specimens from thence at the same time I received the preceding
insect, and have since procured others from Mr. Ilaworth's col-
lection.

D. Anterior wings black, with darker clouds, and an indistinct fulvescent

dorsal blotch: — Acalla, p. Hubner.

Sp. 6. maculana. Alis anticis nigris nebulis afris, posiicc phimheo svhsfrigosis
maculis duabus dorsalibus, anteriore atra obsoleta, posticil subferruginea,
posticisfuscis. (Exp. Alar. 10 — 11 lin.)

Py. macidana. Fabricius. — Poec. maculana. Steph. Catal. ii. 183. No. 7027.

Anterior wings black, with darker clouds; the hinder margin with some
obscure lead-coloured streaks, and the inner one with two fahit dorsal
blotches, the anterior one being black, the posterior rusty-brown, or some-
what ferruginous, and placed near the anal angle : posterior wings shining-
brown.
Not common; found at Darenth and Coombe woods in the

beginning of August or end of July : it likewise occurs occasionally

in other places.

E. Anterior wings with a distinct transverse dark fascia on a pale ashy ground :

— Nephodesma, j:7. Hubner.

Sp. 7. maurana. Alis anticis favillaceis, fascia magna basi, alterdque subobliqua

pone medium utruque undulatu fuscis. (Exp. Alar. 11 — 12 lin.)
To. maurana. Hubner. — Poec. maurana. Steph. Catal. ii. 183. No. 7030.

Anterior wings very pale ashy-brown, or whitish-grey ; the base with a broad

fuscous fascia, somewhat waved on the outer edge ; behind the middle is a

slightly oblique band of similar colour, narrow on the costa and very much

expanded on the inner margin, and both margins considerably waved : on

the hinder margin are two or three minute fuscous dots, and a few paler

ones on the costa ; cilia pale : posterior wings fuscous, also with pale cilia.

Apparently a very rare species, of which I have yet seen only a

pair ; the female was taken in July, near Lyndhurst, in the New

Forest, by Mr. Weaver ; the male I procured from IVIr. Haworth's

collection ; it was taken, I believe, in Sussex, by Mr. Scales.

Genus CCXCVI. — Ptycholoma* mihi.

Palpi very short, slender, rather ascending, clothed with short scales, the
terminal joint slightly exposed and acute : ?uaxillas short. Antenna rather

• Ylrv'i plica, Aw/ja fimbria.

142 HAUSTELI.ATA. — LEI'IDOPTERA.

short, Stout in the males and pubescent within, slender and simple in the
females : head small, with a short tuft between the antennae : eyes small :
thorax rather stout, with metallic stripes, not crested: wings deflexed,
anterior entire, slightly rounded on the hinder margin, the costa faintly-
dilated on the shoulder, and in the males reflected, forming a thickened
edge ; the disc with metallic characters on ^ plain dark ground : posterior
wings rounded, not emarginate : legs rather long, slender, with a tuft at the
apex in both sexes, smallest in the femaleSj in which sex the body is
stoutish : legs short.

The males of this genus are well characterised by having the base
of the costa of the anterior wings deeply reflected, and both sexes
have the same wings of a dark hue (generally tinted with orange or
tawny,) with various silvery marks thereon, resembhng letters : they
are also entire, rounded on the anterior margin, and not fasciated,
neither do they possess a circular spot at the apex, so common in this
family of insects. ,

Sp. 1. Lecheana. Alis anticis obscure luteo-fuscis, in medio characteribus I L
resupinatis argenteis, posticisfuscis. (Exp. Alar. 7 — 10 lin.)

rh. To. Lecheana. Linne.—Vi. Lecheana. Sieph. Catal. ii. 183. No. 7031.

Anterior wings obscure luteous or orange-brown, palest at the base ; on the
disc are two silvery marks resembling the letters I L, between which the
colour is rather dark ; cilia luteous and very glossy : posterior wings fuscous ;
cilia pale dull yellow.

The wings vary considerably in tint, being sometimes dull testaceous, or of an
olivaceous hue, and the silvery marks are more or less distinct.

Found, not uncommonly, at the end of June, in woody places
within the metropolitan district, at Darenth, Coombe wood, Sec;
also at Hertford, Ripley, the New Forest, Devonshire, &c. "Monks'
wood." — C. C. Bahington, Esq.

Sp. 2. obsoletana. Alis omnibus nigris obscuris, anticis strigis punctisqt/e
numerosis ciliisque argenteis. (Exp. Alar. 8 lin.)

Or. obsoletana. Steph. Catal. ii. 182. No. 7012.

"Wings dull black ; anterior with numerous irregularly dispersed silvery dots,

and some of them slightly disposed in streaks ; cilia also silvery : posterior

wings rather less obscure, with deep black cilia.

The only example I have seen of this very distinct insect was
taken at Birch wood, in June.

TORTRICIDK — EUCHROMIA I.OPHODERUS. 143

Gexus CCXCVII. — Elujhroiiia* mihi.

Palpi robust, compressed, subclavate, porrected horizontally, clothed with
long, loose scales, which extend as far as tha extremity of the terminal
joint, which is visible and acute : maxiUcE short. AnteruKP short and rather
stout in both sexes, slightly pubescent within in the males : head subglobose,
with a small tuft between the antennae : eyes small : thoTox rather stout, not
crested ; wings deflexed; anterior with the costa straight, the hinder margin
entire, and a little rounded ; the disc without any streaks or fasciae ; poste-
rior wings ovate-triangular, slightly emarginate at the apex : body long and
slender, rather stoutest in the females, with a small tuft at the apex in both
sexes : legs short.

In this genus the species, which are closely allied in outline to
those of the genus Lozotaenia, are distinguished by being destitute of
any fasciaa or markings, excepting a few indistinct spots on the costa
of the anterior wings, which are generally of light purplish hues, and
have a faint indication of a circular spot at the anterior angle.

Sp. 1. purpurana. Alis anticis ciliistjiie late purpureis, ipsa costa pallida purpureo
crebrl' punctata, posticisj'uscis, ciliis rufescentibus. (Exp. Alar. 8 — 9§lin.)

To. purpurana. Haivorth. — Eu. purpurana. Steph. Catal. ii. 183. No. 7032.

Anterior wings and cilia fine lively purple, the costa thickly spotted with
minute paler spots : posterior wings fuscous, with reddish and purplish
cilia.

Found in June, but very rarely, in the New Forest ; also in
Norfolk.

Sp. 2. fulvipunctana. Alis anticis obscuris postice atomis inconspicuis subjulves-
centibus. (Exp. Alar. 8 — 85 lin.)

To. fulvipunctana. Haworth — Eu. fulvipunctana. Steph. Catal. ii. 184.
No. 7033.

Anterior wings dull reddish-brown, with very indistinct darker, or tawny-red
dots, more or less obliterated : posterior fuscous, with whitish cilia.

Also taken in Norfolk, and near London, but very rarely.

Genus CCXCVIII. — Lophoderus-|- mihi.

Palpi short, diverging, slender, slightly ascending, clothed with short compact
scales, the terminal joint very distinct and exposed, acute : maxilUc short.

* El) bene, \^u>^ia color. t Xoipoq crista, Aeo/j collum.

144

II AUSTELL AT A. — T.F.PIDOrTERA.

AntennoB rather short, slender in the females, stouter and a little pubescent
within in the males : head small, with a tuft on the front and between the
antennae: eyes large, subglobose: thorax robust, with a crest behind: ivings
deflexed; anterior long, slightly dilated at the base of the costa, and faintly-
waved at the tip, hinder margin a little rounded, not emarginate at the apex,
the disc without distinct fasciae, with a pale red or rust-coloured ground ;
posterior ample, faintly emarghiate at the apex : body rather short and stout,
with a slight tuft at the apex in both sexes: legs short, posterior longest and
stoutest.

The crested thorax of these insects forms a rather conspicuous
character in this family, as few of the genera are distinguished by
this peculiarity; their plain rounded anterior wings, which are
destitute of defined fasciae, and which have a somewhat raised pale
smooth dot on the disc towards the apex, will enable the student to
discriminate them from Ditula, and the other genera with the thorax
crested behind.

Sp. 1. ministranus. Alls anticis sericeo nitidis ferrugineis, hasifasciaquepostica
Jlavicantihus, punctoque postico alhido. (Exp. Alar. 9 — 10 lin.)

Ph. To. ministrana. Linne. — Donovan, v. xii. pi. 380./. 2. — Lo ministranus.
Steph. Catal. ii. 184. No. 7034.

Anterior wings with a rich silken gloss, deep ferruginous, especially on the
hinder margin, the base exteriorly and a broad indistinct dash on the hinder
margins yellowish ; on the disc posteriorly is a slightly raised whitish spot :
cilia bright ferruginous: posterior wings brown, with pale cilia.

The anterior wings are sometimes entirely ferruginous, and the posterior some-
times palish at the base.

Extremely abundant in some places, especially in the vicinity of
Dover, in June, but less frequent within the metropolitan district.
« Gibside."— G. Wailes, Esq.

Sp. 2. subfascianus. Alls anticis J'usco ferrugineis,J'asciis duabus obsoletis palli-
dioribus. (Exp. Alar. 8 lin.)

Lo. subfascianus. Steph. Catal. ii. 184. No. 7035.

Anterior wings rusty-brown, with an indistinct pale fascia near the base before
the middle, with the edges waved, and a second very indistinct and consi-
derably abbreviated behind; cilia dusky: posterior wings pale fuscous,
with darker nervures : cilia dusky-ash.

The only examples I have seen of this obscure, but distinct species,
were taken in the New Forest, in June.

TDRTRICIDf:. — SARROTHRirUS. 145

Genus CCXCVIII. — SARuoTHRirus, Curtis.

Palpi long, filiform, porrected in form of a beak, slender, clothed with long
pilose scales, which conceal the terminal joint, which is very long and
slender, nearly filiform : vmxilla long. Antennce long, slender, setaceous,

. simple in both sexes : head rather short, with a porrected fascicle of scales
in front : eyes subglobose : thorax short, with a rounded crest behind : wings
entire ; anterior rounded at the base, the costa faintly emarginate in the
middle and ciliated ; hinder margin rounded, furnished with long cilia ; the
disc with a few slightly elevated scales ; posterior wings ample, faintly
notched towards the apex, with long cilia: body somewhat robust in both
sexes, stoutest in the females, moderately long, and furnished with a small
tuft: /eg-i moderate ; intermediate longest ; anterior with a long branch of
hairs on the inside of the femora and tibia.

This genus, wliicli corresponds with Axia of Hlibner — a name
which ought strictly to be here employed, but to prevent a change I
have continued the one proposed in this country — is one of the most
conspicuous among the Tortricidas, not only from the magnitude of
the species, but from their habit ; the palpi are remarkably long,
slender, and filiform ; the maxillae are also long ; the anterior wings
very much rounded at the base, with the costa finely ciliated with
rough scales, and the disc with a few scattered elevated ones, and
marked with round dark dots, the hinder margin rounded and fur-
nished with long cilia; the anterior legs are adorned with long
fascicles of hair-like scales. The species are apparently autumnal,
making their appearance towards the end of summer, and sometimes
continuing throughout the winter. Hiibner, Haworth, and other
Lepidopterists, consider there are several species, as hereafter de-
scribed, but Treitschke unites them all under one name, as Pen.
revayana, in his 8th volume, forming them into Section A. (and
consequently the type) of his genus Pcnthina, as before referred to
(see p. 87) : though I suspect he has mistaken the species of a
variable genus for varieties of an inconstant species. At all events,
there appear to be two types of colouring, one with pale ashy or
hoary wings and a fulvous central dot — the other with fuscous or
brown wings and a black central dot : they arc comparatively rare in
this country ; but, upon an examination of about fifty specimens, I
think they may be separated into the species as I have placed them:
of their metamorphoses I am ignorant.

Haustellata. Vol. IV. 30th August, 1834. k

140 HAUSTELLATA. — LEPIDOPTERA.

Sp. 1. degeneranus. Alls ant ids sericeis canescentihus nvhilosis, sirigis nndatis
obsoJetis pnnctisque elcvatisfuscis, punctoque majore fulvo loco stigmatis anticis
Noctuarum. (Exp. Alar. 1 unc.)

To. degenerana. H'uhner. — To. bifasciana. Donovan, xi. pi. 357. J". 3. — Sa-
degeneranus. Steph. Catal. ii. 184. No. 7036.

Anterior wings of a glossy silken hoary hue, clouded with cinereous-brown,
with numerous elevated darker spots, and a fulvous one in place of the
anterior stigma of the Noctuidfe ; on the disc are two rather obscure
waved streaks, and on the hinder margin a row of brown dots.
Taken at Darenth and Eirch woods from July to December ; also

in the New Forest, near Brockenhurst, but not very abundant.

Sp. 2. undulanus. Ah's anticis canescentifms, strigis diiabns unchilatis foscts,
punctoque interjecto fulvo. (Exp. Alar. 10 — 11 lin.)

To. undulana. Hubner, To. pi. 2. /. 7.

Anterior wings of a shining silken hoary tint, with some obscure fuscous dots
and two waved fuscous streaks, one before the middle and the other behind,
and both duplicated; between them is a fulvous dot.
Probably a variety of the male of the precedhig insect.

Found in the same localities with the preceding, but less fre-
quently.

Sp. 3. dilutanus. Alis anticis griseis, nitidis, J'asciis duahus hrevissimis costce
rvjis. (Exp. Alar. 11— 12 lin.)

To. dilutanus. H'uhner. — Sa. dilutanus. Steph. Catal. ii. 184. JVo. 7037.

Anterior wings griseous, or pale ash colour, shining, with a short bar at the
base and a second larger triangular one in the middle of the costa reddish ;
at the apex of the latter is placed a fulvous dot, between which and the
hinder margin is an obsolete waved row of black spots, and on the hinder
margin itself is another row of very minute black dots-
Taken in the neighbourhood of Greenhithe ; also at Darentli and

Birch woods and the New Forest, and occasionally at Coombe wood,

in August, and in Norfolk.

Sp. 4. Lathamianus. Alis anticis palUde testaceis, hasi apiceque punctis clevatis
nigris, puncto centraliferrugineo. (Exp. Alar. 10§lin.)

Ph. To. Lathamianus. Gmelin. — To. Ilicana. Donovan, x. pi. 35!). f. 2. —
Sa. Lathamianus. Steph. Catal. ii. 184. A'o. 7039.

Anterior wings pale testaceous, with elevated black dots at the base and
apex, and a ferruginous one on the disc : head and palpi above snow-
white.
Less abundant than the foregoing ; taken at Birch and Darenth

woods in Auffust.

TORTRICIDE. — SAllROTHRirUS. 147

Sp. 5. Ilicana. Alis anficis uniformitlr fuscis, nitidis, punctin nigris sparsis
elevatis. (Exp. Alar. 9—11 liii.)

Py. Ilicana. Fabric iius.—^a. llicaiius. Sfcph.CataL ii. 18*. No. 701.0.

Anterior wings of an uniform glossy ashy-brown, with two approximating
blackish dots, on the disc, before the middle, a deep black solitary one
behind the middle, and near the hinder margin towards the anal angle, two
or three approximating brown ones, placed, as it were, in continuation of a
pale waved streak : on the extreme edge is a row of minute fuscous dots.

Rather more frequent than either of the other species of this
genus ; found at Birch wood, Darenth, and Coombe, at the end of
July and beginning of August ; hkcwise in the New Forest.

Sp. 6. Afzelianus. Alls ariticis tesfaceo-fuscis, hast maculdque trigond medio
cosie, pundisque paucis elevatis nigris. (Exp. Alar. 9 — 11 lin.)

Ph. To. Afzeliana. Gmelin ?— Sa. Afzelianus. Steph. Catal. ii. 184. No. 7038.

Anterior wings shining testaceous brown, with a short black fascia at the base,
a large triangular black patch on the middle of the costa, and some obscure
blackish dots on the disc.

Taken with the preceding species, less common : it has been found
in March, probably the remains of the autumnal brood.

Sp. 7. ramulanus. Alis anticis pallide testaceis, costa saturatiori, strigd longi-
tudinali atra ramosd a hasi pone mediuvi, punctisque elevatis nigris. (Exp.
Alar. 9—10 lin.)

To. ramulanus. Hubner — Sa. ramulanus. Curtis, i. jd. 29. — Steph. Catal.
ii. 184. No. 7041.

Anterior wings pale testaceous, darker at the costa ; the disc with a distinct
longitudhial black streak, giving off two twigs at the base, one about the
middle of the inner margin, and a bifid one at the apex, near which, on the
costal side, is attached a round black dot, and on the hinder margin are two
or three smaller ones, largest at the anal angle.

Var. j8. Sa. Stonanus. Steph. Catal. ii. 184. No. 7042. — Rather larger, with
the black vitta on the anterior wings more ramose, the disc with a fahit
waved fuscous streak.

I have seen but few examples of this pretty species, of which I took
one in July 1821 at Darenth ; a second (figured by Mr. Curtis) was
taken at Birch wood in July 1823, and two others, one of them the
variety, subsequently.

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1 M} HAUSTELLATA. LEriBOPTEK A.

Genus CCXCIX. — Peronea, Curtis.

Palpi rather long, parallel, porrected horizontally, compressed, tumid in the
middle above ; densely clothed with short scales, the apex pilose, and con-
cealing the terminal joint, which is short and slender: maxillce very short.
Antennae short, faintly serrated, simple in both sexes : head small, with a
loose tuft of scales above: eyes prominent: tJiorax moAeraie, slightly crested
behind: wings entire; anterior rounded at the base, the costa rather
distinctly emarginate and ciliated, the hinder margin faintly repanded ; disc
with scattered elevated scales, chiefly near the posterior angle, and in the
typical species with a large elevated tuft in the centre ; cilia rather short :
posterior wings ample, ovate-triangular, scarcely emarginate at the apex;
cilia rather long: body somewhat long and slender, stoutest in the females,
with a small tuft at the apex : legs moderate, short ; anterior clothed with
very short scales, not pilose.

Like the insects of the preceding genus, much uncertainty exists as
to the Umits of the respective species ; the typical ones may be
instantly recognised by having a large bundle of elevated scales
nearly in the centre of the anterior wings, the costa of which is
rounded at the base, emarginated slightly in the middle, and faintly
ciliated, with rough scales ; the less typical species want the tuft of
scales on the middle of the winff. but have small scattered elevated
ones towards the base and hinder margin ; the costa is less promi-
nently rounded, and the prevalent colours are more diversified; the
species are autumnal, making their appearance about August, though
a few specimens are occasionally met with earlier.

A. Anterior wings with a large elevated bundle of scales on the disc, a little

beyond the middle : — Lopas, Hubner.*
Sp. 1. profanana. Alis anticis griseo-ferrugineis,fasciculo magno medio elevato
limboque crassiore ustulatis: thorace fusco. (Exp. Alar. 9 — 9§ lin.)

* As in Sarrothripus, diversity of ophiion exists as to the number of the
species in this section, which mainly corresponds with Lopas of Hiibner, and
1 really am at a loss to define their extent, as the numerous varieties which
each apparent species are liable to form a most perplexing question to resolve;
nevertheless, upon an examhiation of about 500 specimens, I have come to the
conclusion that they may be divided into the following species, which appear
as it were divisible into triads; each variation in the colour of the central
tuft including three diversities in the general colours, one of which has usually
a broad pale vitta on the inner margin.

TORTRICID.E. — PERONEA. 149

Py, profaiiana. Fabricius. — Donovan, xii. pi. 377./. 3.— Pe. profaiiana. Steph.
Caial. ii. 184. No. 7043.

Anterior wings rusty-griseous, the costa, with the base, a large central patch,
and a spot at the apex, iistulated-brown : on the disc is a conspicuous tuft
of elongate elevated scales of a deep ustulated-brown, and a few minute
elevated points of similar hue adjoining : posterior wings fuscous : thorax
the same : head cinereous.

Found at Birch and Coombc woods, in the autumn ; likewise in
the New Forest : not very common.

Sp. 2. striana. Alis anticis saturate fuscis, punctulis duobus posticis costaltbus
niveijf, Jasciciclo medio thoraceque fuscis, striuque cinered marginis tenuioris.
(Exp. Alar. 9— 10 lin.)

To. striana. Haworth.—Ve. striana. Steph. Catal. ii. 185. No. 7044.

Anterior wings deep fuscous, with two minute snowy-white dots at the
apex of the costa, a large brown tuft of elevated scales on the disc, and
some minute ones near the anal angle ; on the inner margin is a broad ash-
coloured streak, vanishing towards the posterior angle : thorax fuscous ;
head and palpi snowy.

More abundant than the last; found at Birch wood and near
Bipley, where I found it in July 1827 '■> also in Norfolk and the New
Forest.

Sp. 3. substriana. Alis anticis griseo-fuscis, immaculatis, fasciculo medio atro,
stridque obsoletd cinered marginis tenuioris ; thorace fusco. (Exp. Alar.
9| lin.)

Pe. substriana. Steph. Catal. ii. 185. No. 7045.

Anterior wings griseous-brown, nearly immaculate, with a large tuft of

elevated black scales on the disc, and an obscure ashy streak on the inner

margin : thorax fuscous : head and palpi cinereous.

Taken at Birch wood and in the New Forest in August ; not so
commonly as the foregoing.

Sp. 4. brunneana. Alis anticis brunneis, postice saturatioribus, fasciculo medio
nigro, stridque obsoletd subcinered marginis tenuioris ; thorace capite paljnsque
cinereis. (Exp. Alar. 9 — 10 lin.)

Pe. brunneana. Steph. Catal. ii. 185. No. 7046.

Anterior wings pale brown at the base, dark at the apex ; the disc with a
black tuft of elevated scales, and a few smaller ones near the anal angle ; on
the inner margin is a faint ashy streak : thorax, head, and palpi ashy.

Found at Darenth wood in August, and in the New Forest in the
autumn.

150 HAUSTELLATA. LEPIDOFTERA.

Sp. 5. vittaua. Alts anticis brurmeis posiicd saturatioribus, fasciculo medio
nigi'o, vitta lata marginis temdoris, thorace, capite, palpisque ri^'o-ochraceis.
(Exp. Alar. 9— 9§ lin.)

Pe. vittana. Stepli. Catul. ii. 185. Nu. 7047.

Anterior wings brown, with the apex darker, the disc with an elevated
tuft of black scales, and some minute black dots near the hinder angle ; the
inner margin with a broad ochraceous-red streak ; thorax, head, and palpi
of similar hue.

This has occurred near London, and also in the New Forest, bvit
rarely.

Sp. 6. spadiceana. Alis anticis brunneo-fuscis basi spadiceis, fasciculo medio
elevato nigro-brunneo, thorace fusco, capite palpisque cinereis. (Exp. Alar.
9— 10 lin.)

To. spadiceana. Haworth. — Pe. spadiceana. Steph. Catal. ii. 185. No. 7048.

Anterior wings bright bay-colour at the base, the apex fuscous-brown, the
colours divided obliquely from near the base of the inner margin to a little
behind the middle of the costa ; on the disc is an elevated black-brown tuft,
with a few paler minute scales near the anal angle : thorax fuscous : head

. and palpi ashy.

Taken at Coombe wood in the autumn, and occasionally throughout
the winter : it also occurs in the New Forest.

Sp. 7. consimilana. Alis anticis hrunneo-fuscis, basi interne subfulvo-aurantio,
Jhsciculo medio elevato rujo-brunneo, stria obscurd cinercu marginis tenuioris,
thorace capite palpisque albis. (Exp. Alar. 9^ lin.)

Pe. consimilana. Steph. Catal. ii. 185. JVo. 7049.

Anterior wings fuscous-brown, the base interiorly of a tawny-orange, the apex
freckled with black ; on the disc is an elevated red-brown tuft of scales, and
on the inner margin an obscure ashy streak : head, palpi, and thorax white.

Found in the New Forest, and near Ripley, in the autumn ; but
not common.

Sp. 8. Desfontaniana. Alis anticis fuscis, stria, a basi ad medium terminante,
Jhsciculo magno elevato, aurantlis, tho?'ace fusco, capite palpisque pallidis.
(Exp. Alar. 9—10 lin.)

Py. Desfontaniana. Fahricius. — Pe. Desfontaniana. Steph. Caial. ii. 185.

No. 7050.

Anterior wings brown, the costa darkest, with an indeterminate broad orange
vitta arising from the base of the inner margin, extending to the middle, and
terminated by an elevated tuft of scales, of similar hue ; thorax fuscous ;
head and palpi pale, with a reddish tinge.

TOKTllICIDE. PERONEA. 151

Found occasionally at Birch and Coombc woods, in the autumn ;
and rather abundantly in the New Forest.

Sp. 9. fulvocristana. Alis andcis exierni brunneo-fuscis, iniernl- aurantio'
brunneis vittd lata ochraced marginis tenuioris, fasciculo medio Julvo, cajjile
palpis thoraceque ochraccis. (Exp. Alar. 9 — 95 lin.)

I'e. fulvocristana. Steph. Catal. ii. 185. No. 7051.

Anterior wings with the costa and hinder margin fuscous-brown, the inner
portion orange-brown^ with a broad ochreous streak on the inner margin
extending to the hinder angle; on the disc is an elevated tuft of fulvous
scales : head^ thorax, and palpi ochreous.

Taken in the New Forest in the autumn : apparently rare.

Sp. 10. albovittana. Plate 36, f. 2. — Alls anticin casta brunneo-j'usca,
niargine postico fusco, vittd a basi ad medium aurantid, alidque lata nived
marginis tenuioris, fasciculo medio Julvo, thorace, capite palpisquc niveis.
(Exp. Alar. 9 lin.)

Vc. albovittana. Steph. Catal. ii. 185. No. 7052.

Anterior wings with the costa broadly fuscous-brown, the hinder margin
dull brown, with an orange streak from the base to near the middle, and a
broad snow-white one on the inner margin, vanishing towards the hinder
marghi : on the disc is an elevated fulvous tuft of scales : head, thorax, and
palpi snow-white.

Of this conspicuous and beautiful species I have seen only the
example whence the accompanying figure was designed : it was taken
in the New Forest in August 1821.

Sp. 11. fulvovittana. Alis anticis fuscis, nebulosis, fascia costali albidd, vittd
laid marginis tenuioris fulvd, fasciculo medio fulvescente : ihorace capite paU
pisque cinercis. (Exp. Alar. 82 — 9 lin.)

Pe. fulvovittana. Steph. Catal. ii. 185. No. 7053.

Anterior wings brown, with darker and lighter clouds, a few blackish spots
towards the base, then a rather distinct irregular whitish fascia, extending
from the costa towards the inner margin, but vanishing before reaching the
latter, and usually going off in a semicircle towards the apex of the costa,
leaving a dusky costal patch : on the inner margin is a broad bright fulvous
streak, and the elevated tuft of scales is very pale, or whitish, fulvous:
head, thorax, and palpi ashy.

Found in the New Forest, and at Greenhithe, in the autumn-

Sp. 12. cristalana. Alis anticis fuscis, utro nebulosis, basi fascia irregulari
albd, QU& oblique extendit vcrrus apiccm costa: ; margo tenuiore fasciculoquc

152 HAUSTELLATA. — LEPIDOPTERA.

elevato pallide J'uscis: capite, thorace palpisque cinereis. (Exp. Alar,
9 — 10 lin.)

Ph. To. cristalana. Donovan, iii. ;;/. 77, f. \, 2. — Pe. cristalana. Sieph. Catal.
ii. 185.> A 0.7054..

Anterior wings fuscous, clouded with black at the base, and with pale ashy-
brown at the apex, with an irregular white fascia at the base extending
obliquely towards the apex of the costa, and enclosing a fuscous blotch on
the costa itself; the fascia also branches off irregularly towards the inner
margin, towards the base : the central tuft is pale fuscous, as well as the
inner margin ; on the anterior angle is a dark fuscous cloud: head, palpi,
and thorax cinereous.
Found at Birch and Coombe Avoods, but not common ; more

abundant in the New Forest, towards theendof August or beginning

of September.

Sp. 13. subvittana. Alls anticis fuscis,ivimaculafis,vittd valde ahhreviata basi
martinis inferioris fasciculoque medio albidis, thorace capite palpisque albis.
(Exp. Alar. lOi lin.)

Pe. subvittana. Steph. Catal. ii. 185. No, 7055.

Anterior wings fuscous, immaculate, with a very short broad whitish streak at
the extreme base of the inner margin, and the central tuft of scales whitish:
head, thorax, and palpi obscure-white.
Taken in August 1821 in the New Forest.

Sp. 14. cristana. Alis anticis saturate J'uscis, j'ascicitlo medio elevato, vitta lata
marginis tenuioris, capite, palpis thoraceqiie niveis. (Exp. Alar. 8^ — 10 lin.)

Py. cristana. Fabricius. — Pe. cristana. Steph. Catal. ii. 185. No. 7056.

Anterior wings deep fuscous, with a few scattered white elevated scales
towards the hinder margin, and a large snowy-white tuft of the same rather
behind the middle ; on the inner margin is a broad snowy-white dash :
thorax, head, and palpi also snow-white: posterior wings brownish.
This beautiful species occurs less frequently than most of its con-
geners ; it has been taken near Birch and Coombe woods, in Norfolk
and in the New Forest, in August and September.

Sp. 15. albipunctana. Alls anticis j'uscis, vitta lata marginis tenuioris ochraceo-
albu,J'asciculo medio albo, thorace, capite palpisque, lacteis. (Exp. Alar. 9 lin.)

Pe. albipunctana. Haworih MSS. — Stejih. Catal. ii. 185. No. 7057.

Anterior wings brown, immaculate, with a central tuft of white elevated
scales, and a few scattered ones towards the hinder margin ; on the iinier
margin is a broad ochraceous-white, or cream-coloured, dash : head, thorax,
and j)alpi cream-coloured.
Ajiparcntly rare: it has occurred only in the New Forest.

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TORTIIICID.E. PERONEA. 153

Bv Ankrivr wing.s without a large elevated tuft of scales in the middle, a few
scattered ones only on the disc.

a. Palpi large, with the terminal Joint concealed: — Lopas et Eclectis,

p. Hubner.

Sp. 16. ruficostana. Alis aniicis jmrpurascente fuscis, costd basi dimidiaftm
oblique atro castaneo, vittd lata marginis tenuioris, thorace capite palpisque
niveis, aut lutescentibus. (Exp. Alar. 9 — lOf lin.)

Pe. ruficostana. Curtis, i. pi. IG.—Steph. Catal. ii. 186. No. 7074.

Anterior wings dull purplish brown, with a large patch of dark chestnut,
extending obliquely from the base nearly to the apex of the costa ; a minute
tuft of bright ferruginous, or fulvous, scales on the disc, and some pale
elevated spots on the anal angle, with a faint row of dusky ones parallel
with the hinder margin ; the inner margin with a broad stripe of a snowy-
or yellowish-white: posterior wings fuscous: head, thorax, and palpi
snowy-white.

Several specimens of this very beautiful insect have been taken in
different years in the New Forest, from August to October. I am

iiulcbtcd to Mr. Bentley, whose collection of this genus is very fine
and unrivalled, for my specimen.

Sp. 17. umbrana. Alis ant ids griseo-testaceis, luridis, vittd a basi ad apicem
punctoque medio subelevato nigro-ustulatis. (Exp. Alar. 8—10 lin.)

To. umbrana. Hubner. — Pe. umbrana. Sieph. Catal. ii. 185. A'o. 7058.

Anterior wings dull griseo-testaceous or brownish, shining, with a brown-
black irregular streak extending from the base to the anterior apex ; and in
the middle with a slightly elevated black spot : posterior wings brownish.
Tlie anterior wings are frequently clouded with dark fuscous, and more or
less varied with pale fuscous; the latter colour disposed in oblique fasciae,
arising on the costa.

Taken occasionally at Coombe wood in the autumn, but in August
and September 1821 it abounded in the New Forest, whence I ob-
tained an extensive series of varieties at that period.

Sp. 18. divisana. Plate 3t, /. 1. — Alis unticis testaceo-fuscis vittd rectd a
basi ad apicem vigrd, alteraque adnata laterd exteriore alba. (Exp. Alar.
10—11 lin.)

To. divisana. Hdbner.—?€. divisana. Steph. Catal. ii. 187. No. 7059.

Anterior wings glossy testaceous-brown, with a broad black straight entire
streak from the base to the anterior angle, shaded off inwardly to the ground
colour of the wing, and bounded exteriorly by a broad white, or snowy,
dash, vanishing towards the costa, which is brownish: head, thorax, and
posterior wings also brownish.

154 HAUSTELLATA. — LEPIDOPTERA.

Rare; very few specimens having yet been taken, most of which
occurred in the New Forest, in the autumn of different years,
commencing with 1821. It has been taken at Greenhithe.

Sp. 19. radiana. Alis anticis palUdis, vittd striisque crebris bast conjluentibus
ustulato-fuscis, limho crassiore latissime pallido, posticis pallide fuscescentibus.
(Exp. AJar. 9§— 10 lin.)

To. radiana. Hubner. — Pe. radiana. Steplu Catal. ii. IQH. No. 1061.

Anterior wings pale, with a brown streak extending from the base to the
apex, and numerous oblique striae reaching therefrom to the hinder margin
and confluent at the base, where there are some elevated blackish scales ;
the costal edge broadly pale : posterior wings pale brownish.

The costa is sometimes faintly streaked with brown : — Pe. strigana. Stcph.
Catal.W. 185. No. 7060.

This species has been found, but very rarely, at Coombe wood, in
September, and a few examples have appeared in the New Forest.

Sp. 20. ramostriana. Alis anticis fuscis , lucidis, 7~adiis numcrosis saturatioribus ;
posticis albido-J'usco, thorace capitoque alhidis. (Exp. Alar. 9 — 10 lin.)

Pe. ramostriana. Steph. Catal. ii. 186. No. 7063.

Anterior wings pale testaceous-brown, with numerous darker streaks radiating
from a palish central one : posterior wings whitish-brown : thorax and head
whitish.

Found in the New Forest, in the autumn.

Sp. 21. centrovittana. Alis anticis testaceo-fuscis, nitidulis, vittd lata a basi ad
upicem griseo-testacea, striisque radiantibus ustulato-j'uscis, posticis albido fus-
cescentibus. (Exp. Alar. 9 — 10 lin.)

Pe. centrovittana. Haworth MSS. — Stcph. Catal. ii. 186. No. 7062.

Anterior wings testaceous-brown, shining, with a broad pale griseous-testa-
ceous dash extending from the base to the apex, and luimerous oblique
radiating ustulated-brown streaks, extending on one side to the costa, and
on the other to the hinder margin: posterior wings whitish-brown.

Variable : in some examples the anterior wings have an oblique abbreviated
pale griseous fascia, a little before the middle, edged with fuscous : others
have them clouded with a pale leaden brown.

Occasionally met with near London: in July 1827 I captured two
specimens in a lane near Ripley : others have occurred in the New
Forest later in the season.

S|). 22. combustana. Alis anticis tistulalu-fuscis, vittd obscuni a basi ad apicem
pallidiore, viargincqut teuuiorc laic uchraccu. (Exp. Alar. 9^10 lin.)

TOUTKICID.E. — I'EUONEA. 155

To. combustana. Hillmcr? — I'y. combustana. Steph. Catal. ii. 186. No.lQQi.

Anterior wings bright ustulated-brown, slightly clouded^ with an obscure
paler dash from the base to the anterior angle ; the inner margin broadly
ochraceous-white : posterior wings whitish-brown.

Also variable ; some specimens having an oblique pale fascia a little before
the middle^ and others having above half the width of the wings pale.

Found in the autumn in the New Forest, and also near Ripley in
August.

Sp. 23. albistriana. Alls anticis fuscis, costd scahro ciliata, striaque cinerca

viurginis tcmdoris, posticis paUide fnsccscentibus. (Exp. Alar. 9 — 10 lin.)
To. albistriana. Haivorth. — Pe. albistriana. Stcph. Catal. ii. 186. No. 7065.

Anterior wings brown, with miiuite darker elevated scales, the costa roughly
ciliated, the inner margin with an ash-colom-ed streak, more or less broad:
posterior wings pale-brownish.

Taken at Greenhithe and in the New Forest in August and Sep-
tember.

Sp. SI. autumnana. Alls anticis testaceo-fuscis, fascia hasi ohlicpi/i, viacuUiquc
magna costali saturatiorihus, posticis fuscescentihus. (Exp. Alar. 9 — 10 lin.)

To. autumnana. H'itbner. — Pe. autumnana. Steph. Catal. ii. 186. No. 7066.

Anterior wings shining testaceous-brown, with a few minute darker elevated
scales, an oblicpie fascia at the base, and a large, somewhat semi-oval patch
on the middle of the costa, dusky-brown : posterior wings brownish : thorax,
head, and palpi brown.

Rather variable in tint and in the intensity of the markings.

Found during the autumn in the New Forest near Brockcnhurst,
to which part all the localities here given in this genus refer.
" Gibside."— G. Wailes, Esq.

Sp. 25. subcristana. Alis anticis saturate fuscis nehulis saturatioribvs, jruncto
medio elevato atro, thorace capite palpisque cinereo-albis. (Exp. Alar.
9§— 10 lin.)

Pe. subcristana. Steph. Catal. ii. 186. No. 7067.

Anterior wings dark glossy brown, with deeper clouds especially towards the
costa, on which is a dusky blotch ; on the disc is an elevated dark, but
minute, tuft of scales, and a few others towards the anal angle : head,
thorax, and palpi ashy-white : posterior wings pale fuscous.

Also found in the New Forest, in the autumn, and in the vicinity
of London, but not common : likewise in Scotland. " Loch."' —
Hec. W. Little.

156 HAUSTELLATA. — LEPIDOPTERA.

Sp. 26. coronana. Alis anticis fusco-brunneis, litura contortuplicatd bas'% alteruque
anguli ani niveis aut albis, posticis albicantibus. (Exp. Alar. 10 lin.)

To. coronana. Thunberg. — Pe. coronana. Steph. Catal. ii. 186. No. 7068.

Anterior wings fuscous-brown, with an irregularly twisted white or snowy
fascia at the base, extending to another on the anal angle, by an obscure
pale streak ; posterior wings whitish : head, palpi, and thorax fuscous.

Slightly variable : in some examples there is a tendency to a whitish streak on
the inner margin ; in others the basal fascia is very obscure, or extremely
distinct.

This beautiful species has occurred near Coombe wood in October,
but more frequently, earlier in the season, in tlie New Forest.

Sp. 27. Byringerana. Alis anticis brunneo-fuscis, fascia antcriore obliqua intns
dilatatci lituraque posticd albido'cinereis ; posticis J'uscu-cinereis. (Exp. Alar.
9—10 lin.)

To. Byringerana. Hvbner. — Pe. Byringerana. Steph. Catal. ii. 186. No. 7069.

Anterior wings fuscous-brown, with an oblique ashy-white fascia at the base,
dilated within and united by a broad patch to an arched mark near the
hinder margin, also ashy-white : posterior wings ashy-brown.

Rather variable in tint; some examples having the ground colour of the
anterior wings of a deeper hue than others, with the pale markings varying
much in tint : all have one or two patches of dark elevated scales in the
middle.

Taken occasionally near Birch wood in September, but in pro-
fusion, during the autumn, in the New Forest. " Loch.'''' —
Rev. W. Little.

Sp. 28. obsoletana. Alis anticis Juscis, feri immaculatis, fascia ohsoletissima
basali pallidiore, posticis cinereo-fuscis. (Exp. Alar. 9 Ihi.)

Pe. obsoletana. Steph. Catal. ii. 186. No. 7070.

Anterior wings brown shining, nearly immaculate, with a very obsolete paler
fascia, 'placed somewhat obliquely, near the base, and a subovatc brown
patch in the middle of the costa : posterior wings ashy-brown.

Found by myself, I believe at Ripley, in July 1827.

b. Palpi with the terminal joint exposed: — Acleris, Hiibner,

■Sp. 29. favillaceana. Alis anticis pallide cinereis, nitidulis, punctulis scabris,
fascia abbreviata costali strigulisque cinnamomeis, posticis fuscescentibus.
(Exp. Alar. 10—11 lin.)

To. favillaceana. Hvbner. — Pe. favillaceana. Steph. Catal. ii. 186. No. 7071.

Anterior wings pale glossy ash-colour or hoary, with a large irregular, some-
what triangular, darker or cinnamon-coloured abbreviated fascia in the

TORTmCTDE. — PFKOXFA. 157

middle of the costa, an oblique streak of the same near the base, and one or
two irregular ones towards the hinder margin, near which are some elevated
darker scales, and a few towards the base: posterior wings brownish.
Very prone to vary: some examples have the triangular patch on the costa of
the anterior whigs pale ferruginous; others dusky- or purplish-brown; or
in some it is almost obliterated ; and the anterior wings are occasionally
ashy-brown.

Not very uncommon in the woods about London from July to
September ; found also in other parts of the country and apparently
abundant in the New Forest. " Loch." — Rexi. W. Little.

Sp. 30. tristana. AUs anticis pallide j'avillaceix canisve, jmnctulis ohsoletissimis
scabris, fasciaque media abbreviata irregulari costali subtrigom fused.
(Exp. Alar. 8—9 lin.)

To. tristana. Hylmer?—Ve. tristana. Sfrph. Caial. ii. 186. No. 7072.

Anterior wings pale ash-colour, or hoary, with very obscure elevated dots ;
at the base is a faint oblique streak, and towards the middle of the costa an
irregular abbreviated, somewhat triangular, brown blotch or fascia:
posterior wings whitish-brown.

Taken in similar places with the preceding insect, and at the same
periods. " Newcastle, &c." — G. Wuiles, Esq.

Sp. 31. reticulana. Alts anticis pallide Javillaceis fusco obsolttl reticulatis,
posticis albicantihus. (Exp. Alar. 9 — 10 lin.)

To. reticulana. Haivorih.—Ve. reticulana. Steph. Caial. ii. 186. A'b. 7073.

Anterior wings pale shining ash-colour, the costa with obsolete irregular
brownish dots, somewhat disposed in an oblique fascia ; the disc obsolete,
reticulated with fuscous : posterior wings pale brownish, or whitish.

Found, but rarely, with the two preceding insects, within the
metropolitan district.

Sp. 32. bistriana. AUs anticis pallidis atomis fuscescentihus, strigaque obliqua
a hasi ad apicem alfeniqiie marginis tenuioris spadiceis. (Exp. Alar. 10 —
IQi lin.)

To. bistriana. Huworth. — Pe. bistriana. Steph. Catal. ii. 186. No. 7075.

Anterior wings pale, with minute dusky or chestnut atoms, rarely immaculate,
the costa pale; from the base to the apex runs a slightly waved bay-
coloured, or chestnut streak, and on the extreme inner margin a second,
broadest towards the base, and vanishing near the apex : posterior wings
pale, immaculate.

The colour varies a trifle, but the width of the bay coloured streaks varies
considerably in diflferent specimens.

158 HAUSTELLATA. — LEPIDOPTERA.

A very rare species, a few specimens only having occurred, most,
if not all, of which were captured at Birch wood, or its vicinity, in
the months of July and August : I have a very fine pair that I
obtained from the late Mr. Haworth's collection, one of which he
appears to have procured from that of Mr. Francillon ; the other he
captured himself

Sp. 33. albicostana. Alls anticis pallide rvfescentilms, atomis obsoletissimis satU'
ratioribus, casta tenuissimc alba. (Exp. Alar. 10 — 11 lin.)

Pe. albicostana. Steph. Catal. ii. 186. No. 7076.

Anterior wings pale reddish, with very mitiute and obscure darker atoms; in
other respects immaculate; costa white on the extreme edge : posterior
wings ashy-brown : cilia long and whitish.

I possess a single specimen of this insect, which I caught at
Dover in August ; other specimens have been taken in the New
Forest, I believe, at the same period of the year.

Sp. 34. similana. Alls anticis pallide rufescentibus punctulis scabris fuscescen-
tibus, macula costali triangulari, alteraque versus basi marginis tenuioris
fuscis. (Exp. Alar. 9§ lin.)

Pe. similana. Steph. Catal. ii. 186. No. 7077.

Anterior wings pale reddish, with minute elevated dusky scales; on the
middle of the costa is a triangular fuscous spot, with a darker cloud
attached to the angle on the disc ; at the base of the iimer margin is a second
smaller spot of similar colour ; posterior wings pale whitish brown ; cilia
very pale and glossy.

Of this insect I possess a fine example, which was found near Birch
■wood, several years since, in the autumn; others have occurred
since.

Sp. 35. latifasciana. Alis anticis cinereis, fascia basi, alteraque latissime medio
hrunneis, posticis pallide fuscescentibus. (Exp. Alar. 8 — 8^ lin.)

To. latifasciana. Haworth. — Pe. latifasciana. Steph. Catal. ii. 186. No. 7078.

Anterior wings ashy, or hoary, with a short trigonal fascia at the base, and a
second very broad one a little beyond the middle, slanting anteriorly, dark
brown, the latter fascia extending nearly to the posterior margin, Avhich is
hoary : posterior wings pale brownish.

Bare ; taken occasionally within the metropolitan district in
August and September, and in Yorkshire.

Sp. 36. plumbosana. AUs anticis rvfo-plumbeis, punctulis mimitissimis sca»
briusculis, posticis pallidis- (Exp. Alar. 8—9 liii.)

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To. plumbosana. Haworth. — Pe. plumbosana. Slcph. CataL ii. 186. No. 7079.

Anterior wings reddish lead colour, the costa darker at the base, with elevated
spots ; the disc with a few minute rather darker scales, three of which arc
nearly united, placed in a triangle towards the middle of the costa, and one
within paler : posterior wings whitish, or pale-brownish.

Also somewhat scarce, but more abundant than the preceding
species; found at Birch wood in September, and in the New
Forest.

Sp. 37. Boscana- AUs anticis albidis, costa bast maculisque iribus medio mar-
ginis crassioris in triangido subcasfaneis. (Exp. Alar. 8 — 8^ lin.)

Ty. Boscana. Fabricius?—Vc. Boscana. Sleph. Catal.n. 186. No. 7080.

Anterior wings whitish, with a few slightly elevated scattered red-brown
atoms ; a spot at the base of the costa, and a second small one opposed to
it on the inner margin ; besides these are three others, nearly confluent, on
the costa, a little behind the middle, and placed triangularly : posterior
wings brownish.

Rare : taken at Darenth and Birch woods in August, and in the
New Forest.

Sp. 38. trigonana. AUs anticis canesccntibus, macula triangulari costalifusco-
brunnea, posticis fuscescentibus. (Exp. Alar. 8 lin.)

Pe. trigonana. Stei)h. CataL ii. 187. No. 7081.

Anterior wings hoary-ash, with some minute darker atoms, and a triangular
fuscous-brown spot in the middle of the costa ; cilia brownish : posterior
wings fuscescent.

Also a scarce species : taken at Birch wood in September ; and I
believe likewise near Greenhithe.

Sp. 39. Schalleriana. AUs anticis canis, macida costali obtusCi trigona ferru-

ginea, aiomis nigris elevatis. (Exp. Alar. 7 — 9 lin.)
Ph. To. Schalleriana. Linnc.—Vc Schalleriana. Steph. Catal. ii. 187. No. 7082.
Anterior wings hoary-white, sometimes pale fuscescent, with an obtuse

trigonal rusty, or reddish, spot, on the middle of the costa, and a few black

elevated scales on the disc, especially towards the base : posterior wings

pale brownish.

Much more abundant than the foregoing insect, frequenting the
same localities at Darenth, Birch, and Coombc woods; also in
gardens close to the metropolis itself at the end of August and in
September. *« Gibside.''— - G. Wailes, Esq. " Loch."— i?er.
W. Little.

160 • HAUSTEI.LATA. LEl'TDOPTRRA.

Sp. 40. rufana. Alls anticis rufo-ferrugineis macula triangulnri atra medio

marginis tenuioris. (Exp. Alar. 8 lin.)
Py. rufana. Fabricius.—Ve. rufana. Steph. Catal. ii. 187. No. 7083.
Anterior wings plain rusty-red, with a dark triangular spot in the middle of

the costa, and frequently some scattered elevated black scales towards the

base within : posterior wings pale fuscous.
Some specimens are reddish, with the costal spot on the anterior wings of a

darker red.

Not very rare in the woods in the vicinity of London, and occa-
sionally in gardens; found also in Yorkshire in September.

Sp. 41. costimaculana. Alis anticis pallide ochraceo-rujis obsolctissirne rufo-
irroratis, macula subovatd ruj'a costali, liturd atra, longitudinali adnata.
(Exp. Alar. 9 lin.)

Pe. costimaculana. Steph. Catal. ii. 187. A'o. 7084.

Anterior wings pale ochreous-red, very obscurely irrorated with dull red
atoms, forming occasionally a somewhat reticulated appearance; in the
middle of the costa is a large subovate red spot, palish in the middle, and
bordered on the disc with a short longitudinal dusky line; hinder margin
immaculate : posterior wings whitish-ash.

A very rare species, of which a few specimens only have come
under my examination : taken near Dover in August.

Sp. 42. asperana. Alis anticis dimidiato-alhis aut ochraceis, posticc nigris,
posticis fuscescentihus. (Exp. Alar. 7 — 8 lin.)

Py. asperana. Fabricius. — Pe. asperana. Steph. Catal. ii. 187. No. 7086.

Anterior wings with the basal half obliquely pure snowy-white, dirty-white,
or ochreous, the posterior black or fuscous ; at the base and connected with
the inner margin is an elevated tuft of scales, and others towards the middle
and apex of the wing coloured the same as the respective grounds upon
which they are placed ; cilia reddish : posterior wings brownish.

Far from an uncommon species in woods and gardens throughout
the metropolitan district in the months of July and August. " Gib-
side."" — G. Wailes, Esq.

Sp. 43. variegana. Alis anticis dimidiato-c'i nereis postice fusco rufoque variis,
fasciculo basalt fusco sq^uamorum elevatorum, posticis cinereo-Juscis. (Exp.
Alar. 7— 8i lin.)

Py. variegana. Fabricius. — Pe. variegana. Steph. Catal. ii. 187. No. 7087.

Anterior wings ashy or whitish at the" base, and thickly clouded with darker
spots, varied posteriorly with dull red and fuscous, and some darker clouds
disposed in liascise ; towards the base, near the inner margin, is a large tuft

TORTRICID.E. ACT.ERIS. l(jl

of fuscous or black elevated scales, and the dark fascia on the disc are also
adorned with the same : posterior wings ashy-brown.
Excessively variable ; the base of the anterior wings is sometimes brownish,
at others reddish, or ochraceous, or deep brown, rarely glossy black, with
a tint of umber ; the usual markings are, however, apparent, and in the black
variety there are three distinct, elevated, darker curved fasciae; cilia dull
red : posterior wings brownish, or dusky-black.

Extremely abundant in hedges, woods, and gardens, within the
metropolitan district ; found also in oilier parts of the country.
« Lochr—Rev. W. Little.

Sp. 44. borana. Alis anticis ochruceis, macula magna costali biloba, alteraquc
scabra basi marginis ienuioris nigris. (Exp. Alar. 7 — 8 lin.)

Py. borana. Fabricius. — Pe. borana. Steph. Catal. ii. 187. No. 7088.

Anterior wings ochreous, with a more or less intensely black tuft of elevated
scales, towards the base, adjoining the inner margin, and on the costa
behind the middle, extending nearly to the apex, a large dusky black spot,
irregularly bilobed towards the disc, and reaching i'ainter considerably
down the hinder margin to the anal angle, where it vanishes : posterior
pale brown.

The central spot is less intense in colour in some specimens than others, and
the base of the anterior wings is sometimes paler.

Rather scarce ; found in the metropolitan woods in August, and
also in the New Forest, &c.

fSp. 45. Logiana. Alis aniicis canis, atomis minutissimis nigris sparsis, posticis

albido-cin^reis. (Exp. Alar. 8 lin.)
Ph. To. Logiana. H'ubner.—Pe. Logiana. Steph. Catal. ii. 187. No. 7085.
Anterior wings hoary-white, with very minute scattered black dots, and a

faint ashy patch on the middle of the costa ; posterior whitish-ash.

The only specimens I have seen of this insect were captured in
September 1823 at Greenhithe ; they are now in Mr. Bentley's col-
lection.

Genus CCC. — Acleris, Huhner.

Palpi short, parallel, clavate, thickly clothed with short scales, the terminal
joint exposed, slender, acute : maxilla; short. Antennw slender, rather short,
pubescent within in the males : head small, with a fine tuft on the forehead :
thorax globose : wings entire, retuse : anterior rounded at the base, and
faintly ciliated, the hinder margin faintly emarginate towards the apex,
which last is a little produced, the surface with a few scattered elevated

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162 HAUSTELLATA. LEPIDOPTERA.

scales, and generally ferruginous or whitish, with dark costal marks;

posterior ample, the hinder margin waved and acute: Z»oJ«/ rather short,

slender, with a tuft at the apex in the males.

Like the foregoing genus, the anterior wings in this have the base
rounded and dilated, and the costa sHghtly ciliated, but they are
nearly destitute of any raised tufts of scales, a few scattered ones
only being present : in colour they are of pale rusty tints, whitish or
ashy, with distinct spots or blotches on the costa : the palpi are very
similar externally to those of the last section of Peronea, but the
smoothness of the anterior wings, and their less dilated base, exclu-
sively of their colouring, sufficiently remove them : most of the species
are extremely variable, and I am not certain but that I have confused
some distinct ones amongst the numerous suites of varieties that are
in ray cabinet. They form the genus Paramesia of my Catalogue.

A. Anterior wings ferruginous, the costa very slightly emarginate: —
AcLERis, Hilbner.

Sp. 1. subtripunctulana. Alls anticis pallide ferrugineis reticulatis maculin

iribus subconfluentibus medio marginis crassioris, posticis pallidix. (Exp. Alar.

5— 6§ lin.)
Pa. subtripunctulana. Steph. Catal. ii. J 87. No. 7089.
Anterior wings pale ferruginous, reticulated with a darker shade ; the costa

with a central blotch in the middle, composed of three dark rusty spots

united by a paler streak : posterior wings pale fuscous.
The base of the anterior wings is sometimes dark ferruginous.

Taken, but rarely, near London in August : found more
abundantly in the New Forest, and in Devonshire.

Sp. 2. gnomana. Alis anticis ferrugineis plus minus reticulatis punctuUs tribus
obsoletissimis, quasi impressis, in triangulo medio costoe. (Exp. Alar.
6i— 8i lin.)

Ph. To. gnomana. Linn^. — Pa. gnomana. Steph. Catal. ii. 187. No. 7090.

Anterior wings ferruginous, more or less distinctly reticulated with a darker
shade, with three very obscure, dusky, or blackish spots on the middle of
the costa, placed in a triangle, and in some examples scarcely visible, but in
others very distinct, and occasionally united by a dark line, so as to form a
curve, more or less solid, which causes the insect to appear very variable :
posterior wings whitish, or brownish : — amongst the varieties, the Lep.
aspersana of Curtis, fo. 440, appears to have a place.

A very common insect in woods and on heaths, in hedges, gardens.

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&c. within the metropolitan district ; taken also near Dover, in De-
vonshire, Norfolk, &c. from July to September.

Sp. 3. tripunctulana. Alis anticis ferrtigincis jmnctis trilnis valijixfuscis, in

triangulo medio marginis crassioris ; posticis alhicantibus. (Exp. Alar.

7—8 lin.)
To. tripunctulana. Haworth. — Pa. tripunctulana. Steph. Catal. ii. 187.

No. 7092.
Anterior wings ferruginous, with three strong fuscous spots on the costa,

placed in the middle of the margin, sometimes united by a fine streak, or

entirely confluent : posterior wings whitish; sometimes brownish.
Variable in colour ; some examples being pale reddish, others somewhat

hoary, but in all the spots on the costa are rather of a deep colour.

Less abundant than the last, but far from rare, from July to
September, within the metropolitan district; found also in the New
Forest.

Sp. 4. bifidana. Alis anticis ferrugineis, fascia obliqux media fusca ad cosiam

bifid,}, posticis alhicantibus. (Exp. Alar. 8 lin.)
To. bifidana. Haworth. — Pa. bifidana. Steph. Catal.n. 187. No. 7091.
Anterior wings ferruginous, with an oblique brown streak before the middle,

then a slightly waved complete fascia, extending towards the anal angle

and broadly bifid on the costa : posterior wings whitish or pale brownish.

Not uncommon within the metropolitan district, at the same time
and in the same localities — Darenth, Coombe, &c. — as the last.

B. Anterior wings white or cream-colour, the costa waved and roughly

ciliated: — Aphakia, Hiibuer.

Sp. 5. cerusana. Alis anticis niveis, atoviis paucis sparsis cinereis, sape elevatis,
punctisque tribus costalibus nigris in triangulo. (Exp. Alar. 6 — 7§ lin.)

To. cerusana. Hiibner? — Pa. cerusana. Steph. Catal. ii. 187. N'o. 7093.

Anterior wings snow-white, with a few scattered ash-coloured atoms, some of
them occasionally elevated ; in the middle of the costa are three rather large
black spots placed triangularly ; cilia white : posterior wings brownish.

The anterior wings are sometimes ochreous, and the spots on the costa occa-
sionally browftish : this variety is supposed to be distinct.
Found occasionally at Darenth wood, and near Dover, in July ;

also in the New Forest.

C. Anterior wings greenish, the costa deeply waved and roughly ciliated : —

Teleia, Htibner.

Sp. 6. scabrana. Alis anticis scabris cinereo-virescentihus subirroratis, punciis
tribus saturutioribus, in triangulo marginis crassioris. (Exp. Alar. 75--
8^ lin.)

I. 2

1C4 HACSTELLATA. — LEPIDOPTERA.

Py. scabrana. Fahricius. — Le. scabraiia. Sieph. Catal. ii. 188. No. 7099.
Anterior wings rough, of a greenish-ash colour, with very minute scarcely

darker scattered atoms, and three rather distinct brownish spots on the

middle of the costa, placed in a triangle, the inner (or dorsal) one the

darkest : posterior wings brownish.
In some examples the three costal spots are very obscure; in others very

distinct and clear.

Rather scarce : taken at Darenth and Birch woods, and occasionally
at Coombe, as well as in the New Forest, in July and August.

Genus CCCI. — Leftogramma, Curtis.

Palpi porrected horizontally, nearly parallel, clavate, thickly clothed with
short scales, with the apical joint exposed and obtuse : maxillas rather long,
vnih. a minute palpus at the base. Antenna rather short, stoutest and
pubescent within in the males : head small, with a tuft of scales between
the antennae : eyes globose : thorax the same, with a faint angulated crest
behind : wings entire ; anterior oblong-trigonate, with numerous elevated
tufts of scales on the disc, slightly disposed in lines ; the costa rounded at
the base, and clothed with long rough scales, which form an angular pro-
jection near the middle; hinder margin faintly emarginate, forming a
slightly acute anterior angle, the hinder angle rounded ; posterior wings
ample, the hinder margin waved and slightly acute : body short and slender,
depressed, and with a tuft at the apex in the males.

The insects of this pretty genus — which is synonymous with
Oxigrapha of Hiibner — are remarkable for their lively bright green
anterior wings having their surface sprinkled with large tufts of
elevated scales, disposed somewhat in fasciae; the costa is considerably
waved, and is very strongly ciliated with rough scales at the base,
terminating abruptly, and forming a slight angle, near the middle :
the species are rather large, extremely prone to vary, and appear in
the autumn.

Sp. 1 . literana. Alis anticis perviridibus, scabris, characteribus atris, posticis

fuscescentibus. (Exp. Alar. 8J — 9§ lin.)
Ph. To. literana. Linne. — Donovan, x. pi. 355. /. 2. — Le. literana. Steph.

Catal. ii. 187. No. 7094.
Anterior wings rough, with elevated scales, of a fine bright pale grassy-green,

the costa anteriorly, and the disc, with various very short deep black lines

and streaks, and the extreme hinder margin with a row of minute black

dots : posterior wings brownish.
Extremely variable : some examples have a large deep black patch of elevated

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scales at the base of the anterior wings, or on the inner margin ; others have
the black characters more or less confluent, and amongst my series I have a
specimen with only a single short black longitudinal streak about the middle
of the disc, towards the costa.

Not common ; found in various parts of the country from July to
October ; I have taken it at Darenth wood in the former month, and
have received specimens from the New Forest, where they appear to
be common, during the other periods.

Sp. 2. squamana. Alis anticis scabris, cinereo-virndibus, costa minuCiTn fuico
punctulata irroratave, post ids fuscis. (Exp. Alar. 8 — 9^ lin.)

Py. squamana. Fabricius. — Ph. To. squamana. — Donovan, v. pi. 157. f. 7. —
Le. squamana. Sieph. Catal. ii. 187. No. 7095.

Anterior wings rough, of a bright ashy-green, thickly irrorated with extremely
minute darker dots, the costa obscurely punctulated with the same : posterior
wings fuscous.

The colour of the anterior wings varies considerably ; sometimes being of a
pale lightish green, at others of a very dark hue : some examples are very
faintly marked, and others have more or less distinct short black streaks.

Also found in various parts of the country : I have taken it at
Bere wood, near Dover, in August, and obtained numerous specimens
from the New Forest : it also occurs in Devonshire, and at Darenth,
Birch, and Coombe woods. " Raehills, rare." — Rev. W. Little.

Sp. 3. irrorana. Alis anticis scabris perviridibus, nigra crebre et concinne

irroratis, posticis fuscescentibus. (Exp. Alar. 9 — 9^ lin.)
To. irrorana. Kubner.—he. irrorana. Steph. Catal ii. 188. No. 7097.—

Curtis, ix. pi. 440.
Anterior wings roughish, of a light green, thickly and prettily irrorated

throughout with deep raised black spots, the extreme hinder margin with

a distinct row of the same: posterior wings brownish.

This appears to be the rarest species of the genus ; it has
occurred in August at Birch wood, and also in the New Forest, in
Devonshire and in Dorsetshire.

Sp. 4. tricolorana. Alis anticis scabris, cinereo-viridibus, lineolis atomisque
atris, striaquefurcatd rufa, posticis fuscescentibus. (Exp. Alar. 9 — 92 ""•)

To. tricolorana. Haworth.—Le. tricolorana. Steph. Catal. ii. 188. No. 7096.

Anterior wings rough, of a light ashy-green, sprinkled throughout with
-minute black dots; the costa anteriorly with waved transverse black lines,
and posteriorly with numerous black dots ; the disc also with strong dark
clouds and black characters; at the base arises a red streak, which reaches

166 HAUSTELLATA.— LEPIDOPTERA.

to the hinder margin, and branches off obliquely near the base to the

middle of the costa : posterior wings brownish.
Variable in tint, some specimens being of a very bright grassy green, others

very dingy ; some much spotted and clouded, others less so ; some with

white freckles.

Rare : taken at Darenth wood in August and September ; also in
the New Forest, and in Devonshire, and in other parts of the west
of England.

Sp. 5. fulvomixtana. ^4//* aniicis scabris, perviridibtts nebuUs saturatioribus
nigro Jiduoque irr egulariter mixtis, posticis fuscescentibuS' (Exp. Alar.
8—9 lin.)

Le. fulvomixtana. Steph. Catal. ii. 188. No. 7098.

Anterior wings rough, of a light green, the disc with darker clouds, irregularly
mixed with fulvous and black ones ; in general there is a conspicuous black
spot at the base of the inner margin, and another on the costa towards the
apex, with smaller ones on the disc, more or less distinctly mixed up with
fulvous clouds or spots : posterior wings brownish.

Some examples are destitute of the black clouds, and are only adorned with
pale fulvescent spots on a green ground.
Apparently not uncommon, in the New Forest, in August and

September, whence I have received numerous fine specimens : it has

likewise occurred at Darenth and Birch woods.

Genus CCCII. — Tekas, Treitschke.

Palpi rather long, parallel, densely clothed with short scales below and long
ones above, reaching to the base of the terminal joint, which is exposed,
elongate-conic : maxillce rather short. Anteniice slender, rather stoutest in
the males and pubescent within: head with a smooth bundle of scales
between the antennae : eyes small : thorax subovate, faintly crested behind :
7^'«w^j-.5 slightly deflexed; anterior falcate, long, the costa deeply excised a
little beyond the middle, the base rounded ; posterior acute at the anterior
angle : cilia moderate : body moderate, rather stout and depressed in both
sexes, with a small tuft at the apex.

I applied the name Glyphisia to this genus, in my Catalogue, in
allusion to the deep excavations on the costa of the anterior wings, a
character which at once distinguishes it from all the other Tortricidae;
but as the genus is synonymous with the first section of Teras of
Treitschke (Rhacodia of liiibner), I have adopted his name,
although his genus, in the main, is nearly the same with Peronca.
Treitschke and other continental writers conceive there arc only two

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TORTRICIDvE. — TEEAS. 167

species, one having the inner margin of the anterior wings fulvous,
the other concolorous ; but it is evident that these characters will not
hold good, as both varieties occur in each of the species. I may here
take occasion to remark that the continental Lepidopterists appear to
take comparatively little cognizance of the smaller species, as in
Treitschke's work, which professes to describe all the European
Lepidoptera, there are only 185 species of Tortricidae, nearly one-
third of which are not yet recognised as British, and that in Britain
alone there are decidedly upwards of 300 species discovered ; so that
this country possesses more species, not described by him, than he
allowed to all Europe !

Sp. 1. emargana. Plate SS.f. 1. — Alls antlcis pallide testaceis brunneo reticu-

latis, postice fascia latissimafusco-brunnea. (Exp. Alar. 9 — 10 lin.)
Py. emargana. Fabricius. — Gl. emargana. Steph. Catal. ii. 188. No. 7100.

Anterior wings from the base to the middle and the hinder margin pale testa-
ceous, reticulated with brown ; with a deep brown or ustulated fascia
extending from a little before the middle to the hinder margin, where it
vanishes; the inner margin is slightly reddish: the costal notch arises
beyond the commencement of the fascia, and extends nearly to the apex,
being a little sinuated within and very deeply excavated : posterior wings
pale brownish, with darker nervures, and faintly reticulated with fuscous
towards the apex.

As before alluded to, this is supposed on the continent to be a mere variety of
Te. effractana, but its form and characters will scarcely admit of such a
supposition being correct.
Taken, but rarely, within the metropolitan district in the autumn;

found also near Dover in Bere wood, and also in the New Forest,

Devonshire, &c. " Gibside.''— G. Wailes, Esq. " Raehills."—

Rev. W. Little.

Sp. 2. excavana. Alts anticis praeferrugineis lineolis transversis obsoletis fus-
cescentibus, fasciuque media j'usca, posticis cinereo-fuscis. (Exp. Alar. 9^ —
10 lin.)

To. excavana. Haworth — Gl. excavana. Steph. Catal. ii. 183. No. 7101. —
Ph. To. emargana. Donovan, iii. pi. 106. f. 5.

Anterior wings deep ferruginous, with two obscure transverse fuscous streaks
towards the base, and a fascia of the same, very much waved, and abbre-
viated towards the inner margin, behind the middle, extending on the costa
towards the apex, which is very faintly reticulated with fuscous : costal
notch not very deep: posterior wings whitish-ash, or brownish.

Also supposed to be a variety of the following species on the continent, but I
think improperly.

168 HAUSTELLATA. — LEPIPOPTERA.

Found at Birch, Darenth, and Coombe woods from July to
September, but not very abundant ; also taken in the New Forest,
&c. " Raeliills, not common.'''' — Rev. W. Little.

Sp. 3. efFractana. Alls nnticis griseo-fuscis, punctis albis elevatis spar sis, fascia
obliqud obsoletissimafuscescente. (Exp. Alar. 9 — 10 lin.)

To. effractana. Hilbner.—Gl. efFractana. Steph. Catal. ii. 188. No. 7102. —
Ph. To. emargana. Donovan, lu. pi, 91. f. 1.

Anterior wings griseous-brown, with a very obscure oblique greatly sinuated
fascia rather before the middle ; the disc obscurely reticulated, and having
minute elevated white scales scattered irregularly : posterior wings fuscous.

Variable : in some examples the inner margin of the anterior wings is fulvous,
in others concolorous, or with a distinct brown streak.
Not uncommon in woods within the metropolitan district during

the autumn, and also abundant in other parts of the country, as in

the New Forest, &c. " Raehills." — Rev. W. Little.

Sp. 4. caudana. Alls anficis griseis, obsoletissime reticulatis, casta paulo emar-
ginatd, posticis cincreo-fuscis. (Exp. Alar. 8 — 9i lin.)

Py. caudana. Fabricius. — Gl. caudana. S/eph. Catal. ii. 188. No. 7103.

Anterior whigs griseous, very obsoletely reticulated with a darker shade, with
a very faint trace of a waved dusky fascia rather before the middle, a little
beyond the margin of which, on the costa, a shallow excavation commences,
which is carried on nearly to the apex : posterior wings dark ashy-brown.

Var. /3. Gl. ochracea. Steph. Catal. ii. 188. No. 7104. — Anterior wings entirely
of a pale ochreous colour.

Less abundant than the foregoing within the metropolitan district,
but more frequent in Yorkshire and the north of England, during the
autumn.

Genus CCCIII. — Dictyoptekvx* mihi.

Palpi short, stout, ascending, subclavate, densely clothed with long scales,
terminating in an abrupt cone, with the apical joint exposed in the middle of
its base : rnaxillw rather short. Antenna; long and slender, faintly pubescent
within in the males : head small, with a slight crest above : eyes moderate,
subglobose : thorax rather slender, not crested : wings slightly deflexed
during repose ; anterior acute or subtruncate, of pale yellowish or red hues,
reticulated throughout with a darker shade, sometimes confluent in fascia ;
posterior wings also acute : body short, slender, with a slight tuft at the
apex, rather stoutest in the females.

* ^iKTvov rctCj TTTipv^ ala.

TORTIIICID.E. — DICTYOPTERYX. 1C9

The pretty insects which I have associated together in this genus
may be known by the pale colours — generally yellowish — of their
anterior wings, which are very beautifully reticulated with a darker
shade (whence the name) ; the hinder margin is generally very acute,
being rather deeply emarginate, so as to give a falcate apex ; the
surface is nearly smooth, having but few raised scales, and the costa
is not ciliated, as in some of the foregoing genera : the species are
extremely variable.

A. Anterior wings with the hinder margin subfalcate, acute: — Amelia,

Huhner f

Sp. 1. contaminana. Alis anticis straminds ruj'o pulcherrimi reticulatis, costd
basi fascidque media sinuosd bifida ustulatis, ciliis albis. (Exp. Alar. 7 —
8§ lin.)

To. contaminana. Hiibner. — Di. contaminana. Steph. Catal. ii. 189. No. 7105.
Harris Exp.pl. xxviii.J". 2, 3.

Anterior wings pale straw-colour, or yellowish, prettily reticulated with
reddish-brown, with a distuict streak at the base and a broad waved fascia
behind the middle darker brown, the latter suddenly bifid towards the costa,
forming a Roman Y : the extreme hinder margin is reddish-brown, and the
cilia white : posterior wings whitish.

The base of the whigs is sometimes straw-colour from its origin ; at others it
is broadly brownish ; and the ground colour varies slightly, being occa-
sionally ferruginous or reddish.

Very abundant from July to September in woods and copses within
the metropohtan district ; likewise taken in East Kent, Norfolk,
Suffolk, the west of England, &c. " Gibside."" — G. Wailes, Esq.

Sp. 2. ciliana. Alis anticis ferrugineis fusco rufove reticulatis, fascia media
ubliqua costali saturatiore. (Exp. Alar. 7 — 9 lin.)

To. ciliana. Hiibner. — Di. ciliana. Steph. Catal. ii. 187. No. 7106.— Ph. To.
obscurana. Donovan, xii. pi. 374. f. 2.

Anterior wings ferruginous, faintly reticulated with fuscous or red, with an
obscure oblique short waved dusky fascia in the middle of the costa, rather
darkest towards the disc ; the extreme hinder margin is also dusky ; cilia
white, with the hinder portion dusky : posterior wings whitish or very pale
brownish; cilia whitish.

Rather variable : in some examples the wings are more deeply reticulated than
others, and the ground colour varies considerably in tint, being occasionally
of a lighter or darker testaceous or straw colour; and there is sometimes an
oblique dusky fascia towards the base.

Common during the end of summer and the beginning of the

lyO HAUSTELLATA. — LEPIDOPTERA.

autumn in woods and hedges within the metropohtan district ; also
found in Devonshire, the New Forest, &c.

Sp. 3, rhombana. AUs anticis fernigineis subreticulatis, fascia completd sinuosd
media nigricante. (Exp. Alar. 7 — 9 lin.)

To. rhombana. H'ubner. — Di. rhombana. Steph. Catal. n.\%9. No. 7 \01.

Anterior wings dark ferruginous, obsoletely reticulated with fuscous, with an
obscure streak before the middle, and a very much waved continuous fascia
in the middle, both dusky-brown ; between this and the hinder margin is a
similarly coloured spot on the costa ; cilia whitish, with the hinder portion
dusky : posterior wings whitish or pale brownish : cilia whitish.

Variable in size and considerably in colour ; the central fascia is sometimes
interrupted, or totally wanting, from the dark hue of the wings, which have
occasionally only the extreme costa ferruginous, the rest of the surface being
deep rusty-brown.

Less abundant than the last, but common within the metropolitan
district throughout the months of August and September ; found also
in the New Forest and in other parts of the country.

B. Anterior wings with the hinder margin truncate, obtuse : — Aleimma,

Hiihner.

Sp. 4. plumbana. Alis anticis stramineis 7naculis duabus mediis Jasciwformibus
subconjiuentibus sub-brunneis. (Exp. Alar. 8 — 9|lin.)

To. plumbana. H'ubner. — Di. plumbana. Steph. Catul. ii. 189. No. 7108.

Anterior wings pale straw-colour, faintly reticulated, the disc with two irre-
gular brownish fasciseform subconfluent blotches, slightly branched towards
the costa ; towards the apex is a fine dusky line, and on the extreme hinder
margin another ; cilia pale straw-colour : posterior wings also pale straw-
coloured.

Slightly variable as to the confluence of the clouds on the anterior wings.

Common in woods and hedges throughout the metropohtan district,
about August and September : frequent also in other parts of the
country.

Sp. 5. Loeflingiana. Alis anticis pallide stramineis, nebulis creberrimis minu'
tissimis disci, literuque % duplici medio costoe rufc scent ibus. (Exp. Alar. 8 lin.)

Ph. To. Loeflingiana. Linne. — Donovan, iii. pi. 90. — Di. Loeflingiana. Steph.
Catal. ii. 189. No. 7109.

Anterior wings pale straw-colour, with very minute reddish-brown clouds,
forming a delicate reticulation, with two confluent spots towards the costa,
resembling a Greek x ', hinder margin with a pale reddish-brown line : cilia
straw-coloured.

TOIITRICID.E. — CAPUA. 17^

Rather variable in tint, and slightly so as to the confluence of the reddish spots
on the anterior wings.

Also abundant in various parts of the country, especially within the
metropolitan district in August and September.

Sp. 6. Forskaleana. Alis anticis retusis, testaceo-Jlavis rufo perlepide reticulatis,
fascia magna abbreviaid obliqud marginis tenuioris. (Exp. Alar. 5§ — 6^ lin.)

Ph. To. Forskaleana. Linne.—Di. Forskaleana. Sieph. Catal. ii. 189. A'o. 7110.

Anterior wings retuse, pale testaceous-yellow, very prettily reticulated with
reddish, with a disthict slender oblique fascia in the middle of the costa,
expanding into a broad blotch on the inner margin ; hinder margin with a
slender dusky line ; cilia pale fulvous, with a dusky cloud on the anal angle :
posterior wings fulvous, palest at the base.

Variable : occasionally the anterior wings are destitute of the large blotch on
the inner margin, and have in the place thereof one or two minute black dots,
or are totally immacidate.

Likewise common within the metropolitan district in June and
July ; frequent also in the New Forest and in Devonshire.

Genus CCCIV. — Capua* mihi.

ralpi short, divaricating, slender, somewhat depending, densely clothed with
short scales above, and rather long ones below ; the terminal joint distinct
and much exposed, elongate-acute : maxillae short. Antenna short, espe-
cially in the males, and so deeply pubescent as to appear slightly pectinated,
simple in the females : head small, with a very short tuft between the
antenna; : eyes very large, globose : thorax short, not crested : wings obscure,
anterior triangular, obliquely truncate at the apex, the costa straight,
reflected and thickened in the males ; the surface not fasciated, but obscurely
tesselated ; posterior wings ample, rounded on the hinder margin, acute at
the apex ; body rather long and slender, with the apex acute in the females,
and with a small tuft.

The only species of this genus with which I am acquainted bears
considerable resemblance, at first sight, to Die. plumbana ; but
from that insect it not only differs gcnerically, but also in habit : —
the anterior wings are very short, broad, and destitute of fascia? or
blotches, being very faintly reticulated or tessellated ; their hinder
margin is truncate and entire ; the costa in the males is reflected and
thickened at the base.

• Capua, nomcn urbis.

172 HAUSTELLATA. — LEPIDOPTERA.

Sp. 1. ochraceana. Alis anticis ochraceo-pallidis cinereo-Jusco obsolete reiiculatis,
posticis ochraceo-fuscis. (Exp. Alar. 6 — 8 lin.)

N. G. ochraceana. Steph. Catal. ii. 189. No. 7111.

Anterior wings pale ochry-yellow or ashy^ with very obscure dark or dusky-
ash reticulations, the meshes of which are occasionally so filled up as to
produce a tessellated appearance: cilia dull ochreous-yellow : posterior
wings ochreous-brown, with the base paler.

The anterior wings vary considerably in the intensity of their tint.

The only examples I have seen of this conspicuous, though plain
and simply-coloured, insect, were taken, I believe, in the New
Forest, near Lyndhurst, by Messrs. Chant and Bently, to whom I
am indebted for my series, several years ago, in June.

Genus CCCV. — Cheimatophila* mihi.

Palpi short, slender, slightly divaricating, porrected horizontally, densely
clothed with short compact scales, tumid above, and attenuated to the apex,
the terminal joint being scarcely visible : jnaxilla short. Antennas rather
long, very slender, especially in the females ; a little stouter and slightly
pubescent within in the males : head small, with a rounded tuft between the
antennae: eyes small: thorax subglobose, not crested behind: wings verj
glossy, smooth, anterior elongate-subtriangular, with the base faintly
rounded, the costa straight, the hinder margin slightly emarginate and
acute at the apex, the hinder angle rounded, disc with undefined markings :
cilia rather ample: posterior wings short and broad ovate-triangular,
faintly waved behind, the apex a little acute, cilia very long.

The narrow glossy wings of this genus — which appears synonymous
with Sparganothris of Hiibner — combined with their smoothness, and
their prettily marbled surface, which is of a chestnut hue of different
tints, adorned with white clouds disposed in slanting bands, exclusively
of other characters, indicate its distinction from its allies : the only
known species is found in the autumn, and occasionally throughout
the winter.

Sp. 1. castaneana. Plate 36. /. 3. — Alis anticis fusco-castaneis nitidis, albo
irregulariier marmoratis, posticis ulbis aut pallidefuscesceniibus. (Exp. Alar.
7—9 lin.)

To. castaneana. Hatvorth.—Ch. castaneana. Steph. Catal, ii. 189. No. 7112.

• Xfjjitag hyemSj ^iXog amicus.

TORTRICIDE. ARGYROTOZA. l^S

Anterior wings of a deep brownish or reddish chestnut, and very glossy,
irregularly and very prettily marbled with whitish or white, sometimes with
a few blackish irrorations, or entirely immaculate ; in general the white
clouds are disposed in two oblique fasciae : posterior wings whitish, or very
pale brownish.

Extremely variable both in colour and in the disposition of the whitish markings
on the anterior wings ; some specimens being almost entirely of a deep im-
maculate chestnut, others red-chestnut, and occasionally almost white, with
a few chestnut spots and dots.

Extremely abundant in the New Forest, during the autumn, and
found also in Sussex, near Ashdown Forest, during the winter:
rare near London. " Lord Rosebery's Park, Dalmcny."" — Rev.
W. Little.

Genus CCCVI. — Augyrotoza* mihi.

Palpi very short, divaricating and depending, clavatc, densely clothed with
elongate scales, which terminate abruptly, and leave the terminal joint,
which is small, exposed : maxillce short. Antennw short and very slender,
simple in both sexes, but very faintly pubescent in the males : head small,
with a dense tuft between the antennae : eyes moderate, globose : thorax
stout in proportion, not crested : wings without elevated scales, anterior
elongate-triangular, truncate at the apex, the disc yellow, fulvous, or
reddish, with more or less distinct streaks, composed of minute silvery dots:
posterior wings ample, rounded at the apex : body short and slender, with
a small tuft at the apex in the males, rather stouter in the females, and
obtuse.

The species which I have included in this genus may be readily
known by their anterior wings being more or less adorned with
curved silvery lines upon an orange or yellowish ground, united at
the same time to their shortness, truncate hinder margin and straight
costa : all the species are very small.

A. Anterior ivings broad, retuse, fulvous or dusky, with distinct silvery
streaks: — Croesia, /). Hitbner.

Sp. 1. Bergmanniana. Alis anticis Jlavis fulvo nubilosis argcnteo pujictato-
strigatis, capite thoraceque sulphureis. (Exp. Alar. 6 — 65 lin.)

Ph. To. Bergmanniana. Linni. — Donovan, v. pi. 157./. 1 — 6. — Ar. Bergman-
niana. Steph. Catal. ii. 189. No. 7113.

" Apywporo?oc argenteo arcu decorus.

174; HAUSTELLATA. — LEl'IDOPTKlCA.

Anterior wings yellow, clouded with fulvous, and obscurely reticulated with
the same ; with four slightly curved nearly equidistant streaks of silvery
dots, the first abbreviated and near the base, the second before the middle,
the next rather behind, extending obliquely to the anal angle, and the fourth
on the hinder margin itself; cilia pale yellow : posterior fuscous, with dirty
yellow cilia : head and thorax sulphur-yellow.

Extremely abundant in hedges and gardens, by the sides of woods,
Sic. throughout the metropohtan district, and in most parts of Eng-
land, at the end of July and the beginning of August. " Lord
Rosebery's Park, Dalmeny."— i?eu. IF. Little. " Norwich."—
Rev. W. Whitear,

Sp. 2. HofFmanseggiana. Alis anticis fulvo-hrunneis, strigis quinque interruptis
argenteis, Uneolcique Jlava marginis teruiiorh. (Exp. Alar. 5 — 6 lin.)

To. HofFmanseggiana. Huhner. — Ar. Hoffmanseggiana. Steph. CaiaLW, 190.
No. 7116.

Anterior wings fulvous-brown, with obscure ferruginous streaks, and five
distinct interrupted rows of silvery dots, the second terminating on the
iimer margin in a slender yellow line ; the hinder margin is darker than the
base, and terminates in a row of minute yellowish dots ; cilia golden-
yellow : posterior whigs black, with dusky yellow cilia.

Apparently a very rare species, of which I have seen but few spe-
cimens only, most of which were captured at Darenth wood in June;
others have been taken in the New Forest and near Dover ; I believe
also in Devonshire.

B. Anterior wings rather narrow, and acute at the apex, with irregular silvery
streaks: — Commophila, Hilbrier.

Sp. 3. Conwayana. Alis anticis fulvis argenteo obsolete punctato-sirigatis,
medio maculis duabus transversis Jlavis, posticis nigris. (Exp. Alar. 5 —
6 lin.)

Py. Conwayana. Fahricius. — Ar. Conwayana. Steph. Catal. ii. 190. No. 7114.

Anterior wings fulvous, slightly clouded with brown, obsoletely streaked with
silvery dots, disposed in about five irregular rows, the first near the base,
second before the middle, third in the middle, fourth behind and fifth nearly
on the hinder margin ; between the second and third rows of silvery dots is
a dull-yellow spot on the costa, and a bright one on the inner margin ; cilia
yellow : posterior black. The male is rather darker in colour.

Less abundant than the first : taken at Coombe, Darenth, Birch
wood, and other places within the metropolitan district, in June ;
also in the New Forest and in Devonshire

TORTRICIDi:. — ARGYROLEPIA. 175

Sp. 4. subaurantiana. AUs anticis ixtUideJlavo-aurantiis, strigis obsoletissimis

argenteis posticis J^uscis. (Exp. Alar. G lin.)
Ar. subaurantiana. Steph. Catal. ii. 190. No. 7115.

Anterior wings very pale yellowish-orange, with slightly darker clouds, and
with some very obscure streaks of silvery dots, most distinct on the costa,
and vanishing towards the inner margin ; cilia pale luteous : posterior wings
pale yellowish-brown.

This pretty insect appears to be very rare ; my specimen was
taken several years since at Darenth wood in June.

Sp. 5. Daldorfiana. Alis aniicis nitidis nigro-brunneis, postice rujb-jtdvis miro
strigatis, posticis atris. (Exp. Alar. 4 — 6 lin.)

Py. Daldorfiana. Fahricius. — Ar. Daldorfiana. Steph. Catal. ii. 190. No. 7118.
Ph. To. dimidiana. Donov. xi. j)l. 264. J'. 2.

Anterior wings glossy brown-black, very dark at the base, the apex tawny-
red, with three or four pale dots on the costa, and some faint golden streaks
near the hinder margin : posterior wings black, with pale cilia.

The posterior wings are sometimes pale, with a dark spot on the anal angle :
— probably a sexual distinction.

Not very abundant : taken occasionally at Darenth, Birch, and
Coombe woods, in June; also near llipley, and in Devonshire.
" New Forest, June 1834."— Eeu. G. T. Rudd.

Genus CCCVII. — Argyrolepia* mihi.

Palpi short, parallel, porrected horizontally, filiform, clothed with short scales,
with the terminal joint nearly concealed, its apex acute : majillw very short.
Antenna; rather long, shortish and pubescent within in the males, simple in
the females : head small, with a dense tufl on the forehead : ei/es small,
lateral ; thorax slender, subovate, not crested : wings entire ; anterior elon-
gate-triangular, the hinder margin slightly truncate or rounded, the disc
with silvery blotches or streaks on a fulvous ground, or fasciated or tessel-
lated with yellowish, with silvery streaks intermixed, costa straight, no ring
at the apex; posterior wings moderate, faintly angulated behind: bodj/
short, slender, with a very small tuft at the apex in the males.

The insects of this pretty genus have the anterior wings more or
less adorned with silvery scales, sometimes irregularly scattered
thereon, or disposed in imperfect streaks, lines, or large blotches,

" Apyvpog argentum, \nng squama.

17^ HAUSTELLATA. — LEPIDOPTERA.

upon a yellowish, red, or tawny-brown ground; the hinder margin is
entire and rounded, or subtruncate.

A. Anterior wings with the hinder margin obliquely-truncatej the disc tawny-
yellow, with large blotches of pearly-silvery scales: — Eugnosta, Hubner.

■fSp. 1. Lathoniana. Alis anticis fusco-aureis, fascia lata, maculis duabus punc-
Usque marginalibvs margaritaceis, posticis cinereis. (Exp. Alar. 8 lin ?)

To. Lathoniana. Hubner. — Ar. Lathoniana. Steph. Catal. ii. 190. No. 7119.

Anterior wings dusky-gold colour, with a broad central fascia, two spots and
some marginal dots of a pearly- white or silvery hue: posterior wings ash-
coloured.

Haworth states that he has seen a single example of this fine
insect, of which I believe a pair were taken near Tunbridge AVells
in July 1831.

Sp. 2. margaritana. Alis anticis argenteo-margaritaceis, maculis fasciisque
interruptis aurantio-aureis, posticis fuse is. (Exp. Alar. 7 lin.)

To. margaritana. Haworth. — N. G. margaritana. Steph. Catal. ii. 191.
iVo. 7141.

Anterior wings of a very glossy pearly-silver, with the base, a costal spot at
the base, and two oblique fascia, one before, the other behind, the middle,
more or less interrupted, of an orange-gold ; and a third, nearly entire, on
the hinder margin, behind a costal dot of similar hue : posterior wings dark
fuscous.

A very rare and beautiful species, of which I possess the original
pair from the late Mr. Haworth"'s collection ; I believe they were
taken in Kent.

B. Anterior wings rounded on the hinder margin, the disc with straight
transverse fasciae and interrupted streaks of silvery dots : —
CoMMOPHiLA, /). Hubner.

Sp. 3. seneana. Alis anticis Jlavissimis, Jascid media margineque postico nigris
argenteo punctaiis. (Exp. Alar. 6 lin.)

To. seneana. Hubner. — Ar. aenana. Steph. Catal. ii. 190. No. 7123.

Anterior wings bright yellow, with an orange tinge, with a broad straight
dusky-black fascia in the middle, faintly sprinkled with silvery dots, and on
the hinder margin a similar one, also spotted with silver ; the costa with a
few dusky-black spots ; cilia yellow : posterior wings black.

The ground colour of the anterior wings is sometimes of a dusky-yellow.

A very rare species, which has been taken occasionally in Epping
Forest, in June, whence my specimens were obtained.

TOKTRICID.E. ARGYKOI.KITA. 1/7

Sp. 4. bistrigana. Alis anticis J'uscis,fasciis duabus jmUidis, strigis punctisque
argenteis, posticisfuscis. (Exp. Alar. 8 lin.)

Or. bistrigana. Sfepk. Catal. ii. 162. No. 7013.

Anterior wings brown, with two pale yellowish straight fascise, one before,
the other rather behind, the middle, and numerous silvery spots, some of
which are disposed in interrupted streaks; cilia yellowish, with a brown
cloud near the anal angle: posterior wings fuscous; cilia flavescent.

Also extremely rare : I have seen three specimens only, which
were found in the vicinity of London, several years since, in the
summer, by ]\Ir. Stone.

C. Anterior wings rounded on the hinder margin ; the disc with large pale

spots placed diagonally, so as to produce a tessellated appearance : —

Phelonia, Uubner.

Sp. 5. tesserana. Alis anticis aurantiaco-fulvis, maculis quinque Jlavo-aureis
tessellafim positis, strigisque argenteis Jlexuosis, posticisfuscis' (Exp. Alar.
6—7 lin.)

To. tesserana. Wien. Verz. — Ar. tesserana. Steph. Catal. ii. 190. No. 7124.

Anterior wings of a tawny-orange, with five large approximating spots,
placed two towards the middle of the costa, two others on the inner margin,
hut not opposite, and the fifth on the hinder margin ; these spots vary in
colour, being sometimes all pale yellow, at others whitish ; occasionally the
two costal ones and that on the hinder margin are yellow, with the two
others whitish ; again other specimens have all but the two costal spots
obliterated: the colour of the wing also varies, being occasionally of a
tawny-red, or yellowish ; but in all there are some fine flexuous silvery
stripes, arising between the spots : posterior wings fuscous : head and thorax
tawny.

Taken abundantly in June on the Downs near Brighton ; also near
Dover, in Hants, &c., and occasionally near Croydon and Hertford,
but rather a scarce species.

Sp. 6. decimana. Alis anticis fulvis argenteo strigosis , fascia maeulisque quin-
que Jlavis, posticis nigris. (Exp. Alar. 7 — 8 lin.)

To. decimana. Wien. Verz. ? — Ar. decimana. Steph. Catal. ii. 190. No. 7125.

Anterior wings fulvous, with about five interrupted silvery stripes, a broad
yellow fascia at the base, two spots of similar colour on the costa, and two
opposite, and a larger transverse one on the hinder margin : posterior wings
black.
Found in June, not very uncommonly, on the Downs near Albury

in Surrey, about Newland's Corner : it has also been taken in May

at Coombe wood.

Haustei,l-\ta. Vol. IV., Sept. 30th, 1834. m

I'JH n AUSTET.I.ATA. — I,KPII)OPTP:UA.

Gexls CCCVIII. — OiiTHOT^ENiA, Ciirtis.

Palpi short, parallel, porrected horizontally, thickly clothed with slender
scales, subclavate, the terminal joint distinctly exposed and slender: maxillcE
very short. Antennae short and slender, faintly pubescent within in the
males : head small, with a loose tuft of scales on the front : eyes large, sub-
globose : thorax robust, subglobose, not crested : wings entire, anterior
elongate-triangular, broadish, the hinder margin rounded, the disc ferrugi-
nous or dark reddish-brown, with numerous pale faint silvery streaks,
most frequently decussating or anastomosing; posterior ovate-triangular,
rather acute on the hinder margin: cilia long: body short and rather stout,
especially in the females, and with a small tuft at the apex.

The insects of this genus, as here restricted, may be known by
having the anterior wings rounded on the hinder margin, with longish
ciha, the disc being of red or brown tints, the markings being broken
into spots and imperfect fasciae by numerous decussating or anasto-
mosing silvery streaks : the species are generally rare, and almost
all confined to fir groves and plantations.

A. Anterior wings bright tawny or orange, with distinct silvery-white
decussating streaks : — Rhyacionia, p. Hiibntr.

Sp. 1. Turionana. Alls anticis aurantiaco-fuhis xtrigis quatuor anastomosantibus
margineque posiico argenieis, posticis albidis. (Exp. Alar. 6 — 11 lin.)

Ph. Ti. Turionana. Linne.—Ar. Turionana. Steph. Catal. ii. 190. No. 7125.
Orth. Turionana. Curtis, v. viii. pL 364.

Anterior wings bright fulvous orange, with about four irregular transverse
anastomosing silvery streaks, and a simple one on the hinder margin, some
of them bifid on the costa, which has one or two small silvery dots ; the
extreme hinder margin is also silvery, with a very slender blackish line at
the base of the cilia, which are pale : posterior wings dusky.

Found, but not common, in June, near Birch wood, and in Norfolk,
also towards Kensington, and in Yorkshire.

Sp. 2. gemmana. Alis anticis cinnamomeo-rufis strigis duplicatis liturisque
argenteis, costd albo pnnctata. (Exp. Alar. 6 — 8 lin.)

To. gemmana. Hiibner. — Ar. gemmana. Steph. Catal. ii. 190. No. 7122.

Anterior wings of a dull cinnamon-red, with various duplicated silvery streaks,

and some obscure dashes of the same ; the costa with a icw white spots,

and cilia brownish : posterior wings fuscous.
Rather variable in colour, and always with the streaks of a more silvery hue,

and the ground colour darker than in the foregoing species, than which it is

also smaller.

TOKTlUCIU.i:. OHTHOT.ENIA. IJQ

Also rare ; taken at Birch wood, near Guiklibrd, and in the
Regent's Park in July and August.

Sp. 3. Bentleyana. Alis anticis fusco-ferrugineis, strigis quinqve geminatis
punctisque numerosis argenteis, ciliis argenteis fusco punctaits. (Exp. Alar.
10— 12lin.)

Ph. To. Bentleyana. Donovan, x. pi. 357. f. 1. — Ar. Bentleyana. S(eph.
Cafal.u. 190. No. 7120.

Anterior wings rusty-brown, or reddish, with about five geminated irregular
decussating silvery streaks, and some scattered dots of the same colour, the
latter forming a fascia on the hinder margin ; cilia silvery-white, with brown
spots: posterior wings brownish, with pale cilia.

Rather variable both in size and colour.

This beautiful species appears to be peculiar to the north of
England and Scotland, where it seems to occur in plenty : I have a
splendid series from the mountains of Cumberland, and a few from
the vicinity of Edinburgh, where they were captured in June and
beginning of July : it occurs likewise near Manchester.

B. Anterior wings of dark tints, with irregular or anastomosing silvery
streaks and dots: — Evetria, Hubner.

Sp. 4. Haworthana. Alis anticis rvfo-fuscis,fasciis duabus argenteo-Jlavis, costa
postice fusco punctata, posticisfuscis. (Exp. Alar. 7 — 8 lin.)

To. Pinetana. Haworth. — Or. Pinetana. Steph. Catal. ii. 182. No. 7014.

Anterior wings red-brown, with a broadish silvery-yellow fascia before the
middle, and a second oblique irregular one, extending from a little behind
the middle of the costa to the anal angle ; the apex of the costa also
yellowish, with four distinct red-brown dots; the disc varied with silvery-
yellow and red-brown: cilia pale, with a brown spot towards the anal
angle-
Found, but very rarely, in Norfolk, towards the end of July, by

the late Mr. Haworth, whose specimens I possess.

Sp. 5. Resinella. Alis anticis nigricantibus, sen rufo-fuscis, strigis pluribus
intricatis ad costam saepe bifidis subargenteis, posticis fuliginosis. (Exp. Alar.
7—9 lin.)

Ph. Ti. Resinella. Linne.—Qn. Resinella. Steph. Catal. ii. 181. No. 7003.

Anterior wings dusky or dull red-brown, with numerous intricate somewhat
silvery streaks, dividing the ground colour into small blotches, and many of
them bifid on the costa : cilia fuscous, with darker clouds : posterior wings
dusky, with a darker line near the base.

Extremely variable in the tint of the anterior wings.

M 2

180 HAUSTEI.I.ATA. — LEPTDOPTEKA.

Found in June against fir-trees near Birch wood, not very-
common ; but in July 1827 it was in plenty in a fir plantation on
Ockham Heath, near Ripley.

Sp. 6. comitana. Alis anticis fuscescentibus, nitidis, strigis duahus geminatis
punctisque variis subargeuteis. (Exp. Alar. 4 — 6 lin.)

To. comitana. Wien. Verz. — Ps. comitana. Steph. Catal. ii. 176. No, 6934.

Anterior wings brownish, with a reddish tinge, with a geminated silvery streak
near the base, and a second, slightly angulated before the middle, and
between this and the hinder margin numerous irregular spots, most of them
double, one of which on the anal angle forms an oval ring ; cilia silvery-
brown ; posterior wings fuscous, with paler cilia.

This species is also very subject to vary in the tint of its anterior wings.

Abundant in June amongst fir trees at Birch wood: I am not
aware of any other locality.

Genus CCCIX. — Rhyacionia, Hiibner.

Palpi short, slender, approximating in form of a beak, ascending, densely
clothed with short scales, leaving the terminal joint, which is acute, exposed :
maxiUas very short. AntennoE rather long and slender, more robust and
very pubescent in the males : head small, with a loose tuft of scales on the
front : eyes large, globose : thorax globose, not crested : wings entire ;
anterior rather elongate-triangular, with the hinder margin obliquely
truncate, disc black, with raised darker scales, and a very oblique toothed
white band, sometimes broken into spots, rather before the middle ; posterior
wings small, ovate, faintly waved on the margin : cilia short : body short,
rather slender, with a very small tuft at the apex.

In this genus the anterior wings are short, and have the costa
straight and the hinder margin obliquely truncate, thereby forming
a triangle ; the surface is black, with darker elevated scales, and a
very oblique snowy-white fascia, which is occasionally more or less
broken up, and dentate outwardly, a character possessed by no other
indigenous species.

Sp. 1. Hastiana. Alis anticis nigro-fuscis, fasciA medid antrorsiim obliquanivea,
punctis elevatis nigris. (Exp. Alar. 6 — 8 lin.)

Ph. To. Hastiana. Lime.— Or. Hastiana. Sfeph. Catal. ii. 182. No. 7022.

Anterior wings brown-black, with a broad oblique snowy-white fascia in the
middle, extending towards the anal angle, and furnished on the outer edge
with an obtuse prominence; the hinder portion of the wings with a few
raised black scales : posterior wings and cilia brown.

TORTRICID.E. KDICEC 11,1 A. 181

Extremely variable in regard to the white fascia on the anterior wings ; in
some examples it dwindles down to a slender streak, and in others it is
represented by two spots, one on the costa, the other on the inner margin,
and occasionally the spot on the iinier margin alone exists, the costal one
being obliterated, or extremely minute.

Apparently very rare: i have a line series of varieties, which were
taken in Devonshire in June 1820; one or two other specimens only
have been found. I believe Mr. Ilaworth had one from Norfolk.

Gknus CCCX. — EuPffiCiLiA* nii/ti.

Palpi very short, thick, parallel, porrected horizontally, densely enveloped in
coarse hair-like scales, not concealing the terminal joint, which is minute
and obtuse : maxillce very short. Antenna short, slender, somewhat robust
in the males and thickly pubescent within : head small, with a rough crest
between the antermae and on the crown : eyes large, globose : thorax rather
stout, not crested : wings entire ; anterior narrow, elongate-triangular, pale,
prettily marked with darker clouds, and generally with a distinct central
fascia, the hinder margin somewhat obliquely truncate, with the apex
rounded ; cilia short ; posterior subtriangular, with the apex acute, generally
pale in the males and dark in the females ; cilia rather long : body short,
slender, rounded, with a very small tuft at the apex in the males, obtuse in
the females.

The species of this genus are generally of small size, and have the
anterior wings rather narrow, with the hinder margin somewhat
obliquely truncate, without a circular mark at the anterior apex ; the
disc is smooth, usually pale, and mottled and glossy, with a dark
central fascia, sometimes interrupted or indistinct, and the hinder
margin is generally dusky.

A. Anterior wings pale, with a distinct straight central fascia : — Asthenia,

Hitbner.

Sp. 1. maculosana. Alis anticis alhis, fascia suhabbreviata maculisque fuscis.
(Exp. Alar. 5—6 lin.)

To. maculosana. Haworth. — Eu. maculosana. Steph. Caial. ii. 190. N'o. 7127.

Anterior wings white, ashy at the base, with a slightly waved fuscous fascia

before the middle, spotted with black, but scarcely touching the costa ;

behind this to the extreme apex are some irregular dusky spots on an ashy

ground ; cilia spotted with brown : posterior wings fuscous, with the base

and cilia white.
The anterior wings are sometimes ashy, with a very indistinct central fascia,

* Ey bene, ttoikiXcq varius.

182 HAUSTELLATA. LEPIDOPTERA.

and the posterior winars are dusky black : this is probably the opposite
sex.

Ven- common in hedges by the side of woods throughout the me-
tropolitan district ; frequent also in the New Forest, near Dover, &c.
in the beginning of July.

Sp. 2. angnstana. Alis cnticis ochraceis nitidis, fasci'i recta media, margineque
postico fusco-brunneis. (Exp. Alar. 3 — 6 lin.)

To. angustana. ITubner. — Eu. angustana. Steph. CataL ii. 190. No. 712S.

Anterior wings ochreous-white and very glossy, with darker clouds, with a
straight dusky-brown fascia in the middle, irregularly wared without, and
becoming narrowed on the inner margin ; the hinder margin also brown,
forming a deep fimbria : posterior wings whitish, with the hinder margin
dusky ; cilia white : the female has the posterior wings fuscous, and the
anterior wings somewhat darker than the male.

Not uncommon in July in the woods throughout the metropohtan
district ; taken also at Dover, in the woods near Whittlesea Mere,
and in the north of England, as well as in the New Forest and in
Devonshire. " Cramond." — Rev. IF. Little.

Sp. 3. nana. Alls anticis ochraceo-albis, basi, fascia medii strigaque abbreviaia
posticajuscis. (Exp. Alar. 3J — o§ lin.)

To. nana. Hau-orth. — £u. nana. Steph. Catal. ii. 191. -A'c/. 7130.

Anterior wings ochreous- white, with darker shades ; the base itself fuscous ;
costa from thence to the middle ashy, at which point arises a rather broad
browTi fascia, widest on the inner margin, and bearing about two ochreous
spots : on the apex of the costa is an abbreviated fuscous streak, widest at
its origin ; behind this the wing and cilia are nearly immaculate ochreous :
posterior wings ashy-white, with paler cUia. Female darker, with fuscous
posterior wings.

Not ver}- rare at Darenth and Birch woods in Julv, and found also
in other parts of England. " Cramond." — Rev. TF. Little.

Sp. 4- pygmaeana. Alis anticis cinereo-ochraceis, nigra valde nebulosis, posticis
atris. (Exp. Alar. 4 lin.)

To. pj'gmseana- Hauorth. — Eu. pygmaeana. Steph. Catal. u. 191. JN'o. 7129.

Anterior wings ocbreous-ash, varied and clouded with black, and sprinkled
with ash-colour, especially about the middle and towards the apex of the
costa ; cUia ashy, with a dark line at the base : posterior wings very black j
cilia fuscous.

This appears to be a scarce species; I have Haworth"s original

TORTRICIDi. ELPffiCILlA. 183

specimen, and have seen but two or three others, which have occurred
near Darenth wood in July.

Sp. 5. permixtana. Alts nnticis aurantUs nigro fasciatis, macula costali palli-
diore, alteraque fusca communi marginis tenuioris. (Exp. Alar. 4 — 6 lin.)

To. permixtana. ITubner. — Ar. permixtana. Steph. Caial. ii. 190. A'o. 7119.

Anterior wings dull orange, streaked with dusky or black, with very obscure
markings, a transverse paler spot on the costa before the middle, opposite
to which on the inner margin is a triangular dusky or black one, and behind
the middle is a griseous-black fascia ; posterior wings snowy-white, with a
dark apex in the male, black in the female ; cHia pale yellowish.

Not very uncommon, in June, in the woods of the metropolitan
district, frequenting open places and hedges ; found also in plenty
in the New Forest, Devonshire, S:c.

B. Anterior wings pale, with an indistinct central fascia, the margin clouded:
— NoTOCELiA, p. Hubner.

Sp. 6. dubitana. Alls anticis chalybeo nigroque nebulosif, Jasciis duabus Litis
ochro leuco-albis, capite palpisque niveis. (Exp. Alar. 6 — 7 lin.)

To. dubitana. ITubner.— 'E.xx. dubitana. Steph. Catcd. ii. 191. No. 7132.

Anterior wings varied with lead colour and black, with two broad fascis, one
before, the other behind, the middle marbled with white and ochreous-
yellow : on the middle of the inner margin is a dark blotch ; the hinder
margin and the cilia rather bluish-black, the latter with black dots : pos-
terior wings ashy, with a darker border and lighter cilia : head and palpi
snowy-white.

Apparently rare : it has occurred in the north of England, and in
Scotland, in July.

Sp. 7. Sodaliana. Alis anticis niveo cinereoque variis, fascia antica interrupta

nigra, aliaque postici undata fused, (Exp. Alar. 6 — 6§lin.)
To. Sodaliana. Haworth.—Eu. Sodaliana. Steph. Catal. ii. 191. iVo. 7135.

Anterior wmgs varied with snowy-white and ash-colour, with some black
spots and dots on the costa, with a black fascia, interrupted in the middle,
beyond the middle of the costa, and a second slightly incurved and waved
near the hinder margin : on the inner margin towards the apex are some
blackish dots : posterior wings dusky.

Of this verv rare insect I have seen but two specimens, one of
which I took in July 18-27 near Ripley; the other, which is the
original specimen, I obtained from the late Mr. Haworth's col-
lection.

IS^ HAUSTELLATA. — LEPIPOPTERA.

Sp. 8. luteolaiia. Alls aniicis albo-luteacentibus punctis minutissimis Juscis
nebulosis, costa postice maculis duabus nigricantibus. (Exp. Alar. 6 — 6| lin.)

Eu. luteolana. Steph. Catal. ii. J91. No. 7131.

Anterior wings of a dull clay-coloured white, clouded throughout with minute
fuscous atoms, some of which become rather united on the edge of the costa
at the base, and produce minute spots, and at the apex are two rather large
dusky ones; cilia yellowish- white: posterior wings throughout thickly
irrorated with fuscous atoms on a pale yellowish groimd ; cilia white.

This appears to be a scarce .species; my specimen was taken in
June near London, but I forget the exact locality, though I believe
it to be in the vicinity of Darenth wood.

Genus C C C X I . — Ph th v.ocn ro a* mihi.

Palpi very long, slender, subfiliform, divaricating, porrected horizontally,
clothed with long scales placed loosely beneath, the terminal joint exposed
and very evident, deflexed: maxillcE very short. AntenncE short and slender,
very faintly pubescent within in the males, simple in the females : head
moderate, enveloped in a dense tuft of loose scales ; eyes small, lateral ;
thorax rather stout, not crested ; wings entire, anterior with the costa
straight, the apex and the hinder margin slightly rounded, posterior angle
faintly angulated; disc with irregularly elevated scales, and rather confused
markings, of which some of the colours vanish with the life of the insect;
posterior wings ample, acute-triangular, with the anterior angle slightly
produced and rounded: Z)0(/j/ slender, short, with a very small tuft at the
apex.

Of this genus Haworth remarks: '-In its roughened wings it
resembles the AsperancE (Peronea and its allies), but wants their
remarkable rotundity at the shoulders," by which characters it may
be at once recognised from all the other Tortricidas : a very remark-
able peculiarity also belongs to this genus, which is, that a portion of
the colouring of the wings flides almost immediately upon the death
of the animal, some fine rufous marks fading upon that event taking
place.

Sp. 1, rugnsana. Alis anticis albiJo-cinereis, scabris, maculis lineolis strigisque

costalihus albis, posticis cinereis. (Exp. Alar. 8 — 9^ lin.)
To. rugosana. Huhner. — Ph. V' : albana. Donovan, x'l. pi. 371. f. I. — Pht.

rugosana. Steph. Catal. ii. 191. A'^o. 7143.

(pOto) pcrdo, XP"" color.

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TORTRICID.E. — COCHYLIS. 185

Anterior wings ashy-white, rugged, with irregular fuscous clouds, forming an
abbreviated streak on the costa towards the base, a fascia in the middle,
interrupted by an oblique ovate white spot near the costa, a lunate spot
towards the hinder margin, beyond which is an oblique incurved fascia ter-
minating in the middle of the hinder margin ; besides these are some whitish
markings, and a bright flesh-coloured fascia behind the middle of the wings,
which fades almost entirely upon the death of the animal, and completely in
old cabinet specimens : posterior wings ashy.

Found in hedges about the middle of June, but not common : I
have taken it at Darenth wood and in Copenhagen fields : it also
occurs at Coombe wood.

Genus CCCXII. — Cochylis, Treitschke.

Palpi short, slightly ascending, subclavate, densely clothed with rather long
scales, especially at the apex above, and nearly concealing the terminal
joint, which is very short and slender : maxillw very short. Antenna mo-
derate, rather slender, finely pubescent within in the males, simple in the
females : head rounded, densely clothed with long scales above : e^es small,
globose : thorax moderate, not crested : jvings entire ; anterior elongate-
triangular, with the costa straight, the hinder margin is generally obliquely
truncate, the disc reddish or griseous, with an oblique central fascia ; pos-
terior wings ample, ovate-triangular, with the apex slightly angulateil :
cilia rather long: body short, slender, with a distinct tuft at the apex,
rather stouter in the females.

The pretty insects belonging to this genus are generally of fine
tints of red, flesh-colour, or griseous, with a very oblique, generally
abbreviated, darker fascia on the anterior wings, which last are
obliquely truncate on the hinder margin ; the species are usually of
small size, and appear towards the end of spring and in the summer,
and are apparently in some instances double-brooded : they appear to
be very local.

Sp. 1. roseana. Plate 35. /. 1. — Alis anticis resets, postice saturatioribus
pone fasciam obliquam linearam riifo-fuscam, posticis fuscescentibus, (Exp.
Alar. 6— 6§ lin.)

To. roseana. Haworth.—S. G. roseana. Steph. Catal. ii. 191. No. 7136.

Anterior wings bright rosy-red, palest at the base within, with an oblique
linear red-brown fascia rather before the middle, darkest on the inner
margin, and vanishing towards the costa, near the apex of which are some
dusky spots; cilia rosy, with the apex brownish: posterior brown, cilia
paler.

186 HACSTELLATA. — LEPIDOPTEEA.

The £ELscia on the anterior wings varies a little in colour, beine sometimes
dark rose-colour, at others red-brown.

Rare ; found in June in the Isle of Wight, and at Darenth wood
and near Dover ; it also occxirs in the north of England : I have a
fine series from the former locality, assisted by the late Mr. Haworth"s
original specimens.

Sp. 2. subroseana. Alls anticis rosea- frriseu, fascia obliqua ahbreviata brunned
marginis tenuicrris, posticis albidis. (Exp. Alar. 5 — 6 lin.)

To. subroseana. Hav:<rrth. — X. G. subroseana. Stepfi. Catal. ii. J 91. iVo. 7137.

Anterior wings pale rosj -griseous, the binder margin ashy-brown, with a
faint flt^h-coloured blotch ; near the middle of the inner margin is an
oblique very short brownish fascia: posterior wings dusky, and in the males
whitish.

The anterior wings vary a little in colour, being sometimes whitish, with the
fiajKna rather dusky.

A more abundant species than the last, and I beUeve taken rather
earlier in the season : it has occurred once or twice at Birch wood,
and also in the north of England.

Sp. 3. ruficilieUa. Alls anticis rufo-jJumbeis, fascia media j/raobliquA uLbreviata
marginis tenuicnis, ciUisque rufis. (Exp. Alar. 6 lin.)

To. ruficiliana. Hawcrrth. — X. G. rufociliana. Steph. Catal. ii. 191. A'c. 7138.

Anterior wings reddish-lead-colour, with a very oblique abbreviated brighter
{asaa. on the inner margin a little before the middle, and a second wider
one, forming a kind of border, on the hinder margin ; posterior wings
fuscous, with paler cilia.

Taken in June at Darenth wood, but apparently very rare: it
occurs more frequently, in meadows, in Yorkshire, according to
Haworth, whose original S7)ecimens of this s-pecies and its allies are in
my collection.

Sp. i. gri.seana. Alts anticis /p^sei», fascia mediu sttJ/undulata sesquialtera

pottic'j,fuscis. (Exp. Alar, (i lin.)
To. gri^eana. Haworth. — N. G. griseana. Steph. Catal. ii. 191. No. 7139.

Anterior wings griseous, with a reddi«h-brown fascia in the middle, extending
from tlie cohta to the hinder margin and rather waved at its origin ; tfjwards
the apex of the cohta are some du.sky spots, and a faint short brownish fascia
parallel with the hinder margin; cilia with gome brownish freckles : pos-
terior wings deep fuscous.
Not common : I once met with a pair at Darenth wood at the end

of .June, and others have occurred in the vicinity of London.

TOKTmiCULE. LOIOPEXA. 187

Sp. 3w Sapicaia. AUs mmtkis tirwctis jmtti^ fn i w ^im t ii^ fuai muiii^rr^~
gime»^ksem, aMcaii iriamgwiari mtfatSM imtui m t aimatL (Exp. Alar. € —
8lm.)

N. G. marsiBana. ^ejJL Cat^ n. 191. Xcc 714a — Coc Ba}«i.Bla Cmrtis.x.

pi. 491.
Anterior vbsgs ochreous at the b3«e. f^ruffcix-.?. Au>:e- ■sr.-,- r^>i it
the apex, costa spotted with black, the middie with ia c^blique n:«ty-brc wn
£iscia, darkest on tbe costa, ami edged whk vUtisk t0 wa i ds tke i u a u
margin, adjoisB^ to wUck is an i a di & li act tiiMgwltr spat ; dv extraae
kinder nuu^ do^y : post e rior wii^ dnsty-black; dBa dasfcr, vilk tke
apex ochreous.

I have a spedmen of this insect which was taken near London m
June : it has also been taken "middle of July, ade c^diff, Dover."
— Curtis, i. r.

Gexts CCCXIII. — LoxoptiA* mikL

Paipi rather looe . poirected Dearir kiriiawtdly, asoeadfa^ Terr afi^dy, adb-
darate, densdv dothed with short scales, the apical Joint sfi|ght}f abased,
^MHt and acute : awnBr short. Amtaum shnt, rather stont sad siaiple,
£mitly pubesoent beneath m dw males: itrnT short, with a dense ti^ of
scales on the crown : fy>t:$ lar^. subglohose : tieinuc robnst, suborate, not
exited : trfji^ eotire ; anterior with the oosta straight, the Under BMigin
distinctlv truncate obB<]iielT, and fiuiu^ed with kH^ ciBa ; &e £sc pale,
geoerally o( ydlowish tints, widi irregular dark transrersae markings;
posterior wing$ ample, stroc^lT wared on ^e hinder mai^iin, the iftex pro-
duced and obtusely truncate: botfy rather ^toit, rolwst in both sexes, b«A
stoutest in the females, with a snudi tuft at the apex : cdiM rather lon^.

In this genus the hinder margin of the anterior wing* is very
obliquely truncate, and of the posterior the apex is considerably
pnxluced and obtusely angled, the cilia are long ; the fonnex wing^s
are ctf pale colours — generally yeUow, <» straw-colour — and *re
adorned with indistinct and somewhat irresrular obliquely tzansvexse
darker markings : the palpi are rather long, and slightly ascai&^,
aud the species appear to frequent chalky districts- The genus is
almost synonymous with Chlidonia, Hlibner.

Sp. 1. altemana. Pi atf iS./. 2.— .«« ACks* tAm ww^ i*, mtimlii st^tatt-
Lo. aheraana. ^fifmi. C^tmL u. 191. .V.v 7144.

A»%« oUtquc, rt^«c tcnniuus.

1 88 H AUSTELLATA. — LEPIDOPTERA.

Anterior wings bright ochreous-yellow, or straw-coloured, with darker and
lighter shades, with a rather distinct oblique dusky fascia, a little behind
the middle, not touching the costa, but extending, though interruptedly,
to the inner margin ; towards the apex is another but fainter dusky fascia;
the hinder margm is faintly reticulated with rusty-fuscous, and has a dark
edge, and the costa is spotted with blackish ; cilia pale yellow : posterior
wings fuscous, with yellowish cilia, or pale cinereous, with lighter cilia.

Rather variable in tint and in the intensity of its markings.

Found not uncommonly in the grassy slopes between the meadows
and corn-fields on the hills about Dover, in July and the beginning
of August, where I first discovered it in 1818.

+Sp. 2. Dubrisana. Alis anticix sulphureis, fascia media subinterruptaobliqua,
alteraque posticafuscis. (Exp. Alar. 4 — 6 lin.)

Co. Dubrisana. Curtis, fo. 491.

"■ Palpi, head, and thorax griseous ; abdomen silky-grey ; superior (anterior)
wings pale sulphur, mottled with shining white and brownish marks, with
a somewhat interrupted oblique brown fascia across the middle, and another
beyond it; inferior (posterior) wings white, more or less freckled with
fuscous towards the apex." — Curtis, I. c.

Not found, I believe, near London : it has been taken in the
" Middle of August, top of cliffs, near Dover." — Curtis, I. c.

+Sp. 3. marmoratana. Alis anticis sulphureisfusco irroratis maculisque albidis,

fasciis duahusfuscis. (Exp. Alar. 7 lin.)
Co. marmoratana. Curtis, fo. 491.

"Antennae and palpi blackish, the latter white inside: head, thorax, and
abdomen griseous, the latter white at the apex ; superior (anterior) wings
pale sulphur, freckled with brown, and variegated with shining white spots
and lines, leaving two indistinct oblique fuscous bands ; costa spotted with
brown: inferior (posterior) wings fuscous, slightly freckled with white:
cilia white." — Curtis, I. c.

Also apparently a local species : it has occurred in the " jNliddle
of August, near Dover.'' — Curfls, I. c.

Sp. 4. straminea. Alis aiUicis pallide stramineis, fasciold media obliqua abbre-

viata marginis tenuiuris pallidefulva. (Exp. Alar. 7 — 8 lin.)
To. straminea. Haworth. — Lo. straminea. Steph. Catul. ii. 192. No. 714.5.

Anterior wings pale straw-colour, with a few dusky fulvous spots on the
costa ; an abbreviated dull tawny streak before the middle of the inner
margin, extending nearly to the middle of the disc obliquely towards the
costa ; on the extreme hinder margin is a faint tawny line : posterior wings
whitish, with long silky-white cilia.

TORTRICID.E. — LOZOPF.RA. 189

Found, but rarely, in May and towards the end of August, at
Darenth wood and near Dover ; also in meadows in Yorkshire, and
in other parts of the country. " Gibside." — G. Wailes, Esq.
" Raehills."— liei-. W. Little.

Sp. 5. Smeathmanniana. Alls anticis pallide siramineis, nitidis, fasciis duabus
obliquis subinterruptis griseo-brunneis. (Exp. Alar. 5 — 7 lin.)

To. Smeathmanniana. Fabricivs. — Lo. Fabriciana. Steph. Catal. ii. 19?.
No. 7146.

Anterior wings pale straw-colour, glossy, faintly clouded, with two griseous-
brown spots on the costa, opposite to each of which is a similarly coloured
oblique fascia extending to the inner margin, where they each become
darkest; the anterior fascia is slightly curved towards the apex of the
wings: posterior wings brownish.

Rather variable : in some specimens there is a faint brown patch on the base
of the inner margin ; others have the base of the costa tawny-brown ; the
oblique streaks are sometimes very slender, and at others broad and con-
spicuous.

This insect also occurs occasionally near Darenth wood, about the
beginning of August, but appears to be rare : it is likewise found in
Epping Forest,

Sp. 6. Francillana. Alis anticis pallide jiavis, strigis dunhiis obliquis rufo-
brunneis. (Exp. Alar. 5 — 8 lin.)

Py. Francillana. Fabricius. — Donov. xi. pL 355. J. 1. — Lo. Francillana.
Steph. Catal. ii. 192. Ao. 7147.

Head, thorax, and anterior wings, pale yellow, immaculate, the latter with
two very oblique and distinct red-brown streaks, each arising from a costal
spot, placed one before the middle, the other behind: posterior wings
brownish.

In some specimens the basal half of the costa has a brown edge.

Rather scarce : found about the middle of June near Darenth
wood, and also on the cliff below Dover Castle in the middle of
July.

Sp. 7. badiana. Alis anticis griseo-stramineis, nitidis, macula basi fuscA, fascia
media maculaque posticA costali fulvo-fuscis. (Exp. Alar. 6 — 8 lin.)

To. badiana. Huhier. — N. G. Smeathmanniana. Steph. Catal. ii. 191. No. 7142.

Anterior wings of a shining griseous-straw colour, or somewhat sulphur-
colour, with an ovate luscous spot at the base of the costa, an oblique
tawny-brown fascia in the middle, slightly angulated and interrupted in the
middle, and between this and the hinder margin is a round tawny-brown

190 H AUSTELL ATA. LI PIDOrTl'.RA.

spot, which is sometimes produced into a short fascia, with a spot opposed
to it on the inner margin; cilia pale sulphur-colour: posterior wings
fuscous or black, cilia paler.

Taken in the beginning of July in the marshes near Whittlesea
Mere ; also near Hertford and in Battersea fields, and in the Isle of
Wight.

Sp. 8. Baumanniana. Alis anlicis subcinereis mactda baseos fasciisque duahus
angulatim approximatis interruptis cinnamomeis argenteo mai-ginatis, postice
punctis aliquot argenieis. (Exp. Alar. 5^ — 11 lin.)

Py. Baumanniana. Fabricius. — Ar. Baumanniana. Steph. Catal. ii. 190.
No. 7126.

Anterior wings somewhat ashy, with a large spot at the base of a reddish-
cinnamon tinge, an interrupted fascia in the middle, and another towards the
apex, placed obliquely to the first of the same colour, and faintly edged with
silver; the hinder margin with a few silvery spots: posterior wings
fuscous.

Rather variable in colour, the wings being of a brighter or paler colour, and
the fasciae vary much, being sometimes very much interrupted, or at times
decussating: the size of the insect also varies greatly.

Found, at the end of May and in June, near Darenth wood and
in the north of England, as well as in Scotland and in the New
Forest, but not very common. " Cramond and Raehills." —
Bev. W. Little.

Genus CCCXIV. — Xanthosetia* mihi

Palpi long, parallel, porrected horizontally in form of a beak, densely clothed
throughout with shortish scales, which end in a pencil, and conceal the ter-
minal joint, the latter minute: ma.r{llce very short. Antenna rather short,
robust in the males and pubescent within, slender and simple in the females :
head rather large, with a slight tuft on the forehead and crown : eyes large,
subglobose : thorax rather short, not crested : ivings entire ; anterior
elongate-triangidar, with the costa straight at the base, the hinder margin
slightly rounded, the anterior angle acute, the posterior rounded ; disc pale,
with a depressed paler portion, encircled by a darker ring at the apex, and
a raised point on the origin of the depression: posterior wings ample,
faintly waved on the hinder margin; cilia all short; bodij short, stoutish,
with a ridge down the back and a rather large tuft at the apex, very small
in the females.

* Sai'Ooc flavus, 2>;e tinea.

TOttTRICID/E. — XANTHOSETIA. iQl

The insects of this genus are remarkable for their lively yellow or
rusty tints, and are nearly destitute of markings, having only a spot
towards the middle of the inner margin of the anterior wings, and a
kind of circular streak towards the hinder margin, a portion of
which is made up by the coloured cilia ; the palpi are rather long ;
the anterior wings have a smooth elevation towards the hinder
margin, and the latter is slightly rounded: the insects occur about
July and August.

Sp. 1. Zcegana. Alis anticisjlavis nitidulis, puncto medio castaneo, postice cas~
taneo-rufis macula Jlavo, ciliisferitLgineis. (Exp. Alar. 9 — 11 I in.)

Ph. To. Zoegana. Lrntu'. — Donovan, iii. pi. 106. /. 2. — Xa. Zogana. Steph.
Catal. ii. 192. No. 7148.

Anterior wing-s bright slightly glossy yellow, with a varied chestnut spot in the
middle, towards the inner margin, the apex chestnut- or rusty-red, with a
large yellow spot, producing an irregular orbicular mark ; cilia of a rusty
golden-red: posterior wings fuscous.

Not very common ; found in grassy places in August : I have
taken it at Darenth and Coombe woods, and near Hertford ; in the
latter places more frequently than elsewhere : it also occurs in the
New Forest and in Norfolk.

Sp. 2. ferrugana. Alis ant ids ferrugincis, puncto medio fusco, postice fuscis
macula ferruginca. (Exp. Alar. 8 — 9 Ihi.)

To. ferrugana. Haworth. — Xa. ferrugana. Steph. Catal. ii. 192. No. 7149.

Anterior wings dull ferruginous, with a faint fuscous spot in the middle
towards the inner margin, the apex fuscous, with a large ferruginous spot ;
cilia dull fuscous : posterior wings deep fuscous.

I strongly suspect that this insect is a mere variety of the foregoing, from
which it differs solely in colour.

Rare : I have once taken a single specimen at Darenth in August;
and others have been found in Norfolk, and I believe it has occurred

in the New Forest.

Sp. 3. hamana. Alis anticis sulphureo-Jlavis nitidulis, punctulo obsoletissimo,
lituraque postica hamato ferrugincis. (Exp. Alar. 9 — Hi Hn.)

Ph. To. hamana. Linne. — Xa. hamana. Steph. Catal. ii. 192. No. 7150.

Anterior wings sulphur-yellow, with a very minute and obscure rusty dot in
the middle towards the hinder margin, and an oblique somewhat raised
streak of similar hue behind, extending from behind the middle of the disc,
wiicre it is slightly flexuous externally, to the anal angle ; the base and apex

192 HAUSTELLATA. — LEPIDOPTERA.

of the costa are also slightly ferruginous; posterior wings fuscous, with
whitish cilia.
Rather variable in colour, and in the intensity of the posterior streak on the
anterior wings.

Not uncommon in August in grassy places, where galium abounds,
within the metropolitan district : found also in other parts of the
country, as in the New Forest, Devonshire, &c. " Meldon Park." —
G. Wailes, Esq-

Sp. 4. diversana. Alls anticis sulphvreo-Jlavis, striga inierruptd media, cruceque
communi posiicdferrugineis. (Exp. Alar. 8 — ll^lin.)

To. diversana. Hiibner. — Xa. diversana. Steph. Catal. ii. 192. A^o. 7151.

Anterior wings pale sulphur-yellow, with the costa at the base, a spot in the
middle, and an angulated bow towards the apex, ferruginous; from the centre
of the costa a more or less distinct and interrupted streak arises, which reaches
to the inner margin, and occasionally there are some rusty spots towards the
apex and on the disc : posterior wings fuscous, with ashy cilia.

Extremely variable both in size and colour, the latter being of various tints of
yellow, with more or less distinct ferruginous spots and streaks; and I pos-
sess a specimen with the costa and hinder margin deep black.

Found in various places within the metropolitan district, about the
beginning of August, far from uncommonly : it occurs in plenty at
Ripley, and I have taken a few specimens at the Hermitage.

Sp. 5. inopiana. Alis anticis lucidis ochraceo-rufescentibus, immaculatis, posticis

rufo-fuscescentibus. (Exp. Alar. 9 — 10 lin.)
To. inopiana. Haworth. — Xa. inopiana. Steph. Catal. i\. 192. No. 7 15'2.

Anterior wings very glossy ochreous-red or reddish, immaculate, with a faintly
raised spot towards the apex, the hinder margin rounded : posterior wings
glossy and reddish-brown : cilia obscure shining ochreous.

Very rare : I have obtained a single example from the New Forest,
where it was found in June, and in the beginning of July 1827 I
took a second near Ripley.

Genus CCCXV. — Phibalocera* mihi.

Palpi very long and slender, divaricating, recurved, slightly clothed with short
scales, basal joint minute, second elongate, terminal about half as long as

* (j)i(3aXoc gracilis, Ktpag cornu.

TORTRiriD.E. PHIBALOCEIIA. 193

the second, very slender and acute : maxillcB very short. Antennw as long
as, or longer than, the wings, joints distinct, rather stoutest in the males :
head small, with an obtuse tuft between the antennae : ei/es rather large,
subglobose : fho)-ax moderate, subovate, not crested : wings entire, anterior
with the costa waved, thickened in the males, and ciliated at the base in
the females ; hinder margin truncate, cilia very long ; disc pale ; posterior
wings rather small, slightly acute at the apex, and furnished with long
cilia : bod^ short, rather depressed, obtuse and with a tuft at the apex in
the males, acute in the females.

The great length of the antenn;e of this genus at once removes it
from the other genera of this family, from all the preceding of which
it also differs in having the palpi long and recurved, a character pro-
minent in the following genera, and thus leading the way to the
succeeding family, from wliich its triangular and truncated anterior
wings at once remove it. There is but one species, which appears
about the end of July.

Sp. 1. Quercana. Alis anticis Jlavo-ritjis punctis duohus striirmjue marginali
saturatioribus, maculis duabus costalibus ciliisque sulphureis. (Exp. Alar.
7—9 lin.)

Py. Quercana. Fabricius. — Donovan, iii. pi. 106. f. 3. Phi. Quercana. Steph.
Catal. ii. 192. No. 7153.

Anterior wings bright yellowish-red, with two minute darker, or dusky, dots
on the disc, an oblique purplish-brown streak towards the base, passing
backwards to the middle of the costa, and interrupted by a somewhat
oblong bright yellow spot on the extreme edge of the costa itself, on the
other side of which it is again continued to the apex, where it becomes
acutely angled, and passes along the hinder margin, vanishing at the anal
angle ; at the base of the costa is a second, but smaller, sulphur-coloured
spot, and the cilia are of similar colour : posterior wings whitish, cilia paler,
with the anal angle yellowish.

Variable in colour; some examples being of a more brilliant yellow than
others, some of a purplish-brown, and with the markings very distinct ; in
some obliterated : the base of the anterior wings is frequently of a dusky
hue.

Abundant in woods and gardens within the metropolitan district,
at the end of July and throughout the month of August; found also
in other parts of the country.

Haustellata. Vol. IV. 30th Sfvt , 1834.

194 HAUSTELLATA. LEl'TDOPTERA,

Genus CCCXVII. — Hypercallia* mihi.

Palpi very long, ascending, densely clothed with very short scales, the basal
joint short, second long, slender at the base, terminal vertical, about half the
length of the second, slender, acute; maxilla shorter than the palpi.^
AntenncB rather long, slender, pubescent within in the males : head small,
with a pointed tuft between the antennae : eyes small : thorax subovate,
lineated, not crested : ivings entAre ; anterior elongate-triangular, the costa
not produced at the base, the hinder margin faintly truncate, with the
anterior angle acute and the posterior rounded ; the disc pale, with dark
(blood-red) reticulations ; posterior wings ample, slightly waved towards
the apex, which is obtusely angulated : body shortish, slender, sublinear,
obtuse at the apex, and with a small tuft.

The very long, divaricating, recurved palpi of this genus, exclu-
sively of the peculiarity in the disposition of the colours — which are
light sulphur, reticulated with broad blood-red lines — sufficiently
indicate the distinctions of this genus from its allies : the genus has
been placed amongst the Pyralidse, and also amongst the Tineidae ;
but although perhaps the present may not be its true location, I
think it is too nearly allied to Phibalocera to warrant its distinct
separation therefrom : one species only is known, which appears to
be extremely local, frequenting chalky districts.

Sp. 1. Christiernana. Plate 38.^. 2. — Alis anticis ciliisque saturate sulphur eis,
sanguineo perlepide reticulatis j posticisfuscis. (Exp. Alar. 7 — 9 lin.)

Ph. To. Christiernana. Linne. — Hy. Christiernana. Steph. Caial. ii. 192.
No. 7154.

Anterior wings and cilia bright sulphur, beautifully reticulated with blood-
red, the reticulations interrupted towards the inner margin : posterior wings
fuscous, with whitish cilia : head and thorax sulphuredus, the latter with
three blood-red lines.

Slightly variable, some specimens being more completely reticulated than
others, and being of a brighter colour ; and some having the posterior wings
whitish.

This conspicuously beautiful insect is extremely local, and may
from that circumstance be esteemed very rare, as even in its locality
it seldom occurs: in July 1819 I was fortunate enough to capture
two specimens at Darenth wood, the only locality I am aware of,

"^irtp valde, (caXXoe pulchritudo.

TORTRICID.E. — ORTHOT.fll.IA. 195

although I have a remarkably fine pair that were taken a year or
two previously in Essex. A small gap at the north-west corner of
Darenth wood, at the angle of the first field from the lane leading-
from Dartford, was the spot where I obtained my specimens, and at
the time they were found about a dozen more were secured. I believe
a single specimen has been found this season.

Genus CCCXVIII.— Orthot elia* 7}2ihi.

Palpi very long, slender, parallel, recvirvetl, clothed with scales, the basal
joint stoutest, the second and third of nearly equal length, the last being
acute : maxillae short. Antennas rather long, very slender and simple in
both sexes : head with a short tuft between the antennae : eyes rather large,
globose: thorax xohusi, not crested: wings enine ; anterior elongate, sub-
linear, the costa not produced at the base, the hinder margin subtruncate,

, with very short cilia; anterior angle acute, binder rounded; posterior
wings short and broad, with the apex rounded, and the hinder margin not
sinuated: body long and rather stout, with a ridge on the back, and a small
tuft at the apex.

Of this singular genus, which in many respects resembles Chilo,
but differs therefrom in having but two palpi, as well as in the trun-
cated anterior wings, I know but one species, the larva of which
subsists within the stalks of the Bullrush : — like the two preceding
genera it has the palpi recurved ; but the antennae are short, and
the anterior wings have neither transverse streaks nor are they reticu-
lated, but are faintly streaked longitudinally with alternate light and
dark lines, forming a radiated appearance.

Sp. 1. venosa. Plate 35. y. 3. — Alis anticis ochreo-Jlavis venis radiantibus
fitscis, macniaque subpostica pallidiore. (Exp. Alar. 10 — ISlin.)

To. venosa. Haworth MSS. — Or. venosa. Steph. Catal. ii. 192. No. 7155.

Anterior wings ochreous-yellow, with brown radiating nervures, becoming
somewhat confluent, and forming a slightly triangular patch, at the hinder
margin ; towards the inner margin are a few dusky dots, and an obscure
palish spot on the disc behind the middle : posterior wings whitish, a little
dusky towards the inner margin ; cilia pale.

Some examples are darker than others, and the insect varies a little in size.

The larva feeds on the inner substance of the stalk of the bullrush.

Op9oc rectus, tiKoq finis.

n2

196 HAUSTELLATA. LEPIDOPTERA.

Not common : found about Croydon, and in the marshes near
Walthamstow, and I believe also at Whittlesea Mere and near Cam-
berwell, towards the end of July, and beginning of August.

Family II.— YPONOMEUTID^.

Autennce rather long, slender, inserted within on the crown before the eyes, or
in front of the face, simple; rarely pectinated, but frequently ciliated
within in the males. Palpi generally two, triarticulate, very rarely four,
long, slender, setaceous or subulated, mostly recurved, but sometimes
depending, the apicaljoint of the labial greatly exposed and acute: maxillae
moderate : head small, either clothed with long scales in front, or smooth :
eyes rather large : thorax slender or moderate, rarely crested : wings undi-
vided ; anterior generally long and narrow, with shortish cilia : posterior
mostly ample, folded on the inner edge, and with long cilia : both pairs gene-
rally more or less convoluted during repose : body slender, frequently elon-
gated, sometimes depressed ; generally acute in the females, and furnished
with a tuft in the males : legs rather long. Larva slightly pubescent, with
sixteen legs, and in some genera with an additional pair ; most frequently
subcutaneous, or residing within the stalks of plants ; sometimes in a detached
case resembling a shell : pupa various, elongate, usually found in the nidus,
but occasionally subterranean.

The insects of this rather extensive family differ from the Tortri-
cidfe in having the palpi long and slender ; they are mostly recurved
or drooping, and in general only two in number, by which they differ
from the Tineidae, which have four conspicuous ones ; whereas in
the few genera of this family which possess that number the second
pair are mostly small : there is considerable diversity of habit
amongst these insects ; some of them residing in their larvae state on
flowers, upon which they subsist ; others are found within the sur-
faces of leaves, devouring only the parenchyma; some form extensive
webs, and live in society; others are solitary: amongst the subcuta-
neous species are some of the most brilliant of the Lepidoptera, their
wings being adorned with highly polished metallic surfaces, and some
of them being extremely varied in the number of tints : others again
are very plain ; the former set have generally drooping palpi, the
latter ascending, recurved, ones.

YPONOMEUTID>E. DEPRESSARIA. 197

Gknus CCCXIX. — Depuessarta, Houortli.

Paljii long, slightly divaricating, curved upwards and backwards, the second
joint clothed with very long broad scales, the basal with short ones, and the
apical appearing naked, very slender and attenuated : maxillw short and
thick, with scales in front. Antenna remote, inserted on the crown, slender,
simple : head wide, clothed with broad scales : eyes small : thorax robust :
wings incumbent during repose ; anterior linear, lanceolate ; posterior short
and broad : body broad and depressed, with a few tufts of hair on the sides
and at the tip, the apex in the males rather attenuated, sliglitly recurved,
with a small tuft : /f^i rather short. Larva generally found on umbellife-
rous flowers, and changing to a pupa within the stalks.

The broad flattened abdomen of the insects of this genus, and
horizontally incumbent wings, at once indicate its distinction from
the other genera of this family ; the recurved palpi existing in several
others : in habit the insects differ, inasmuch as they are usually
found, in the larva state, subsisting on the flowers of umbelliferous
plants, and the pupa is found within their stalks : they are generally
autumnal.

A. Anterior wings rounded behind, the disc generally with interrupted dark
streaks, sometimes dotted: — Pinaris, Hiibner.

Sp. 1. Heracleana .'' Alis anticis pallide griseis lineolis disci approximatis nigris,
stigaque an gu lata pallida. (Exp. Alar. 11 — 14 lin.)

Ph. To. Heracleana. Linne? — De. Heracleana. Steph. Catal. ii. 193. A^o. 7156.
Albin. pi. xxxviii.J". 61, a — d.

Anterior wings pale griseous, with numerous approximating black streaks on
the disc, and a whitish central dot, behind which is a very much angulated
pale streak ; the hinder margin is also pale, and has a row of large fuscous
spots : posterior whigs pale fuscous, with pale yellowish cilia.

Caterpillar feeds on the Cow-parsnip {Heracleum sphondylium) and other um-
belliferous plants : it is pale, with black dots and a yellowish head : the
pupa is found in the stalk, and the imago appears in July.

Not uncommon in June on umbelliferous plants throughout the
metropolitan district in the larva state, especially at Darenth wood ;
frequent also in the New Forest and in Devonshire.

Sp. 2. Umbellana. Alis anticis striatis griscis, maculis approximatis emargi-
natis disci nigris, posticis pallidis. (Exp. Alar. 10 — 11 lin.)

Py. Umbellana. Fabricius.—De. Umbellana. Steph. Catal. ii. 193. No. 7157.

Anterior wings griseous, with radiating darker nervures, and two approxi-

198 HAUSTELLATA. LEPIDOPTERA.

mating black dots on the disc, and a minute row of the same on the hinder
margin ; posterior wings palo.

Not very abundant, but found occasionally in the vicinity of
London, in July and August; also in Norfolk and other parts of
the country.

Sp. 3. venosa. AUsanticis ritfis, nervis omnibus tenuissinie albicaniibus, posticis

alhis. (Exp. Alar. 9 — 10 lin.)
De. venosa. Haworth.—Steph. Cutal. ii. 193. No. 7159.

Anterior wings red, of variable tint, somewhat truncate, obtuse, with a very-
narrow whitish streak on all the nervures, and frequently a large brownish
spot posteriorly : posterior wings white.

Also rare: taken in July and August near London, Dover, and in
Devonshire.

Sp. 4. nervosa. Alis anticis rufis, vents piostice saturatioribus, annulo medio
geminato riifo minufissimo, posticis albidis. (Exp. Alar. 9— 9§ lin.)

De. nervosa. Hawortli.—Steph. Caial. ii. 193. No. 7161.

Anterior wings dull red, with the nervures behind, and the hinder margin
darker or dusky, cilia the same; in the middle of the disc, nearly hi place
of the anterior stigma of the Noctricidse are two very minute, almost united,
white dots, edged with red and placed longitudinally: posterior wings
whitish, with a very faint tinge of reddish.

Hare : taken within the metropolitan district in July and the
beginning of August.

Sp. 5. apicella, Alis anticis 7'ufo-fuscescentibns striis interruptis nigris, aiomis
albo-cinerasceniibus, posticis cinereis. (Exp. Alar. 10 lin.)

Te. apicella. Hvbner.—De. apicella. Steph. Catal. ii. 193. No. 7160.

Anterior wings reddish-brown, with numerous indistinct interrupted blackish
streaks, and minute ashy-white atoms ; a dusky cloud at the base of the
costa, and a second towards the base of the inner margin : posterior wings
ashy-grey, with the tip dusky; cilia ochreous.

Caterpillar feeds on the carrot {Daucus carota), and the imago appears about
the middle of August.

Rare : found in August at Bere wood near Dover, and in Devon-
shire : likewise taken within the metropolitan district, though very
seldom.

Sp. 6. badiella. Alis anticis fuscis, lineolis sfarsis numerosis saturatioribus,
}iosticisJuscis. (Exp. Alar. 8—10 lin.)

YPONOMEUTID.E. DEPRESSARIA. 199

Ti. badiella. H'ubner.—De. badieUa. Steph. Catal. ii. 193. No. 7162.

Anterior wings fuscous or bay-colour, with numerous irregular indistinct
darker, or dusky, streaks, slightly clouded at the base with fuscous, and with
a few very obscure fuscous dots on the extreme hinder margin : posterior
wings fuscous.

Found at Darenth wood, and near Hertford and Ripley in July,
at Dover in August, and near Barham in September ; also found in
Norfolk, but not common.

Sp. 7. characterosa. Alis anticis griseis, subnebulosis, costCi rosea characieri f
nigra iuterruptd media, posticis albidis. (Exp. Alar. 8 — 9 lin.)

De. characterosa. Haworth. — Steph, Catal. i'l. 193. A^o. 7163.

Anterior wings pale griseous, slightly clouded, and with a purplish tinge,
with a black mark on the disc, resembling a note of interrogation, and
placed longitudinally.

Found occasionally within the metropolitan district in the autumn,
and I believe also in the New Forest.

Sp. 8. Carduella. Alis anticis rubro-testaceis, atomis saiuraiioribus, punctis
duobus viinutissimis maculaque posticd nigris, posticis fiavesceniibus. (Exp.
Alar. 6 lin.)

Ti. Carduella. Hubner.—T>e. Carduella. Steph. Catal. ii. 194. No. 7173.

Anterior wings testaceous-red, with darker atoms, a pair of minute black dots

on the disc before the middle, and a conspicuous spot of the same colour

towards the apex: posterior wings pale yellowish- ochre : head, palpi, and

thorax, pale yellow.
The caterpillar feeds on the corn-flower (^Ceniaurea cyanus), and the imago

appears towards the end of July.

The only examples of this pretty and distinct species which I have
seen are a pair taken in the New Forest, near Brockenhurst, in July
1821, and another that I obtained from Donovan's collection.

Sp. 9. gilvella. Alis anticis pallida rufo-ochraceis veljlavidis atomis maculaque
media fuscis, punclisque tribus atris. (Exp. Alar. 9 — 10 lin.)

Ti. gilvella. Hi(bner.—Y>e. gilvella. Steph. CataLii. 194. No. 7170.

Anterior wings pale reddish-ochre or yellowish, with minute fuscous atoms,
coalesced into spots on the costa, a rounded brown spot in the middle of the
disc, adjoining to which are three deep black dots, one pair contiguous and
placed obliquely towards the inner base, the other dot behind the brown
spot : on the hinder margin is a row of fuscous dots : cilia pale straw-
colour : posterior wings whitish, with an occasional dusky tinge.

200 HAUSTELLATA. LEPIDOFTERA.

The wings vary slightly in tint, and one, or more, of the minute black dots are

sometimes wanting.
The caterpillar feeds on the scabious {Centaurea scabiosa), and other allied

plants, and on thistles : the imago appears in July.

Not very rare ; found amongst willows and in grassy places, near
Hertford, Darenth, &c.; also in Suffolk and near Edinburgh.

Sp. 10. Sparrmanniana. Alis anticis pallidejiavis, punctis duobus disci longitu-
dinaliter digestis atris, posticis albidis. ( Kxp. Alar. 9 — 10§ lin.)

Py. Sparrmanniana. Fabricius. — De. Sparrmanniana. Steph. Catal. ii. 194.
No. 7175.

Anterior wings pale dull yellow, with two distinct minute deep black dots on
the disc, placed longitudinally, one before, the other a little behind, the
middle : on the hinder margin are two or three black or fuscescejit dots, and
frequently a brownish cloud towards the anal angle, or on the inner portion
of the disc ; and the latter is sometimes slightly marked with minute dusky
atoms: posterior wings whitish-immaculate and glossy, with yellowish
cilia.

Caterpillar feeds on the Centaurea Jacea : the imago appears in August.
Not very uncommon: found in various parts of the country, as at

Dover, the New Forest, Scotland, and within the metropolitan

district. " Gibsidc." — G. Wailes, Esq.

Sp. 11. Yeatsana. Alts anticis griseis, macula puncfisque duobus centralibus
nigr is, posticis albidis. (Exp. Alar. 8§ lin.)

Py. Yeatsana. Fabricius. — De. Yeatsana. Stcph. Catal. ii. 194. No. 7177. —
Ph. albidana. Donovan, v. xi. pi. 37 7. f. 2.

Anterior wings griseous, with a central black spot, and two minute darker
approximating dots, placed obliquely towards the base, and on the hinder
margin a row of dots, four or five in number ; cilia dull reddish-straw
colour : posterior wings whitish.
Not rare within the metropolitan district, at Darenth and Coombe

woods, Hertford, liipley, &c.: also found in the New Forest and in

Devonshire.

Sp. 12. immaculana. Alls anticis pallidejlavis, immaculatis, atomis perpaucis
minutissimis atris, posticis fuscescentibus. (Exp. Alar. 8 lin.)

De. immaculana. Steph. Catal. ii. 194. No. 7176.

Anterior wings pale yellow or lemon-colour, totally immaculate, with a few
very minute black atoms ; posterior yellowish-ash, with a fahit purplish
tinge.
Taken in July 1821, in the New Forest, near Brockenhurst^

apparently rare.

YPONOMEUTID.€. BEPRESSARIA. 201

B. Anterior wings rounded behind, the disc pale, usually with a flexuous darker
character in the middle: — Agonopteryx, H'ubner.

Sp. 13. ocellana. Alis anticis griseis, litura media S formi sanguined, puncio

albido, posticis albis. (£xp. Alar. 9^ lin.)
Py. ocellana. Fabricius. — Di. ocellana. Steph. Catal. ii. 194. No. 7169.

Anterior wings pale griseous, with a flexuous streak, resembling the letter S,
in the middle, towards the costa, of a bright blood-red, terminating in a
white dot, and having two minute black ones at its origin : on the hinder
margin is a row of blackish dots, and the costa is faintly marked with
fuscous ; at the base within is a curved brownish streak : posterior wings
whitish, with the cilia paler.

Not very common ; found in July and August in woods and hedges
witliin the metropolitan district, and also in Suffolk and in the New
Forest. " Raehills.^'— i?eu. W. Little.

Sp. 14. applana. Alis anticis fusco-rufis atomis fuscis, punctis duobus nigris,

lineoldque e maculis albis. (Exp. Alar. 8 — 10 lin.)
Py. applana. Fabricius. — Tie. applana. Steph. Catal. ii. 193. No. 7166.

Anterior wings red-brown, sprinkled with darker atoms, and slightly clouded,
with two black dots placed obliquely on the disc before the middle, and two
or three white ones placed longitudinally behind the first pair, and bordered
with black : posterior wings whitish-ash.

Variable in colour, and slightly in markings, but the black and white dots
always conspicuous, though occasionally one or other of them is wanting :
the base of the anterior wings is frequently pale, this tint forming a kind of
fascia which extends to the inner margin.

Caterpillar feeds on the carrot, hemlock, &c. : the imago appears towards the
end of August.

Common all the year, in gardens, hedges, &c. throughout the me-
tropolitan district ; also in the New Forest, Devonshire, near Dover,
in Norfolk, Suffolk, &c. " Cramond, common."'' — Rev. W. Little.

Sp. 15. curvipunctosa. Alis anticis griseis, fusco subatomosis, lineola sinuata,
media curvata, subinde interruptii, nigra. (Exp. Alar. 7 — 8 lin.)

De. curvipunctosa. Haworth. — Steph. Catal. ii. 194. iVb. 7167.

Anterior wings griseous, with remote brown atoms, and a minute curved black
streak in the middle, which is sometimes interrupted ; the costa with some
brown dots, occasionally united in small blotches, or very obsolete : head,
thorax, and base of the anterior wings at times pale ; or the anterior wings
entirely purplish-brown, with a minute, curved, deep black line ; posterior
wings pale ashy-brown, with whitish cilia.

Kather scarce : taken in Au<;ust near London.

202 HAUSTELLATA. LEPIDOPTERA.

Sp. 16. albipunctella. Atis anticis rufo-fuscis sen ferrugineis, striis longitu-
dinalibus interruptis nigris, puncto medio albo. (Exp. Alar. 9 lin.)

Ti. albipunctella. Hnbner. — De. albipunctella. Steph. Catal. ii. 194. No. 7168.

Anterior wings red-brown or ferruginous, with numerous interrupted black
streaks^ and a conspicuous white dot in the middle of the disc, faintly edged
with dusky : on the extreme hinder margin some minute fuscous dots :
posterior wings greyish-brown.

Caterpillar feeds on the hemlock {Cicuta), and the imago appears in August.

Found, but rarely, near London ; also in the vicinity of Edin-
burgh. " Cramond." — Rev. W. Little.

Sp. 1 7. Alstroemeriana. Alls anticis albidis macula, media costalifusco-ferruginea,
posticis cinereo-alhidis. (Exp. Alar. 8 — 85 lin.)

Ph. To. Alstroemeriana. Linne. — De. AlstrcEmeriana. Steph. Catal. ii. 194.

No. 7178.

Anterior wings narrow, glossy, whitish, with a few dusky spots on the costa,
and an imperfect row of the same on the hinder margin ; about the middle
of the costa is a large flxscous spot, terminated on the disc by a rusty or
blood-red streak ; and on the inner margin are a few fuscous clouds : pos-
terior wings ashy-white, sometimes a little fuscescent.

Not uncommon in hedges, ozier- grounds, &c. in the autumn, and
occasionally in the spring, within the metropolitan district, and also
in the New Forest and in Norfolk. " Newcastle." — G. Wailes, Esq.

Sp. 18. putridella. Alis anticis pallidis, venis omnibus fuscis, pmictisque medio
nigris, posticis albidis. (Exp. Alar. 8§ lin.)

Ti. putridella. H'ithner.—De. putridella. Steph. Catal. ii. 193. No. 7158.

Anterior wings pale, with brown nervures, a short streak towards the base of
the inner margin, four dots on the disc towards the costa, two of which are
minute and black, and placed obliquely before the middle, then a larger
fuscous one, and finally a white one, with a black edge ; the hinder margin
with a row of minute black dots: posterior wings whitish, with pale
ochreous cilia.
Rare : found in August in Norfolk, and also in the New Forest.

C. Anterior wings rounded behind, the disc pale, with minute darker atoms : —

TiCHONiA, Hitbner,
Sp. 19. atomella. Alis anticis rufescentibus aut testaceis, nebulosis, atomis

minutissimis nigris spai-sis. (Exp. Alar. 8^ lin.)
Ti, atomella. Hiihner.—De. atomella. Steph. Catal. ii. 194. No. 7174.
Anterior wings reddish or testaceous, with some darker clouds, and numerous

minute scattered black dots and a few rosy ones intermixed; towards the

YFONOMEUTID^. — DEPRESSARIA. 203

base is a rather conspicuous black dot ; and an indistinct row of fuscous
ones on the extreme hinder margin : posterior wings whitish-ash.
The caterpillar feeds on genistse: the imago appears about the middle of
July.

Rare : found in April and September within the metropoHtan
district ; also near Dover.

D. Anterior wiiign truncate behind, the disc pale: — HiEMYLis, B. Treitschke.

Sp. 20. costosa. Alis anticii rufo-Jlavis, macula magnd oblonga media costali
Jusca, ciliis roseis, posticis albidis. (Exp. Alar. 8 — 9 lin.)

De. costosa. Haworth. — Steph. Catal. ii. 194. No. 7171.

Anterior wings reddish-yellow, slightly varying in tint, sprinkled with minute
rusty dots, and with a rather large oblong darker or fuscescent spot about
the middle of the costa, but not touching the costa itself; extreme hinder
margin and the cilia rosy or reddish : posterior wings whitish.

Not uncommon in the beginning of autumn, near London, and
also in other parts of the country. " Cramond." — Rev. W. Little.

Sp. 21. irrorella. Alls anticis pallide Jlavis obsoletissime. nehulosis, atomisfuscis,
posticis albidis. (Exp. Alar. 7^ — 8^ lin.)

De. irrorella. Steph. Catal. ii. 194. No. 7172.

Anterior wings pale yellow, with some very obscure darker clouds, and
minute fuscous atoms, one of which is conspicuously larger towards the
base near the costa : posterior wings whitish.

Found in the New Forest in July 1821, near Brockenhurst.

E. Anterior wings rather narrow, rounded behind, the disc purplish, with

paler markings : — Epileustia, Hubner.

Sp. 22. liturella. Alis anticis cinereo-purpureis, fascia tenuissima recta juxta
basin, strigisque abbreviatis costalihus pallidis, posticis fuscescentibus. (Exp.
Alar. 8— 8i lin.)

Ti. liturella. Hubner.— De. liturella. Steph. Catal. ii. 193. No. 7164.

Anterior wings dull- or ashy-purple, with some ill -defined deep black clouds
towards the base, some irregular abbreviated pale streaks on the costa, and
a straight fascia of the same hue towards the base; hinder margin imma-
culate: posterior wings brownish: head, thorax, and palpi, ochreous.

Very rare : taken at Birch wood in June, and I believe also at
Darenth.

+Sp. 23. Bluntii. Alis anticis casianeo-purpureis, strigd duplicd ovali albidd,

capite palpis pedibusque ochraceis. (Exp. Alar. 9 — 10 lin.)
De. Bluntii. Curtis, v. v. pi. 221.^Steph. Catal. ii, 193. No. 7165.

204 HAUSTELLATA. LEPIDOFTERA.

"Superior (anterior) wings purplish-castaneous, palest at the costa, with a
double irregular oval mark on the disc of a dirty-white colour ; abdomen
and inferior (posterior) wings pale fuscous; head, palpi, and legs pale
ochre." — Curtis, I. c.

I believe the only specimens of this insect were taken in " July, at
Southchurch, Essex," by my late friend, E. Blunt, Esq., in memory
of whom its name was applied by Mr. Curtis.

Sp. 24. purpurea. Alis anticis rufo-purpureis macula viagna costali fused,
pallide adnata; costd roseo punctata. (Exp. Alar. SJ — 6 lin.)

De. purpurea. Haworih. — Steph. Catal. ii. 195. No. 7179.

Anterior wings purplish-red ; the costa brownish, prettily and thickly dotted
with rose-colour, with a large dusky spot in the middle, obsoletely marbled
with whitish on each side : posterior wings brown.

Sometimes the rosy, or the whitish, markings are wanting ; and occasionally
the anterior wings are entirely purplish-red and immaculate.

Rather local : abundant occasionally in April near Hertford; also
found sometimes in the autumn : it occurs likewise in the New Forest
and in the north of England.

Genus CCCXX. — Anacamfsis, Curtis.

Palpi very long, slender, recurved, divaricating, thickly clothed with scales,
especially at the base, where they are very long, and form a more or less
conspicuous tuft within; the apical joint is exposed, and as long as the
other two iniited, very slender, and acuminated: maxillce short, stout.
Antennas moderate, simple, rather long and slender, similar in both sexes :
head small, clothed with hard scales : eyes moderate : thorax not crested :
wings incumbent during repose ; anterior linear-lanceolate, longer than the
body; posterior ovate-lanceolate, with very long cilia: body slightly
depressed, of the male with a small tuft at the apex, of the female elongate
and very acute : legs moderate ; hinder pair long and stout.

There is considerable resemblance between this genus and the
preceding, but in the present the antennae and the anterior wings are
longer, the latter narrower, more lanceolate and obtusely rounded at
the tips, the posterior wings shorter, with longer cilia ; the body less
depressed ; the palpi more slender and divaricating ; and the mark-
ings on the anterior wings more irregular and confused. The genus,
in its present state, is a complete magazine for all sorts of stragglers
with recurved palpi and simply coloured wings, but I have not
ventured to l)rcak it up : — in it are embraced the following genera

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of Hiibncr, viz. Nothris, Scythropia, Gclechia, Braclunia, and a
portion of Pinaris, as shewn in the Appendix, to which I must refer
the reader.

Sp. 1. Juniperella. Alis anticis fusco-cinereis, striga albida undulata posticn
punctisque qnatuor nigris, ahdomine fusco. (Exp. Alar. 7 — 8 lin.)

Ph. Ti. Juniperella. Linnc.—An. Juniperella. Sieph. Catal. ii. 195. A^o. 7180.

Anterior wings ashy-brown, with four indistinct and irregularly-placed black
dots and a waved whitish streak towards the hinder margin, and on the
extreme edge of the latter some minute black dots : posterior wings whitish :
abdomen fuscous.

Rather variable, the anterior wings differing a little in tint, being sometimes
very much suffused with fuscous, or nearly black, with the posterior whitish
streak.

Not uncommon in gardens and hedges within the metropolitan
district ; also found near Dover, in Norfolk, Suffolk, the New Forest,
Devonshire, &c.

Sp. 2. laticinctella. Alls anticis fusco-cinereis atomis nigris, strigaque postica
albida, abdominis medio Jlavicante. (Exp. Alar. 7 — 8§ lin.)

Re. Populi. HawortL— An. Populella. Steph. Catal. ii. 195. No. 7181.

Anterior wings ashy-brown, with black atoms and a curved whitish streak
towards the hhuler margin, which has a faint row of blackish dots : posterior
wings dusky : abdomen fuscous, with a broad yellowish fascia in the
middle.

Like the preceding species this varies a little in colour.

Not very uncommon in gardens within the metropolitan district, in
June and July : I have also received it from the New Forest and
Devonshire.

Sp. 3. hortuella. Alis anticis angustis saturate nigro-fuscis, posiice atomis

pallidis, punctoque costali albido. (Exp. Alar. 7^- — 9 lin.)
Re. rustica. Haworth. — An. rusticella. Steph. Catal. ii. 195. No. 7182.

Anterior wings narrow, of a deep brown-black, with some scattered whitish
atoms on the hinder margin, faintly disposed in an angulated streak, arising
from a whitish costal spot : posterior wings pale fuscous.

Found within the metropoUtan district in June, frequenting
gardens and copses.

Sp. 4. Listerella. Alis anticis fuscis, punctis 2-3 obsoletissimis saiuratioribus ,
antennis obsolete albo-annvlatis. (Exp. Alar. 7 lin.)

206 HAUSTELLATA. — LEPIDOPTERA.

Ph. Ti. Listerella. Linne.— An. Listerella. Steph. CataL ii. 195. No. 7184.

Anterior wings pale fuscous, with two or three minute, evanescent, darker
dots in the middle, and a faint row of dusky ones on the hinder margin :
posterior wings immaculate : anterior legs and antennae faintly annulated
with white.

The anterior wings are occasionally immaculate.

Taken in gardens within the metropolitan district : not common.

Sp. 5. nebulea. Alls anticis griseo-fuscis, nigra cinereoque nebulosis, posticis
cinereis. (Exp. Alar. 7§ lin.)

Re. nebulea. Haivorth. — An. nebulea. Steph. CataL ii. 195. No. 7185.

Anterior wings griseous-brown, dotted and clouded with black and ashy-
yellowish atoms, with two larger spots towards the apex ; on the hinder
margin is a yellowish waved line of dots, and a few obsolete ones on the
costa : posterior wings ashy-grey.

Found in June in gardens within the metropohtan district ; not
common.

Sp. 6. Betulea. Aiis anticis subangustisfuscis,ptinctis saturatioribus albidisque,
posticis cinereo-fuscis. (Exp. Alar. 7§ — 8 lin.)

Re. Betulea. Haivorth. — An. Betulea. Steph. CataL ii. 185. No. 7186.

Anterior wings rather narrow fuscous, with some darker spots disposed in a
longitudinal streak, in general alternating with some whitish ones, and
forming an interrupted streak ; on the apex of the costa and on the hinder
margin are some blackish dots, forming an obtuse-angulated row : posterior
wings pale ashy-brown.

Taken at Birch wood and in the New Forest in June ; also some-
times at Darenth wood.

Sp. 7. Zephyrella. Alis anticis fuscis, atomis punctisque nigris, posticis cinereo-
fuscis. (Exp. Alar. 7§ lin.)

Tin. Zephyrella. Hubner, TL pL 62. f. 414 5- /• 415 9-

Anterior wings ashy-brown, with numerous black atoms and spots, disposed
irregularly, forming a slender longish stripe on the costa, and an adjoining
larger spot, with a more conspicuous one on the disc towards the hinder
margin, which is also slightly spotted with black, and has yellowish cilia:
posterior wings ashy-brown.

Of this distinct species I have long possessed a pair unnamed in
my cabinet, one of which I caught myself in the neighbourhood of
London; the other was taken, I beUeve, in the New Forest, in
June.

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Sp. 8. rhombella. Alts anticis canescentibus nigro-nebulosis, posticis fuscescen-

tibus. (Exp. Alar. 7—8 lin.)
Ti. rhombella. H'uhner. — An. rhombella. Slejjh. Caial- ii. 195. No. 7187.

Anterior wings hoary-brown, sometimes whitish, with a short deep black
streak at the base, and a smaller fuscous one beyond the middle of the costa;
on the disc several others and some black dots irregularly disposed, except
on the hinder margin, where they form an interrupted row : posterior wings
glossy brownish.
Rather local ; but found occasionally in some plenty at Darenth

and Birch woods in June.

Sp. 9. cinerella. Alis anticis fusco-cinereis immaculatis nitidulis, posticis ohscu-

rioribus. (Exp. Alar. 8 — 9 lin.)
Ph. Ti. cinerella. LinnL—Kn. cinerella. Steph. Catal. ii. 195. No. 7188.

Anterior wings of a glossy immaculate ashy-brown, sometimes with a reddish
tinge ; the head, thorax, and abdomen the same : posterior wings rather
obscure.
Not very uncommon ; found within the metropolitan district, at

Coombe wood, and near Hertford, in June.

Sp. 10. subcinerea. Alis anticis pallide fusco-cinereis immaculatis, posticis satu-

ratioribvs. (Exp. Alar. 7 lin.)
Re. subcinerea. Haworth.—Au. subcinerea. Steph. Catal. ii. 195. No. 7189.
Anterior wings rather narrow, rounded at the apex, pale immaculate cine-

rascent-brown, posterior wings rather darker and very glossy.
The anterior wings have sometimes a few very faint brownish dots.

This species occurs occasionally within the metropolitan district
and in the New Forest, in June.

Sp. 11. lutarea. Alis anticis rufo-lutosis subcinerascentibus, punctis medio 2-3

saturatioribus evanescentibus. (Exp. Alar. 7 — 8 lin.)
Re. lutarea. Haworth.— An. lutarea. Steph. Catal. ii. 196. No. 7190.
Anterior wings pale reddish-clay, with a few very minute ashy atoms, and

with two or three contiguous, obscure, brownish dots in the middle:

posterior wings rather darker and immaculate.

Not common : taken occasionally in June