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■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 



