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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. 



