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 



