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. 



