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. 



