^4 HAUSTELLATA. — LEPIDOPTKRA. 



b. Anterior wings with an intermediate central fascia; posterior generally 



tipped with luteous: — Cacoecia^ H'vbner. 

 Sp. 10. laevigana. Alls anticis suhreticulatis griseo-testaceis scriceis, macula 

 media indeterminatafuscCi, posticis fuscis apice luteis. (Exp. Alar. 7 — 9 lin.) 

 To. l£Evigana. Wien. Ferz. — Lo. Isevigana. Steph. Catal. ii. 170. No. 6856. 



Anterior wings griseo-testaceous, somewhat faintly reticulated with brown, 



and with a satiny gloss, with an indeterminate brown patch in the middle 



forming an irregular fascia; towards the apex of the costa is an obscure 



spot, and near the base of the inner margin a smaller one : posterior wings 



brown, with the apex pale orange. 

 Var. j3. — To. Oxyacanthana. Haworth. — Lo. Oxyacanthana. Steph. Catal. 



ii. 170. No. 6859. — With the anterior wings very obsoletely reticulated and 



almost immaculate. 

 Var. y. — To. Viburnana. Hawoi-th. — Lo. Viburnana. Steph. Catal. ii. 170. 



No. 6860. — With the anterior wings fuscous, shining, immaculate ; posterior 



brownish. 

 Caterpillar feeds on the bads of the rose, and is very destructive in gardens, 



despoiling them of their beauty : the imago appears about the middle of 



June. 



Not uncommon in hedges and gardens within the metropohtan 

 district ; in my own garden I have found it a perfect pest, from the 

 havoc its larva creates among the rose-trees. 



Sp. 11. nebulana. Alis anticis latis retusts suhtestaceis, striga hasi suharcuatu, 

 fascia media obliqua clavata lineolisque transversis saturatiorihus. (Exp. Alar. 

 7—9 lin.) 



To. Rosana. Haworth — Lo. Rosana. Steph. Catal. ii. 170. No. 6858. (excl. 

 synom.) 



Anterior wings broad, retuse, testaceous-brown, with obscure darker trans- 

 verse streaks ; an obscure incurved streak at the base, an oblique fascia in 

 the middle, terminating in a larg-e blotch on the inner margin, and a small 

 spot towards the apex of the costa all fuscous : posterior wings brownish, 

 with the apex broadly luteous-orange. 



The wings are more or less light testaceous, and have the fascife more or less 

 obscure; sometimes almost obliterated, at others very intensely marked: 

 the posterior wings are occasionally without the orange tint at the apex. 



The caterpillar feeds on the rose, bramble, raspberry, &c. ; and the imago 

 appears towards the end of June. 



Also common in gardens and hedges in the vicinity of the metro- 

 polis : found likewise in the New Forest and in Devonshire. 



