78 H AUSTELL ATA. — LEPIUOPTEK A. 



Apparently very rare : it has occurred at Darenth and Coombe 

 Vv^oods in June. 



B, Anterior wings obtuse, or rounded on the hinder margin. 



a. Anterior wings broad, pale, with abbreviated, or inter7-upted oblique fasciae ; 

 posterior whitish: — Philedone, Hitbner. 



Sp. 19. costana. Alis aniicis ohtusis stramine is fascia medid pmobliquu intils 

 dilutiore maculaque posiicj. costali fuscis; posticis albidis. (Exp. Alar. 

 8— 12| lin.) 



Py. costana. Fabricius. — Lo. costana. Steph. Catal. ii. 171. No. 6869. 



Anterior wings obtuse, pale straw colour, rather ashy towards the costa, on 

 which are a few brown dots ; a little before the middle is a very oblique 

 brown fascia, pale withhi and vanishing in the middle of the disc towards 

 the hinder margin ; on the costa near the apex is a darker spot, adjoining to 

 which on the disc towards the hinder margin are 2 — 5 minute dots of similar 

 hue : posterior wings whitish, sometimes slightly fuscescent. 



Female much larger than the male, with the posterior wings generally 

 brownish. 



Far from common ; found occasionally in the vicinity of London, 

 in Battersea-fields and near Woolwich ; also at Hackney and at 

 Coombe wood, in June. 



Sp. 20. biustulana. Alis anticis rcttisis, ochraceo-flavis, macula magna obliquu 

 ad unguium ani altcraque costali ustulatofuscis, posticis albidis. (Exp. Alar. 

 8 lin.) 



Lo. biustulana. Steph. Catal. ii. 171. No. 6870. 



Anterior wings retuse, ochry-yellow, with a faint streak at the base, a laige 

 blotch, arising from a slender streak on the costa, at the anal angle, and 

 another at the apex of the costa of an ustulated brown ; cilia ochreous : 

 posterior wings whitish-ash. 



Of this remarkable species I have seen but two specimens, which 

 ■were captured I believe in the west of England. 



Sp. 21. Modeeriana. Alis anticis subretusis flavis fascia vicdia infeirujitd 

 obliquu, maculaque costali fulvcscentibus, 2>osticis cincrcis apice albis. (Exp. 

 Alar. 9 lin.) 



Ph. To. Modeeriana. LinnL — Lo. Modeeriana. Steph. Catal. ii. 171. No. 6871. 



Anterior wings somewhat retuse, pale yellow, or straw-colour, with an obso- 

 lete fulvous spot at the hase, an oblique ashy-fulvous fascia in the middle 

 interrupted towards the costa, and an oblong spot of the same colour on the 



