TORTniriDE. LOZOT.F.XIA. 7^ 



costa itself towards the apex, from which a faint fulvous line extends to the 

 anal angle : posterior wings ashy, with the tips white. 



Very rare ; the only locality I know of being Darenth wood, where 

 I have twice caught the insect in the beginning of July. 



b. Anterior wings narrow, ofsomhre ashy hues, ivith distinct continuous ohli(j7ic 



centra! fascia' J posterior concohrous. 



Sp. 2. Acerana. Alis anticis oblotig-is ohtusisfuscis, strigd bast siiharcuata, fasci:}, 

 mcdij oblifjud ciavata maculuquc posticit custali saiuratioribns obsoletis. (Exp. 

 Alar. 7—9 liii.) 



To. Acerana. Haworth. — Lo. Acerana. Steph. CataL ii. 171. i\'o. 6872. 



Anterior wings rather narrow, oblong, obtuse, of a pale fuscous, sometimes 

 reddish, with a slightly curved streak at the base, an oblique fascia in the 

 middle widened on the inner margin, and a spot on the costa near the apex 

 darker ; cilia brown, whitish at the tips ; posterior wings fuscous. 



Variable in the tint of colour, and in the intensity of its markings, like its 

 allies. 



Not very uncommon in woods within the metropolitan district in 

 June, as at Coombe and Darenth ; likewise taken in Devonshire 

 and the New Forest. 



Sp. 23. trifasciana. Alis anticis angustis albo-cinereis, striga suhincurva basi, 

 fascia media obliqua antrorsiim sinuatd maculcique costalifuscis, posticisfuscis. 

 (Exp. Alar. 8—9 lin.) 



Py. trifasciana. Fabi-icius. — Lo. trifasciana. Steph. Catal. ii. 171. A^o. 6873. 



Anterior wings narrow, whitish-ash, with a slightly incurved streak at the 

 base, an oblique fascia in the middle, waved anteriorly, and terminathig in a 

 blotch on the anal angle, and a spot on the costa brown ; from the latter in 

 some specimens arises a row of minute slightly confluent blackish dots, 

 forming a kind of streak ; cilia with the apex white; posterior wings brown, 

 with white cilia. 



Also very subject to variation both in colour and in the strength of the 

 markings. 



Likewise found occasionally at Coombe and Darenth woods in 

 June, but less frequently than the foregoing : taken also in the New 

 Forest. 



c. Anterior wings rather broad, yellowish, with a darker fascia bifurcate towaids 



the apex ; posterior c^a/Vr : — Epagoge, H'ubner. 

 Sp. 24. Grotiana. Alis anticis fulvo-tcstaccis, rufo strigulatis, fasci&validd sub* 

 postic& brunnea ad costam bijidu. (Exp. Alar. 7 — 8 lin. 



