84 ]IAUSTF.I,LATA. LKI'lUOPTERA. 



Sp. 2. rotundana. Alls anticis ohtusissime rotundatis fuliginosis, viacula basi 

 fasciaque media ohliqua brunneis ; posticis atris. (Exp. Alar. 3^ — 6 lin.) 



To. rotundana. Haworth. — Di. rotundana. Steph. Catal. ii. 172. No. 6883. 



Anterior wings very obtusely rounded, smoky-black, with a brown spot at the 

 base, and an obli:jue streak of similar hue in the middle; and behind this 

 an ustulated oblique abbreviated one : posterior wings deep black. 



The anterior wings are sometimes of a paler hue, with very faint markings. 



I suspect this to be a variety of the male of the preceding insect. 



P\iund, but very rarely, in company with the preceding species. 



Sp. 3. sylvana. Alls anficis castaneo-brunneis aut tesfaceis, obsolete strigafis 

 fasciatisque, maris atomis argenteis, Jixmince Jlavescentibvs. (Exp. Alar; 

 7—8 lin.) 



To. sylvana. /TwZiwfr ?—Di. sylvana. Steph. Catal. ii. 172. No. 6886. 



Anterior wings in the male chestnut- or cofTee-brown, with darker oblique 

 streaks and spots, and a few silvery spots interspersed ; in the female of a 

 lighter hue or cinnamon colour, with similar markings and yellowish spots : 

 on the middle of the inner margin is a whitish spot, and a yellowish one on 

 the costa; posterior wings reddish-brown. 



This appears to be a rare species, at least in the vicinity of London; 

 it has occurred at Darenth and in Norfolk. 



b. Anterior wrings with distinct oblique fascice, the apex without metallic 



markirigs, with a dark clovd on the hinder margin : — Eudemis, Hubner ; 



PjEDisca, p. Triet. 



Sp. 4. porphyrana. Alis anticis glanco-cinereis nitidis, Jasciis duabus obliquis 

 maculdque posticd fusco-brunneis, posticis nigrescentibus. (Exp. Alar. 9 — 

 9i lin.) 



To. porphyrana. Iliibrier? — Di. porphyriana. Steph. Catal. ii. 172. No. 6884. 



Anterior wings shining ashy, with a broad oblique fuscous-brown band at the 

 base, darkest on the inner margin and posteriorly, with a very slender 

 delicate white margin, beyond these is a second more oblique fascia leading 

 from the middle of the costa nearly to the anal angle, its edges a little waved 

 and bordered very finely with whitish; on the hinder margin, towards the 

 middle, is a roundish blotch of the same colour as the fascia : cilia with 

 brownish dots : posterior wings blackish. 



Slightly variable, some specimens being rather suffused with fuscous, with the 

 fasciae rather broader than usual. 



Not common; found occasionally at Darenth and Birch-woods, 

 near London, at the end of June and beginning of July: also in the 

 New Forest. 



