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Sp- 5. iiebulaiia. Alis a}ilicis subfcrrugineo-griseis, subttitidis, Jasciis duabus 

 obaolttis, niaculaque posticd saturatioribus. (Exp. Alar. 8 — 9^ lin.) 



Ph. To. nebulana. Donovan, xi. pL 364. /. 3. — Di. nobulana. Sttph. Catal. 

 ii. 172. JVo. 6885. 



Anterior wings somewhat rusty-griseous, slightly glossy ; with a rather ob- 

 scure darker oblique fascia towards the base^ angulated in the middle, and 

 a second a little beyond the middle, occasionally somewhat confluent with 

 the basal one, and widened on the inner margin ; in the middle of the 

 hinder margin is a dark obscure rounded spot, faintly edged with whitish: 

 posterior wings dusky. 



Found also, but somewhat rarely, in the vicinity of London ; at 

 Darenth and Birch woods, also in the New Forest, and in Surrey, in 

 June. 



Sp. 6. Wellensiana. Alis anticis griseo fuscoquc variegatis,fasciis duabus obliquis 

 saturatioribus, maculaque posticd fuscescentibus, macula cuvtmuni alba, posiicis 

 fuscis. (Exp. Alar. 8 — 9§ lin.) 



To. Wellensiana. H'ubner. — Di. Asseclana. Steph. Catal. ii. 172. Xo. 6887. 



Anterior wings variegated with griseous and brown, with two very dark 

 oblique streaks, one basal light posteriorly, and almost black on the inner 

 margin, the second central, narrow on the costa, widened on the inner 

 margin, and faintly edged with whitish ; the hinder margin waved ; between 

 these streaks on the inner margin is a somewhat trigonal white or snowy 

 spot : near the posterior margin is a large rounded fuscous spot ; and on the 

 extreme apex is a small one : cilia slightly clouded; posterior wings fus- 

 cous. 



Kather variable in tint and in the strength of the fasciae, as well as in the iorm 

 of the white spot on the imier margin of the anterior wings. 



Taken not very commonly in Darenth wood, in June ; also in 

 Devonshire and the New Forest, as well as near Hertford and 

 Ripley. 



Sp, 7. .^thiopiana. Alis saturate fuscis atro nebulo.sis, margine postico ci!iis<jue 

 pallide griseo-Juscis'; posiicis fuscis. (Exp. Alar. 8 — 9 lin.) 



To. iEthiopiana. iyau;o;-^A.— Di. ^thiopiana. Stcjih. Catal. \l 172. A^a. 6888. 



Wings deep fuscous, clouded with black, with two darker obscure fasciae ; the 

 hinder margin, some spots on the costa, and the anal angle, pale griseous- 

 brown, cilia the same : posterior wings fuscous. 



Probably an extreme variety of the preceding. 



Taken with the foregoing insect, near London, at Darenth, the 

 New Forest, kc. in June. 



