TOIITIUCID.E. STEGANOPTYCHA. 107 



on the costa, on the inner margin of which towards the anal angle is a brown 



dot: posterior wings brown. 

 Rather variable ; some examples are considerably clouded with brown, and 



the pale portion approaches to ashy-white. 



Not very abundant: found witliin the metropolitan district towards 

 the end of June : it lias also occurred in the west of Enj^jland and in 

 the New Forest. 



Sp. 5. Pavonana. Alis unficis cinereis, niaaild media communi rufci mliovatd 

 nigro-cincta. (Exp. Alar. 7 lin.) 



Ph. To. Pavonana. Dunovan, ii. pi. 58./. 3. pi. 59. f. 1. aucfa.—St. Riibiana ? 

 Sieph. Catal. ii. 177. No. 694.5. 



Anterior wings ashy, with minnte blackish clouds; the costa with short, 

 oblique black and white streaks, and a varied ustulated dot at the tip ; on 

 the middle of the inner margin is a somewhat ovale red blotch deeply mar- 

 gined with black : posterior wings brown, darkest at the apex. 



Apparently rare ; it has been taken in August in Epping Forest, 

 and also near Darenth wood : it is likewise found near Brockenhurst, 

 in the New Forest, and, I believe, at Coombe wood. 



Sp. 6. Boeberana. Alls antkis cinereis, stria, magna communi lanceolaid, a bast 

 post medium nigra. (Exp. Alar. 7 — 75lin.) 



Py. Boeberana. Fabricius. — St. Bceberana. Steph. Catal. ii. 177. No. 6944. 



Anterior wings ashy, clouded with brown and dusky ; with an ample common 

 lanceolated black streak from the base to behind the middle, a little tinted 

 with reddish in the centre of the hinder margin : posterior brown. 



Rather variable in tint; and probably a mere variety of the preceding 

 insect. 



Also a rare species, occurring with the last in the vicinity of the 

 metropolis, in August : it has likewise been found in the New Forest. 



Sp. 7. cuspidana. Alisanticis medio rufis fascia basi obliqua truncatd cuspidatd, 

 lineoldque postico nigris. (Exp. Alar. 6 lin.) 



To. cuspidana. Haworth. — St. cuspidana. Sieph. Catal. ii. 177. No. 6946. 



Anterior wings with a deep black fascia at the base, the centre of which is 

 produced into an acute point, followed by a broad pale red space ; the 

 posterior margin is blackish, with ashy clouds ; on the costa are some faint 

 dark streaks, and the extreme apex has a round ustulated dot : posterior 

 wings dusky, palest at the base. 



Variable in colour, and slightly in markings; closely allied to the two 

 preceding, but diflers in wanting the black longitudinal streak on the 

 anterior wings. 



