108 HAUSTELLATA. — LEIMUOPTEK A. 



Rare ; taken at Darenth and Coombe woods in the beginning of 

 Auffust, and also near Brockenhurst in the New Forest. 



Sp. 8. rhonibifasciana. Alis anticis cinerels, jwstice nigro nebulosis, fascia bast 



nigra trepeziformi ; posticis fuscis. (Exp. Alar. 7 liii.) 

 To. rhombifasciana. Haworth.—St. rhonil)ifasciana.'^iA,S'/<7j/(. Catal. ii. 177. 



No. 6948. 

 Anterior wings ashy, clouded with black behind, the base with a conspicuous 



trapeziform black fascia; the middle of the hiiier margin is sometimes tinted 



with reddish : posterior wings fuscous. 



iV rare insect; found at the end of July at Darenth ; it has also 

 occurred in other parts the beginning of August. 



Sp. 9. stictana. Alis anticis cinereo riifis, nebulis parvis nigris spaisis, posticis 



fuscis. ( Exp. Alar. 6— 6§ lin.) 

 To. stictana. Haw or th.— St. stictana. Steph. Catal. ii. 177. iVo. 6949. 

 Anterior wings ashy-red, with minute scattered black dots or clouds^ the base 

 concolorous : posterior wings brown. 



Very rare : taken within the metropolitan district in the month of 

 August. 



Sp. 10. cinereana. Alis anticis cinereis,fusco marmoratis, ocello postico obsolcto 

 cceco subargenteo, iridefusca, posticis fuscis. (Exp. Alar. 7 lin.) 



To. cinereana. Haworth. — St. cinerana. Steph. Catal. ii. 177. No. 6949. 



Anterior wings ashy, obscurely marbled with brown, with an obsolete blind 

 somewhat silvery ocellus behind, having a brown iris : costa ashy-brown : 

 anterior with very oblique darker streaks, the apex with a round brown 

 dot : posterior wings brown. 

 Also a rare species, and found within the metropolitan district in 



August. 



Sp. 11. retusana. Alis anticis retusis rujis, macuhl communi albido-cinerea ; 

 costa albo obliqua strigata, posticis fuscis. (Exp. Alar. 6 — 7§ lin.) 



To. retusana. Haivorth. — An. retusana. Steph. Catal. ii. 177. No. 6950. 



Anterior wings retuse, ashy-red, with a dark fascia at the base of the h)ner 

 margin, followed by a large somewhat quadrate common whitish-ash blotch, 

 and a more obscure one on the anal angle, in which are usually some trans- 

 verse black lines : on the costa are some whitish streaks, and its extreme 

 tip has a round red spot: posterior whigs brown. 



Extremely vaiiable in colour: in some instances the wings are nearly of a 

 plain dull red, with the ordinary markings indicated of a deeper hue, or 

 nearly obliterated: at others, the colours arc prettily contrasted, and the 



