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with a larg* common ashy spot on the inner margin, before the middle, 

 composed of three very approximating black streaks, and a larger acutely 

 conical one, also common and deep black, near the anal angle : posterior 

 wings whitish, with the apex dusky. 



A rare species, of which I possess the original specimens ; found 

 near Darenth wood, and also in Yorkshire, towards the end of June. 



Sp. 4. nsDvana. Alis anficis nigris, macula communi Joisali viaculaque posticd 

 albis, costu postice albo oblique strigath (Exp. Alar. 5 — 6^ lin.) 



To, naevana. Htibncr. — N. G. nsevana. Steph. Catal. ii. 178. No. 6963. 



Anterior wings with a livid black fascia at the base, the costa and hinder 

 portion of the wing also black, faintly varied with white, and having a large 

 blotch of the last colour on the inner margin of the wing about the middle, 

 in which on the extreme edge is a small black dot, near the anal angle is a 

 roundish white spot, and the black at the base is sometimes banded with 

 white : on the costa l)ehind the middle are three or four pair of oblique 

 white streaks, the extreme tip of the wing has a rounded brownish spot^ 

 adjoining to which is a white dash, as in the Pseudotomia; : cilia brown, 

 white at the anal angle : posterior wings brownish. 

 Found at Darenth and Birch woods, in June, not very common. 



Sp. 5. sociana. Alis anficis niveo nigroque fasciatis, ipso apice puiicio rotunda 

 hrunneo, posticis f'uscis. (Exp. Alar. 6 — 7 Ihi.) 



To. sociana. Hawortlt. — N. G. sociana. Steph. Catal. ii. 178. No. 6964. 



Anterior wings black, sometimes atrous, from the base nearly to the middle, 

 followed by a snow-white band, waved, or angulated, at the base, then 

 another, frequently abbreviated, in the middle of the costa, black or dusky ; 

 beyond this the wing is ashy-white, varied, with the margin itself darker, 

 and with a round brown dot on the costal apex : posterior wings brown. 

 Not uncommon, in June, at Darenth-wood, and other places within 



the metropolitan district. 



Sp. 6. incarnana. Alis anticis albonigrocinereoque variis, puncto distincto postico 

 nigro, ante lituram parvamjlexuosam cineream. (Exp. Alar. 5 J — 6 lin.) 



To. incarnana. Hubner — N. G. incarnana. Steph. Catal. ii. 178. No. 6965. 



Anterior wings varied with ashy-white and black, the base chiefly of the last 

 colour ; in the middle of the costa is a small dash of a reddish hue placed on 

 an ashy ground, the apex itself bears a roimd brown spot, imperfectly edged 

 with black : on the disc towards the apex is a small black dot, placed lon- 

 gitudinally : posterior wing fuscous. 



Extremely variable, some examples are almost entirely suffused with brown, 

 in others the white predominates, and all the intermediate grades occur. 

 Found in August within the metropolitan district, abundantly in 



some places, especially at Darenth wood. 



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