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HAUSTELLATA. LKPIDOPTEBA. 



Sp. 7. Paykulliana. Alis anticis canis cinereo-nubilosis, basi vigris, litura 

 postica transversa tenuissima sinuaiu atrh (Exp. Alar. 6 lin.) 



Py. Paykulliana. Fabrkius.—N. G. Paykulliana. Steph. Catal. ii. 178. 

 No. 6966. 



Anterior wings hoary, clouded with cinereous, the base black, towards the 

 apex is a transverse dark very slender streak : posterior wings whitish. 



Taken at the end of March at Darenth ; probably an autumnal 

 species. 



Sp. 8. fimbriana. Alis anticis albis nigro-nebulosis lineolatisque, puncto apicis 

 brunneo, lunula communi nigra aliaquefuscCt, posticis fuscis. (Exp. Alar. 

 6—6i^ lin.) 



to. fimbriana. Thunberg. — N. G. fimbriana. Steph. Catal. ii. ITS. No. 6967. 



Anterior wings white, clouded and streaked with black, the streaks being 

 placed very obliquely on the costa, the apex of the latter with a varied 

 brown dot: near the base of the inner margin is a distinct, conspicuous, 

 conical or lunate blackish-brown patch and an indistinct brownish one near 

 the anal angle : posterior wings brown. 



Remarkably variable : in extreme varieties, the costa alone is white, with its 

 usual dark streaks, and the entire inner margin is black or deep fuscous, 

 with a faint tracing of the blotches at ihs base and anal angle : all the inter- 

 mediate shades occur. 



Inhabits woods where plenty of birch occurs, as at Darenth, Birch 

 wood, Coombe, &c. in June: the dark varieties are rare. 



Sp. 9. bilunana. Alis anticis albis cinereo-nebulosis, lineola atra maculaque 

 cinerea dorsalibus communibus, posticis albidis. (Exp. Alar. 6 lin.) 



To. bilunana. ffaworM.—Eu. bilunana. Steph. Caial. li. 191. iVb. 7134. 



Anterior wings white, more or less clouded with ash-colour, and a few dusky 

 dots, somewhat disposed in streaks on the costa; near the base of the inner 

 margin is an oblique black line, pointing towards the apex, and common to 

 both wings ; this is bounded towards the base with a large fuscous blotch, 

 sometimes rather indistinct ; near the anal angle is an obscure ashy spot :• 

 cilia white : posterior wings whitish-brown. 



Rather variable in the intensity of its colours and markings. 



Not very common : found in June at Darenth and Birch woods. 



Sp. 10. subocellana. Alis anticis retusis albidis, basi cinereis, postici macula 

 plumbed nigro-cinctd in fascia cinerea, posticis fuscis. (Exp. Alar. 5^ lin.) 



Ph. To. subocellana. Donovan, xii. />/. 381./. 1. — N. G. subocellana. Steph. 

 Catal. ii. 178. No. 6968. 



Anterior wings retuse, white, ashy at the base, where they are thickly sprinkled 



