128 HAUSTEI.LATA. LEl'IDOPTERA. 



j\nterior wings rather long, slightly rounded at the apex, ashy- or yellowish- 

 white, with an irregular patch of brown clouds or spots in the middle, 

 forming a fascia, and three other larger ones towards their apex, more con- 

 fluent and irregular : hinder margin with brownish dots : posterior wings 

 ashy-white. 



The apex of the anterior wings is sometimes faintly reticulated with brown ; or 

 the wings are pale, with the markings more or less conspicuous. 



Taken occasionally in meadows and marshy places within the 

 metropolitan district ; not very common ; found in the Isle of Dogs 

 in June, and in the New Forest. 



Sp. 3. ictericana. Alis anticis sordide flavicantibus immaculatis, posticis alhidis. 

 (Exp. Alar. 8— 9^ lin.) 



To. ictericana. Haworth. — Cn. ictericana. Steph. Catal. ii. 181. No. 6995. 



Anterior wings dull yellowish, immaculate, the apex rounded; posterior 



whitish. 

 The anterior wings are sometimes whitish, and the posterior reddish-white : 



probably the result of age. 



This is rather a scarce species : it is found in the meadows about 

 Bow and Limehouse, and also in other places within the metropolitan 

 district, towards the end of June. 



C. Anterior wings ashy, with sinuated or irregular continuous darker fasciae : 

 — EuDEMis, Hubner. 



Sp. 4. sinuana. Alis anticis cinereo-albidis, fascia incurva basi alteraque valde 

 sinuata in medio, margineque in post ico fuse is. (Exp. Alar. 8 lin.) 



To. sinuana. Wien. Ferz- — Cn. sinuana. Steph. Catal. ii. 181. No. 6996. 



Anterior wings ashy-white, with an incurved deep fuscous fascia near the 

 base, having a tooth without, then a very waved fascia in the middle, reach- 

 ing from the costa to the posterior angle, and externally shaded off to the 

 hinder margin of the wing, which is very dark at the extreme apex: posterior 

 wings ashy-brown. 



The only example I have seen of this pretty insect was taken at 

 Darenth in June, several years since. 



Sp. 5. assinana. Alis anticis cinereo-albidis, fasciis sesquitertiis fuscis, posticis 



albidis. (Exp. Alar. 9 — 11 lin.) 

 To. assinana. Hubner. — Cn. assinana. Steph. Catal. ii. 181. JVo. 6998. 



Anterior wings whitish-ash, with a slightly bent unangulated ashy-browit 

 fascia near the base, frequently, spotted with black, a second somewhat 

 similar, but stouter, placed obliquely, and very much waved and circled 



