132 HAUSTELI.ATA I.KPIDOl'TER A. 



forming a sort of inverted crescent; costa with obscure brown dots, placed 

 obliquely : posterior wings reddish-brown. 

 Female much darker in colour^ without the reddish tinge. 



Not common : it occurs sometimes within the metropolitan district^ 

 in the neiglibourhood of fir-trees, in June : I have several times 

 taken it at Ripley, and at Darenth once: it is found also in Norfolk. 



Sp. 2. striana. Alis anticis testaceo-fuscis, obsolete fusco reticulatis ; fascia 

 media recta strigaqne pnsticii submarginali fuscis' (Exp. Alar. 6 — 10 lin.) 



Ph. To. striana. Wien. Verz.—Or. fasciana. Stej)h. Catal. ii. 181. No. 7007. 

 Ph. To. biliturana. Donovan, xi. j>l. 37 !._/". 2. female. 



Anterior wings testaceous-brown, very obscurely reticulated with darker 

 brown, the base rather dark ; in the middle is a stoutish, straight, deep- 

 brown fascia, being obscurely bidentate without, and narrowest on the costa ; 

 near the hinder margin is a curved streak, arising from the apex of the costa, 

 and extending nearly to the anal angle of the hinder margin ; posterior 

 wings brown. 



Extremely variable in size, and slightly so in colouring ; the ground colour 

 of the anterior wings being sometimes so dark as nearly to obliterate the 

 fasciae: at others it is very pale, and the fascia extremely distinct. 



A common species in the vicinity of London during the month of 

 June, frequenting woods, hedges, &c. ; abundant at Darenth, 

 Coombe, Hertford, Ripley, &c. 



Sp. 3. fasciolana. Alis anticis cinnamomeo griseis, obsolete fusco reticulatis, 

 fascia media subobliqua margineque postico fuscis, ciliis sordide carneis. 

 (Exp. Alar. SJ lin.) 



To. fasciolana. Hiibner. To.pl. 4.1. f 260. 



Anterior wings of a griseous-cinn anion hue, very obsoletely reticulated with 

 brown, with a slightly oblique, broad, brown fascia, rather beyond the 

 middle, with a tendency to expand towards the anal angle ; the hinder 

 margin, excepting at the angle just mentioned, is also brown, this colour 

 forming a triangular patch ; cilia flesh-colour ; posterior wings brown ; 

 cilia paler, with a reddish tinge. 



Of this species, which appears very distinct from the foregoing, I 

 obtained a fine pair from the late Mr. Haworth's cabinet ; I know 

 not their locality. 



Sp. 4. Urticana. Alis anticis gtiseo-cinereis, basi fasciisque subrectis fuscis 



sesquitertiis, costa postice punctis fuscis. (Exp. Alar. 9 — 9^ lin.) 

 To. Urticana. H'vbner.— Or. Urticana. Steph. Catal. ii. 181. No. 7008. 

 Anterior wings griseous-ash, with darker waves, the base broadly fuscous. 



