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fascia near the base, and a second broader one, and bifurcate within beyond 

 the middle, both with a silvery gloss ; towards the apex, near the hhider 

 margui, is a small brown lobe, and on the costa are numerous minute 

 silvery streaks; cilia reddish-white, with a brownish cloud: posterior wings 

 grey-brown ; cilia ashy. 



Taken in Devonshire and in Scotland, in June. 



Sp. 11. politana. Alis aniicis nitidis subglaucis fasciis tribus rufo-brunneis. 



(Exp. Alar. 6§ lin.) 

 To. politana. Haworth.— Or. politana. Steph. Catal. ii. 189. jA'o. 7015. 

 Anterior wings somewhat glaucous, shining, with the base obliquely brown, 



an oblique waved fascia in the middle, and another, frequently interrupted, 



reaching obliquely from the costa to the anal angle red-brown; posterior 



wings brownish. 



Rare ; found in the New Forest, and in Devonshire, in June ; very 

 scarce within the metropohtan district. 



Sp. 12. pulchellana. Alis anticis canis, fasciis tribus, subobliquis, concinnis 



nigricantibus, ultima interriiptCi. (Exp. Alar. 6 — 7 lin.) 

 To. pulchellana. Haworth.— Or. pulchellana. Steph. Catal. ii. 182. No. 7017. 



Anterior wings hoary, with a large angulated oblique brown fascia at the 

 base ; a second stout, waved one, extending from the middle of the costa 

 nearly to the anal angle, in which about the middle of the wings is a fulvous 

 dot ; a third fascia is formed of a semiovate spot on the costa, and a second 

 pear-shaped one on the inner margin : cilia brown, dusky-black towards the 

 apex of the wing : posterior lead coloured, with snowy cilia. 



Very scarce : I possess a specimen that was taken in the New 

 Forest ; a second (which was in the late Mr. Haworth's collection) 

 was found near London, in June. 



Sp. 13. fuligana. Alis nigris, anticis fusco nebulosis, strigis sesquiiertiis lituris 

 punctisque atro-plumheis, costa albidd subpunctatd. (Exp. Alar. 6 — 7 lin.) 



To. fuligana. H'ubner. — Or. fuligana. Steph. Catal. n. 182. No. 7016. 



Anterior wings with the base, an oblique fascia behind the middle, and the 

 hinder margin, black, the intermediate spaces forming pale bands, which 

 are clouded with fuscous, the black on the hinder margin is slightly inter- 

 rupted, and forms a lobe inwards : costa with three black dots edged with 

 white : cilia with a pale stripe at the base ; posterior wings rather 

 brownish-black. 



Very rare : taken in June within the metropolitan district, and m 

 Norfolk. 



