138 HAUSTELLATA. LEPIDOPTERA. 



very strong dark triangular blotch near the anal angle, unlike any 

 other of the foregoing genera, sufficiently indicate its distinction : 

 one species only is known. 



Sp. 1. Udmanniana. Alis anticis cinereis strigis fuscescentibus, macula posticd 

 communi suhtrianguhiri castanea, albido cincta, (Exp. Alar. 7 — SJ Hn.) 



Ph. To. Udmanniana. Linnl—Donov. v. pi. 153./. 1— 3.— Pcec Udmanniana. 

 Steph. Catal. ii. 183. No. 7024. 



Anterior wings ashy, with indistinct brownish streaks forming obsciue fascis; 

 adjoining the anal angle is a somewhat obtusely-triangular common distinct 

 brown spot, and on the apex of the costa, which is dark, are three or four 

 pairs of whitish streaks, separated by a brown line, and with a brown spot 

 between each pair : posterior wings brownish. 



Not rare, in woody places within the metropolitan district, in 

 June ; I have frequently taken it at Darenth and Coombe woods, 

 Ripley, Hertford, &c.; it also occurs in the New Forest, Devonshire, 

 Norfolk, Suffolk, the north of England, &c. 



Genus CCXCV. — Poecilochkoma* mihi. 



Palpi remote, parallel, porrected horizontally, densely clothed with rather 

 short scales, leaving the terminal joint visible, and acute : maxillw rather 

 long. Antennae short, robust, and with the joints very distinct and pubescent 

 within in the males, slender and simple in the females : head small, with a 

 dense tuft of scales above: eye* small: thorax robust, not crested: wings 

 ample ; anterior long and rather wide, with indistinct but variable markings, 

 rarely fasciated, the inner margin with a more or less evident light or dark 

 blotch on the inner margin, the hinder margin entire, rounded, without 

 the usual ring-like mark at the apex, or having it very obscure : posterior 

 faintly emarginate at the apex : body rather short, slender, and tufted in the 

 males, robust and acute in the females. 



The insects comprising this genus are generally very prone to vary, 

 and have usually much diversity of colouring, whence their name : 

 their anterior wings are long, broad, rounded behind, rarely fasciated, 

 but mostly dotted or freckled with dark colours, and have a more or 

 less distinct pale blotch on the middle of the inner margin, or that 

 margin is entirely pale ; the posterior wings are ample : they differ in 

 habit, and 1 suspect the last species belongs to another group. 



• IIoiKiXof- varius, Xpw/ia color. 



