140 HAUSTELLATA. — LEPIDOPTERA. 



Sp. 1. degeneranus. Alls ant ids sericeis canescentihus nvhilosis, sirigis nndatis 

 obsoJetis pnnctisque elcvatisfuscis, punctoque majore fulvo loco stigmatis anticis 

 Noctuarum. (Exp. Alar. 1 unc.) 



To. degenerana. H'uhner. — To. bifasciana. Donovan, xi. pi. 357. J". 3. — Sa- 

 degeneranus. Steph. Catal. ii. 184. No. 7036. 



Anterior wings of a glossy silken hoary hue, clouded with cinereous-brown, 

 with numerous elevated darker spots, and a fulvous one in place of the 

 anterior stigma of the Noctuidfe ; on the disc are two rather obscure 

 waved streaks, and on the hinder margin a row of brown dots. 

 Taken at Darenth and Eirch woods from July to December ; also 



in the New Forest, near Brockenhurst, but not very abundant. 



Sp. 2. undulanus. Ah's anticis canescentifms, strigis diiabns unchilatis foscts, 

 punctoque interjecto fulvo. (Exp. Alar. 10 — 11 lin.) 



To. undulana. Hubner, To. pi. 2. /. 7. 



Anterior wings of a shining silken hoary tint, with some obscure fuscous dots 

 and two waved fuscous streaks, one before the middle and the other behind, 

 and both duplicated; between them is a fulvous dot. 

 Probably a variety of the male of the precedhig insect. 



Found in the same localities with the preceding, but less fre- 

 quently. 



Sp. 3. dilutanus. Alis anticis griseis, nitidis, J'asciis duahus hrevissimis costce 

 rvjis. (Exp. Alar. 11— 12 lin.) 



To. dilutanus. H'uhner. — Sa. dilutanus. Steph. Catal. ii. 184. JVo. 7037. 



Anterior wings griseous, or pale ash colour, shining, with a short bar at the 

 base and a second larger triangular one in the middle of the costa reddish ; 

 at the apex of the latter is placed a fulvous dot, between which and the 

 hinder margin is an obsolete waved row of black spots, and on the hinder 

 margin itself is another row of very minute black dots- 

 Taken in the neighbourhood of Greenhithe ; also at Darentli and 



Birch woods and the New Forest, and occasionally at Coombe wood, 



in August, and in Norfolk. 



Sp. 4. Lathamianus. Alis anticis palUde testaceis, hasi apiceque punctis clevatis 

 nigris, puncto centraliferrugineo. (Exp. Alar. 10§lin.) 



Ph. To. Lathamianus. Gmelin. — To. Ilicana. Donovan, x. pi. 35!). f. 2. — 

 Sa. Lathamianus. Steph. Catal. ii. 184. A'o. 7039. 



Anterior wings pale testaceous, with elevated black dots at the base and 

 apex, and a ferruginous one on the disc : head and palpi above snow- 

 white. 

 Less abundant than the foregoing ; taken at Birch and Darenth 



woods in Auffust. 



