150 HAUSTELLATA. LEPIDOFTERA. 



Sp. 5. vittaua. Alts anticis brurmeis posiicd saturatioribus, fasciculo medio 

 nigi'o, vitta lata marginis temdoris, thorace, capite, palpisque ri^'o-ochraceis. 

 (Exp. Alar. 9— 9§ lin.) 



Pe. vittana. Stepli. Catul. ii. 185. Nu. 7047. 



Anterior wings brown, with the apex darker, the disc with an elevated 

 tuft of black scales, and some minute black dots near the hinder angle ; the 

 inner margin with a broad ochraceous-red streak ; thorax, head, and palpi 

 of similar hue. 



This has occurred near London, and also in the New Forest, bvit 

 rarely. 



Sp. 6. spadiceana. Alis anticis brunneo-fuscis basi spadiceis, fasciculo medio 

 elevato nigro-brunneo, thorace fusco, capite palpisque cinereis. (Exp. Alar. 

 9— 10 lin.) 



To. spadiceana. Haworth. — Pe. spadiceana. Steph. Catal. ii. 185. No. 7048. 



Anterior wings bright bay-colour at the base, the apex fuscous-brown, the 

 colours divided obliquely from near the base of the inner margin to a little 

 behind the middle of the costa ; on the disc is an elevated black-brown tuft, 

 with a few paler minute scales near the anal angle : thorax fuscous : head 



. and palpi ashy. 



Taken at Coombe wood in the autumn, and occasionally throughout 

 the winter : it also occurs in the New Forest. 



Sp. 7. consimilana. Alis anticis hrunneo-fuscis, basi interne subfulvo-aurantio, 

 Jhsciculo medio elevato rujo-brunneo, stria obscurd cinercu marginis tenuioris, 

 thorace capite palpisque albis. (Exp. Alar. 9^ lin.) 



Pe. consimilana. Steph. Catal. ii. 185. JVo. 7049. 



Anterior wings fuscous-brown, the base interiorly of a tawny-orange, the apex 

 freckled with black ; on the disc is an elevated red-brown tuft of scales, and 

 on the inner margin an obscure ashy streak : head, palpi, and thorax white. 



Found in the New Forest, and near Ripley, in the autumn ; but 

 not common. 



Sp. 8. Desfontaniana. Alis anticis fuscis, stria, a basi ad medium terminante, 

 Jhsciculo magno elevato, aurantlis, tho?'ace fusco, capite palpisque pallidis. 

 (Exp. Alar. 9—10 lin.) 



Py. Desfontaniana. Fahricius. — Pe. Desfontaniana. Steph. Caial. ii. 185. 



No. 7050. 



Anterior wings brown, the costa darkest, with an indeterminate broad orange 

 vitta arising from the base of the inner margin, extending to the middle, and 

 terminated by an elevated tuft of scales, of similar hue ; thorax fuscous ; 

 head and palpi pale, with a reddish tinge. 



