152 HAUSTELLATA. — LEPIDOPTERA. 



elevato pallide J'uscis: capite, thorace palpisque cinereis. (Exp. Alar, 

 9 — 10 lin.) 



Ph. To. cristalana. Donovan, iii. ;;/. 77, f. \, 2. — Pe. cristalana. Sieph. Catal. 

 ii. 185.> A 0.7054.. 



Anterior wings fuscous, clouded with black at the base, and with pale ashy- 

 brown at the apex, with an irregular white fascia at the base extending 

 obliquely towards the apex of the costa, and enclosing a fuscous blotch on 

 the costa itself; the fascia also branches off irregularly towards the inner 

 margin, towards the base : the central tuft is pale fuscous, as well as the 

 inner margin ; on the anterior angle is a dark fuscous cloud: head, palpi, 

 and thorax cinereous. 

 Found at Birch and Coombe Avoods, but not common ; more 



abundant in the New Forest, towards theendof August or beginning 



of September. 



Sp. 13. subvittana. Alls anticis fuscis,ivimaculafis,vittd valde ahhreviata basi 

 martinis inferioris fasciculoque medio albidis, thorace capite palpisque albis. 

 (Exp. Alar. lOi lin.) 



Pe. subvittana. Steph. Catal. ii. 185. No, 7055. 



Anterior wings fuscous, immaculate, with a very short broad whitish streak at 

 the extreme base of the inner margin, and the central tuft of scales whitish: 

 head, thorax, and palpi obscure-white. 

 Taken in August 1821 in the New Forest. 



Sp. 14. cristana. Alis anticis saturate J'uscis, j'ascicitlo medio elevato, vitta lata 

 marginis tenuioris, capite, palpis thoraceqiie niveis. (Exp. Alar. 8^ — 10 lin.) 



Py. cristana. Fabricius. — Pe. cristana. Steph. Catal. ii. 185. No. 7056. 



Anterior wings deep fuscous, with a few scattered white elevated scales 

 towards the hinder margin, and a large snowy-white tuft of the same rather 

 behind the middle ; on the inner margin is a broad snowy-white dash : 

 thorax, head, and palpi also snow-white: posterior wings brownish. 

 This beautiful species occurs less frequently than most of its con- 

 geners ; it has been taken near Birch and Coombe woods, in Norfolk 

 and in the New Forest, in August and September. 



Sp. 15. albipunctana. Alls anticis j'uscis, vitta lata marginis tenuioris ochraceo- 

 albu,J'asciculo medio albo, thorace, capite palpisque, lacteis. (Exp. Alar. 9 lin.) 



Pe. albipunctana. Haworih MSS. — Stejih. Catal. ii. 185. No. 7057. 



Anterior wings brown, immaculate, with a central tuft of white elevated 

 scales, and a few scattered ones towards the hinder margin ; on the iinier 

 margin is a broad ochraceous-white, or cream-coloured, dash : head, thorax, 

 and j)alpi cream-coloured. 

 Ajiparcntly rare: it has occurred only in the New Forest. 



