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Bv Ankrivr wing.s without a large elevated tuft of scales in the middle, a few 

 scattered ones only on the disc. 



a. Palpi large, with the terminal Joint concealed: — Lopas et Eclectis, 



p. Hubner. 



Sp. 16. ruficostana. Alis aniicis jmrpurascente fuscis, costd basi dimidiaftm 

 oblique atro castaneo, vittd lata marginis tenuioris, thorace capite palpisque 

 niveis, aut lutescentibus. (Exp. Alar. 9 — lOf lin.) 



Pe. ruficostana. Curtis, i. pi. IG.—Steph. Catal. ii. 186. No. 7074. 



Anterior wings dull purplish brown, with a large patch of dark chestnut, 

 extending obliquely from the base nearly to the apex of the costa ; a minute 

 tuft of bright ferruginous, or fulvous, scales on the disc, and some pale 

 elevated spots on the anal angle, with a faint row of dusky ones parallel 

 with the hinder margin ; the inner margin with a broad stripe of a snowy- 

 or yellowish-white: posterior wings fuscous: head, thorax, and palpi 

 snowy-white. 



Several specimens of this very beautiful insect have been taken in 

 different years in the New Forest, from August to October. I am 



iiulcbtcd to Mr. Bentley, whose collection of this genus is very fine 

 and unrivalled, for my specimen. 



Sp. 17. umbrana. Alis ant ids griseo-testaceis, luridis, vittd a basi ad apicem 

 punctoque medio subelevato nigro-ustulatis. (Exp. Alar. 8—10 lin.) 



To. umbrana. Hubner. — Pe. umbrana. Sieph. Catal. ii. 185. A'o. 7058. 



Anterior wings dull griseo-testaceous or brownish, shining, with a brown- 

 black irregular streak extending from the base to the anterior apex ; and in 

 the middle with a slightly elevated black spot : posterior wings brownish. 

 Tlie anterior wings are frequently clouded with dark fuscous, and more or 

 less varied with pale fuscous; the latter colour disposed in oblique fasciae, 

 arising on the costa. 



Taken occasionally at Coombe wood in the autumn, but in August 

 and September 1821 it abounded in the New Forest, whence I ob- 

 tained an extensive series of varieties at that period. 



Sp. 18. divisana. Plate 3t, /. 1. — Alis unticis testaceo-fuscis vittd rectd a 

 basi ad apicem vigrd, alteraque adnata laterd exteriore alba. (Exp. Alar. 

 10—11 lin.) 



To. divisana. Hdbner.—?€. divisana. Steph. Catal. ii. 187. No. 7059. 



Anterior wings glossy testaceous-brown, with a broad black straight entire 

 streak from the base to the anterior angle, shaded off inwardly to the ground 

 colour of the wing, and bounded exteriorly by a broad white, or snowy, 

 dash, vanishing towards the costa, which is brownish: head, thorax, and 

 posterior wings also brownish. 



