158 HAUSTELLATA. — LEPIDOPTERA. 



A very rare species, a few specimens only having occurred, most, 

 if not all, of which were captured at Birch wood, or its vicinity, in 

 the months of July and August : I have a very fine pair that I 

 obtained from the late Mr. Haworth's collection, one of which he 

 appears to have procured from that of Mr. Francillon ; the other he 

 captured himself 



Sp. 33. albicostana. Alls anticis pallide rvfescentilms, atomis obsoletissimis satU' 

 ratioribus, casta tenuissimc alba. (Exp. Alar. 10 — 11 lin.) 



Pe. albicostana. Steph. Catal. ii. 186. No. 7076. 



Anterior wings pale reddish, with very mitiute and obscure darker atoms; in 

 other respects immaculate; costa white on the extreme edge : posterior 

 wings ashy-brown : cilia long and whitish. 



I possess a single specimen of this insect, which I caught at 

 Dover in August ; other specimens have been taken in the New 

 Forest, I believe, at the same period of the year. 



Sp. 34. similana. Alls anticis pallide rufescentibus punctulis scabris fuscescen- 

 tibus, macula costali triangulari, alteraque versus basi marginis tenuioris 

 fuscis. (Exp. Alar. 9§ lin.) 



Pe. similana. Steph. Catal. ii. 186. No. 7077. 



Anterior wings pale reddish, with minute elevated dusky scales; on the 

 middle of the costa is a triangular fuscous spot, with a darker cloud 

 attached to the angle on the disc ; at the base of the iimer margin is a second 

 smaller spot of similar colour ; posterior wings pale whitish brown ; cilia 

 very pale and glossy. 



Of this insect I possess a fine example, which was found near Birch 

 ■wood, several years since, in the autumn; others have occurred 

 since. 



Sp. 35. latifasciana. Alis anticis cinereis, fascia basi, alteraque latissime medio 

 hrunneis, posticis pallide fuscescentibus. (Exp. Alar. 8 — 8^ lin.) 



To. latifasciana. Haworth. — Pe. latifasciana. Steph. Catal. ii. 186. No. 7078. 



Anterior wings ashy, or hoary, with a short trigonal fascia at the base, and a 

 second very broad one a little beyond the middle, slanting anteriorly, dark 

 brown, the latter fascia extending nearly to the posterior margin, Avhich is 

 hoary : posterior wings pale brownish. 



Bare ; taken occasionally within the metropolitan district in 

 August and September, and in Yorkshire. 



Sp. 36. plumbosana. AUs anticis rvfo-plumbeis, punctulis mimitissimis sca» 

 briusculis, posticis pallidis- (Exp. Alar. 8—9 liii.) 



