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To. plumbosana. Haworth. — Pe. plumbosana. Slcph. CataL ii. 186. No. 7079. 



Anterior wings reddish lead colour, the costa darker at the base, with elevated 

 spots ; the disc with a few minute rather darker scales, three of which arc 

 nearly united, placed in a triangle towards the middle of the costa, and one 

 within paler : posterior wings whitish, or pale-brownish. 



Also somewhat scarce, but more abundant than the preceding 

 species; found at Birch wood in September, and in the New 

 Forest. 



Sp. 37. Boscana- AUs anticis albidis, costa bast maculisque iribus medio mar- 

 ginis crassioris in triangido subcasfaneis. (Exp. Alar. 8 — 8^ lin.) 



Ty. Boscana. Fabricius?—Vc. Boscana. Sleph. Catal.n. 186. No. 7080. 



Anterior wings whitish, with a few slightly elevated scattered red-brown 

 atoms ; a spot at the base of the costa, and a second small one opposed to 

 it on the inner margin ; besides these are three others, nearly confluent, on 

 the costa, a little behind the middle, and placed triangularly : posterior 

 wings brownish. 



Rare : taken at Darenth and Birch woods in August, and in the 

 New Forest. 



Sp. 38. trigonana. AUs anticis canesccntibus, macula triangulari costalifusco- 

 brunnea, posticis fuscescentibus. (Exp. Alar. 8 lin.) 



Pe. trigonana. Stei)h. CataL ii. 187. No. 7081. 



Anterior wings hoary-ash, with some minute darker atoms, and a triangular 

 fuscous-brown spot in the middle of the costa ; cilia brownish : posterior 

 wings fuscescent. 



Also a scarce species : taken at Birch wood in September ; and I 

 believe likewise near Greenhithe. 



Sp. 39. Schalleriana. AUs anticis canis, macida costali obtusCi trigona ferru- 



ginea, aiomis nigris elevatis. (Exp. Alar. 7 — 9 lin.) 

 Ph. To. Schalleriana. Linnc.—Vc Schalleriana. Steph. Catal. ii. 187. No. 7082. 

 Anterior wings hoary-white, sometimes pale fuscescent, with an obtuse 



trigonal rusty, or reddish, spot, on the middle of the costa, and a few black 



elevated scales on the disc, especially towards the base : posterior wings 



pale brownish. 



Much more abundant than the foregoing insect, frequenting the 

 same localities at Darenth, Birch, and Coombc woods; also in 

 gardens close to the metropolis itself at the end of August and in 

 September. *« Gibside.''— - G. Wailes, Esq. " Loch."— i?er. 

 W. Little. 



