160 • HAUSTEI.LATA. LEl'TDOPTRRA. 



Sp. 40. rufana. Alls anticis rufo-ferrugineis macula triangulnri atra medio 



marginis tenuioris. (Exp. Alar. 8 lin.) 

 Py. rufana. Fabricius.—Ve. rufana. Steph. Catal. ii. 187. No. 7083. 

 Anterior wings plain rusty-red, with a dark triangular spot in the middle of 



the costa, and frequently some scattered elevated black scales towards the 



base within : posterior wings pale fuscous. 

 Some specimens are reddish, with the costal spot on the anterior wings of a 



darker red. 



Not very rare in the woods in the vicinity of London, and occa- 

 sionally in gardens; found also in Yorkshire in September. 



Sp. 41. costimaculana. Alis anticis pallide ochraceo-rujis obsolctissirne rufo- 

 irroratis, macula subovatd ruj'a costali, liturd atra, longitudinali adnata. 

 (Exp. Alar. 9 lin.) 



Pe. costimaculana. Steph. Catal. ii. 187. A'o. 7084. 



Anterior wings pale ochreous-red, very obscurely irrorated with dull red 

 atoms, forming occasionally a somewhat reticulated appearance; in the 

 middle of the costa is a large subovate red spot, palish in the middle, and 

 bordered on the disc with a short longitudinal dusky line; hinder margin 

 immaculate : posterior wings whitish-ash. 



A very rare species, of which a few specimens only have come 

 under my examination : taken near Dover in August. 



Sp. 42. asperana. Alis anticis dimidiato-alhis aut ochraceis, posticc nigris, 

 posticis fuscescentihus. (Exp. Alar. 7 — 8 lin.) 



Py. asperana. Fabricius. — Pe. asperana. Steph. Catal. ii. 187. No. 7086. 



Anterior wings with the basal half obliquely pure snowy-white, dirty-white, 

 or ochreous, the posterior black or fuscous ; at the base and connected with 

 the inner margin is an elevated tuft of scales, and others towards the middle 

 and apex of the wing coloured the same as the respective grounds upon 

 which they are placed ; cilia reddish : posterior wings brownish. 



Far from an uncommon species in woods and gardens throughout 

 the metropolitan district in the months of July and August. " Gib- 

 side."" — G. Wailes, Esq. 



Sp. 43. variegana. Alis anticis dimidiato-c'i nereis postice fusco rufoque variis, 

 fasciculo basalt fusco sq^uamorum elevatorum, posticis cinereo-Juscis. (Exp. 

 Alar. 7— 8i lin.) 



Py. variegana. Fabricius. — Pe. variegana. Steph. Catal. ii. 187. No. 7087. 



Anterior wings ashy or whitish at the" base, and thickly clouded with darker 

 spots, varied posteriorly with dull red and fuscous, and some darker clouds 

 disposed in liascise ; towards the base, near the inner margin, is a large tuft 



