168 HAUSTELLATA. — LEPIPOPTERA. 



Found at Birch, Darenth, and Coombe woods from July to 

 September, but not very abundant ; also taken in the New Forest, 

 &c. " Raeliills, not common.'''' — Rev. W. Little. 



Sp. 3. efFractana. Alls nnticis griseo-fuscis, punctis albis elevatis spar sis, fascia 

 obliqud obsoletissimafuscescente. (Exp. Alar. 9 — 10 lin.) 



To. effractana. Hilbner.—Gl. efFractana. Steph. Catal. ii. 188. No. 7102. — 

 Ph. To. emargana. Donovan, lu. pi, 91. f. 1. 



Anterior wings griseous-brown, with a very obscure oblique greatly sinuated 

 fascia rather before the middle ; the disc obscurely reticulated, and having 

 minute elevated white scales scattered irregularly : posterior wings fuscous. 



Variable : in some examples the inner margin of the anterior wings is fulvous, 

 in others concolorous, or with a distinct brown streak. 

 Not uncommon in woods within the metropolitan district during 



the autumn, and also abundant in other parts of the country, as in 



the New Forest, &c. " Raehills." — Rev. W. Little. 



Sp. 4. caudana. Alls anficis griseis, obsoletissime reticulatis, casta paulo emar- 

 ginatd, posticis cincreo-fuscis. (Exp. Alar. 8 — 9i lin.) 



Py. caudana. Fabricius. — Gl. caudana. S/eph. Catal. ii. 188. No. 7103. 



Anterior whigs griseous, very obsoletely reticulated with a darker shade, with 

 a very faint trace of a waved dusky fascia rather before the middle, a little 

 beyond the margin of which, on the costa, a shallow excavation commences, 

 which is carried on nearly to the apex : posterior wings dark ashy-brown. 



Var. /3. Gl. ochracea. Steph. Catal. ii. 188. No. 7104. — Anterior wings entirely 

 of a pale ochreous colour. 



Less abundant than the foregoing within the metropolitan district, 

 but more frequent in Yorkshire and the north of England, during the 

 autumn. 



Genus CCCIII. — Dictyoptekvx* mihi. 



Palpi short, stout, ascending, subclavate, densely clothed with long scales, 

 terminating in an abrupt cone, with the apical joint exposed in the middle of 

 its base : rnaxillw rather short. Antenna; long and slender, faintly pubescent 

 within in the males : head small, with a slight crest above : eyes moderate, 

 subglobose : thorax rather slender, not crested : wings slightly deflexed 

 during repose ; anterior acute or subtruncate, of pale yellowish or red hues, 

 reticulated throughout with a darker shade, sometimes confluent in fascia ; 

 posterior wings also acute : body short, slender, with a slight tuft at the 

 apex, rather stoutest in the females. 



* ^iKTvov rctCj TTTipv^ ala. 



