TOIITRICID.E. — CAPUA. 17^ 



Rather variable in tint, and slightly so as to the confluence of the reddish spots 

 on the anterior wings. 



Also abundant in various parts of the country, especially within the 

 metropolitan district in August and September. 



Sp. 6. Forskaleana. Alis anticis retusis, testaceo-Jlavis rufo perlepide reticulatis, 

 fascia magna abbreviaid obliqud marginis tenuioris. (Exp. Alar. 5§ — 6^ lin.) 



Ph. To. Forskaleana. Linne.—Di. Forskaleana. Sieph. Catal. ii. 189. A'o. 7110. 



Anterior wings retuse, pale testaceous-yellow, very prettily reticulated with 

 reddish, with a disthict slender oblique fascia in the middle of the costa, 

 expanding into a broad blotch on the inner margin ; hinder margin with a 

 slender dusky line ; cilia pale fulvous, with a dusky cloud on the anal angle : 

 posterior wings fulvous, palest at the base. 



Variable : occasionally the anterior wings are destitute of the large blotch on 

 the inner margin, and have in the place thereof one or two minute black dots, 

 or are totally immacidate. 



Likewise common within the metropolitan district in June and 

 July ; frequent also in the New Forest and in Devonshire. 



Genus CCCIV. — Capua* mihi. 



ralpi short, divaricating, slender, somewhat depending, densely clothed with 

 short scales above, and rather long ones below ; the terminal joint distinct 

 and much exposed, elongate-acute : maxillae short. Antenna short, espe- 

 cially in the males, and so deeply pubescent as to appear slightly pectinated, 

 simple in the females : head small, with a very short tuft between the 

 antenna; : eyes very large, globose : thorax short, not crested : wings obscure, 

 anterior triangular, obliquely truncate at the apex, the costa straight, 

 reflected and thickened in the males ; the surface not fasciated, but obscurely 

 tesselated ; posterior wings ample, rounded on the hinder margin, acute at 

 the apex ; body rather long and slender, with the apex acute in the females, 

 and with a small tuft. 



The only species of this genus with which I am acquainted bears 

 considerable resemblance, at first sight, to Die. plumbana ; but 

 from that insect it not only differs gcnerically, but also in habit : — 

 the anterior wings are very short, broad, and destitute of fascia? or 

 blotches, being very faintly reticulated or tessellated ; their hinder 

 margin is truncate and entire ; the costa in the males is reflected and 

 thickened at the base. 



• Capua, nomcn urbis. 



