172 HAUSTELLATA. — LEPIDOPTERA. 



Sp. 1. ochraceana. Alis anticis ochraceo-pallidis cinereo-Jusco obsolete reiiculatis, 

 posticis ochraceo-fuscis. (Exp. Alar. 6 — 8 lin.) 



N. G. ochraceana. Steph. Catal. ii. 189. No. 7111. 



Anterior wings pale ochry-yellow or ashy^ with very obscure dark or dusky- 

 ash reticulations, the meshes of which are occasionally so filled up as to 

 produce a tessellated appearance: cilia dull ochreous-yellow : posterior 

 wings ochreous-brown, with the base paler. 



The anterior wings vary considerably in the intensity of their tint. 



The only examples I have seen of this conspicuous, though plain 

 and simply-coloured, insect, were taken, I believe, in the New 

 Forest, near Lyndhurst, by Messrs. Chant and Bently, to whom I 

 am indebted for my series, several years ago, in June. 



Genus CCCV. — Cheimatophila* mihi. 



Palpi short, slender, slightly divaricating, porrected horizontally, densely 

 clothed with short compact scales, tumid above, and attenuated to the apex, 

 the terminal joint being scarcely visible : jnaxilla short. Antennas rather 

 long, very slender, especially in the females ; a little stouter and slightly 

 pubescent within in the males : head small, with a rounded tuft between the 

 antennae: eyes small: thorax subglobose, not crested behind: wings verj 

 glossy, smooth, anterior elongate-subtriangular, with the base faintly 

 rounded, the costa straight, the hinder margin slightly emarginate and 

 acute at the apex, the hinder angle rounded, disc with undefined markings : 

 cilia rather ample: posterior wings short and broad ovate-triangular, 

 faintly waved behind, the apex a little acute, cilia very long. 



The narrow glossy wings of this genus — which appears synonymous 

 with Sparganothris of Hiibner — combined with their smoothness, and 

 their prettily marbled surface, which is of a chestnut hue of different 

 tints, adorned with white clouds disposed in slanting bands, exclusively 

 of other characters, indicate its distinction from its allies : the only 

 known species is found in the autumn, and occasionally throughout 

 the winter. 



Sp. 1. castaneana. Plate 36. /. 3. — Alis anticis fusco-castaneis nitidis, albo 

 irregulariier marmoratis, posticis ulbis aut pallidefuscesceniibus. (Exp. Alar. 

 7—9 lin.) 



To. castaneana. Hatvorth.—Ch. castaneana. Steph. Catal, ii. 189. No. 7112. 



• Xfjjitag hyemSj ^iXog amicus. 



