182 HAUSTELLATA. LEPIDOPTERA. 



and the posterior winars are dusky black : this is probably the opposite 

 sex. 



Ven- common in hedges by the side of woods throughout the me- 

 tropolitan district ; frequent also in the New Forest, near Dover, &c. 

 in the beginning of July. 



Sp. 2. angnstana. Alis cnticis ochraceis nitidis, fasci'i recta media, margineque 

 postico fusco-brunneis. (Exp. Alar. 3 — 6 lin.) 



To. angustana. ITubner. — Eu. angustana. Steph. CataL ii. 190. No. 712S. 



Anterior wings ochreous-white and very glossy, with darker clouds, with a 

 straight dusky-brown fascia in the middle, irregularly wared without, and 

 becoming narrowed on the inner margin ; the hinder margin also brown, 

 forming a deep fimbria : posterior wings whitish, with the hinder margin 

 dusky ; cilia white : the female has the posterior wings fuscous, and the 

 anterior wings somewhat darker than the male. 



Not uncommon in July in the woods throughout the metropohtan 

 district ; taken also at Dover, in the woods near Whittlesea Mere, 

 and in the north of England, as well as in the New Forest and in 

 Devonshire. " Cramond." — Rev. IF. Little. 



Sp. 3. nana. Alls anticis ochraceo-albis, basi, fascia medii strigaque abbreviaia 

 posticajuscis. (Exp. Alar. 3J — o§ lin.) 



To. nana. Hau-orth. — £u. nana. Steph. Catal. ii. 191. -A'c/. 7130. 



Anterior wings ochreous- white, with darker shades ; the base itself fuscous ; 

 costa from thence to the middle ashy, at which point arises a rather broad 

 browTi fascia, widest on the inner margin, and bearing about two ochreous 

 spots : on the apex of the costa is an abbreviated fuscous streak, widest at 

 its origin ; behind this the wing and cilia are nearly immaculate ochreous : 

 posterior wings ashy-white, with paler cUia. Female darker, with fuscous 

 posterior wings. 



Not ver}- rare at Darenth and Birch woods in Julv, and found also 

 in other parts of England. " Cramond." — Rev. TF. Little. 



Sp. 4- pygmaeana. Alis anticis cinereo-ochraceis, nigra valde nebulosis, posticis 

 atris. (Exp. Alar. 4 lin.) 



To. pj'gmseana- Hauorth. — Eu. pygmaeana. Steph. Catal. u. 191. JN'o. 7129. 



Anterior wings ocbreous-ash, varied and clouded with black, and sprinkled 

 with ash-colour, especially about the middle and towards the apex of the 

 costa ; cUia ashy, with a dark line at the base : posterior wings very black j 

 cilia fuscous. 



This appears to be a scarce species; I have Haworth"s original 



