2l2 H AUSTELL ATA. — LEI'IDOFTEKA. 



Sp. 27. proxima. Alis anticis angustis griseo-fuscis nigro suhnebulosis, maculaque 

 magna angulata atrd. (Exp. Alar. 6 — 7 Irn.) 



Re. proxima. Haworth. — An. proxima. Steph. Caial. ii. 196. No. 7203. 



Anterior wings narrow, griseous-brown, slightly clouded with black, with a 

 large angulated black spot before the middle, extending nearly from the 

 costa to the inner margin, and beyond which are some black dots and 

 clouds : cilia pale, with darker clouds : posterior wings pale ashy-brown : 

 head ashy. 



Far less abundant than the last ; it also frequents gardens, and 

 occurs in June and beginning of July, within the metropolitan 

 district. 



Sp. 28. tricolorella. Alis anticis rufo-cinereis nigro alhoque variis,jasciis duahus 

 albis, jjoxticis cinereis, cililsfuscis. (Exp. Alar. 6 — 7^ lin.) 



Ti. tricolorella. Haworth. — An. tricolorella. Steph. Catal. ii. 106. No. 7204. 



Anterior wings reddish-ash, varied with white and with large black clouds, 

 the base and inner margin being of the former colour, then broken by a faint 

 white fascia, which is edged on the costa by a large triangular black blotch, 

 beyond which the wing is spotted with the same, and towards the apex is a 

 conspicuous straight white streak, arising from a rather large white costal 

 spot; cilia varied with fuscous at the base: posterior wings ashy, with 

 fuscous cilia. 



Rare : taken, occasionally only, at Darenth and Birch woods in 

 June. 



Sp. 29. luctuella. Alis anticis nigro fuscis litura semicircularis costali, fasciCtque 

 interrupta postica rufo-albidis, posticis fuscis. (Exp. Alar. 5\ — 6§ lin.) 



Ti. luctuella. H'iihner.—An. luctuella. Steph. Catal. ii. 197. No. 7205. 



Anterior wings deep black-brown, with indistinct darker shades, a minute 

 pale dot at the base, a very conspicuous, well defined, semicircular streak 

 on the middle of the costa, and behind the middle an interrupted fascia, all 

 reddish-white or ochreous, varying slightly in tint ; on the extreme hinder 

 margin are some whitish dots; cilia deep brown : posterior wings fuscous, 

 with paler cilia. 



Some examples are much darker than others. 



Not uncommon in June in woody places within the metropolitan 

 district; also found in Devonshire and in the New Forest. " Kae- 

 hills, not common." — Reo. IV. Little. 



Sp. 30. subrosea. Alis anticis atris, litura magna antica fasciaque fr acta postica 

 purpurasccntibus, posticis plumbeis, ciliis fuscis. (Exp. Alar. 5 — 5§ lin.) 



Re. subrosea. Haworth. — An. subrosea. Steph. Catal. ii. 197. No. 7207. . 



