216 HALSTELLATA. T,i:PIDOI'TERA. 



Anterior wings somewhat fulvous, or pale fulvesceiit, sprinkled with ex- 

 tremely minute fuscous dots or clouds: posterior wings leaden-brown, 

 rather glossy. 



Also rather scarce : found in Norfolk, and near London, and 

 Dover, in June. 



Sp. 42. fuscescens. Alis anticis griseo-fuscis, punctuUs paucis ohsoletis satura- 

 tioribus. (Exp. Alar. 4§ lin.) 



Re. fuscescens. Haworth — An. fuscescens. Steph. Catal. ii. 197. No. 7217. 



Anterior wings griseous-brown, with the base and hinder portion darker, the 

 disc with about three obsolete brown dots in the middle : posterior fuscous. 



Rather scarce : it occurs, in June, within the metropolitan 

 district. 



Sp. 43. alternella. Alis anticis niveis, fiiscid antica maculuquc atris, posticis 



fusco-plumheis nitidis. (Exp. Alar. 6§ lin.) 

 Ti. alternella. Huhner.—An. alternella. Steph. Catal ii. 197. No. 7218. 



Anterior wings snow-white, with one or more minute black dots at the base, 

 an oblique fascia at a little distance, followed by a somewhat triangular 

 black spot on the costa rather before the middle, with a minute one nearly 

 adjoining its apex on the disc ; midway between this and the hinder margin 

 a pair of dots, placed one on the costa and the other opposite on the inner 

 margin ; and on the hinder margin is a largish black dot, with several minute 

 ones on the extreme edge : posterior wings shining leaden-brown, with 

 paler cilia. 



Not common : found at Darenth and Birch woods in June. 



Sp. 44. angustella. Alis anticis sulphureis, basi, margine postico, fasciis vel 

 maculis diiabus, atris, posticis nigris. (Exp. Alar. 5^ — 6 lin.) 



Ti. angustella. Hiibner.— An. angustella. Steph. Catal. ii. 197. No. 7219. 



Anterior wings shining-yellow, with a broad fascia at the base, and another 

 broader on the hinder margin deep black ; between them are generally two 

 black fascije, which rarely extend to the inner margin, and are usually 

 slightly removed from the costa; the latter is faintly edged with black, cilia 

 whitish at the apex : posterior wings black : head pale. 



Variable : the two intermediate fasciae on the wings are sometimes degenerated 

 into sm;dl spots, or are occasionally a little interrupted, or nearly obsolete; 

 the second fascia, when broad, generally extends to the black on the hinder 

 margin. 



Not uncommon in some places within the metropoHtan district 

 about the end of May or beginning of June, about Charlton, 

 I'laistow, Battcrsea-ficlds, &c. 



