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and pilose ; maxillae rudimentary : the females are broad and ovate, 

 apterous, and have simple antennae. 



Sp. 1. Phryganella. Alts anticis obscure testaceis, striga longitudinali interruptd 

 obsoletissima pallidiore. (Exp. Alar. ^,10 — lljlin.) 



Ti. PhryganeUa. /TwAwer.—N. G. Phryganella. Steph. Cato/.ii.202. No. 7261. 



Anterior wings obscure testaceous, and in fine specimens with a very obsolete 

 paler interrupted streak extending from the base to beyond the middle, and 

 terminating in two obscure black dots placed transversely; cilia rather 

 paler ; posterior wings dark fuscous, cilia somewhat paler. Female short, 

 orbiculate-ovate, ashy-brown, with mhmte rudimentary wings of a sublan- 

 ceolate form. 



Not very uncommon towards the end of October in Coombe wood 

 and other woods within the metropolitan district : apparently more 

 frequent about Darenth. 



Genus CCCXXXVII.— Diurnea, Haworth. 



Palpi rather long, large, porrected, slightly ascending, nearly parallel, pilose 

 at the base, the terminal joint exposed, sparingly clothed with scales, and 

 rather short : viaxillw rudimentary. Antennw shortish, stout, clothed within 

 with a dense pubescence in the males, simple in the females, the basal joint 

 large and swollen: head subquadrate, with a tuft between the antennae: 

 eyes rather large, subglobose: thorax robust, not crested : M;z«g-5 incumbent 

 during repose : anterior, in the male, elongate-lanceolate, recurved at the 

 base ; disc pale, with dark markings ; cilia short : posterior elongate-trian- 

 gular, acute: in the female anterior wings very short, lanceolate-acute; 

 body shortish, moderately stout and subcylindric in the males ; robust and 

 obtuse in the females : legs rather short. 



This genus, which is synonymous with Chimabache of Hiibner, 

 and nearly agrees with the typical division of Diurnea of Haworth, 

 has the palpi large, porrected, very densely clothed with scales, with 

 the apex exposed : tlie antennas in the males are densely pilose, and 

 the anterior wings elongated, pale, with irregular marks, resembling 

 letters ; but in the females they are short and acute. 



Sp. 1. Fagella. AHs anticis griseo-cinereis, strigis atomisque fuscis, posticis 

 cinereis, ivimaculatis. (Exp. Alar. $, 10 — 13 lin.; 9, 6 — 7 lin.) 



Ti. Fagella. Fabricius.~D\. Fagella. Steph. Catal. ii. 202. No. 7262 — 

 Albin. pi. xxxvi.y. 57, a — e. 



Anterior wings of a griseous- or whitish-ash-grey; thickly sprinkled with 

 minute fuscous and blackish dots, with an abbreviated streak before the 



