290 HAUSTKI.T.ATA. — I.EPIDOrTER A. 



Anterior wings of a pale tawny-red, slightly varying in tint, with the costa of 

 a pale brown : cilia pale ochreous-red : posterior wings cinereous-brown. 



Found within the metropohtan district, in June, and also in the 

 New Forest. 



Sp. 11. marginea. Alls anticis fulvis postice fusco murginatis. (Exp. Alar. 

 3—4 lin.) 



Rec. marginea. Haworth. — N. G. marginea. Steph. Catal. ii. 219. No. 7403. 



Anterior wings deep immaculate fulvous, with the hinder margin broadly 

 edged with fuscous ; costa and cilia also slightly brownish : posterior wings 

 and cilia pale ashy-brown. 



Not common : found in June at Darenth wood and near Ripley ; 

 also in the New Forest. 



Sp. 12. subocellea. AUs anticis alhis postice ochraceo-cinereis atomis J'usces- 

 centibus, apice macula subocellari. (Exp. Alar. 4| lin.) 



Yp. subocellea. Steph. Catal. ii. 205. No. 7290. 



Anterior wings snow-white, the posterior portion of an ochreous-ash colour, 

 sprinkled with minute distinct fuscescent dots; at the apex is a pale spot, 

 with a faintly darkened pupil, and an imperfect fuscous iris, the latter 

 resembling a line on the hinder margin ; cilia ochreous-white : posterior 

 wings and cilia pale ashy-brown. 



My specimen of this insect was taken in June at Ripley. 



Genus CCCLVI. — Batta 7)iihi. 



Palpi rather long and divaricating, considerably incurved, the basal joints 

 clothed with longish scales, the apical ones rather shorter, more slender 

 than the foregoing, and as long as the other two, gradually tapering from 

 the base to the apex, which is acute : maxil/w rather long, slender. Antennce 

 rather long and slender, pubescent within, simple in the females : head 

 smooth, clothed with loose scales in front : eyes small : thorax subovate, not 

 crested : wings deflexed during repose, anterior subelongate-triangular, of 

 yellowish tints, sometimes with a dusky mark towards the apex of the inner 

 margin, the outer margin subtruncate, and furnished with shortish cilia ; 

 posterior rather ample, ovate, very slightly ciliated on the anterior edge, but 

 rather deeply so on the posterior : body short, rather stout, and cylindrical ; 

 the apex obtuse in the males, acute in the females: legs shortish. 



These insects are generally of flavescent or ochreous tints, the 

 anterior wings being rather broad, and somewhat triangular, the hinder 

 margin being rather truncate, and furnished with short cilia ; the disc 

 is generally immaculate, but sometimes there is a simple mark on the 



