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marjiin towards the hinder angle ; but in others tliere is no trace 

 thereof: the palpi are considerably incurved and rather long, the 

 basal joint being stoutest and most completely clothed with scales, 

 the terminal one being slender and acute: the head is small, but 

 smooth- 



Sp. 1. Lambdella. Alis anticis fulvis lunula grossa comnmni afra. (Exp. 



Alar. 6— 7§ lin.) 

 Ph. Ti. Lambdella. Donovan, v. ii. pi. .57. /. 2.— N. G. Lambdella. Sieph. 



Catal. ii. 212. No. 7 tOl. 



Anterior wings fulvous, or tawny, immaculate, excepting a large and conspi- 

 cuous black mark a little beyond the middle on the anterior margin, 

 resembling the letter \, with the base filled in, and common to both wings: 

 cilia pale tawny : posterior wings and cilia pale fuscous. 



Anterior wings slightly variable in tint, being sometimes of a pale straw- 

 colour, and the costa occasionally of a darker hue. 



Rare: it has occurred in June at Darenth wood and near Ripley; 

 also in the New Forest and near Brighton. 



Sp. 2. lunaris. Alis anticis fulvis, posticc ohliqui' saiuratiorihus, macula communi 

 lunari nigricante. (Exp. Alar. 5 — 5^ lin.) 



Rec. lunaris. Haworth. — N. G. lunaris. Steph. Catal. ii. 212. No. 7405. 



Anterior wings fulvous, with the hinder margin obliquely darker, the costa 

 sometimes faintly brownish ; a little behind the middle of the anterior 

 margin is an imperfect dusky and not very distinct lunate spot, placed very 

 obliquely ; cilia bright tawny : posterior wings and cilia pale fuscous. 



More abundant than the last : found in Battersea-fields in June, 

 and also not uncommonly in whitethorn hedges about Hertford. 

 *' On pales, Chelsea and Battersea-fields." — Mr. Ingpen. 



Sp. 3. lutarella. Alis anticis pullide fulvo-luteis immaculatis, posticis fuscts. 

 (Exp. Alar. 6 lin.) 



Ti. lutarella. Hiibner?—N. G. lutarella. Steph. Catal. ii. 212. No. 7406. 



Anterior wings pale tawny-luteous, and totally immaculate; cilia rather 

 paler : posterior wings and cilia fuscous. 



Found near London in June, but apparently very rare. 



Sp. 4. saturatella. Alis omnibus pallide ochreo-fuscis im?naculatis. (Exp. Alar. 

 6§ lin.) 



N. G. saturatella. Steph. Catal. ii. 212. No. 7407. 



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