TINKID.K. PHVd'lA. 305 



Sp. 7. semirufa. Alis anticis angustis, cineteis, strigis duabvs obsoletissimis sa- 

 turatioribus, plagaque rufri marginis tenuioris. (Exp. Alar. 8 — 9 lin.) 



Ph. semirufa. Haworth.—Steph. Catal. ii. 215. No. 7433. 



Anterior wings narrow, ash-coloured, with minute but faint darker atoms, 

 and two very obscure transverse streaks, between which on the inner 

 margin is a common red patch: posterior wings ashy-white. 

 Taken in June at Coombe wood and near Dover, but not very 



abundant ; also found in Epping Forest. 



Sp. 8. bistriga. Alis anticis angustis riijls, strigis duabus albis, posticisjuscis. 

 (Exp. Alar. 8i— 9 lin.) 



Ph. bistriga. Haworih.—Stiph. Catal. ii. 215. No. 7434. 



Anterior wings narrow, purplish-red, with a nearly straight white streak 

 before the middle, and a second behind, a little curved, and becoming oblique 

 towards the inner margin ; the colour between these streaks is of a brighter 

 hue than the rest of the wing ; near the hinder margin is a very faint waved 

 palish streak, and on the margin itself a row of minute fuscous dots; cilia 

 dusky-red: posterior wings fuscous. 

 Not rare within the metropolitan district, frequenting the borders 



of woods and forests, at Coombe, Darenth, &c. in June. 



Sp. 9. tumidana. Alis anticis ferrugineo griseoque nebulosis, striga baseos 



transversa fuscescente albo adnata. (Exp. Alar. 74 — lOg lin.) 

 To. tumidana. Wie?i. Verz.—Ph. tiunidana. Sfeph. Catal. ii. 215. A^o. 7436. 



Anterior wings with the base ferruginous ; then before the middle a conspi- 

 cuous griseous-brown streak, edged with white internally, and shaded off 

 exteriorly to the rusty-red ground colour, which extends to the hinder 

 margin ; havhig two blackish dots a little behind the middle, and towards 

 the hinder margin a very flexuous whitish streak, bordered on both sides 

 with rusty-brown : posterior wings deep fuscous. 

 Not very rare : taken in Epping Forest and near Darenth wood in 



June. 



Sp. 10. fascia. Alis anticis rnjh-cinereis, fascia laiissima svbunduhta, rufo- 

 Jvscescente, area pallida in qua punctis duobus nigris. (Exp. Alar. 9 lin.) 



Ph. fascia. Haworth.—Steph. Catal. ii. 215. No. 7438. 



Anterior wings of a reddish-ash, with a brighter red common blotch at the 

 base; in the middle a very broad, somewhat waved, brownish-red, or dull- 

 purplish fascia, bordered on each side with fuscous, and having a palish 

 space towards the costa, in which are two contiguous black dots, placed 

 transversely : posterior wings fuscous. 

 Rare : found in June in Epping Forest, and in other places within 



the metropolitan district. 



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