TINEID.E. — PHYCITA. 307 



and near the hinder margin is an obscure dusky streak bordered with a 

 paler one externally ; on the disc between the streaks are two blackish 

 dots : the hinder margin and cilia are greyish, with some obscure dusky 

 dots at the base of the latter : posterior wings grey, with pale shining 

 cilia. 



Scarce : found, at the end of June, at Coombe wood. 



Sp. 15. Rhenella. Alts anficis glauco-cinereis fascia transversa haseos fused, 

 strigaque jwstica undulata albidn. (Exp. Alar. 9 — 10 lin.) 



Ti. Rhenella. SchiffcrmuUer.—V\i. llhenella. Stcph. Catal.n.'2\5. No. 74i2.— 

 Nephoi'Teryx, Hiibiier, 



Anterior wings of a glaucous or dove-coloured ash, with a transverse fuscous 

 fascia before the middle, widest towards the costa, and including a short 

 white streak within it on the inner margin ; the hinder margin is of a 

 reddish-brown, with an obscure waved whitish streak; on the disc (as in 

 many of the species) are two brown dots, placed transversely : posterior 

 wings grey-brown, with a darker margin and pale glossy cilia. 



Not uncommon at Darenth wood at the end of June ; found also 

 at Ripley and other places within the metropolitan district. 



Sp. 16. pinguis. Alls aniicis g7'iseo-palIidis, fasciis nigris, posticis albidis. 

 (Exp. Alar. 10§— 11 lin.) 



Ph. pinguis. Haworth — Curtis, v. v. pi. 233. — Stcph. Catal. ii. 216. No. 7443. 



Anterior wings pale griseous, with a broad black fascia nearly at the base, 

 and a second half the width contiguous ; towards the apex is a very flexuous 

 black streak, and sometimes a faint one on the hinder margin : posterior 

 wings shining whitish, with the hinder margin slightly darker ; cilia white 

 and glossy. 



Very rare apparently : it has occurred near Chelsea in June, and 

 my friend T. Marshall, Esq. has found it in the Green Park. 



Sp. 17. hostilis. Alis aniicis fuscescentibus fasciis saturatioribus, strigisque 

 duabus pallidis, basi subferruginea, immaculatd. (Exp. Alar. 12 lin.) 



Ph. hostilis. Steph. Nomen. 2d edit. 



Anterior wings brownish, with the base somewhat ferruginous and immacu- 

 late ; this space is followed by a broadish waved fuscous or black fascia, in 

 which is a pale streak ; towards the hinder margin is a second dark fascia, 

 in which is a distinct, waved pale streak, slightly angulated towards the 

 inner margin; the space between them is slightly clouded, and bears a 

 brown lunule towards the costa: on the hinder margin is an interrupted 

 fuscous line ; cilia brownish : posterior wings fuscous ; cilia paler, shining, 

 with a dark line at the base. 



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