310 HAUSTELLATA.— LEPIDOPTERA. 



on the extreme margin is a row of minute dusky dots : posterior wings and 

 cilia fuscous. Antenna with the base much thickened in the males. 



A common species within the metropolitan district towards the end 

 of June : found also in the New Forest and near Dover. 



Sp. 24. cristella. Alis anticis rufo-purpureis ffriseo submaculatis, strigis duabus 



subfuscix, albido adnatis. (Exp. Alar. 1 unc.) 

 Ti. cristella. Hvbner?—?h. cristella. Steph. Catal. ii. 216. iVo. 7449.— 



Nephopteryx, Hubner. 

 Anterior wings purplish-red, slightly spotted or clouded with griseous, with 



two brownish waved streaks edged with whitish^ the first towards the base, 



the second near the hinder margin : posterior wings and cilia brownish. 

 Slightly variable in colour, but always of a brighter hue than the preceding, 



with a purplish tint. 



Likewise a common species within the metropolitan district, towards 

 the end of June, frequenting hedges about Coombe and Darenth 

 woods, &c. : found also in the New Forest and in Devonshire. 



Sp. 25. legatella. Alis anticis griseo-fuscove-cinereis, strigis duabus obsoletis 

 saturatioribus posticis fuscescentibus. (Exp. Alar. 12— 13 lin.) 



Ti. legatella. Hubner?— V\i. legatella. Steph. Catal. ii. 216. No. 7450.— 

 ZoPHODiA, Hubner ? 



Anterior wings of a griseous or brownish-ash, with darker and lighter shades, 

 with a nearly straight obscure darker streak in the middle, and a second 

 ilexuous one between it and the hinder margii), which last has a row of 

 dusky dots ; between the streaks is a palish mark, in which are one or two 

 black dots. 

 Less abundant than the two preceding species, but like them 



distributed throughout the metropolitan district, about the end of 



June. 



Sp. 26. fusca. Alis anticis piceo-fuscis, strigis duabus punctoquefiiscis. (Exp. 



Alar. lOi lin.) 

 Ph. fusca. Haworth.— Steph, Catal. ii. 212. iVo. 7451. 

 Anterior wings pitchy-brown, with two streaks, one before, the other behind 



the middle brown ; between which is a brown dot, towards the hinder 



margin: posterior wings fuscous. 



Apparently very rare : I have taken it at Darenth wood, in June. 

 *' Newcastle." — G. Wniles, Esq. 



Sp. 27. tristrigella. Alis anticis fuscis strigis tribusjlexuosis albidis. (Exp. 

 Alar. 11 lin.) 



