326 HAUSTELLATA. LKI'IUOPIKKA. 



Ti. chrysonuchella. Scopoli.—Cr. chrysonuchellus. Steph. Catal. ii. 220. 

 No. 7484. — Thisanotiaj H'ubner. 



Anterior wings ashy or hoary, sprinkled with numerous fuscous atoms, disposed 

 in longitudinal lines ; in the middle of the disc is a distinct broad rather- 

 curved and extremely dentate rusty transverse streak; and near the hinder 

 margin is an undulated, and somewhat angulated one, brown within and 

 white without; cilia shining brassy : posterior wings fuscous, with white 

 satiny cilia ; head and neck above red ; palpi fuscous : thorax of a glossy 

 metallic hue. 



Not uncommon in chalky places in June, within the metropolitan 

 district, especially about Darenth wood, the Sheep Leas in Surrey, 

 and at Hertford : also found near Dover. 



•)-Sp. 25. rorellus. Alis anticis obtusis fusco-sulphureis, lineis longitudinalibus 

 duahusque ti'ansversis recurvatis fei-rugineis, ciliis wratis nitidissimis. (Exp. 

 Alar. 11 lin.) 



Ph. Ti, rorella. Linne.—Cr. rorellus. Steph. Catal. ii. 220. No. 7485.— 

 Thisanotia, H'ubner. 



Anterior wings sulphureous-brown, with numerous paler longitudinal lines, and 

 two transverse recurved ferruginous ones, one about the middle, the other 

 towards the hinder margin ; the first is a little waved, and has a brownish 

 dot towards the costa; the posterior margin is rather dark, with very glossy 

 cilia, tinted of a brassy hue: posterior wings somewhat ashy, with white 

 cilia : head testaceous ; palpi, antennae, and thorax, shining-yellowish. 



Very scarce : it has been found in the neighbourhood of the metro- 

 polis in June, but I am not aware of the exact locality. 



Sp. 26. falsellus. Alls anticis ohtusis, osseo fuscoque variis, fascia longitudinali 

 cuneiforvii alba a basi ad medium dacta, linejque postica sinuata repandajusca. 

 (Exp. Alar. 9— 10 lin.) 



Ti. falsella. Wien. Verz.—Qx. falsellus. Steph. Catal. ii. 220. No. 7486.— 

 Argyroteuchia, Hubner. 



Anterior wings varied with fuscous and whitish, with a longitudinal elongate 

 wedge-shaped white fascia, extending from the base to the middle, with a 

 brown spot near its apex on the disc towards the inner margin ; the hinder 

 portion of the wings is somewhat longitudinally streaked with fuscous, 

 and bears a waved repanded fuscous line ; cilia slightly glossy, fuscous, 

 streaked with white: posterior wings dull cinereous, with whitish cilia : 

 head and thorax above white. 

 Abundant in certain localities within the metropolitan district in 



June : found also in the New Forest, Devonshire, Sec. 



