333 HAUSTELLATA. — LEPIDOPTERA. 



Sp. 1. costcllus. Alls aniicis fusco-nui-eis nitidis, vitt& costali ahhreviata alba, 



fusco punctata. (Exp. Alar. 7^—8^ lin.) 

 Yp. costellus. Fahriciiis. — Steph. Catal. ii. 218. No. 7522. — Abebtea, Huhnei: 

 Anterior wings shining golden-brown, with a large oblong white patch at the 



base towards the costa, more or less spotted with fuscous dots, and occa- 

 sionally a second towards the hinder angle: posterior wings cinereous: head 



and thorax white. 

 Var. a. ochroleucus. Haworth.— Steph. Catal ii. 223. No. 7513.— With the 



anterior wings of an ochrey-white, with an immaculate oblong white patch 



at the base. 

 Var. ,8. Yp. ermineus. Haworth.— Steph. Catal. ii. 223. No. 7514.— The 



anterior wings white, thickly spotted with fuscous, or black, with a dusky 



spot behind, and an obscure, short, golden streak from the base to the 



middle. 

 Var. y. Yp. ustulatus. Haivorth. — Stcp>h. Catal. ii. 223. No. 7515. — Anterior 



wings whitish, with various reddish-ash streaks, the cilia of an umbre 



colour, with those of the hinder angle fulvous. 

 An extremely variable insect, scarcely two specimens occurring precisely alike : 



many other varieties intermediate to the above, and dissimilarly tinted, are 



to be met with. 



Very abundant in woody and shrubby places within the mctropo- 

 politan district, especially about Darenth wood, in August and 

 September : found also in the New Forest and in Devonshire. 



Sp. 2. fissellus. Alis anticis albis, riifescentibiis vel testaceo-Juscis, stria, lata a 



basi adfinem nigra. (Exp. Alar. 8—9 lin.) 

 Ti. fissella. Hiibncr.—Y\}. fissellus. Steph. Catal. ii. 223. No. 7521.— 



Abebtea, Hi'tbner. 



Anterior wings shining, white, ochreous, reddish, testaceous-brown or dusky, 

 with a distinct broad straight longitudinal streak, extending from the base 

 to the apex, with a conspicuous darker dot thereon towards the hinder 

 margin : posterior wings and cilia fuscous. 



Like the other species of this genus, the colour of the anterior wings varies 

 considerably ; in some examples they are a little varied with light and dark 

 clouds, but in general they are of uniform ground tint. 



Also common in certain situations within the metropolitan district, 

 in the autumn, especially at Birch and Darenth woods; likewise 

 found at Ripley, Coombo wood, and Hertford, and in the New 

 Forest. 



Sp. 3. raliatellus. Alis anticis nitidis, rufo-auratis, rufesceniibus, vel fuscescen- 

 iihus, striis variis satiiratioribus. (Exp. Alar. S — Qg lin.) 



