TINEIDE. rH.KTOCHTI.US. 339 



Ph. Ti. radiatella. Donovan, v. iii. pi. 77. /. 4. — Vp. radiatellus. S(ej)h. 

 Catal. ii. 223. No. 7522. 



Anterior wings glossy, extremely variable in tint, being of a golden-red, reddish, 

 testaceous, brownish, dusky, of a pale ochreous or whitish hue, &c. generally 

 plain, but sometimes varied with black spots, and always more or less 

 streaked with longitudinal radiating lines, from the base to the apex, 

 towards which is a conspicuous black dot. 



Taken not uncommonly, in the autumn, about Birch and Darcnth 

 woods ; also in the New Forest. 



Sp. 4. variellus. AUs anticis plus minus riijlsfuscisque, swpe lutosis ant alhidis 

 ct maculatis, UncoU'ique basi rnarginis ttnuioi-is. (Exp. Alar. 8 — 9 lin.) 



Ti. variella. Hvhner.—Y\^. variellus. Steph. Catal. ii. 223. No. 7516— 

 OxYBELiA, Huhner. 



Anterior wings more or less rufous or fuscous, with all intermediate tints ; 



sometimes luteous or ochreous, whitish or pale, and most frequently varied 



and spotted with black or fuscous, and with a short black streak at the base 



of the inner margin, and in general with a conspicuous black dot towards 



the apex : they are rarely immaculate- 

 One of the most variable of the indigenous Lcpidopterous insects, the followhig 



supposed species evidently belong to this inconstant one. 

 Var, a. Yp. quinquepunctatus. Huworih. — Stcph. Catal. ii. 223. A'o. 7517. 



— With the anterior wings of a golden-red, having a very short deep-black 



streak at the base of the inner margin, and about four other spots on the 



disc. 

 Var. /3. Yp. lutosus. Haworth.— Steph. Catal. ii. 223. No. 7518.— The anterior 



wings pale clay-colour or whitish, spotted nearly as in the preceding vaiiety, 



and slightly irroratetl with fuscous on the disc, but the basal streak 



wanting. 

 Var. y. Yp. flaviciliatus. Haworih.— Steph. Catal. ii. 223. No. 7519.— The 



anterior wings white or whitish, with some obscure dots on the costa, and 



the cilia yellow. 



Extremely abundant in woods, copses, &c. in the autumn, through- 

 out the metropolitan district ; frequent also in the New Forest and 

 in Devonshire. 



Sp. 5. sylvella. AUs anticis anreo-hrtinncis, nitidis, medio fasciis dvahus ohliquis 

 ferrugineis. (Exp. Alar. 8^—9 lin.) 



Ti. sylvella. Huhner. Ti.pl. 63. f. 120.— Steph. Nomen. 2</ cdit.—\\}. bifas- 

 ciellus. Haworth, 544. 



Anterior wings bright rufous-gold and glossy, with two oblique rusty streaks 

 in the middle, the basal one straight, the other slightly curved : posterior 

 wings ashy-grey and shining. 



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