340 HAUSTELLATA. — LEPIDOFTERA. 



Much less abundant tlian the foregoing; found, however, not 

 uncommonly, in woods and copses, as well as in shady lanes, 

 throughout the metropolitan district, especially about Darenth 

 wood. 



Sp. G. riifimitrcUus. Alis anticis nlgricantibus obsolete fusco variegatis, posticis 

 fusco-cinereis,fronte rufo. (Exp. Alar. 8—9 lin.) 



Ti. rufimitrella. H'ubncr ?— Yp. nifimitellus. Stejih. Catal. ii. 223. iVo. 7520. 

 — Galanthia, H'vbncr? 



Anterior wings dusky-black, shining-, more or less obscurely variegated willi 

 fuscous or darker clouds: posterior wings ashy-brown and glossy: forehead 

 red. 



Somewhat variable in colour, some examples being a little more varied than 

 others. 



Not very uncommon within the metropolitan district during the 

 autumn. 



Sp. 7. maurelkis. Alis omnibus atris, nitichdis. (Exp. ALir. 8 — 9 lin.) 



Ti. maurella. Wien. Vcrz. — Yp. maurcHus. Slcph. Catal. ii. 223. A^o. 7523. 

 — Galanthia, Hubne?\ 



Anterior wings deep black, with a bluish gloss; cilia brighter and brownish: 



posterior wings dusky black and shining. 

 Some examples are paler than others, and have the costa rather broadly 



brownish. 

 Treitschke gives this species as the type of the genus Adela ! 



Als3 found in the autumn within the metropolitan district, but 

 not common. 



Sp. 8. vitellus. Alis anticis J'usco-cinereis obsolete ncbulosis, vitta doi'sali com- 

 muni sinuata nigra, (Exp. Alar. 7 — 8§ lin.) 



Ph. Ti. vittella. Linnc ?— Yp. vittellus. Steph. Catal. ii. 223. No. 7524.— 

 Anesychia, H'ubner. 



Anterior wings ashy-brown, obsoletely clouded, with a longitudinal waved 

 common black streak on the inner margin, and some obscure minute black 

 dots on the hinder margin : posterior wings ashy-brown and glossy. 



Variable : in some specimens the wings are more clouded, and the longitudinal 

 black streak is of a deeper hue and broader ; others have this streak so 

 wide as to occupy nearly or quite half the surface of the wing; and inter- 

 mediate shades occur. 



Very abundant in woods and hedges within the metropolitan 

 district, throughout the autumn ; frequent also in the New Forest 

 and in Devonshire. 



