314? HAUSTELLATA.— LEPIDOPTERA. 



Caterpillar very destructive to furs, skins, door-mats, &c. 



Abundant in houses and gardens within the metropolitan district, 

 especially in the warehouses of furriers, &c.: taken also in other 

 parts of the country, as Norfolk, Devonshire, the New Forest, &c. 

 during the summer. 



Sp. 2. semifulvella. Alis anticis nitidis pallidejlavis, postice fulvis, puncto atro 

 versus apicem marginis tenuioris j capitefulvo. (Exp. Alar. 9h — 10 lin.) 



Ti. semifulvella. Haworth. — Steph. Catal. ii. 224. No. 7532. 



Anterior wings shining pale yellow, with the base of the costa brownish, the 

 apex deep fulvous, cilia the same ; towards the hinder angle of the inner 

 margin is a minute black or dusky dot : posterior wings and cilia ashy- 

 brown. 



A rare species, taken occasionally within the metropolitan district 

 in June : I have found it in the house at Darenth wood, and also at 

 Ripley. 



Sp. 3. vestianella? Alis anticis griseo-nigris, nebulis saturatioribus crebris, 

 punctoque submedio pallidiore. (Exp. Alar. 7 — 10 lin.) 



rii. Ti. vestianella. Linnc ?— Steph. Catal. ii. 224. No. 7533. 



Anterior wings griseous-black, and very glossy, thickly sprinkled with darker 

 clouds, with a pale roundish spot on the disc a little before the middle : 

 cilia slightly tawny: posterior wings of a leaden-brown, and glossy; cilia 

 concolorous : head tawny. 



I doubt whether this be the Ph. Ti. vestianella of Linn^, which he says has a 

 white margin to the costa, and is silent with regard to the pale spot on the 

 disc. 



The caterpillar of this species is also very destructive to skins, furs, door- 

 mats, carpets, &c. 



Extremely common in houses and outbuildings, within the metro- 

 politan district, during the summer months. 



Sp. 4. ustella. AUs anticis atris -puncto medio vittaque communi Jlavicantibus, 

 posticis nigris. (Exp. Alar. 5^ lin.) 



rh. Ti. ustella. Linn^.--Ti. ustella. Steph. Catal. ii. 225. No. 7542.— 

 MoMFiiA, Hiibner? 



Anterior wings deep black, shining, with a large yellowish spot in the middle, 

 and a broad concave streak on the inner edge, reaching from the base to 

 the apex, of a whitish-yellow ; at the apex of the costa are some yellowish 

 dots ; cilia black : posterior wings black, with a purplish tinge in certain 

 lights : head tawny. 



Apparently a rare species ; it has been occasionally taken in June 



