352 HAUSTELLATA. — LEPIDOPTERA. 



the middle : posterior wings fuscous : antcnnte of the males coarsely 

 pectinated, with distinct rays : head tawny. 

 The second spot on the anterior wings is sometimes wanting. 



Not very common : found occasionally rather plentifully at Darcnth 

 wood toward the end of May, and in other places within the metro- 

 politan district. 



Sp. 2. pectinella. Alts anticis fuho-fiiscis, pnncto albo didymo alteroque obsokto 



marginis tenuioris. (Exp. Alar. 6 lin.) 

 Ti. pectinella. Fabricius. — In. pectinella. Steph. Catal. ii. 225. No. 7551. 



Anterior wings tawny-brown, with an obscure subgeminated whitish spot 

 before the middle of the inner margin, and a minute simple very obscure 

 one behind; posterior pale fuscous: antenntB of the male coarsely and 

 remotely pectinated. 



Also found in the vicinity of London about the end of May, much 

 less abundantly than the preceding species. 



Sp. 3. Oehlmanniella. Alls anticis nigro-pur pur ascent ibus macuUs duabus 

 marginis tenuioris pimctoque costali albidis autjlavis. (Exp. Alar. 5J — 7 lin.) 



Ti. Oehlmanniella. H'ubner. — In. Oehlmanniella. Sle2)h. Catal. ii. 225. 

 No. 7552. — EsPERiA, H'ubner. 



Anterior wings purplish-black, with two common trigonal whitish, silvery, or 

 yellowish spots on the inner margin, one before, and the other behind, the 

 middle; and towards the apex of the costa a small dot of corresponding 

 hue, placed nearly opposite to the second spot on the inner margin : posterior 

 wings shining black ; cilia all black : head tawny : antennte of the males 

 stout, filiform, not pectinated. 



A rare species : found at the end of May and beginning of June, 

 in chalky places, within the metropolitan district. 



Sp. 4. spuria. Alis anticis angiistis, fnsco purpnrascentibus, macnlis duahvs, 

 punctuloque minutissimo opposite marginalibus nivcis; fronte J'ulvo. (Exp. 

 Alar. 6—7 lin.) 



In. spuria. Haworth.— Steph. Catal. ii. 225. No. 7563. 



Anterior wings narrow in proportion to their length, of a pale purplish-brown, 

 with two somewhat ovate snowy spots on the inner margin, placed as in the 

 preceding species, and a minute dot on the costa exactly opposite to the 

 second inner dot : posterior wings and cilia dusky: forehead tawny. 



Rare : found near London, towards the end of May : I believe 

 my specimen was taken at Darciith. 



