364 HAUSTKLLATA. LEPIDOl'TEKA. 



almost at riglit angles to t!ie bod;;, thereby rendering their thickened 

 tibiae very conspicuous. 



Sp. 1. nebulea. Alis anticis cinereis, nehulis magnis nigris, costafasciis nigrts, 



strigis albidis interrupt h (Exp. Alar. 4 — 5 lin.) 

 Ti. nebulea. Haworth.—Steph. Catal. ii. 228. No. 7585. 



Anterior wings asli-coloured, or whitish-brown, with large black clouds, the 

 costa with black fascife, interrupted with whitish streaks : posterior wings 

 fuscous. 



Sometimes much paler in colour; probably the effect of age. 



Not uncommon in hedges near woods in the spring, within the 

 metropolitan district. 



Sp. 2. Meleagrijieniiella. Alis anticis nigricantibus albo nebulosis, cost! albo 

 ')ngroq2te lineata, apice puncto suboceUari atro. (Exp. Alar. 3-^ — 5 lin.) 



Ti. Meleagripennella. H'ubner. — Gr. Meleagripennella. Steph. Catal. ii. 228. 

 IVo. 7586. — Trichotripis, Hiibner. 



Anterior wings dusky, clouded with white, with numerous oblique, somewhat 

 bent, white and black streaks at the tip of the costa, the apex of the wings 

 with a subocellated spot, having a black pupil : cilia pale, with the tip 

 dusky ; posterior wings ashy-grey. 



Rather scarce : found at Darenth wood in June. 



Sp. 3. Syringella.? Alis anticis ocliraceis fasciis quatuor vel quinque valiJis 

 anastomosantibus ruj'escenlibus. (Exp. Alar. 4^ — 6 lin.) 



Ti. Syringella. Fabricius ? — Gr. anastomosis. Stcph. Catal. ii. 228. No. 7587. 

 — Curtis, V. X. pi. 479. 



Anterior wings pale or ochreous, with four or five coarse anastomosing fasciae, 

 the apex with a rounded subocellated rufous dot, having a black iris : 

 posterior wings and cilia fuscous. 



The fasciae on the anterior wings vary a little, being more or less confluent or 

 narrower in different specimens. 



Caterpillar feeds on the leaves of the common lilac (S[i/riiiga), and is very 

 destructive at times ; in its early stages it resides within the surfaces of the 

 leaf, and finally rolls it up, in which it changes to a fuscous pupa. 



Very abundant in gardens about London, especially in South 

 Lambeth, in the summer; also found in the neighbourhood of 

 Coombe wood. " Gibside." — G. Wallas, Esq. 



Sp. 4. cincrea. Alis anticis cinereis vel griseis, fasciis duabus argenteis obliquis, 



piinctis atomisquejuscis. (Exp. Alar. 6^ — 6 lin.) 

 Gr. cincrea. Haworth.—Steph. Catal. ii. 228. No. 7568. 



