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Anterior wings ash-colourcd, or griseous, very narrow, with two or three 

 oblique equidistant fascise ; the last a little behind the middle, very obscure, 

 and a little interrupted, having a rounded fuscous dot near the inner 

 margin : posterior wings fuscous, or pitchy-brown. 



Not very common : found at Coombe wood, in hedges, about 

 June. 



Sp. 5. V-flava. Alls anticis pi'ccangustis fuscis, liteTa V prosiratu (^in expansis) 

 medio, fasciaque incurva postica jlava. (Exp. Alar. 4 — 5 lin.) 



Gr. V-flava. Haworth.—Steph. Catal. ii. 228. No. 7389. 



Anterior wings very narrow, fuscous or tawny, with an angulated yellow 

 mark in the middle resembling (in their expanded state) the letter V placed 

 thus <► ; and towards the hinder margin an incurved streak of similar hue: 

 posterior wings tawny-brown: thorax golden or shining: head luteous. 



Very rare: I have seen two examples only, one of wliich I found 

 near Ripley in June 1827; the other was in Mr. Haworth"'s col- 

 lection. 



» 

 Sp. 6. versicolor. Alls anticis Uiieaiibus certo situ fulvo aurco citpreo viridique 

 variabilibus. (Exp. Alar. 4 — 4| lin.) 



Gr. versicolor. Haworth. — Steph. Catal. ii. 228. No. 7590. 



Anterior wings linear, with obscure fasciseform markings, varying according 

 to the direction of the light from fulvous or tawny to gold, copper, or 

 green : posterior wings greenish : head tawny. 



Also a rare species, inhabiting the vicinity of Ripley, and of the 

 metropolis, in June. 



Sp. 7. substriga. Alis anticis fusco-rtifis strigis circitir quatuor subangulatis 

 cequidistantibus albidis, intiis nigris. (Exp. Alar. 4§ — 5 lin.) 



Gr. substriga. Haworth. — Steph. Catal. ii, 228. No. 7591. 



Anterior wings dusky-red, with about four somewhat angulated equidistant 

 whitish streaks, edged within with black, the posterior wings a little inter- 

 rupted: posterior wings leaden-brown and glossy. 



The streaks on the anterior wings are sometimes very faint. 



This is likewise a very rare species : I have twice talcen it witliin 

 the metropolitan district in June : it has been taken at Coombe, 

 frequenting hedges. 



Sp. 8. semifascia. Alis anticis cinereo-pvrpureis, semifascia tenui antica costali 

 antrorsum ohliqua, punctisque costalibus albis. (Exp. Alar. 5§ — 6 lin.) 



Gr. semifascia. Haworth.— Steph. Catal ii. 228. A^o. 7592. 



