366 HAUSTF.LLATA. LEPTDOPTERA. 



Anterior wings of an ashy-purple, with a slender abbreviated white fascia 

 towards the base, tending obliquely forwards, and some whitish dots on the 

 tips of the costa; the inner margin rather pale: posterior wings dark 

 fuscous. 



Some examples are much darker than others, and the costal fascia is at times 

 almost wanting. 



Rare : found in the summer within the metropolitan district. 



Sp. 9. purpurea. Alis anticis purpureis, semifascia media trigona postice eviar- 

 ginatJ coslali cinereo-alM. (Exp. Alar. 7 lin.) 



Gr. purpurea. Haworth. — Steph. Catal. ii. 228. No. 7393. 



Anterior wings purple, glossy, with a tiigonal ashy- white fascia about the 

 middle of the costa, slightly excavated behind; cilia dusky: posterior wings 

 slender and deep fuscous. 



In the example described by Haworth one wing had a short extra fascia behind 

 the middle. 



This species likewise inhabits the neighbourhood of London, 

 where it occurs about June. » 



Sp. 10. stigmatella. Alis nitidis rufu-cinereis, sive subrufis semijascid medio 

 costali trigon& alba postice emarginatd. (Exp. Alar. 51 — 6^ lin.) 



Ti. stigmatella. Fabricius. — Gr. stigmatella. Steph. Catal. ii. 228. No. 7594. 

 Caloptilia, Hilbner. 



Anterior wings of an ashy-red or bright rufous, with a large trigonal ashy- 

 white spot in the middle of the costa, excised behind : posterior wings 

 fuscous. 



The colour of the costal spot varies a little, being sometimes yellow or 

 ochreous, and there is occasionally a faint ochreous-ash streak, interrupted 

 with red on the hinder margin. 



Not uncommon in the autumn, within the metropolitan district, 

 especially in tlie vicinity of Chelsea. 



Sp. 11. ochracea. Ali^ anticis ochraceis, scmifasciu media trigona albida postice 

 emarginata. (Exp. Alar. 6 — 6J lin.) 



Gr. ochracea. Haworth.— Steph. Catal. ii. 228. No. 7595. 



Anterior wings pale ochreous, or whitish-ash, the base being reddish ; in the 

 middle of the costa is a trigonal abbreviated whitish fascia, with a notch 

 behind : posterior wings pale fuscous. 



Found in company with the preceding insect, in the autumn. 



Sp. 12. Thunbergella. Alis anticis aureo-sulphureis, basi apiceque violaceo- 

 rvfis. (Exp. Alar. 5^— 6§ lin.) 



