3G8 HAUSTELLATA.— I-EPIDOrTERA. 



Sp. 16. violacea. Alis anticls purpureo-violaceis, atro-pirpureo nehuJosis. 



(Exp. Alar. 54— 6 lin.) 

 Gr. violacea. Haworth.—Stepk, Catal. ii. 228. N'o. 7605. 

 Anterior wings purple-violet, very thickly clouded with deep purple ; cilia 



and posterior wings fuscous. 



Rare, at least within the metropolitan district, where it occurs in 

 the vicinity of Daren th wood. 



Sp. 17. roscipennella. Alls aniicis /iviJis fusco imrce punctulatis, antennis 



fuscis. (Exp. Alar. G— 6§ lin.) 

 Ti. roscipennella. Hubne?'. — Gr. roscipennella. Steph. Catal. n. 229. N'o. 7601. 

 — PdciLOPTiLiA, Hilhner. 



Anterior wings livid, with an obscure purplish tinge, with two minute dots 

 placed obliquely and transversely before, and two others behind, the middle, 

 with various scattered fuscous atoms on the disc ; the costa also minutely 

 spotted with the same : posterior wings fuscous. 



Not very uncommon in the woods within the metropolitan district, 

 about June, frequenting Darenth and Coombe woods, &c. 



Sp. 18. leucapennella. Alis anticis subargenteo silaceis, atomis minutisshnis 



paucis sparsis, posticis fuscis. (Exp. Alar. 5 — 6 lin.) 

 Ti. leucapennella. Haworth MSS. — Gr. leucapennella. Steph. Catal. ii. 229. 



No. 7602. 

 Anterior wings of a very pale silvery-brown or sallow hue, sometimes of a 



whitish-sulphur, more or less sparingly dotted with extremely small fuscous 



atoms ; cilia and posterior wings entirely deep fuscous. 



This pretty and distinct species I believe has hitherto been found 

 only in the New Forest, where it appears to occur in plenty in June 

 and July. 



Sp. 19. prseangusta. Alis anticis angustissimis cinereis, stria media atro inter- 



ruptd. (Exp. Alar. 6— 6§ lin.) 

 Gr. praeangusta. Haworth.— Steph. Catal. ii. 229. N'o. 7603. 

 Anterior wings very narrow, acute, ashy, or ashy-brown, the base sometimes 



broadly paler; the disc with deep black streaks, sometimes obscure, placed 



in an interrupted longitudinal line : posterior wings with very long fuscous 



cilia. 



Not uncommon in hedges and on the trunks of poplars, about 

 London, at the end of May. 



