ALUCITID.E. l-TKUOl'HORUS. 377 



short, whitish streaks on the costa, and an obscure, slightly waved whitish 

 streak towards the hinder margin: posterior wings deep fuscous, with a 

 black lobe on the inner edge. 



Much less abundant than the last : found within the metropolitan 

 district in June and July, and in Devonshire. 



Sp. 24- cosmodactylus. Alis anticis olivaceo-fuscis, macula triangular i obscuriore, 

 punctis costalihus alhidis. (Exp. Alar. 9 lin.) 



Al. cosmodactyla. H'ubner, Al. pi. 7. f. 35 — 36. — Pt. cosmodactyla. Steph. 



N'o7ncii. 2cl edit. 



Anterior wings of a pale olive-brown, with an obscure darker triangular spot 

 towards the apex, the costa with minute whitish spots, and towards the 

 hinder margin a very obscure pale streak : posterior wings deep brown, 

 with a blackish lobe on the inner margin. 



Taken near Ripley in June 1827- 



Sp. 25. didactylus. Alis anticis sordide ferrugineis strigis duahus albis, posticts 

 cinereo-Juscis apice obscurioribux. (Exp. Alar. 8 — 9 lin.) 



Ph. Al. didactyla. Linne. — Donovan, v. ix. pi. 318. — Pt. didactylus. Steph. 

 Caial. ii. 231. A'b. 7627. 



Anterior wings dull ferruginous, with two white streaks behind the middle, 

 the anterior one broadest, the posterior narrow, and carried back on the 

 costa to the apex of the wings : posterior wings ashy-brown, with the apex 

 obscure, and a small brown lobe on the inner margin. 



Not very uncommon in woody places within the metropolitan dis- 

 trict : found also in the New Forest and Norfolk, about June and 

 July. 



Sjj. 26. heterodactylus. Alis anticis nigris maculis albis, posticisfuscis. (Exp. 

 Alar. 9ilin.) 



Ph. Al. heterodactyla. Fillers. — Pt. heterodactylus. Steph. Catal. ii. 231. 

 No. 7620. 



Anterior wings deep brown, or black, with white spots disposed in two 



broken streaks : posterior wings fuscous. 

 Probably only a very dark variety of the foregoing species. 



Taken in company with the preceding insect. 



Sp. 27. microdactylus. Alis anticis fuscis strigu punctisque albis. (Exp. Alar. 

 6— 6Uin.) 



Pt. microdactylus. Steph. Catal. ii. 231. No. 7629. — Al, parvidactyla. 

 Ha worth . 



