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Head and thorax bright reddish-ochre ; metathorax and abdomen pitchy ; legs 

 and antennae pale ochreous ; eyes black ; anterior wings very pale lutescent, 

 the nervures paler, dotted with fuscous or black, the transverse ones mostly 

 fuscous, the inner and hinder margin more or less clouded with fuscous ; 

 posterior pair pale, with the nervures immaculate, all with a darkish elongate 

 stigma. 



Found in July at Ripley, and also at South Lambeth ; taken 

 likewise near Edinburgh. 



Sp. 4. fuscus. FuscuSjf route, thoracis dorso, antennis pedibusque ochraceo-Jlavis, 

 alls fuscescentibvs, nervis saturatioribus albo punctatis, clypeo nitidissinio. 

 (Long. corp. 2| — 3 lin. ; Exp. Alar. 8 — 9^ lin.) 



He. fuscus. Leach MSS.— Staph. Catal. 311. No. 3461. 



Fuscous : face extremely glossy and blackish ; forehead, back of the collar, 

 and of the thorax, ochreous-yellow, the yellow dash becoming attenuated on 

 the metathorax ; legs and antennae wholly pale ochreous-yellow ; wings 

 brownish, anterior with a few clouds, and the transverse nervures fuscous, 

 the other nervures fuscous, dotted with white ; posterior wings paler, more 

 hyaline and iridescent, immaculate. 



Common in woody places, about London, in June and July. 



Sp. 5. nebulosus. Ochraceo-pallidus, collaris thoracisque lateribusfuscis, antennis 

 fusco annulatis, alis albidis, opalinis, anticis fusco nebulosis, nervis Juscis. 

 (Long. corp. 2§ lin. ; Exp. Alar. 8 — 9 lin.) 



He. nebulosus. Steph. Catal. 311. JVo. 3462. 



Pale ochreous : head glossy in front ; eyes black ; sides of the collar and of 

 the thorax fuscous ; wings pale hyaline, opaline ; anterior with the nervures 

 fuscous, remotely dotted with whitish, the transverse ones, and several 

 irregular blotches and clouds on the inner margin fuscous ; posterior imma- 

 culate; abdomen pale ochreous ; legs yellowish; antennae yellowish, with 

 fuscescent rings. 



Also common in the neighbourhood of London, and taken occa- 

 sionally in Scotland. 



Sp. 6. subnebulosus. Pallidus, clypeo, et thoracis lateribus piceo-rvfis, alis 

 albidis, anticarvm viargine interna svbnebuloso, nervis albidis fusco punctatis^ 

 (Long. corp. 3 lin.; Exp. Alar. 9 lin.) 



He. subnebulosus. Steph. Catal. 311. No. 3463. 



Pale : clypeus very glossy and pitchy-red ; abdomen pale, its sides slightly 

 testaceous; legs pale, tips of the tarsi fuscescent ; wings whitish, iridescent; 

 anterior with several faint flavescent clouds on the inner margins, and the 

 nervures whitish, with remote fuscous dots ; posterior immaculate ; anterior 

 pale ochreous. 

 Taken in June near London ; not very uncommon. 



