20() MANDIBUI.ATA. TlllCHOPTKIlA. 



colour; of the female the anterior vviugs are more of an asliy hue, less 

 freckled with pale dots, especially on the disc, which last is clouded with 

 fuscous, and bears one or two irregular and interrupted black streaks, the 

 longest one terminating in a conspicuous white dot; posterior wings iu 

 both sexes immaculate; legs dull tawny, four anterior annulated with 

 fuscous. 

 The markings on the anterior wings vary considerably in intensity, and are 

 sometimes nearly obliterated. 



llather local, but in some places very abundant, especially about 

 Albury in Suriey, in June and the beginning of July; also taken at 

 Ripley, Hertford, in the New Forest, and in Devonshire. 



Sp. 2. Beckwithii. Griseo-J'uAca, alls unticis iiigro valdl nebulosis, antennis 

 piceis. (Long. corp. 6 lin. ; Exp. Alar. 1 unc. 9 lin.) 



Phr. Beckwithii. Leach MSS.—Steph. Catal. 321. Mo. 3679.— Phr. grandis. 



Kirhy and Sp. Int. pi. in-f- 4 } 

 Griseous-brown, clothed with a paler down; antennae pitchy ; sides of thorax 



dusky ; anterior wings fuscous, thickly freckled with paler spots, and very 



much clouded with dusky-black ; nervures slightly dotted with fuscous, the 



lander margin spotted with the same ; legs pitchy. 



I suspect this to be only a strong variety of the foregoing species. 



Sp. 3. atomaria. Fusco-cinerea, alls anticisfusco-ciiierascentibus, punctis nigris 

 numerosissimis sparsis, pedibus ochraceis. (Long. corp. 7 lin. ; Exp. Alar. 

 1 unc. 10 Hn.) 



Phr. atomaria. Fabricius.—Steph. Catal 321. No. 3681. 



Ashy-brown : eyes black ; antennae yellowish ; head and thorax hairy ; body 

 cinereous ; wings pale ashy-brown, the anterior very thickly sprinkled with 

 minute black dots; legs ochreous, with blackish spurs. 



Apparently very rare : taken in the vicinity of the metropolis, in 

 July. 



Sp. 4. varia. Grlseo-fusca, alls anticis nigra alborjue variis, puttcto distincto 

 niveo, antennis pedibusque fulvis, fusco annulatis. (Long. corp. 5 — 7 lin. ; 

 Exp. Alar. 11— 16§ lin.) 



Phr. varia. Fabrisius. — Donovan, v. vixi. pi. 277. f. 1. — Steph. Catal. 321. 

 No. 3682. 



Head griseous-brown, with tawny down ; palpi testaceous, with the tip black ; 

 eyes black : antennae dull testaceous, annulated with brown ; thorax fus- 

 cescent, or ochreous, with griseous or ashy pile ; anterior wings fuscous, 

 irregularly varied with black clouds and spots, largest towards the inner 

 margin, and with numerous white dots and blotches, two of the latter 



