I HRYGAXID.E. PIIUVGAXE A. 'CO'J 



being large, and placed somewhat obliquely on the inner margin ; towards 

 the apex of the disc is a conspicuous snow-white dot, appended to a black 

 streak, and another edged with black near the posterior angle ; the posterior 

 wings are slightly iridescent, with the apex rather broadly tipped with 

 brown; legs pale tawny, annulated with brown. 



Extremely variable in the intensity of the markings, and slightly so in their 

 positions. 



Larva dirty shining green, with the head and legs ochreous, the former with 

 elongate black streaks; the following segment also ochreous, edged 

 anteriorly and posteriorly with black. 



Not very uncommon, in the vicinity of London, towards the end 

 of June ; taken also in Norfolk, Camhridge, South Wales, Devon, 

 and Scotland. 



Sp. 5. minor. Fusco-ochracea, alis anticis ochraceis, nigro-fusco nelulosis, 

 macula costali fusca, fasciuque subrepandd posticd albido-ochraced. (Long, 

 corp. 3^—5 lin. ; Exp. Alar. 9 — 12 lin.) 



Phr. flexuosa. Steph. Catal. 321. No. 3680. — Phr. minor. Curtis, v. xiii. 

 pi 592. 



" Subochraceous : antennae annulated with brown, the base, crown of head, 

 and back of thorax greyish, with ochreous hairs ; base of a])domen brown, 

 back fuscous; wings pubescent, nervures brown; superior (anterior) 

 ochreous, variegated and reticulated, with a brown patch at the base, an 

 imperfect fascia at the middle, with a black lunate spot and white dot on 

 the disc, a brown fimbria at the posterior margin, bearing two round 

 ochreous spots on the costa, a distinct line formed of similar spots parallel 

 to the margin, which is broken by similar spots, and the edges spotted with 

 brown ; inferior (posterior) wings iridescent, pale fuscous at the apex ; 

 palpi, anterior thighs, and tips of tibiae brown." — Curtis, I. c. 



The ochreous spots vary a little in position in different specimens, and, in lieu 

 of the imperfect central fascia, there is only a deep fuscous costal spot. 



Taken in the garden at the Hermitage, South Lambeth, in July ; 



fSp. 6. Phalaenoides. Nigra, alis albidis, macuUs nigris sparsis. (Long. corp. 



— lin.; Exp. Alar lin.) 



Phr. Phalaenoides. LinnL—Turton {[)— Steph. Catal. 321. No. 3683, note. 

 Black : antennae half the length of the body ; wings whitish ; anterior 



sprinkled with numerous black dots, disposed in a row on the hinder 



margin ; posterior white, the hinder margin with a black band, the lateral 



margin with black dots. 

 Indicated, but improperly, by Turton, as British. 



