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Extremely variable as to the markings on the anterior wings, which are some- 

 times nearly obliterated, and at others remarkably powerful. 



Larva robust, fleshy : head and thorax brown, with numerous black streaks, 

 forming regular figures, radiated on the head ; the abdomen is pale yellow ; 

 legs tawny ; it forms a very compact case, comprised of small pieces of 

 wood^ &c. placed somewhat longitudinally, or a little inclined. 



Extremely abundant, in the autumn, about Hertford and its 

 vicinity ; also taken at Ripley, in Devonshire, near Carhsle, in 

 Scotland, Suffolk, the New Forest, &c. 



Sp. 2. cingulatus. Fulvo-ochraceus, ocuHs nigi'is, alis anticis palllde ochraceis 

 miinaculaiis, abdovihie fulvescente segmentorum marginihus nigris. (Long. 

 Corp. 8§ lin. ; Exp. Alar. 18 lin.) 



N. G. (371.) cingulatus. (angulatus). Steph. Catal. 321. No. 3671.— Ph. 

 pilosa. Piclet, p. 134. pi. vi./. 2 } 



Tawny-ochre : antennje brown ; eyes black ; thorax with its sides dusky ; 

 anterior wings pale ochre, immaculate ; nervures yellowish-ochreous, faintly 

 edged with a darker tint, the base of some brownish; posterior wings very 

 transparent, pale whitish-yellow, with pale ochreous nervures; abdomen 

 pale tawny, with the margins of the segments and its apex blackish ; legs 

 tawny, with black spines. 



Taken in July, in Devonshire. 



Sp. 3. Vibex. Ochraceus, a/is anticis subangustatis pallide h'unnto-ochraceis, 

 atomis nui7ie?-osis pallidioribus, costd excepta, sparsis. (Long. corp. 7 — 9 lin. ; 

 Exp. Alar. 14—22 lin.) 



N. G. (571.) angustatus. Steph. Catal. 321. No. 3672.— Lim. Vibex. Phil. 

 Mag. [Curtis) v. iv. j}. 125. 



Ochreous: eyes black ; antennae tawny; thorax with its sides brown ; anterior 

 wings rather narrow and somewhat acute at the tip, of a very pale ochreous- 

 brown, thickly freckled throughout with numerous paler dots, excepting the 

 costa, which is immaculate ; nervures pale luteous-ochre ; posterior hyaline, 

 faintly iridescent, very pale whitish-ochre ; legs pale tawny, with blackish 

 spines. 



Found, in the autumn, in Devonshire, and occasionally in the 

 vicinity of London ; also in Norfolk and the New Forest. 



Sp. 4. latipennis. Pallide ochraceus, oculis n{g7'is, alis anticis sitblatis ochraceo- 

 brunneis, vix pallide irroratis, nervis fusco submarginatis. (Long, corp, 7 — 

 8i lin. ; Exp. Alar. 18—20 lin.) 



N.G. (571.) confinis. Steph. Catal. 321. No. 3673.— Lim. latipennis. Phil. 

 Mag. {Curtis) v. iv. p. 125. 



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