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Lim. assimilis. Steph. Catal. 322. No. 3705. — Lim. obscurus. Phil. Mag. 

 (^Curtis) V. iv. p. 124. 



Ochreous, fuscous above : abdomen with the edges of its segments pale ; 

 antennte brown ; anterior wings narrow, dusky-ochre, with a pale hyaline 

 dot on the disc, and two irregular rows of pale dots towards the hinder 

 margin, one anterior to, and the other behind, the transverse nervures ; the 

 extreme hinder marghi and the stigma dark fuscous ochre ; posterior wings 

 dusky hyaline, with the apex fuscescent; legs pale dirty ochre, with dusky 

 spines. 



Taken, occasioncall}', near London, in June; also in the New 

 Forest, and in Devonshire. 



Sp. 25, fuscus. Ochraceo-j'uscus, alia anticis Juscis, utomis macuUsquc quatuor 

 pallidis, stigmate fasco-piceo immaculato, tibiis anticis Jusco aiiaulatis. (Long. 

 corp. 34 — 4. lin.; Exp. Alar. 10—11 lin.) 



Lim. fuscus. Sieph. Catal. 322. No. 3706. 



Ochreous-brown, darkest above : antennsE pitchy-brown ; anterior wings deep 

 fuscous, freckled, especially on the apical and hinder margins, with whitish, 

 with a blotch of the same towards the base of the costa, another on the 

 costa before the stigma, a third on the inner margin, opposite to the 

 second, and a fourth covering the transverse nervures ; the inner or dorsal 

 nervures are thick, deep fuscous, with remote whitish dots, the others 

 slender and pale ; stigma pitchy-brown, immaculate ; legs pale ochreous, 

 with black spines ; anterior tibiae and tarsi annulated with fuscous. 



Also taken, near London, in June and July. 



Sp. 26. coenosus.'' Ochraceo-j'uscus, alis brevibusjuscis paUide ochraceis obsolete 

 irroratis, stigmate obscuro, utrinque pallide marginato. (Long. corp. 4 lin.; 

 Exp. Alar. 10—11 lin.) 



Lim. caliginosus. Steph. Nomen. 2d edit. col. 122. — Lim. ccenosus. Phil. 

 Mag. {Cut^fis) V. iv.p. 123.? 



Deep ochreous-brown : antennae faintly annulated with a paler hue ; abdomen 

 dusky; anterior wings broad, short and glossy, deep fuscous, obsoletely 

 freckled with pale ochreous, with an obscure darker stigma, bordered 

 anteriorly and posteriorly with whitish; on the inner margin towards the 

 hinder angle is an obscure palish spot, and the inner nervures are slightly 

 dotted with whitish ; posterior wings very transparent pale fuscous, with 

 the apex darker ; legs fuscescent, with darker spines. 



Taken at Whittlesea Mere, in July, and also in Scotland ? 



Sp. 27. punctatissimus. Ochraceo-fuscus, alls anticis angustis pallide fuscis, 

 perlepide vageque albido irroratis, antennis brimneis, ochraceo tenuiter aiinu- 

 latis. (Long. corp. 4| lin. ; Exp. Alar. 12 lin.) 



Lim. punctatissimus. Steph. Catal. 322. No. 3707. 



