It has often occurred to me that the Phalecnidde mi<j[ht with 

 great propriety be divided into 2 famihes, one having the an- 

 tennae of the males pectinated, the other with the antennae 

 simple; the former might be denominated Geometridce, the 

 latter remain as Plialdenida:. Of those with pectinated antennae 

 we have already described the genus Aids ; and the present 

 group, which we propose calling Macaria, appears to form a 

 parallel to that genus in the division with simple antennae. 

 Mr. Stephens has formed an admirable genus in his cabinet, 

 which he calls Pti/chnpoda, making Phalcena dilutata Haw. 

 the type, including P. immutata and aversata Linn, and their 

 congeners. Macaria will follow those, and contains — 



1 M. emarginata Fab. — rumigerata Don. 14. 493. 2. 



2 imitata nob. — imitaria Hilb.^ Haw. 



3 dimidiata Haw. — 4-punctata Don. 14. 493. 3? 



4 praenotata Haw. — liturata Hub. 



5 notata Linn. 



6 praeatomata Haw. 



7 liturata Linn. — alternaria, lituraria Hub. 



The following species are closely allied, although they want 

 some of the characters. 



8 M. heparata Hub., Haw. 



9 Thymiata nob. — Thymiaria Linn. — vernaria Don. 



Br. Lis. 9. 310. 

 10 clathrata Limi. 

 ' 11 maculata Fab. — macularia Linn.., Don. 7. 251. 3. 



12 4-maculata Haw., Ent. Trans, tab. 6. f. 2. 



13 bimaculata Fab. — Taminaria Hiib. 



14 punctata Fab. — nubeculata Haw. — Temeraria i?//6. 



Macaria liturata lives in the deepest recesses of fir planta- 

 tions where the sun can scarcely penetrate, resting in the day 

 upon the trunks of the trees. It was first recorded as a British 

 insect by Mr. Haworth m his Lep. Brit., who at that time 

 had seen but one specimen : Mr. Dale has since taken it in 

 plenty in a large and thick grove of Scotch firs at St. Leonards 

 or Barnfield near Ringwood, Hampshire, 24th July 1824; 

 and it has been this year taken by a collector in the same 

 neighbourhood the end of June in a very fine condition. 



The plant is Lamium album (White Archangel). 



