densely clothed with short scales, the very minute spurs to the 

 liinder tibiae, and several other minor differences. 



Hubner many years back figured the Alucita adactyla be- 

 fore alluded to, in his Europaischer Schmetterlinge (Alucitae 

 Integrae, pi. 7. f. 32-34), which I shall here describe as the 



Adactylus Hubneri Curt. 



^\ lines long; $ 10 lines, ? nearly 1 inch broad. Lead 

 colour, wings darkest towards the apex, superior with a darker 

 spot towards the apex, and 2 on the inferior margin ; the male 

 with a dark spot on the cilia at the anal angle. 



This insect has not been taken in England, but I had the 

 good fortune to discover a new species amongst the grass and 

 sea-shore plants that grow on the Salterns at Tollsbury, the 

 end of last July, in an excursion to the coast of Essex with 

 Edward Bennet, Esq., of Rougham Old Hall. When at rest 

 the Moths assumed a most singular attitude, as well as I can 

 remember like the male figured of the natural size at the bot- 

 tom of the plate ; the body hung down, the wings were folded 

 and nearly erect, but divaricating with the legs placed ob- 

 liquely, resembling so much the dead pieces of grass, that the 

 eye did not readily catch them until they took flight, for which 

 this position was admirably adapted. This interesting Moth 

 I have the pleasure of naming after the friend through whose 

 kindness I had an opportunity of adding this and many other 

 Insects to my Cabinets. 



A. Bennetii Curt. Brit.Ent.pl. 4-71 c^ & ? . 



Length 6| to 7^ lines, breadth 1 inch. Reddish cinereous, 

 sometimes with an ochreous tint : eyes black, superior wings 

 with 4 dark spots ujion each, 1 towards the base, another 

 nearer the middle, and 2 beyond it approaching the posterior 

 angle : abdomen of female with 5 or 6 pair of black dots down 

 the back. 



The Plant is Carex limosa (Green-and-gold Carex), comnui- 

 nicated by C. J. Paget, Esq., from a bog at Belton, Suffolk. 



