114 HAUSTELLATA. LEPIDOPTERA. 



terior stigma, is a transverse yellowish waved striga, bordered on each side 

 with dusky, and very much angulated towards the inner margin ; a similar 

 striga arises from the costa, opposite to the posterior stigma, and, bending 

 outwards, turns rather suddenly towards the inner edge, the space between 

 the arch and the stigma being yellowish, or dull ochraceous-brown ; near the 

 hinder margin is a pale waved streak, and the margin itself is spotted with 

 black, with a pale griseous hne at the base of the cilia : the anterior stigma 

 is dusky towards the costa, and bright flavescent towards the inner margin of 

 the wing, forming a lunule of the latter colour ; the posterior stigma is mar- 

 gined anteriorly with black and flavescent, and posteriorly with black : the 

 body is pale fuscous, and the posterior wings of a creamy-white, with the 

 nervures rather dusky. 



I have seen but tliree specimens of this very distinct and prettily 

 variegated insect, which, so far as I can ascertain, does not appear 

 to have been noticed by entomological writers : they were taken 

 in June, 1826, near Cork, in Ireland, and I believe the species has 

 not yet occurred in Great Britain. I am indebted to my friend 

 Mr. Stone for the specimen from whence the accompanying figure 

 was designed. 



Sp. 2. Corticea. Alis anticis cinereis fusco irroratis, stigmatibus ordinariis 

 atris, thorace fusco, griseo vel albo vario, alis posticis in utroque sexd cinereis. 

 (Exp. alar. 1 unc. 4 — 8 lin.) 



No. Corticea. Huhner. — Ag. Corticea. Steph. Catal. part ii. p. 65. No. 6082. 



A most variable species : antennse ferruginous : head dusky, varied with grayish : 

 thorax also dusky, varied with griseous or whitish : anterior wings cinereous, 

 more or less dusted throughout with fuscous, with the ordinary stigmata deep 

 fuscous or black; towards the base is a geminated fuscous striga, and a 

 second curved one behind the posterior stigma : the posterior wings are cine- 

 reous in both sexes, with a central lunule, the nervures and margin darker. 



Var. (3. Anterior wings deep fuscous, irrorated with black, with the stigmata 

 externally dark ; the thorax fuscous, streaked with white. 



Var. y. The anterior wings of an uniform pale griseous-fuscous, slightly dusted 

 with dusky, the stigmata deep brown. 



Var. 2. The anterior wings with a black fascia at the base, edged on each side 

 with pale fuscous, the centre of the wing pale cinereous, with the hinder 

 margin dusky, the stigmata with dark margins, the anterior having a black 

 pupil. 



It is difficult to find two specimens perfectly similar ; in some the stigmata are 

 remarkably large and distinct, in others they are but slightly darker than the 

 wings ; in some the teliform one is slender and elongate, in others abbreviated 

 and stout. 



Not common, but very widely dispersed : I have taken it near 

 Hertford, Ripley, Brighton, and Dover, and have obtained spe- 



