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has occurred in the New Forest. " Near Dublin." — Rev. J. 

 Bulwer. 



Sp. 17. cuneigera. Alls anticis rufo-fuscis stigmatibus tribus striguque posticd 



cuneorum fuscormn. (Exp. alar. 1 unc. 3 — 5 lin.) 

 No. valligera. Hawort'i. — Ag. cuneigera. Steph. Catal. part ii. p. 67. No. 6096. 



Size of the last : anterior wings reddish-brown, or dusky-ash, with a pale streak 

 towards the base of the costa ; and four obsolete transverse strigje, the first at 

 the base, very stout, the second immediately anterior to the basal stigma, the 

 third adjoining the posterior stigma, much bent, and the last, slightly waved 

 towards the hinder margin, accompanied by a series of acute wedge-shaped 

 fuscous spots: the ordinary stigmata are pale, with a dusky spot adjoining the 

 base of the anterior one ; and sometimes with a quadrate black one between 

 them ; the teUform stigma is variable in size, and has usually a black edge : 

 the male has the posterior wings whitish, with the margins and nervures dusky, 

 the female cinereous, with a darker margin and nervures; in other respects she 

 resembles the male. 



The form of the stigmata varies much, especially that of the anterior one, being 

 round, ovate, elliptic, and subtriangular : the tinge of colour also varies. 



Far from abundant near London; and I believe equally scarce 

 in other parts of the country. I have met with it at Darenth- 

 wood in the beginning of July. " Chelsea."" — N. A. Vigors, Esq. 



Sp. 18. venosa. AUs anticis griseo-fuscis, strigis tribus cinerascentibus undque 

 postice pallidiore, venis griseo-cinerascentibus ; posticis maris cinereis, venis 

 saturatioribus. (Exp. alar. 1 unc. 5 lin.) 



Ag. venosa mihi. — Steph. Catal. part ii. p. 67. No. 6097. 



Allied to the last, but abundantly distinct : anterior wings griseous-brown, with 

 three transverse cinerascent strigce, edged with dusky, placed nearly as in the 

 foregoing insect, but the posterior one remote from the reniform stigma ; the 

 hinder margin has also a waved whitish streak, which arises from a dusky 

 spot on the costa, and is bounded posteriorly with ashy-brown, but is destitute 

 of any wedge-shaped accompanying streaks; the usual stigmata are ashy- 

 brown in the centre, with a slender pale margin, the teliform one is obUterated, 

 and the nervures of the wing are pale griseous-ash : the posterior wings of 

 the male are cinereous : the abdomen of the same colour, with the base whitish. 



The second transverse striga is much more undulated than in the foregoing in- 

 sect ; and the male is easily known by its dark-coloured posterior wings. 

 Taken near Edinburgh in July 1824 by the late Mr. Blunt, to 



whom I am indebted for my specimen. 



Sp. 19. nigricans. AUs anticis nigricantibus, stigmatibus tribus pallidioribus, 

 striga, posticd punctorum alborum. (Exp. alar. 1 unc. 3 — 6 lin.) 



Ph. No. nigricans. Linne. — Ag. nigricans. Steph. Catal. part ii. p. 67. No. 

 6099. 



