150 HAUSTELLATA. — LEPIDOPTEUA. 



The elongated body, acute repanded anterior wings, with ob- 

 literated stigmata and simple transverse fasciaform strigge, the 

 slightly crested thorax, pubescent eyes, and ciliated antennae, suf- 

 ficiently indicate the distinction of this genus from the preceding, 

 to which it seems most nearly allied, some species of the last section 

 especially : the species are sestival. 



Sp. 1. turca. Alls untlcls dnereo-nifis, J'usco pulvc7'ulcntis, lineis duahus 



J'uscis lunuMque albidd. (Exp. alar. 1 unc. 8—9 lin.) 

 Ph. No. turca. Z,Mi7ip.-— My. turca. Steph. Catal. part ii. p. 73. No. 6146. 



The largest species of the genus, of a bright ashy-rufous or ferruginous ; the 

 anterior wings minutely irrorated with dusky, with a slightly incurved stout 

 transverse fuscous streak before the middle, and a second, rather undulated and 

 oblique, behind the middle, having a whitish lunule, with a dusky margin 

 between, nearly in the place of the posterior stigma ; at the base of the wing 

 is sometimes an abbreviated fuscous striga, and on the hinder margin a series 

 of interrupted black dots: posterior wings fuscous with the margin rufescent ; 

 cilia of all the wings rufous : abdomen with the lateral and anal tufts bright 

 rufous. 



Caterpillar ocliraceous-red ; with a whitish dorsal line ; beneath yellowish- white, 

 with black streaks on the incisures, which are obscure on the sides ; head 

 brown : it feeds on the Juncus pilosus : — the imago appears in July. 



A rare insect; it has been taken in Epping Forest, near Chig- 

 well-row, and near Bristol : I once found a specimen in the hollow 

 of Coombe Wood, and have seen three or four others captured at 

 the same place. 



Sp. 2. grisea. Alls griseo-riifis, puncto medio alho, strig&que arcuatCi posticd 



punctorum minutissimoruin nigrorum. (Exp. alar. 1 unc. 5 — 7 lin.) 

 No. grisea. Fahricius? — My. grisea. Steph. Catal. part n. p. 74. No. 6147. 



Bright griseous-red, the male rather brightest; the anterior wings slightly 

 paler on the inner margin ; with an arcuated striga of minute black dots 

 towards the hinder margin, and a small white patch faintly resembling a 

 note of inteiTogation in the place of the posterior stigma: posterior wings 

 deep fuscous, with the fringe rufous. Male of a shining silvery hue beneath ; 

 with a fascicle of deep black hairs at the base of the abdomen. 



Caterpillar dirty ochraceous or dusky, with a reddish lateral line ; it feeds on 

 chickweed and plantain. 



Not a very abundant insect ; found occasionally at Darenth- 

 wood and in other parts of the metropolitan district ; also in the 

 New Forest, and in Devonshire. " Epping." — Mr. H. DouUeday. 

 '" Bottisham." — Rev. L. Jenyv.s. 



