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Sp. 3. lithargyria. Alis aiUicis ochraceo-J'uscis sirigis diiahus obscMrioribus, 



punctoque medio albo. (Exp. alar. 1 unc. 1 — 5 lin.) 

 No. lithargyria. Esper? — My. lithargyria. Sieph. Catal. part ii. p. 74. No. 



6148. 



Pale ochraceous-brown ; the anterior wings with two obscure strigfe, the an- 

 terior slightly undulated, the posterior towards the hinder margin and ar- 

 cuated ; between them is a minute white dot ; and behind the posterior one 

 the ground-colour of the wing is darker, with an obscure undulated paler 

 striga; the posterior wings are fuscous, with ochraceous or griseous ciUa. 

 Male said to be as in the last, beneath. 



Caterpillar griseous, with white streaks and black dots, the first segment brown, 

 with three white lines : it feeds on the plantain. 



The only example I have seen of this species is in my collection ; 

 it was found in July, 1821, near Brockenhurst, in the New Forest. 



Sp. 4. conigera. Alls anticis rufh-ftrrugineis strigis duabus fuscis, punctogue 

 medio aUnssimo trigono. (Exp. alar. 1 unc. 4 — 5 lin.) 



No. conigera. Wien. V. — My. conigera. Steph. Catal. part ii. yj. 74. No. 6149. 



Head, thorax, and anterior wings, ferruginous or yellowish-red ; the latter with 

 a somewhat rectangular transverse fuscous striga before the middle, and an 

 oblique and slightly undvdated one behind the middle, the stigmata placed 

 between them ; the anterior one is slightly apparent and pale ; the posterior 

 also pale yellowish red, with a snowy white triangular spot at its base ; a 

 somewhat dusky cloud surrounds the posterior stigma; and towards the 

 hinder margin of the wing is a faint undulated striga; posterior wings 

 reddish-brown, with the base palest and the nervures darkest ; cilia of all 

 more or less ferruginous. The sexes are similar, but the insect varies much 

 in the intensity of its colours : I possess one of a remarkably deep hue, cap- 

 tured near Ripley. 



Caterpillar griseous, streaked with black and whitish ; the head brown, the first 

 segment deep black, with three white streaks : it feeds upon chickweed and 

 grasses. 



Not uncommon in Darenth-wood ; also found at Coombe-wood, 

 near Hertford; in Eppiiig Forest, and in other parts near the 

 metropolis. " Kimpton." — Rev. G. T. Rudd. " Epping." — 

 Mr. H. Doubleday. " Matlock."— ij'fff, F. W. Hope. 



Gemus XCVI. — Grammesia* mihi. 



Palpi short, scarcely ascending; densely squamous, the terminal joint with its 

 apex only exposed ; triarticulate, not very slender, the basal joint above half 

 the length of the second, reniform, contracted at the base, the second sub- 



* Vi^ccfAfiyi. linea. 



