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Sp. 5. lievis. All's cano subrufescentibus, strigis obsoletissimis punctoque medio 



fusco, posticis perfuscis. (Exp. alar. 1 unc. 3 — 4 lin.) 

 No. laevis. Haivorth. — Ce. laevis. Steph. Catal. part iii. p. 75. Ao. 6158. 



Very obscure : the strigse nearly as in Se. xanthograplia, but more slender and 

 obsolete, scarcely visible unless with a lens : the anterior stigma wanting ; the 

 posterior reniform, the margin alone apparent, with a black dot at its base : 

 the cilia of the anterior wings duU reddish, of the posterior paler. 



Of this and the following species I have given Mr. Haworth's description, as they 

 do not appear to me really distinct from Ca. Alsines, of which Ca. implexa 

 may also prove to be an extraordinary variety only, as indicated in my Cata- 

 logue. 



Taken at Darenth wood and near London, in the beginning of 

 July. 



t Sp. 6. sordida. Alis sordido-rufescentibus strigis duabus obsoletissimis puncto- 

 que pone mediumfuscis. (Exp. alar. 1 unc. 4 lin.) 

 No. sordida. Haworth. — Ca. sordida. Steph. Catal. part ii. p. 75. No. 6159. 



" Anterior wings rufescent, with two nearly obhterated strigs behind the middle : 

 the ordinary stigmata extremely obsolete, the margin alone visible ; the anterior 

 orbicular; the posterior reniform, fuscous on its inner side: on the posterior 

 margin of the wing is a series of minute spots : the posterior wings are paler." 



Described nearly as above by Mr. Haworth, from a specimen in 

 tbe collection of the late Mr. Jones : I have never seen the insect, 

 neither am I aware of its locality. 



Sp. 7. Morpheus. Alis anticis cinereo-ochraceis maculis ordinariis fascidque 

 externa obscurioribus ; posticis albidis. (Exp. alar. 1 unc. 3 — 4 lin.) 



Ca. Morpheus. Ochsenheimerf— Steph. Catal. part ii. p. 75. No. 6160. 



Pale-ochraceous or flavescent-ash, with the base and posterior margin of the 

 anterior wings beyond the ordinary arcuated striga of a deeper colour or fus- 

 cous, the stigmata of the same hue, and a few obscure fuscous clouds, being 

 the rudiments of strigae, on the disc : posterior wings pale yellowish-white, 

 with the margin and a central lunule dusky: head, thorax, and abdomen 

 concolorous griseous-ash. 



The insect from which the above description was drawn up appears to diflFer so 

 considerably in colour from all my specimens of the following species, that I 

 am induced to consider it as distinct, especially as there are other and similar 

 examples, captured at the same time and place, in the collection at the British 

 Museum: they resemble the figure referred to by Ochsenheimer, in the 

 Papillons d'Europe, as his Ca. Morpheus, which he considers synonymous 

 with the No. Sepii of Hiibner. 



Taken in Devonshire; and I once captured the female at Hert- 

 ford. 



