162 HAUSTELLATA. LEPIDOPTERA, 



also at Hertford and Ripley. It is found in Norfolk and in Devon- 

 shire. 



Sp. 4. spadicea. Alis anticis fusco-spadiceis vix nebulosis, stigmate postico bast 



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

 No. spadicea. Hilbner. Gl. spadicea. Steph. Catal. part ii. p. 76. No. 6169. 



Haworth says of this species : anterior wings nearly of an uniform, somewhat 

 castaneous, hue, a httle clouded with fuscous, the costa, towards the hinder 

 margin, with a few pallid spots, as in several others : in other respects similar 

 to the foregoing (Gl. Vaccinii). 



There is something in the aspect of this insect which gives it the appearance of 

 being distinct ; an opinion which Dennis and SchifFermiiUer, Hiibner, Ha- 

 worth, and others, have entertained, though I suspect improperly. Ochsen- 

 heimer unites it with Gl. Vaccinii. 



Found with the preceding throughout the metropolitan district, 

 not uncommonly. 



Sp. 5. subnigra. " Ahdomine maris suhdepresso, alis f anticis J casfaneo-nigris 

 fascia pallida posficd stibintermptd, ex maculis confluentibus." — Haw. (Exp. 

 alar. 1 unc. 3 — 4 lin.) 



No. subnigra. Haworth. — Gl. subnigra. Steph. Catal. part ii. p. 76. No. 6170. 



Abdomen less depressed than in the two last and following species : thorax and 

 anterior wings of one colour (castaneous black), with the costa towards the 

 hinder margin a little spotted with white (the wings near the hinder margin 

 with a pale subinterrupted fascia) : posterior wings fuscous, the cilia scarcely 

 rufescent. 



This is also a doubtful species: the above is nearly the description of Mr. 

 Haworth, who first gave it as distinct; but I conceive it may be only a 

 suffused variety; of which I have seen at least a dozen examples. 

 Inhabits the same places, and taken at the same time, as the two 



preceding- insects, but rarely. 



Sp. 6. polita. Alis Jusco-Jerrugineis nitidulis strigis venisque reticulativi 



cinereo-pitlverulentibus. (Exp. alar. 1 unc. 3 — 4 lin.) 

 No. pohta. Wien. T.— Gl. polita. Steph. Catal. part ii. p. 77. N'o. 6171. 



This differs from Gl. Vaccinii in having the wings rather more glossy and 

 dusky ; the anterior with the nervures pale rusty-ash, with a row of ferru- 

 ginous spots towards the hinder margin: in other respects similar to the 

 insect just mentioned. 



Caterpillar pale testaceous, with scattered black dots : it feeds on the Taraxicum 

 according to SchifFermiiUer, who, with Hiibner and others, considers the 

 insect distinct from Gl. Vaccinii. Ochsenheimer appears doubtful upon the 

 point, but Treitschke unites them. 



Also taken in company with the three last described, but less 

 abundantly than the two first. 



