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a fuscous lineola at the base of the inner margin, an irregular large subovate 

 spot in the middle of the costa, sometimes nearly obliterated, in which the 

 stigmata are placed; these are rather paler than the wing; the anterior is 

 oblong, subtriangular, the posterior reniform ; behind the latter is a gemi- 

 nated bent striga of obscure minute fuscous dots ; and in the margin itself 

 is an irregular interrupted fascia, branching inward at the anal angle, and 

 bearing some minute wedge-formed dusky spots at the base of the cilia; at 

 the apex of the costa are a few white spots : the posterior wings are fuscous, 

 with a darker fimbria. 



Var. H. Anterior wings of a bright rufous-ochre, with the costa dusky, and two 

 spots of a similar hue on the hinder margin ; the stigmata distinct, the an- 

 terior nearly uniting to the posterior : behind the latter a pale bent striga. 



Caterpillar said to feed on various grasses, the primrose, &c. The imago appears 

 in June, or the beginning of July. 



Not very uncommon; taken in various places throughout the 

 metropolitan district. I have frequently captured it at Darentli 

 and Hertford. « Netley, Salop."— i?^t\ F. JV. Hope. " Epping.'' 

 —Mr. H. Douhleday. 



f Sp. 5. hirticornis. " AUs glaucescentibtis, fascia ahhreviatli terminaliqne pli~ 



catd: antennis hirto-pectinatis." — Haw. 

 No. hirticornis. Haworth. — Xy. hirticornis. Steph. Catal. pt. ii. p. 79. No. 6190. 



Wings somewhat glaucous, with an abbreviated fascia, and an interrupted ter- 

 minal fimbria : antennae deeply ciliated. 



The specimens whence the above description was made closely resembled the 

 foregoing species; their chief distinction consisting in the strongly ciliated or 

 somewhat pectinated antenna? : they were formerly in Mr. Hatchett's collec- 

 tion, but were unfortunately destroyed. Whether they were allied to the 

 Xylena borealis, Curtis, or what that species is, I am unable to say, unless it 

 be Var. /S. of the foregoing insect. 



Taken at Daren tli-wood about twenty years back. 



Sp. C. combusta. AUs anticis fusco-hrjaineis obsolete nchidosis, sligmaHhus ob- 

 longis marginibus paUidioribiis. (Exp. alar. 1 unc. 8 — 9 lin.) 



No. combusta. Hiibnei-.- — Xy. combusta. Steph. Catal. part ii. p. 80. No. 

 6192. 



Head and thorax rusty-brown, the former and crest of the latter sprinkled 

 with cinereous; anterior wings deep fuscous-broAvn, with some obsolete 

 lighter and darker lineol.t on the costa, and the nervures more or less dusted 

 with pale ochraceous-brown ; the stigmata oblong, the anterior oblique, 

 somewhat acute, the margins rather pale; posterior auriform, with an in- 

 terrupted pale margin, somewhat resembling a figure 3 or 5 ; on the hinder 

 margin of the wing is an interrupted streak of dusky lunules; the cilia 

 brown, with ochraceous clouds: posterior wings fuscous, with the base rather 

 pale, the margin very dark ; cilia dusky-brown, with an ochraceous tinge. 

 Haustellata. Vol. II. 1st June, 1829. n 



