178 HAUSTELLATA. LEPIDOPTERA. 



An insect of considerable rarity, few examples only having 

 occurred in Britain ; I possess specimens captured at Coombe- 

 wood, and one found at Birch-wood ; the species has also been taken 

 in the neighbouring district, three or four instances of its capture at 

 Darenth-wood having come to my knowledge : it is found in June. 



Sp. 7. epomidion. Alls griseo fuscoqiie variis, strigd posticd tindulatd pallidd, 

 stigma antica margine nigro. (Exp. alar. 1 unc. 4 — 6 lin.) 



No. epomidion. Haworth. — Xy. epomidion. Steph. Catal. part ii. p. 79. 

 No. 6191. 



A beautiful insect : head and thorax deep purplish-brown, the latter with some 

 dark or black longitudinal streaks and dots: anterior wings varied with 

 griscous and fuscous, with bright purplish clouds ; a deep black lineola at the 

 base, and a second near the base on the inner margin as in Xy. nivea ; an- 

 terior to the stigmata is a more or less obscure undulated striga, and behind 

 an arcuated one, composed of pale indistinct lunules, the apex of each black 

 towards the outer margin ; on the hinder margin is a clear pale striga, com- 

 posed of two distinct arches in the middle, and two or three waves at the anal 

 angle ; this striga is accompanied by some dusky or fuscous clouds ; the hinder 

 margin of the wing spotted with fuscous ; the anterior stigma is oblong, and has 

 a deep black margin ; the posterior pale, rather obsolete, with its inner edge 

 black, the outer vanishing: posterior wings fuscous, with the base paler, the 

 margin darker, with a pale waved mark near the anal angle, cilia flavescent, 

 with a brown line : abdomen cinereous, the sides and anal tuft purplish. 



This beautiful and rather uncommon species does not appear to 

 be very rare in the shady lanes near Ripley, where I have fre- 

 quently captured it. At the end of June, 1827, I caught in one 

 evening three remarkably beautiful specimens. It occurs in other 

 places near London, having been found at Coombe-wood and in 

 Richmond Park: it likewise inhabits Derbyshire, Yorkshire, and 

 Devonshire, from which counties I have received specimens. 

 " Bath."— i1/r. Chant. " Netley."— Eet). F. W. Hope. 



Sp. 8. scolopacina. Alis anticis griseofuscoque variis, fascia posticaferrugineS, 

 strigu(/ue nigrd pone medium dentatu, stigmate posficn albo, corpore subgracili. 

 (Exp. alar. 1 unc. 3 — 4 lin.) 



No. scolopacina. Esper. — Xy. scolopacina. Steph. Catal pt. \\.p. 80. No. 6193. 



Somewhat resembling the preceding, but smaller, and with the body more 

 slender : the head and thorax are of a pale ochreous, or yellowish brown, 

 with blackish clouds ; anterior wings the same, with darker shades ; a dusky 

 streak at the base on the inner margin ; an abbreviated brownish, or sub- 

 ferruginous fascia, on the middle of the costa, behind the posterior stigma, 

 which is white, with a griseous lunule ; a slender arcuated, and very distinct, 

 regularly dentate black striga, followed^ by a clear ochraceous space, behind 



