DEPRl'SSAUIA. 97 



wliiti^li 1111(1 rnllu'i" aoiitcly ;iiigiilatcd ; the hinder ninrgiu and apox of 

 the costa are spotted with dark fuscous; cilia reddish-grey. Pos- 

 terior wings grey, paler towards the base ; cilia pale grey, with a 

 slight reddish tinge. 



Occurs sparingly at Saiulcrstead and j\licklcliani in July. 



30. Douglasella, Sta. Eut. Trans, v. 1G5 (1S49). Alis antieis 

 grisco-fuscis, sq/taa/is uparnis allihik, striolis numerosis saturate fuscis, 

 rjuarum una oblhuia diHcl ante medium mu(jls coiisjjicKa, sqHcimis albis 

 sequentibus, punclido albldo pone strlam satnrcde f/lscaui, disci pone 

 tnedium, fascia postica albida obtuse angulata, ad costam in inacu- 

 1am saturate fuscara exeunte ; Uiorace ac capite ulbis. Exp. al. 81 

 lin. 



Head and face w//de. Palpi fuscous, internally pale ochrcnus ; ter- 

 minal joint fuscous, with a dark fuscous ring at the base and another 

 before the pale oclireous apex. Anteunn; dark fuscous. Anterior wings 

 grei/ish-fuscous, tcith scatlercd whitish scales, with a small dark fuscous 

 spot at the base of the costa, and a dark fuscous dash towards the 

 inner margin near tlie base ; on the disc are numerous short dark fus- 

 cous streaks, of which an oblique one before the middle is cousj)icuous, 

 being follotced by some tchitish scales, and beyond another dark fuscous 

 streak, on the disc beyond the middle, is a sniall ichitish spot ; the whitish 

 hinder fascia is almost obtusely angulated, and terminates in a dark 

 fuscous blotcb on the costa ; the hinder margin and apex of the costa 

 are spotted with dark fuscous ; cilia greyish-fuscous. Posterior wings 

 grey, towards the apex somewhat fuscous, with paler cilia. 



A scarce species, a])peariug in July and August; it has been 

 takeu ut Micklcham, lolkstone, iJover, and the Isle of Wight. 



31. "Weirella, Sta. Eut. Trans, v. 16.5. pi. 17. f. 5 (1S49).— «;;/os«, 

 Haw.? Alis auticis/«.sco-?v<//.s', saturatiusfusco-nebalosis, sfjuamis spar- 

 sis albidis, stria ante, puncto jione disci mediutn, squatnis ulbidis nolato 

 saturate fuscis, fascia postica acute angulata obsokita ; utis posticis al- 

 bidis, apicem versus fusccsccntibus. Exj). al. 9t lin. 



Head and face greyish-fuscous. Palpi dark reddish-fuscous, inter- 

 nally pale ochreous ; terminal joint paler, with a dark fuscous ring be- 

 fore the pale ochreous apex. Antennrc dark fuscous. Anterior wings 

 redclish-fnscous, clouded with darker fuscous, and with scattered whitish 

 scales ; on the disc before the middle is a dark fuscous streak, followed 

 beyond the middle by a dark fuscous spot, in which are some whitish 

 scales ; the hinder fascia is indistinct and hardly acutely angulated ; 

 the hinder margin and apex of the eosta are spotted with dark fuscous; 

 cilia ])ale fuscous, varied with darker fuscous. Posterior winys ichitish 

 at the base, towards the apex pale fuscous, with paler cilia. 



The perfect insect appears in July, but is hardly ever seen; a 

 few specimens have been obtained by healing tluilch in tlie au- 

 tumn. The larva (which 1 have found abundantly) feeds on An- 



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