GEI.ECHIA. 117 



tlic middle; tlie space hctwcen these spots is paler than the rest of the 

 wing ; beyond tlie fourth spot are hco pale ochrcous op})os'de spots 

 (that on the inner margin being slightly posterior), aliiiost forming a 

 straight fascia ; cilia fuscous. Posterior wings grey, with greyish- 

 fuscons cilia. 



Taken by ]\Ir. Bedell, among old thntcli at Addington, in June 

 and July ; also by Mr. Douglas, in a similar locality. 



3G. domestica, Haw. L. B. 551 (1829); Step. Alis anticis 

 ochreo-griseis, fitsco-mixtis, puncto humerali nigro, puncto cost* pone 

 medium saturate fusco, punctis (piatuor nigris (primo plicte basini 

 versus, secuudo plicae tertio approximate disci ante medium, (|uarto 

 disci pone medium), spatio interjeeto dilutiorc, fascia jiostica subdis- 

 tincta dilutiorc angulata. Exp. al. G lin. 



Head pale grey. Pace whitish. Palpi whitish ; terminal joint cx.- 

 ternally with a few fuscous spots. Antennro dark fuscous, with pale 

 grey annulations. Anterior wings greijish-oclircoHs, more or less dusted 

 icit/if /(SCO/IS, with a small black spot at the base of the costa, and a 

 dark fuscous spot on the costa beyond the middle ; a black spot lies 

 on the fold, not far from the base, another is on the fold, and a third 

 just above it on the disc a Httle before the middle, and a fourth on the 

 disc beyond the middle ; the space between these sjiots is pah'r than 

 the rest of the wing; towards the hinder margin is a tolerably well- 

 defined y;ff/6' augidated fascia ; cilia pale grey. Posterior wings whitish- 

 grey, with pale greyish-fuscous cilia. 



(Jccurs in July and August, most freqnently in houses ; rarely 

 on fences in the country. 



37. rhombella, Iliib. Tin. 277 (1812); Treit. ; Dup. ; Dough; 

 VV. v.? — rhoiidjca, Haw. Alis anticis cinereis, macula Ijasali cost(C nigra, 

 puncto postico costtc saturate fusco, puncto plica3 prope basim fusco, 

 punctis duobus disci {primo in medio, secundo majore pone medium.) sa- 

 turate fuscis, nebula dorsi pone medium fusea, fascia postica indistincta 

 tlilutiore angulata. Exp. al. G.V lin. 



Head and face greyish-fuscous. Palpi dark fuscous, internally pale 

 ochrcous. Anteun;c very pale fuscous, with dark fuscous annulations. 

 Anterior wings ashy-grey, with a long lAack spot at the base of the costa, 

 and a smaller dark fuscous sjjot beyond the middle of the costa ; near 

 the base towards the inner margin is a fuscous spot, and another, 

 rather indistinct, lies on the disc a Httle beyond ; in the middle of the 

 disc is a dark fuscous spot, and another, rather larger, is on the disc 

 beyond the middle ; a fuscous blotch is on the inner nuargin ])cyond the 

 middle ; beyond this there are faint indications of a ])ale angulatcd 

 fascia ; on the hinder margin and apex of the costa are some snuill 

 dark fuscous spots; cilia greyish-oehrcous. Posterior wings pale grey, 

 with paler cilia. 



(Jeeurs among ajtple-trees in July; taken I'oniierly by Mr. S. 



