108 LEPIDOPTERA. 



brunneis, saturating marmoratis, maculis duabus costa?, una 

 ante, altera po?ie medium saturate brunneis, maculis duabus 

 trigonalibus dorsi niveis, altera majore ante, altera ninore 

 pone medium; plaga pallida ciliorum nulla. Exp. al. 

 5 lin. 



Head and palpi greyish-brown. Antennae rather dark 

 brown. Anterior wings brown, mottled indistinctly with 

 dark brown ; on the costa are two dark brown spots, one 

 before and the other beyond the middle ; beyond the latter, 

 on the costa, are three smaller brown spots, each edged pos- 

 teriorly with a whitish streak ; on the inner margin, before 

 the middle, is a conspicuous white triangle, enclosing a few 

 black scales, and towards the anal angle is a smaller white 

 spot ; midway between this and the apex of the wing is a 

 black streak, preceded by a few white scales ; cilia reddish- 

 brown, without the pale blotch in the middle so conspicuous 

 in Pyrjmceana. Posterior wings pale grey, with pale grey 

 cilia. 



Thorax reddish-brown ; abdomen grey. Legs reddish- 

 brown ; tarsi spotted with whitish. 



Underside of anterior wings dark grey, with faint indica- 

 tion of the dorsal pale spots and costal dark spots ; tips of the 

 cilia conspicuously reddish. 



Differs from Pygmceana by the anterior wings being 

 narrower; the first costal spot is placed before the middle, 

 and the dorsal spots are whiter, and there is no blotch in the 

 cilia ; it differs totally from the continental Assectella, by 

 the different ground colour and form of the wings, and 

 different markings. 



The agreement with Curtis's figure is not entire, but at 

 present we know not to what extent the species may vary. 



Tinagma resplendellm?i } I. B., p. 179. I bred a specimen 



