124 LEPIDOPTERA. 



Three specimens of this insect were taken in Wales, in the 

 autumn of 1862 ; it is closely allied to Luperina testacea, 

 L. NickerUi and L. Desylhsif but apparently distinct from 

 either. The Rev. Henry Burney most kindly sent me his 

 pair for examination, and allowed me to forward one of them 

 to my valued friend M. Guenee, who informs me that it is 

 identical with a specimen in his cabinet taken in France, 

 which is described in his work as ^' Luperina testacea var. A" 

 accompanied by a remark that it will probably prove a 

 distinct species. In this opinion I coincide, and with the 

 consent of Mr. Burney, I propose to name it after my friend. 



It differs from X. testacea in the thorax and abdomen 

 being slenderer, in the peculiar mottled appearance of the 

 anterior wings, and in the absence of the three round white 

 dots on the costa near the apex, which are so distinct in X. 

 testacea and NickerUi. The posterior wings in both sexes 

 are of a much purer white than in L. testacea. 



DiANTH^ciA Barrettii, If. Dbl. n. sp. 



Alis fusco pallidoqiie maculatis, strigis ordinariis ohsoletisy 

 lineold mgrd^ inferioribusfuscis. 

 Expansio alarum $ 1 unc. 5 lin. ; 2 1 unc. 3 lin. 



Thorax fuscous, mottled with whitish. Abdomen fus- 

 cous, conical in the female, the ovipositor slightly pro- 

 duced. Anterior wings fuscous, with a pale patch at the 

 base, an oblique interrupted pale fascia extending from about 

 the middle of the costa to the anal angle. Posterior margin 

 of the wings also pale, bordered by an indistinct paler striga, 

 forming a rather obscure W towards the anal angle. A very 

 distinct black line, emitting a branch, connects the ordinary 

 strigae as in Hadena GemstcD, the branch from this line 

 divides the oblique pale fascia into two unequal portions, of 



