Genera Depressaria, S^c. 155 



ous. j\b(lomen fuscous, with the sides and apex ochreous. Legs 

 pale ochreous, the first pair anteriorly brown. Tarsi pale ochre- 

 ous, spotted with brown. Anterior wings very pale ochreous, 

 with numerous fuscous atoms ; towards the hinder margin is 

 darker sliade, arising near the anal angle and reaching nearly to 

 the costa ; nearly in the middle of the wing are two or three 

 black spots, placed longitudinally, of which that nearest the base 

 is generally the largest ; cilia pale ochreous, with a darker line 

 running right through ihem from the apex to the anal angle. 

 Posterior wings griseous, darkest towards the apex, with paler 

 cilia, in which, close to the margin of tlie wing, is a dark line. 



Mr. Douglas took two specimens of the insect in Charlton 

 sand-pit, among the herbage, on the 12th of August, 1846. 

 Mr. H. Doubleday has also a specimen. 



Sp. 7. Atomella, W. V., Hiibn. 240, Z. 



Puherella, Tr., F. v. R. pi. 32, f. 2. 



Var. Respersella, Tr., F. v. R. pi. 33, f. 1. 



This species is, according to Fischer, extremely variable ; in 

 this country it has hitherto been so scarce that we have no oppor- 

 tunity of judging of its liability to vary. It is not ver?/ closely 

 allied to any other species, and is distinguished by the roundness 

 of the apex of the anterior wings, and ordinarily by the pale 

 costa. Mr. Stephens has one concolorous pale specimen, in which, 

 of course, this latter character is wanting. 



I am indebted to the liberality of Mr. Weir for the possession 

 of this species ; he bred it from larvae taken near Tunbridge Wells, 

 by sweeping in June, the perfect insect appearing July 20 and 21, 

 1848. He likewise took two by mothing, Aug. 16, 1847. Fischer 

 informs us that the larva feeds on Spartiiim scoparium, Genista 

 Germanica, and tlnctoria, in May and June. 



Sp. 8. Arenella, W. V., Tr., F. v. R., D., Z., Ev., Lie. 

 Gilvella, Hb. 96, St. 

 Gilvosa, Haw. 

 Var. Immaculana, St. 



A common species, and generally distributed ; appearing in 

 July and August, and hybernated specimens occurring in the 

 spring. 



Mr. Stephens's specimen, described by him as immaculana, is 

 merely an extraordinary variety of this species ; it is very far 

 from being " totally immaculate^' 



