458 Prof. Zeller’s Descriptions of 
infra nigro-marginata; posterioribus cinereis, albido-cilia- 
tis. ¢. 
Long. alar. ant. lin. 4. 
Anterior wings narrow, pale ochreous-yellow, with two slender 
white transverse lines, the first obliquely placed, externally curved, 
internally margined with black ; the second straight; on the trans- 
verse vein is a white lunule, margined beneath with black. Pos- 
terior wings grey, with the cilia whitish. 9. 
Larger than either of the two preceding, with a superficial resem- 
blance to Nyctegretes achatinella, whence it appears to come near 
to Nyctegretes (?) albociliella, Staudinger, (Entom. Zeitung, 
1859, p. 225.) But in that species the second transverse line is 
externally dark-margined, and all the cilia are white. 
Anterior wings narrow, broader posteriorly, pale ochreous- 
yellow. The first of the two slender white transverse lines is 
very obliquely placed, externally convex, finely bordered with 
black on the inner side ; the second is straight and terminates on 
the costa in a black spot which lies towards the apex of the wing. 
The white lunule of the transverse vein is shaded with blackish 
internally, and is terminated beneath by a black longitudinal 
streak. Between the first transverse line and the base of the 
wing is a brownish spot on the inner margin. The posterior 
wings are grey, darker before the whitish cilia. 
From the plains of Jordan. 
Homa@osoMA NIMBELLA, Zeller. 
Heinemann, Schm. Deutsch. u. Schweiz, i. 2, p. 197 ; 
ELS. fig. 79, 
The specimens from the plains of Jordan belong to the variety 
b. of the Isis, which is characterised by the smallness and pale 
colour of the specimens. 
EPuHESTIA ELUTELLA, Hubner. 
Hiibner, fig. 163; Heinemann, Jib. cit. p. 201. 
One specimen from Jerusalem. 
EpuesTIA TENEBROSA, n. sp. (PI. XXIII. fig. 7.) 
Alis anterioribus angustis, cinereo-fuscis, basi dorsoque late 
rufescentibus, strigis duabus dilutis, priore obsoletissim4, 
posteriore obsoleta ; posterioribus albidis, subpellucidis. 2. 
Anterior wings narrow, grey-brown, with the base and the inner 
