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8. marmoratus Curt. 



14 lines : superior wings dull pale ochreous, variegated with brown, leaving 

 an oblique transparent spot below the centre, a large one covering the 

 transverse nervures (which are brown) and several dots surrounding them ; 

 stigma brownish. 



9. nebulosus Curt., probably a var. of the next. 



14 lines : superior wings yellowish ochre, the posterior margin brown, with 

 a pale lunule on the edge, the inferior margin brown also, with the disc 

 pale, forming 2 lobes below; stigma deep ochreous. 



10. apicalis Curt. — rhombica Akr.,fas. 9. pi. 13. 



14 lines : superior wings dull ochreous, the lower portion variegated with 

 bright brown, leaving an oblique subreniform transparent spot on the disc, 

 a larger one covering the transverse nervures (which are piceous) with va- 

 rious dots, and a lunule on the posterior margin ; stigma piceous. 



10 b . Stigma Curt. 

 Hjr lines : superior wings yellowish ochre; stigma piceous. 



10 c . lunatus Curt. 

 14^ lines : superior wings brown, the costa. a spot on the disc, and a large 

 sublunulate spot beyond it semihyaline, there are four pale rays between 

 this and the posterior margin which is spotted brown and whitish; stigma 

 large and piceous. . 



A single specimen of this fine species was taken last July at Whittlesea 

 Mere by J. C. Dale, Esq. 



12. fenestralis Curt. 



10 to 15 lines: superior wings dirty while freckled with pitchy brown, 

 generally leaving a plain spot near the base, an oblique one on the disc, 

 a sublunulate one beyond the transverse nervures connected with another 

 on the inferior margin ; stigma piceous and spotted pale. 



13. bipunctatus Curt. 



11 to 13 lines: superior wings pubescent, pale brown, darkest towards the 

 apex, very much freckled with ochreous white, the costa plain, as well as 

 a lunulate spot on the disc, two smaller ones beyond it forming an g f 

 a pale spot on the posterior margin ; stigma and some of the longitudinal 

 nervures piceous dotted with white. 



1 4. affinis Curt. 



11 lines : superior wings more or less pubescent, fuscous freckled with pale 

 dull ochre ; stigma, most of the nervures and the inferior margin spotted 

 with piceous. 



23. sparsus Curt. 

 11 to 13 lines: superior winas very silky brown freckled with ochre, with 

 an ochreous mark on the inferior margin towards the angle, inferior wings 

 pale fuscous, brown at the apex ; antennae brown, annulated with ochre ; 

 anterior tibiae annulated fuscous and ochre. 



23 b . tenebricus Curt. 

 13 lines : superior wings very pubescent, dark brown more or less freckled 

 with ochre, the costa often very ochreous, a spot of the same colour before 

 the stigma and another opposite to it on the posterior margin ; stigma 

 piceous ; inferior wings slightly fuscous, with the apex brown. 



24-. cocnosus Curt. 

 ) 1 lines : ochreous brown ; superior wings rather short and broad ; stigma 



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