124 Mr. Curtis's Descriptions of nondescript May-Jlies. 



scarcely visible, with a pale spot on each side the posterior angle ; inferior 

 wings paler except at the tips. 

 A single specimen in Scotland. 



25. Vinculum Curl. 

 9^ lines: superior wings deep fuscous; the stigma a little darker with 

 numerous pale dots, and a larger one before the stigma, two opposite on 

 the inferior margin and another upon the transverse nervures ; apex of in- 

 ferior wings fuscous. 



15. obscurus Curt. 



I ] lines : superior wings fuscous ochre ; the stigma brown, a pale dot at 

 the disc and 2 interrupted transverse lines of dots beyond it ; inferior 

 wings tipped with fuscous. 



1 1 . Auricula Curt. 



10 lines : superior wings pubescent, dark ochre with a hyaline spot on the 

 disc and a larger ear-shaped one covering the transverse nervures ; stigma 

 obscure ; tips of the inferior wings pale brown. 



16. ochraceus Curt. 



I I lines : superior wings pale fuscous yellow, freckled with yellowish spots ; 

 stigma obscure; inferior wings slightly ochreous at the apex. 



18. bipartitus Curt. 



10> lines : superior wings pale ochreous, very much freckled with brown, 

 excepting the costa, the sixth or apical longitudinal nervure forming a 

 brown line; apex of inferior wings tinged with ochre. 



19. Consobrinus Curt. 



11 lines : superior wings ferruginous-ochre freckled with brown excepting 

 the costa, the posterior angle brown freckled with ochre; apex of inferior 

 wings ochreous. 



21. terminalis Curt. 



1 1 lines . superior wings ferruginous ochre, the inferior portion freckled 

 with brown, leaving a large plain subtrigonate spot on the posterior margin ; 

 apex of inferior wings pale ochreous. 



22. centralis Curt. 



11 lines: superior wings brown freckled with ochre, the costa entirely 

 ochreous, a pale spot on the disc, a smaller one beyond it, and a large semi- 

 orbicular one on the posterior margin ; inferior wings ochreous at the 

 tips. 



17. incisus Curt. 



10 lines : wings scarcely longer than the body, superior ochreous, the infe- 

 rior margin and the nervures freckled with brown, the discoidal cell very 

 long ; inferior wings deeply notched beneath the apex, which is slightly 

 ochreous. 



17 b . elegans Curt. Brit. Ent.pl. 488. 



26. lurid us Curt. 



13 lines : superior wings dirty reddish ochre freckled with paler dots, the 

 nervures darker; inferior wings with the apex tinged with the same colour. 



27. nervosus Leach. — Sam.pl. l.f.'-i. 



14 to 15 lines : superior wings ochreous brown, with a pale lunulate whitish 

 spot near the centre and a dot at the base of the third marginal cell. 



