126 Mr. H.T. Stainton on Gracilaria, 



Hemidactyla, Haw. L. B. 527. 



Hemidactylella, Stephens, 111. iv. 367, 



Var. b, ut a, sed alis anticis saturatioribus, maculis indistincti- 



oribus (fig. 3). 

 Var. c, alis anticis ochraceo-rufis, punctis tribus fuscis supra 



plicam (fig. 4). 

 Signipennis, Haw. L. B. 527. 

 Elongella, Stephens, 111. iv. 367 ? 

 Var. d, alis anticis ochraceo-rufis, punctis numerosis juxta 



dorsum; striga brunnea apicali supra plicam (fig. 5). 

 Var. e, ut b, sed costa post medium dilute ochracea (fig. 6). 

 Var. f, alis anticis saturate brunneo-rufis, costa dorsoque dilute 



ochraceis (fig. 7). 

 Var. g, alis anticis rufis, unicoloribus, immaculatis. 



The phases of this insect are truly endless ; the variety I have 

 taken for my type is by no means unlike hemidactylella, but 

 differs essentially in the longer and narrower anterior wings ; the 

 dark margin of the costal triangle towards the base is never so 

 sharply defined, and the costal triangle itself is hardly perceptibly 

 paler than the rest of the wing : var. g in appearance exactly 

 resembles the plain varieties of elongella, but from this the pale 

 hinder femora and tibiae sufficiently distinguish it. The average 

 size of this insect is also less than the average size of elongella; 

 many of the other varieties of inconstans are similar, but in these 

 respects, to the corresponding varieties of elongella. 



Expansion of the wings 6| — 8^ lines. 



Head reddish ochreous, face rather paler (in one specimen the 

 face is strikingly paler) ; palpi reddish ochreous externally, in- 

 wardly yellowish ; antennae annulated brown and ochreous ; thorax 

 ochreous or rufous, concolorous with the anterior wings ; abdo- 

 men grey, beneath yellowish white ; the femora and tibiae of the 

 two first pair of legs are reddish brown, tarsi pale yellowish, 

 with the ends of the joints brown ; posterior legs, femora and 

 tibiae pale ochreous, or greyish white, tarsi dirty yellowish, with 

 the ends of the joints darker. 



Anterior wings reddish ochreous, varying extremely in intensity 

 of colour, the apex mostly darker ; apical cilia reddish ochreous, 

 inner marginal cilia grey. The form and number of the markings 

 on the wings are very variable ; in what I have considered as the 

 typical form the markings are reddish brown on a reddish ochreous 

 ground colour, and consist of two oblique blotches extending 

 from the costa to the fold of the wing, and these form the mar- 



