100 TOIITIUCINA. 



wings drab, or pale fuscous, marked and streaked with fuscous. At 

 the base, and extending one-third along the dorsal margin, is a 

 streaky patch, with its edge oblique, directed towards the apex and 

 towards the costa, softening off into the ground-colour of the wing ; 

 within the anal angle is a large, somewhat acutely triangular blotch, 

 of the same colour as the basal patch. The folded part of the costa 

 is dusky, and beyond the middle are five geminated streaks, which 

 are more or less produced; the apical spot is distinct, and in the 

 apical angle is a curved fuscous cloud. The ocelloid patch is dusky, 

 with a brown streak maculated with brown running through it. 

 The pale portions of the wing are thickly streaked with dusky, short, 

 wavy, transverse lines. Apical scales and cilia fuscous and drab, 

 speckled with darker brown. Posterior wings clothed with fuscous 

 scales, darkest at the apex. Marginal scales fuscous, with straw- 

 coloured bases. Cilia pale fuscous, with whitish tips. Abdomen 

 shining, dark fuscous, the caudal tuft slightly ochreous. $ Exp. al. 

 11 lin. In colour darker and more suffused than the c? 



This species is still somewhat rare in cabinets : it was first 

 introduced into the British list by Mr. R. F. Logan (vide Zool. 

 p. 2034), where it is figured and described. In size it varies 

 considerably, the attaining the dimensions of H. fosnella : in 

 colour it mostly resembles H. Brunnichiana, but without the 

 pale dorsal blotch. It likewise is very similar to H. inopiana, 

 but is darker coloured, and of larger size. 



The imago appears in June and July flying among the Butter 

 Burr (Tussilago Petasites), in the steins or roots of which plant 

 the larva probably feeds. It has been taken in Devonshire, at 

 Carlisle, and the north of England; also in the vicinity of Edin- 

 burgh. It flies at from four to five o'clock P.M. ; the $ however 

 is mostly at rest ; they secrete themselves in the dead leaves. 



8. inopiana, Haw. Alls anticis ochraceo-ruiesccntibus, fusco-sub- 

 reticulatis ; posticis fusco-cinereis. tf Exp. al. 9 lin. 



Head tawny. Face slightly paler. Eyes black. Palpi longer 

 than the head. Antenna? drab. Thorax tawny, the crest bifid. 

 Patagia tawny, irrorated with brown scales. Anterior wings dull, 

 tawny, irrorated throughout with dusky brown scales. The costal 

 and dorsal margins (especially the former) finely maculated with 

 brown. Apical scales tawny, irrorated with brown. Cilia paler. 

 Posterior wings grey, clothed with coarse fuscous scales. Marginal 

 scales fuscous, with paler bases. Cilia pale grey, with a fuscous 

 tinge. Abdomen fuscous, with a large ochreous tuft at the apex. 

 $ Exp. al. 9-10 lin. 



Still rare in cabinets, although a common insect in some 

 places among Fleabane (Inula dysenterica). It is tolerably con- 



