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mixed herbage, at Headley Lane, and other localities round 

 London ; also towards the North of England. 



9. consortana, Steph. MSS. Alis anticis branneis ; strigis, macula 



elongata curva medio marginis dorsah's; strigulis costalibus albidis ; 



margine apicali punctis atris ; posticis nitidis,basi griseis ; margine 



fuscis. tf Exp. al. 4^-5 lin. 



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

 than the head ; pale drab at the base ; the apex fuscous. Antennas 

 fuscous. Thorax fuscous, mixed with drab. Patagia fuscous ; the 

 apices drab. Anterior wings dull umber, with slender drab mark- 

 ings, and on the dorsal margin is an elongated curved blotch ; the 

 base is occupied by a large streaky, indistinctly defined, rhomboid 

 patch, extending one-third along the costa and dorsal margin, the 

 angle in the middle reaching to the centre of the disk ; on the 

 costa, which is dark umbreous, are six whitish, and produced, slightly 

 lustrous streaks, the anterior three geminated, the remainder simple ; 

 the umbreous interspaces produced obliquely towards the apical 

 margin ; the curved blotch is streaked with blackish, and at the 

 anal angle is a small indistinct ocelloid patch ; a row of black dots 

 on the apical margin. Apical scales dark umbreous, sometimes inter- 

 rupted below the apex. Cilia glossy umbreous, with the bases 

 broadly pale drab. Posterior wings glossy grey at the base, soften- 

 ing into fuscous at the margins, darkest at the apex. Marginal 

 scales darker fuscous, with glossy drab 'bases. Cilia : the apices 

 grey, the bases pale drab. Abdomen blackish ; the apex drab. 

 2 Exp. al. 41-5 lin. 



An uncommon insect ; the smallest British species of this 

 genus, and although obscure in colour, it is very distinctly 

 marked. 



The imago appears in July and August, and is captured by 

 sweeping grass and mixed herbage. It occurs at Headley Lane, 

 on the tramway, near Croydon, in the North of England, &c. 



Genus XIII. COCCYX, TREIT. 



Palpi robust, scarcely longer than the head ; basal joint drooping, 

 stout, pyriform, truncate ; apical obovate, slender, not so long as the 

 basal ; middle moderately stout, ascending, not curved, scarcely 

 thicker beyond the centre, more than three times as long as the 

 apical. Maxillae slender, longer than the palpi. Thorax robust, 

 ovate, not tufted behind. Anterior wings : length more than twice 

 the width ; costa slightly arched, the fold extending to the middle ; 



