96 THE KENYTOMOLOGIST’S RECORD. 
Markings: obscure; short waved dusky fascia in middle of costa, 
darkest towards disc. 
Margin: extreme hind margin dusky; cilia white, hind portion 
dusky. Hindwing whitish or pale brownish. 
Variation: more or less deep reticulation sometimes; lighter or 
darker ground or straw colour; sometimes an oblique dusky fascia 
towards base. 
Dictyopteryx rhombana. Steph. Illus., vol. iv., p. 170. (Amelia, 
Hub.) 
‘Alis anticis ferrugineis subreticulatis, fascia completa sinuosa 
media nigricante.” 7-9 lin. 
Ground: forewing dark ferruginous; reticulations fuscous obso- 
letely. 
Markings: obscure streak before middle; much waved fascia in 
middle ; colour spot on costa nearer hind margin; all markings dusky 
brown. Sr 
Margin: cilia whitish; hind portion dusky. Hindwing whitish 
or pale brownish. 
Variation: central fascia interrupted or wanting, ?.e., obsolete ; 
costa ferruginous only, rest deep rusty brown. 
Duponchel. Hist. Nat. Lep., vol. ix., p. 172, pl. 244, fig. 10. 
[1834.] 
Teras contaminana. A good figure. Reticulation hardly clear 
enough; hindwings too smoky. Not the ‘‘spotted’’ form and no trace 
of the ciliana form. No other markings than the Y developed. 
Duponchel. Hist. Nat. Lep., vol. ix., p. 174, pl. 244, fig. 11. 
[1834.] =Tort. rhombana, W.V., Lllig., Goetze, and Hub. 175 2, 
Treit= viii. 71. 
Teras rhombana. A good figure of a dark ciliana ferruginous form, 
and certainly not rhombana, as understood by Hubner’s figure. The 
figure is very like a specimen in my collection, with the central fascia 
very dark not Y shaped, the basal spot not centred nor extended ; and 
with the apical area filled by a large blotch to the inner angle; the 
reticulation is shown. 
“The forewings, of which the costa is entire, are above of a testaceous 
ferruginous colour, reticulated with brown, and crossed in the middle 
by a blackish band which forms a very pronounced angle with the costa 
externally and gives origin exteriorly, toa line of the same colour 
forming an elbow and joining the costa near the top of the wing,” and 
so on more or less in disagreement with the figure. 
“This description is that of the female only, the male is unknown.” 
We next deal with the three figures of Wood. Ind. Ent., |1839]. 
fig. 1107, Dict. contaminana. [A good figure of the common form.] 
fio. 1108, Dict. ciliana. [A good average figure of the ferruginous 
form with the basal dark spot which is not centred. There is also an 
irregular spot in the middle of the marginal area. | 
fig. 1109, Dict. rhombana. [A good average figure of the dark (not 
the darkest) form with very obsolescent central fascia. | 
Herrich Schaeffer refers to a form from Lapland as a contaminana 
form. [Syn. List., iv. 10 (1856 2).] 
(Z'o be concluded.) 
