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but the insect is far from common : it has been captured in Norfolk, 

 and at Lanark in Scotland. 



t Sp. 7. Polymita ? Plate 26. f. 2.—AUs anticis cinereis, stigis alho nigroque 

 undatis, fascia medid virescente-fuscd, in qud stigmata ordinaria. (Exp. alar. 

 1 unc. 9 lin.) 



Ph. No. Polymita. Linne? — Po. Polymita. Stejjh. Catal fart ii. p. 90. No. 

 6269. 



Head and thorax cinereous with a greenish tinge, the latter clouded with fuscous 

 and undated with black : anterior wings with the base and apex cinerascent, 

 the centre greenish-brown, forming a fascia of that colour, in which the stig- 

 onata are placed; this fascia is bounded anteriorly by an oblique crenated 

 white striga margined externally with black, and exteriorly by a strongly 

 dentate or angulated one edged interiorly with black; towards the hinder 

 margin is a waved fuscous cloud, and the margin itself is terminated by a 

 crenate black line : ciUa fuscous : anterior stigma subovate, cinereous with a 

 pale margin; posterior rather irregular, clouded with cinereous: posterior 

 wings dusky, with an obsolete crenated striga behind the middle, and a whitish 

 cloud at the inner angle: cilia whitish, with a fuscous streak near the base. 



The only specimen I have seen of this insect is in the collection 

 of Mr. Vigors, who obtained it from that of Mr. Wilkin : — whether 

 it be truly the Ph. No. Polymita of Linne I am not positive, but it 

 seems to agree with his concise definition of that insect, althouo-h 

 not exactly with the figure in Engramelle, referred to by Treitschke. 



f Sp. 8. tempU. Plate 26. f. 1. — Alis anticis obscure virescentibus, strigis 



undatis maculisque ordinariis JIavescentibus. (Exp. alar. 1 unc. 9 lin.) 

 No. tempU. Thunberg. — Po. templi. Steph. Catal. part ii. p. 90. No. 6268- 



Head and thorax obscure greenish-ash : anterior wings the same, with three or 

 four obsolete waved strigge and the ordinary stigmata, which are very small, 

 the anterior least and rounded, the posterior reniform, the striga towards the 

 hinder margin considerably waved; ciUa greenish-ash, with fuscous spots: 

 posterior wings yellowish-ash, with a slightly waved fuscous striga behind the 

 middle, and an obsolete one near the hinder margin, the margin itself paler 

 than the rest of the wing, with an interrupted dusky line: cilia cinereous : eyes 

 naked. 



I have seen but three specimens of this remarkable insect, which 

 unquestionably deviates considerably from the rest of the genus, 

 though it bears some little affinity to the following species, but as I 

 do not possess it, I am unable to give the necessary examination to 

 ascertain its place : the specimen, whence the accompanying figure 

 was taken, was found at Liverpool in the autumn, about ten years 

 since, and is in the collection of Mr. Stone ; a second was taken in 



