42 HAUSTELLATA. — LEPIDOPTERA. 



Too closely allied to the last, of which I suspect that it is a mere dwarfish 

 variety : it resembles the male of the preceding, but is of a deeper hue, and 

 has the striga before the anterior stigma simple, with the wing dusky behind, 

 as in the following species, and having a submonihform striga of hoary dots : 

 towards the hinder margin is a slightly dentate black striga, with a faint ^ 

 at the anal angle : posterior wings somewhat fuscous, with the margin darker. 



Found with the preceding insect. 



Sp. 10. Menyanthedis. Plate 27. f. 1. — Alis anticis albo-cinereis, fusco-nebu- 

 losis, maculis ordinariis strigdque posticd Jiexuosd nigris, ad unguium uni 

 charactere psiformi. (Exp. alar. 1 unc. 6 — 7 lin.) 



No. Menyanthedis. Hubner. — Ac. Menyanthedis. Steph. Catal. part i\.p. 93. 

 No. 6287. 



Head and thorax grayish-white, the latter with a black lateral line ; anterior 

 wings also whitish-gray, with a broad fuscous posterior margin, on the anterior 

 edge of which is a strongly and rather closely denticulated pale striga, margined 

 externally with black, and bearing a 4' mark near the anal angle : at the base 

 of the wing is a dentate black striga; and on the costa between the stigmata is 

 an oblique black line, frequently placed upon a suflFused dusky spot; the an- 

 terior stigma is very small, and is formed by a black ring ; the posterior is very 

 imperfect, and more or less edged with black : ciUa whitish, spotted with brown: 

 posterior wings ashy-gray, with a central spot and the margin dusky: ciUa 

 whitish, sometimes cinerascent at the base. 



Caterpillar black, with a longitudinal brownish-red lateral stripe above the 

 legs :— it feeds on the Menyanthes trifoliata :— the imago is found in June. 



This insect I believe has not hitherto been found in the neigh- 

 bourhood of London, but it appears to be far from uncommon in 

 the vicinity of Manchester, and in other parts of the north. 



Sp. 11. Ruraicis. Alis anticis cinereoque fuscoque variis, strigis undatis nigris 

 ■maculaque ad marginem interiorem alba ; posticis cinereis margine fusco. 

 (Exp. alar. 1 unc. 5 — 6 lin.) 



Ph. No. Rumicis. Linne. — Bon. iv. pi. 126.— Ac. Rumicis. Steph. Catal. part ii. 

 p. 93. No. 6288. 



Head and thorax whitish-gray, varied with black and ochraceous ; anterior wings 

 gray, thickly strigated with black, the strigfe very much waved, and placed 

 in zigzags; the anterior stigma is placed in rather a clear patch, and is 

 ocellated, the pupil being dusky, and the iris black; the posterior stigma is 

 placed in an oblique dusky blotch, and is strongly margined with black, with 

 its djsc somewhat clouded with cinereous : between this stigma and the inner 

 margin is an emarginate white spot, and on the posterior margin an undulated 

 whitish striga : cUia cinereous, spotted with fuscous : posterior wings cinereous, 

 with the margin and a central spot fuscous : abdomen ochraceous-ash. 



Caterpillar fuscous, spotted on the sides with white and red, with a yellowish 

 lateral Une:— it feeds on the oak, poplar, bramble, dock (Rumex), &c. :— and 



