80 HAUSTELLATA. — LEPIDOPTERA. 



Sp. 16. pudorina. Alls anticis fusco-rufescentibus, aiomis nigris adspersis, 

 stria longitudinali obscuriore. (Exp. alar. 1 unc 7 — 9 lin.) 



No. pudorina. Wien. Verz. — Leu. pudorina. Steph. CataLpart ii. p. 101. N'o. 

 6348. 



Head and thorax pale hoary rufescent, the latter very wooUy and paler behind : 

 anterior wings pale rufescent, with a fuscous tinge, the latter produced by 

 the wings being longitudinally clouded and sparingly irrorated with pale 

 fuscous ; from the base nearly to the middle of the hinder margin a deeper 

 and more distinct longitudinal fuscous stria extends, and, in some examples, 

 a second, somewhat parallel, between it and the inner margin ; at the base 

 of the wing is also an obscure streak, and some others between the nervures, 

 which are more or less of an ochraceous tinge, at the apex ; cUia immaculate 

 rufescent : posterior wings fuscous, with a reddish hue towards the margin ; 

 cilia rufescent : abdomen ochraceous, with the lateral and anal tufts rufescent. 



Caterpillar dirty whitish-yellow, with a slender white dorsal line and a whitish 

 dusky one on each side : head brown. 



This larger and conspicuous species was, I believe, unknown to 

 British collectors before 1821, when a single example was cap- 

 tured in June of that year, in the New Forest ; and in the sub- 

 sequent season many specimens were taken on the borders of 

 Whittlesea-mere ; where the insect has frequently occurred since. 



•j-Sp. 17. impuncta. Alls f anticis J riifescentibus griseo-atomosis, lineold obligud 

 fused apicis, punctoque minutissimo albo basi stigmatis postici. (Exp. alar. 

 1 unc. 8 ? lin.) 



No. impuncta. Haworth. — Le. impuncta. Steph. Catal. part ii. p. 101. No. 

 6350. 



Rather less than Nonagria crassicornis : the anterior wings rufescent, sprinkled 

 with griseous, with an obhque fuscous streak at the apex, and a minute white 

 spot in the place of the base of the posterior stigma : head, thorax, and an- 

 tenna; rufescent; abdomen pale ash: posterior wings pale fuscous; cilia 

 rufescent. 



This insect differs considerably in appearance from the rest of the genus, the 

 anterior wings being more acute than in the foregoing, and the stigmata 

 being somewhat visible. 



The only example I have seen of this species was in the col- 

 lection of the late Mr. Francillon, and now enriches the fine one of 

 Mr. Haworth ; of its locality I am not aware : — I have seen foreign 

 specimens resembling it, but it does not appear to have been re- 

 corded by continental writers. 



