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Sp. 2. peltigera. Alis anticis lutescentihus, macula costalis fused adjacente 

 stigmate reniformi, puncto gemino nigra nd angulum ani, posticis albidis, 

 fimbria fused. (Exp. alar. 1 unc. 7 — 8 lin.) 

 No. peltigera. Wien. Verz.—He. peltigera. Steph. Catal. part ii. p. 107 

 i\^o. 6388. Ph. straminea. Dora. ii.jD^. 61. 



Head and thorax lutescent: anterior wings the same, with darker clouds; at 

 the base of the inner margin is a dusky patch ; on the costa, at the origin of 

 the second ordinary striga, which is nearly obliterated, is a small brown dot, 

 followed about the middle by a cloud of the same colour, which is united to 

 the posterior stigma, which is reniform and of a deep fuscous ; and at the apex 

 of the costa is a second cloud of similar hue with the first ; the anterior stigma 

 is indicated by a minute black dot ; and behind the posterior one, midway 

 between it and the margin, is a double series of luteous-brown lunules, the 

 rudiments of the third striga; the posterior margin is rather pale, and has a 

 row of very minute black dots on its extreme edge, with two of a larger size 

 and very conspicuous on the anal angle; cilia dusky luteous; posterior wini-s 

 whitish, with a central lunule, the nervures and hinder margin fuscous ; ciha 

 white, with a luteous streak at the base. 



A variable insect : in some examples the costal clouds on the anterior wings are 

 obsolete ; and the posterior margin of the same wings has sometimes a dusky 

 fascia. In one specimen that has come under ray inspection, the anterior 

 wings are entirely suffused with fuscous, with the usual markings rather more 

 distinct : but in neither of the indigenous specimens which I possess or have 

 observed have I noticed the minute white dots, figured, of a silvery hue, by 

 Donovan, and described by Haworth. 



A very rare species ; appearing, however, in certain years rather 

 abundantly; in 1827, several exampleswere captured simultaneously 

 in different and very distant localities; near Dover, Brighton, Bir- 

 mingham, Manchester, the New Forest, Devonshire, and in and 

 about the metropolis itself. I had formerly obtained specimens near 

 Brighton. " York, once." — W. C. Hetcitson, Esq. 



Sp. 3. dipsacea. Alis anticis griseo-flavis fasciis duabus ohscurioribus, posticis 



albido nigroque variis. (Exp. alar. 1 unc. 3 — 4 lin.) 

 Ph. No. dipsacea. Linns.— Boji. x. pi. 327. f. 3. — He. dipsacea. Stepk. Catal. 



part ii. p. 107. No. 6389. 



Head and thorax of a greenish-fuscous or ochraceous : anterior wings of a griseous- 

 yellow, with two irregular obscure dusky fasciae, the first near the centre, 

 and the second behind the stigmata, sometimes united by a dusky cloud on 

 the inner margin ; between these fasciae, behind the posterior stigma, is a sub- 

 quadrate luteous spot: on the hinder margin is a row of somewhat triangular 

 dusky spots; ciha dusky luteous: posterior wings whitish, clouded with 

 black at the base, with a broad black crescent in the centre, and the hinder 

 margin with a black fimbria, in which is a whitish spot ; cilia whitish. 



