NOCtUIDiE. — ERASTRIA. 119 



of minute dusky black dots; cilia olivaceous-brown, clouded with white: 

 posterior wings ashy-white, with dusky margins ; ciUa whitish. 



Of this insect I have also seen but few specimens, none of which 

 have been captured within these forty or fifty years. I am not 

 aware of their locality, but suspect they were taken in the west of 

 England. 



f Sp. 6. ostrina. Alis ant ids alho Jlavidis, striis longitudinalibus amethystinis 



strigdque externa dentatd alba. (Exp. alar. 9 lin.) 

 No. ostrina. Huhner.—^x. ostrina. Curtis, iii. pi. 140. Steph. Catal. pt. ii. 



p. 109. N'o. 6404. 



" Pale ochraceous ; thorax with the centre and lateral scales cinereous, margined 

 with ochre : abdomen whitish-cinereous : superior (anterior) wings slightly 

 cinereous towards the base, with a ferruginous lateral (?) line, a dull irregular 

 orange space extending across the centre, with a little obscure circle upon it, 

 next to which is a lilac and brown fascia with blackish nervures, white and 

 rosy towards the costa, upon which are four white spots ; this fascia is bounded 

 next the posterior margin by a sinuated white line dentated internally : cilia 

 very long, pale at the base ; posterior wings whitish, tinged with ochre, fuscous 

 towards the margin." — Curtis, I. c. 



One example only of this species has hitherto been captured in 

 England ; it was found in a lane near Bideford in Devonshire by 

 Captain Blomer, in June, 1825. 



f Sp. 7. apicosa. Alis anticis a basi post medium nitidis nigricantibus. Umbo 



.stigmatibusque purpurascentibvs. (Exp. alar. 1 unc.) 

 Phy. apicosa. Haworth.—EiT. apicosa. Steph. Catal. jit. ii. p>. 109. No. 6405. 



Fuscous ; anterior wings of a glossy black or dusky from the base to beyond the 

 middle, with the hinder margin and stigmata purpUsh : posterior wings 

 fuscous, with a darker central spot. 



Of this species I have seen but three specimens, but of their 

 locality I am not aware ; two are in the collection of Mr. Haworth, 

 the other in that of Mr. Stone. 



Sp. 8. fuscula. Alis anticis fuscis strigis saturatioribus, maculd ad angulum 



analem strigdque externa albis. (Exp. alar. 1 unc.) 

 No. fuscxda. Wien. Ferz. — Er. fuscula. Steph. Catal. pt. ii. p. 110. No. 6406. 



Head and thorax fuscous, dusted with white ; anterior wings the same, with 

 irregular transverse undulated and flexuous strigae of a pale hue with dark 

 edges, the ordinary stigmata being rather conspicuous, the anterior round and 

 cinerascent, with a darker edge, the posterior reniform, fuscous with a 

 whitish margin, and the space between them black or deep fuscous ; near the 

 latter, towards the inner margin, is the rudiment of a third stigma; and 



