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specimens were captured in the New Forest, tlie former by Mr. 

 Weaver in June, 1828, the latter in June, 1821, by another col- 

 lector. 



Sp. 3. rufa. Alis anticis ciliisque rufis unicolorihus, posticis ciliisque pallidis 



strigd mediii macularum obscurarum. (Exp. alar. 10 — 11 lin.) 

 Phy. rufa. Haworth. — Ac. rufula. Steph. Catal. pt. ii. p. 110. JVo. 6411. 



Head white ; anterior wings and cilia of a plain uniform rufous ; posterior pale 

 with an obscure transverse striga of minute dusky spots a little behind the 

 middle; cilia pale. 



On the anterior wings is sometimes an obsolete striga of minute dusky dots, 

 parallel with, and near to, the hinder margin. 



Rare : found in Norfolk and near Whittlesea-mere. 



Sp. 4. lineola. Alis anticis griseo-rufis lineold longitudinali strigdque posticd 

 jjunctorum, J'uscorum; posticis pallidiorihus strigd pone medium macularum 

 obscurarum.. (Exp. alar. 10 — 11 lin.) 



Ac. Vmeola., mihi. Steph. Catal. pt. ii. p. 110. No. 6412. 



Somewhat resembling the last, but the anterior wings shorter: head hoary: 

 anterior wings griseous-red, minutely speckled with dusky, with a longitudinal 

 fuscous streak at the base, and a faint posterior striga of minute fuscous dots ; 

 the nervures on the hinder margin of the wing are rather dusky, and the 

 cilia rufescent : posterior wings of a paler hue, with an arcuated striga of 

 minute fuscescent dots behind the middle ; cilia pale. 



In one of my specimens therg is a second longitudinal streak on the anterior 

 wings arising at the base of the first, running somewhat parallel with the 

 costa, and forming an acute angle with the first; resembling an elongate 

 roman V. 



My specimens were captured, I believe, on the borders of Cam- 

 bridgeshire and Norfolk. 



Sp. 5. arcuosa. Alis anticis sordide albo-lutescentibus strigis duabus punctorum 

 viinutissiniorujn fuscorum. (Exp. alar. 1 luic. 1 Un.) 



Phy. arcuosa. Haworth. — Ac. arcuosa. Steph. Catal. pt. ii. p. 110. No. 6413. 



Head white or hoary ; thorax cream-colour ; anterior wings of a dull whitish- 

 clay, with two rosy obsolete strigie of minute fuscous spots, the first straight 

 and placed before the middle, the second arcuated and situated beyond the 

 middle, and between them in the middle of the wing a single larger fuscous 

 dot ; near the posterior margin is an undulated pale striga, and on the costa 

 are some fuscous or dusky dots ; cilia pale, with a dusky streak at the base : 

 posterior wings fuscescent ; cilia ochraceous. 



In some examples the arcuated series of fuscous dots on the anterior wings is 

 very distinct; in others the first striga is nearly obliterated. 



Not a very common species ; found in Copenhagen-fields, near 



