2T2 HAUSTELLATA. LEPIDOPTERA. 



B. With the antenna simple in both sexes. 

 Sp. 2. variata. Alls anticis cinereo-fuscis,fasci{i basi alterdque medid angulata 



obscurioribus, llncdque obsoletd dentaid albidd. (Exp. alar. 10 — 14 lin.) 

 Ge. variata. Wien. Verz. — Entom. Trans, i. pi. 7. f. ] . — N. G. variata. Steph. 



Catal. part ii. p. 142. No. 6630. 



Griseous; anterior wings with a fuscous fascia at the base, a second in the 

 middle, produced into a strong sinuated lobe without, and considerably 

 attenuated towards the inner margin, in some examples broken, towards the 

 costa is a black dot ; the hinder margin is considerably clouded with fuscous, 

 and bears a more or less distinct whitish dentate striga ; on the hinder margin 

 are some fuscous dots, and the cilia are cinereous, spotted with fuscous : 

 posterior wings brownish. 



Extremely variable, both in tint, and in the breadth and intensity of the 

 markings on the anterior wings, the basal and central strigae being sometimes 

 nearly black, at others reddish. 



Caterpillar green, with a whitish spotted dorsal line, a white lateral one, bordered 

 with yellowish beneath ; it feeds on the various kinds of fir, especially the 

 Pinus picea and P. Abies : — the imago appears in June, and a second time in 

 September. 



Very abundant in some years in fir-plantations : I have taken the 

 insect in profusion at Birch-wood and Hertford ; also occasionally 

 near Hampstead, and at Ripley. " Epping." — Mr. H. Douhleday. 

 " Alderley, Cheshire." — Rev. E. Stanley. 



Sp. 3. fulvata. Alls anticis griseo-cinereis, fascid media sinuatd rufescente. 



(Exp. alar. 1 unc. 3 lin.) 

 Ph. fulvata. Fabricius?—N. G. fulvata? Steph. Catal. part ii. p. 142. No. 



6631. 



Anterior wings griseous-ash, with an obscure fascia at the base, and a distinct 

 angulated one in the middle reddish, the latter with a fuscous dot towards the 

 costa, and considerably attenuated towards the inner margin of the wing ; the 

 hinder portion of the wing is shghtly clouded with fuscous, and has a very 

 obsolete whitish striga towards the margin : posterior wings plain fuscous. 



This may probably be only a variety of the foregoing species, which it greatly 

 resembles: from the first it differs by having the antennas simple in both 

 sexes. 



Found occasionally in the midland counties of England, and also 

 in the north. " Baron-wood, Orton." — T. C. Hey sham, Esq. 



Sp. 4. Juniperata. Plate 31, f. 2. Alis cinerascentibus, anticis fasciis duabus 



fusco-griseis, linedque apicis fused. (Exp. alar. 1 unc.) 

 Ph. Ge. Juniperata. Linne. — N. G, Juniperata. Steph. Catal. part ii. p. 142. 



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