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Sp. 24. simpliciata. Alisgriseis, strigis varus obsoktis pallidiorihus , Jivibridque 



obsolete communi saturatiore. (Exp. alar. 9 — 10 lin.) 

 Ph. simpliciata. Haworth.—Eu. simpliciata. StepL Calal. part ii. p. 145. iVo. 



6667. 



Anterior wings rounded^ griseous-ash, with several obsolete palet strigae; one 

 of which a little behind the middle is whitish, dentate within, and some- 

 what fasciaeform ; there is also a second conspicuous one towards the hinder 

 margin, which is considerably undulated, the margin of the wing itself being 

 rather dark, with an interrupted black line on its extreme edge ; in the centre 

 of the disc is a minute fuscous dot : posterior wings paler, with obsolete strigae 

 and a whitish one composed of angular marks towards the hinder margin, 

 the latter with an interrupted black line. 



Found in bushy lanes and woods in the beginning of July : very 

 abundant near Darenth-wood. " Strand-on-the-green." — Rev. yi. H. 

 Matthews. 



Sp. 25. pusiUata. Alls omnibus cinerascentibus, strigis, Jimbridque communi 

 obsoletis, saturatioribus punctoque ordinario atro. (Exp. alar. 7 — 8 lin.) 



Ge. pusillata. Wien. Verz.?—Eu. pusiUata. Steph. CataL part ii, p. 14i5. No. 

 6668. 



All the wings cinerascent, with obsolete strigae, and the limb slightly darker, the 

 anterior with a small black dot ; posterior wings pubescent. 



If this be the Ge. pusillata of Wiener Verzeichniss, the larva is green with pale 

 lines, and feeds on the common juniper and birch : — the imago appears in 

 June. 



Found in the neighbourhood of Birch-wood, not uncommonly ; 

 also in other places within the metropolitan district. 



Sp. 26. plumbeolata. Alis plumbeo-cinerascentibus undis numerosis obsoletis 



saturatioribus pallidioribusque. (Exp. alar. 7 — 8 lin.) 

 Ph. plumbeolata. Haworth. — Eu. plumbeolata. Steph. CataL part ii. p. 145. 



No. 6669. 



Wings of a leaden-ash, with numerous very obsolete darker and paler waves ; 



the ordinary black dot wanting. 

 The plainest species of the genus : the waved strigae differ a little in regard to 



their confluence. 



Found the end of May and beginning of June in abundance in 

 the lanes leading from Dartford to Darenth-wood. 



Sp. 27. subfulvata. Alis anticis fulvis puncto medio nigro, costd margineque 



posticofuscis. 

 Ph. subfulvata. Haworth.— E\x. subfulvata. Steph. CataL part ii. p. 145. 



No. 6670. 



