GEOMETRIDjE. — EMMEI.ESIA. 



301 



the same colour in the middle ; towards the hinder margin in fine specimens 

 - is a waved fuscescent striga, and on the hinder margin itself a few detached 



black dots : posterior wings whitish, more or less transversely waved with 



fuscous ; and also with a row of black dots on the hinder margin : cilia of all 



white. 

 In some examples, the hinder margin of the anterior wings wants the undulated 



fuscous striga and the black dots. 



Taken on palings in June near Eltham and Bexley ; also at 

 Coombe: not common. 



Sp. 13. sylvata. AKs albidisfusco atomosis nebulosisque, fascia strigisque ob^ 

 scurioribus, margine externa nigra punctata. (Exp. alar. 11 12 un.) 



Ph. sylvata. Wien. Ter^.— Em. sylvata. Steph. Catal. part ii. p. 149. No. 

 6699.— Ph. testaceata. Don. xiv. pL 487./. 1. 



Wings whitish, sprinkled with minute fuscous atoms and shghtly clouded ; the 

 anterior have some obscure striga; at the base, a fascia composed of three or 

 four confluent strigse in the middle; anterior to which is a distinct fuscescent 

 dot, and behind it a clear sinuated striga ; and on the hinder margin is a 

 broken line of black dots ; cilia cinereous : posterior wings nearly similar. 



Antennae slightly ciliated in the males. 



Found occasionally at Coombe-wood in June, and I once found 

 a specimen at Ripley. " Rose Castle."— 7". C. Heysham, Esq. 



Sp. 14. candidata. Alis niveis, strigis communibus undatis inwquidistantibus 



Jlavescentibus. (Exp. alar. 9—10 lin.) 

 Ph. candidata. Wien. Verz.—E\n. candidata. Steph. Catal. part ii. p. 149. No. 



6700. 

 Wings snow-white, with a central brownish dot ; all with numerous very much 



waved inaequidistant flavescent or griseous strigae, and the hinder margin of 



the anterior, and sometimes of the posterior, with a row of minute black 



dots. 

 The strigae vary a little in position, and are sometimes slightly confluent. 



Extremely abundant in woods in June throughout the metro- 

 politan district. " Epping.''— Mr. Douhleday. " Meldon-park, 

 Tynemouth, &c."— G. Wailes, Esq. 



Sp. 15. luteata. Alis luteo-flavis, strigis numerasis communibus incBquidi- 

 stantibus undatissimis rufa-luteis, punctoque medio fulvo. (Exp. alar. 9—10 



Un.) 



Ph. luteata. Wien. Verz.—'Em. luteata. Steph. Catal. part ii. p. 149. No. 6701. 

 —Ph. flavostrigata. Bon. xi.pl. 386. f. 1, 2. 



Wings luteous-yellow, with a central fulvous-brown dot ; all with numerous 



