GEOMETRIDiE. — ACIDALIA, 311 



Ph. subsericeata. Haworth.—Vt. subsericeata. Steph. Catal. -pari ii. p. 151. 

 No. 6716. 



Wings of a silken-white tinged with greenish, with five nearly eequidistant 



darker waved strigeej the first somewhat remote. 

 At the base of the cilia is sometimes a row of fuscescent dots, and in the centre 



of all the wings a single one of similar hue : the strigae also vary a httle in 



their relative distances from each other. 



The only locality I know for this insect is the hedges in the 

 vicinity of Darenth-wood, where I have frequently taken it in 

 June. " Strand-on-the-green." — Rev. A. H. Matthews. 



Sp. 5. inornata. Alls pallide griseo-fuscescentibus, strigis tribus cequidistantibus 

 saturatioribus evanescentibus, posticd interdum obsolete geminatd, ciliis imma- 

 culatis. (Exp. alar. 1 unc. 2 lin.) 



Ph. inornata. Hawortk.—Pt. inornata. Steph. Catal. part ii. p. 151. ]\fo. 

 6717. 



Wings pale griseous-brown, with a slightly greenish tinge; anterior with three 

 pale evanescent darker strigse ; the first, towards the base, slightly flexuous ; 

 the second, in the middle, straight ; the third behind the middle and slightly 

 curved ; on the hinder margin of the wings is a faint interrupted line; cilia 

 immaculate : posterior wings with two darker strigae : all with a black central 

 dot, and with a few very remote fuscous atoms. In some examples all the 

 wings have a slightly undulated pale striga towards the hinder margin. 



Differs from Ac. remutata by having the wings less irrorated, the third striga 

 not being flexuous and subangulated near the costa of the anterior wings, and 

 the cilia being immaculate at the base. 



This insect is also more frequent in Darenth-wood than in any 

 other place within the metropolitan district : I have often taken it 

 there in June. " Strand-on-the-green." — Rev. A. H. Matthezvs. 



Sp. 6. aversata. Alls cinerascentihus aut rufescentibus fascid fused strigaque 

 marginali subinterruptd punctisque ad basin ciliarem nigris. (Exp. alar. 

 1 unc. 2—3 lin.) 



Ph. Ge. aversata. Linne.—Vt. aversata. Steph. Catal. part ii. p. 151. iVb. 6719. 



Wings cinerascent or reddish, with remote minute fuscescent dots, and all with 

 a dark fuscous central dot : anterior with a faint striga towards the base, and 

 all vnth a broad fuscous fascia, placed somewhat behind the central dot, and 

 slightly waved ; behind this the wings are darker, and have sometimes a more 

 or less distinct pale waved striga thereon ; on the extreme edge is a fine in- 

 terrupted blackish Une, and at the base of the cilia a row of minute black 

 dots. 



Common in most of the woods round London in June. " Epping." 

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



