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N. G. (555.) subpunctatus. Steph. Catal. 317. No. 3592. — Am. subpunctatus. 

 Steph. Novien. 2c? edit. col. 119. 



Dusky-brown: head paler, clothed with griseous hairs ; palpi and legs pale 

 ochreous; antenna the same, faintly annulated with brown ; wings ochreous- 

 brown, anterior clothed with golden hairs, and obsoletely dusted with 

 fuscouSj nervures fuscescent ; posterior wings paler, slightly iridescent. 



Found, occasionally, in June and July, near Hertford. 



Sp. 2. picicornis. Nigricans, tibiis tarsisque ochraceis, antennis piceis nigro 

 annulatis, alis fusco-fulvescentibus, anticis obsolete Jusco nebulosis. (Long. 

 Corp. 2 lin. ; Exp. Alar. 6—7 lin.) 



N. G. (^665.) picicornis. Steph. Catal. 317. No. 3593. — Am. picicornis. 

 Steph. Nomen. 2d edit. col. 119. 



Dusky : palpi and femora the same ; tibiae and tarsi dull ochreous ; antennae 

 pitchy, with obscure black rings ; head clothed with griseous hairs ; wings 

 of a tawnyish-brown, anterior with golden hairs and obscure darker shades ; 

 posterior paler, somewhat hyaline and iridescent. 



Taken in July, in Devonshire. 



Sp. 3. pyrrhoceras. Fusco-nigricans, antennis fulvis, brunneo annulatis, pedibus 

 ochraceo-fulvis, alis fuscescentibus, anticis ochraceo irroratis. (Long. corp. 

 2| lin.; Exp. Alar. 1 unc. 63 Hn.) 



N. G. {^5!>5.) pyrrhoceras. Steph. Catal. 317. No. 3596. — Am. pyrrhoceras. 

 Steph. Nomen. 2d edit. col. 119. 



Bluish-brown : head clothed with griseous hairs ; antennse tawny, with brown 

 rings ; legs tawny-ochreous, with the femora rather dusky behind ; wings 

 fuscescent, anterior rather thickly and uniformly sprinkled with small 

 rounded ochreous dots; nervures fuscescent; posterior more transparent, 

 slightly iridescent. 



Apparently not common : taken in the vicinity of London in 

 July. 



Sp. 4. fuliginosus. Capite thoraceque nigricantibus, antennis abdomineque piceis, 

 pedibus obscure ochraseis, alis fusco-infumatis obsoletissime ochraceo irroratis. 

 (Long. corp. 2§ lin. ; Exp. Alar. 7 — 7^ lin.) 



N. G. (555.) fuliginosus. Steplu Catal. 319. No. 3594. — Am. fuliginosus. 

 Steph. Nomen. 2d edit. col. 119. 



Head and thorax blackish, clothed with a dull griseous pile ; abdomen pitchy ; 

 wings dull smoky-brown, anterior very obscurely freckled with minute 

 indistinct ochreous atoms; posterior immaculate, more transparent; legs 

 dirty-ochreous, the tibiae and tarsi brightest; antennae pitchy, obscurely 

 annulated with brown. 



Also found in the neighbovirhood of the metropolis, in July. 

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