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females ; the wings are somewhat hyalme, short and narrow, and the 

 anterior pair are adorned with a dense hairy patch at the base 

 within. 



Sp. 1- nigromaculata. Plate xxxii. f. 2. — Fusco-brunnea, oculis nigris,pedibus 

 antennisque ochraceis, his brunneo unnulatis, alls fascescentibus, anticis nigro 

 irroratis. (Long. corp. 2| lin. ; Exp. Alar. 9^ lin.) 



Goe. nigromaculata. Steph. Catal. 319. No. 3633. 



Fuscous-brown: hairy; eyes black; wings fuscescent, with darker nervures, 

 minutely sprinkled, especially the anterior, with black dots, particularly in 

 the direction of the nervures ; abdomen on its sides and apex, and the legs 

 ochreous ; antennae pale ochreous, with brown rings. 



Found, but very rarely, in June, near liOndon, and in Devon- 

 shire. 



Sp. 2. hirta. Fusco-brunnea, alls anticis maculis duabus obscurioribus, pedibus 

 pallidis, antennis pallidis brunneo annulatis. (Long. corp. 3 lin. ; Exp. Alar. 

 9—10 lin.) 



Phr. hirta. Fabricius. — Goe. hirta. Steph. Catal. 319. No. 3631. — Mor. gra- 

 cilicornis. Phil. Mag. (^Curtis) v. iv. p. 215 $. 



Fuscous-brown : palpi and eyes black, very hairy; anterior wings hairy, pale 

 fuscous-brown, with an ochreous hue, and two obscure clouds, or spots, one 

 on the disc, the other towards their inner margin ; the extreme hinder margin 

 is also slightly obscure ; posterior wings nearly glabrous and fuscous ; legs 

 and antennae pale, the latter annulated with fuscous or brown, with the 

 basal joint very pilose. 



Not uncommon, within the metropolitan district, in June, about 

 Hertford, Ripley, he. ; found also in the New Forest, in Devonshire, 

 near Oxford, &c. 



Sp. 3. immaculata. Ochraceo-brunnea, alis anticis pallide brunneis immaculatis, 



antennis ochraceis fusco punctatis. (Long. corp. 2i — 31 lin.; Exp. Alar, 9 — 10 



lin.) 

 Goe. immaculata. Steph. Catal. 319. No. 3632.— Mor. maculicornis. Phil. 



Mag. {Curtis) v. iv.p. 215 ? 

 Ochreous-brown, or dusky, very pubescent : eyes black; anterior wings pale 



brown, immaculate ; posterior fuscescent ; legs pale ochreous ; antennae 



ochreous, dotted with fuscous above. 



Found, in the vicinity of Hertford, in June ; also in Devonshire. 

 Sp. 4. minor. Ochraceo-brunnea, oculis nigris, alis hijalinis, iridescentibus, 



