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§ A. Apical areolets of anterior wings formed by a slii^htly curved line of 

 transverse nervures: — Mystacide, Latr. 



Sp. 1. ochraceus. Pallide ochraceus, oculis atris,thorace fe7rugineo,lineis 3-bus 

 longitudinalibus obscuris, alls posticis hyalinis. (Long. corp. 3| — 4 lin. ; 

 Long. Antennarum 15 — 16 lin. ; Exp. Alar. 12 — 13 lin.) 



Le. ochraceus. Curtis, v. n.f. 57. — Steph. Caial. 319. No. 3636. 



" Pale dull ochre colour : eyes black ; antennae towards their apex and annu- 

 lations fuscous ; head and thorax ferruginous, the latter with three longi- 

 tudinal fuscous obscure stripes ; abdomen cinereous ; superior (anterior) 

 ■wings long, lanceolate, rounded; cilia fuscous; inferior (posterior) wings 

 semitransparent ; legs pale." — Curtis, I. c. 



Found on palings in the Regent's Park, and at Eenacre, in Suffolk, 

 by Mr. Curtis. 



■f Sp. 2. testaceus. Rufescente-oehraceus, oculis nigris alis posticis hyalinis apice 

 subfusco. (Long. corp. — lin. ; Exp. Alar. 8 lin.) 



Lep. testaceus. Phil. Mag. {Cyrtis) v. iv. p. 214. — Steph. Nomen. 2d edit. 

 Appendix. 



"" Reddish-ochre, very pubescent : antennse long ; eyes black ; cilia fuscous ; 

 inferior (posterior) wings transparent, subfuscous at their tips." — Curtis, I. c. 



Locality not known to me. 



Sp. 3. ob'tusus. Niger nitidus, antennis pedibusque brunneis, alis fuscis, anticis 

 rotundato-obtusis. (Long. corp. 3 — 3k lin. ; Long. Ant. 8 — 9 lin. ; Exp. 

 Aiar. 7^—8 \m.) 



Lep. obtusus. Steph. Nomen. 2d edit, col. 120. 



Shining black : eyes dull black ; antennse vety long, brown, with the base and 

 upper surface dusky ; wings somewhat hyaline, fuscous, with dusky ner- 

 vures, the anterior pair very obtuse at the apex; legs brown; tibife and 

 tarsi with an ochreous tinge on the outer edge. 

 Not common ; found, occasionally, within the metropolitan district, 



in July. 



Sp. 4. nigricans. Niger nitidus, antennis albo annidatis, alis fuscis, pedibus 



brunneis, tarsis ochraceis. (Long. corp. 3f lin.; Long. Ant. Tjlin.; Exp. 



Alar. 9 lin.) 

 Lep. nigricans. Steph. Catal. 320. No. 3648. 

 Blackish and shining: eyes black; antennae annulated with white; wings 



fuscous, with darker nervures, the anterior pair obtuse at the apex ; legs 



brown ; tarsi ochreous. 



Found, in June, near London* 



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