fhryganidj:. — hai.esup. 209 



Extremely variable as to the markings on the anterior wings, which are some- 

 times nearly obliterated^ and at others remarkably powerful. 



Larva robust, fleshy : head and thorax brown, with numerous black streaks, 

 forming regular figures, radiated on the head ; the abdomen is pale yellow ; 

 legs tawny : it forms a very compact case, comprised of small pieces of 

 wood;, &c. placed somewhat longitudinally, or a little inclined. 



Extremely abundant, in the autumn, about Hertford and its 

 vicinity ; also taken at Ripley, in Devonshire, near Carlisle, in 

 Scotland, Suffolk, the New Forest, &c. 



Sp. 2. cingulatus. JFulvo-ochraceus, oculis nigris, alis anticis pallide ochraceis 

 immaculaiis, ahdomine fulvescente segmentorum marginihus nigris. (Long, 

 corp. 8^ lin. ; Exp. Alar. 18 lin.) 



N. G. (371.) cingulatus. (angulatus). Steph. Caial. 321. No. 3671.— Ph. 

 pilosa. Pictei, p. 134. pi. vi./. 2 ? 



Tawny-ochre: antennje brown; eyes black; thorax with its sides dusky; 

 anterior wings pale ochre, immaculate ; nervures yellow ish-ochreous, faintly 

 edged with a darker tint, the base of some brownish ; posterior wings very 

 transparent, pale whitish-yellow, with pale ochreous nervures; abdomen 

 pale tawny, with the margins of the segments and its apex blackish; legs 

 tawny, with black spines. 



Taken in July, in Devonshire. 



Sp. 3. Vibex. Ochraceus, alis anticis subangustatis pallide brunneo-ochraceis, 

 atomis nume?-osis pallidiorihus, cosid excepid, sparsis. (Long. corp. 7 — 9 lin. ; 

 Exp. Alar. 14—22 lin.) 



N. G. (571.) angustatus. Steph, Catal. 321. No. 3672.— Lim. Vibex. Phil. 

 Mag. (^Curtis) v. iv. p. 125. 



Ochreous : eyes black ; antennae tawny ; thorax with its sides brown ; anterior 

 wings rather narrow and somewhat acute at the tip, of a very pale ochreous- 

 brown, thickly freckled throughout with numerous paler dots, excepting the 

 costa, which is immaculate ; nervures pale luteous-ochre ; posterior hyaline, 

 faintly iridescent, very pale whitish-ochre; legs pale tawny, with blackish 

 spines. 



Found, in the autumn, in Devonshire, and occasionally in the 

 vicinity of London ; also in Norfolk and the New Forest. 



Sp. 4. latipennis. Pallide ochraceus, oculis nigris, alis anticis sublatis ochraceo- 

 Irunneis, vix pallide irroratis, nervis fusco submarginatis. (Long. corp. 7 — 

 8| Im. ; Exp. Alar. 18—20 lin.) 



N. G. (571.) confinis. Steph. Catal. 321. No. 3673.— Lim. latipennis. Phil 

 Mag. (^Curtis) v. iv. p. 125. 



Mandirulata, Vol. VI., Jan. 31st, 1837. 2d 



