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Lim. assimilis. Steph. Catal. 322. No. 3705. — Lim. obscurus. Phil. Mag. 

 {Curtis) V. iv. p. 124. 



Ochreous, fuscous above : abdomen with the edges of its segments pale ; 

 antennae brown ; anterior wings narrow, dusky-ochre, with a pale hyaline 

 dot on the disc, and two irregular rows of pale dots towards the hinder 

 margin, one anterior to, and the other behind, the transverse nervures ; the 

 extreme hinder margin and the stigma dark fuscous ochre; posterior wings 

 dusky hyaline, with the apex fuscescent; legs pale dirty ochre, with dusky 

 spines. 



Taken, occasionally, near London, in June; also in the New 

 Forest, and in Devonshire. 



Sp. 25. fuscus. Ochraceo-fuscus, ulis anticis fuscis, atomis maculisque quatuor 

 pallidis, stigmate fusco-piceo immaculato, tibiis anticis fusco aniiulutis. (Long. 

 corp. S\ — 4 lin. ; Exp. Alar. 10—11 lin.) 



Lim. fuscus. Steph. Catal. 322. No. 3706. 



Ochreous-brown, darkest above : antennae pitchy-brown ; anterior wings deep 

 fuscous, freckled, especially on the apical and hinder margins, with whitish, 

 with a blotch of the same towards the base of the costa, another on the 

 costa before the stigma, a third on the inner margin, opposite to the 

 second, and a fourth covering the transverse nervures ; the inner or dorsal 

 nervures are thick, deep fuscous, with remote whitish dots, the others 

 slender and pale ; stigma pitchy-brown, immaculate ; legs pale ochreous, 

 with black spines ; anterior tibiae and tarsi annulated with fuscous. 



Also taken, near London, in June and July. 



Sp. 26. ccenosus? Ochraceo-fuscus, alls brevibus fuscis pallide ochraceis obsolete 

 irroratis, stigmate obscuro, utrinque pallide marginato. (Long. corp. 4 lin.; 

 Exp. Alar. 10—11 lin.) 



Lim. caliginosus. Steph. Nomen. 2d edit. col. 122. — Lim. ccenosus. Phil. 

 Mag. {Curtis) v. iv. p. 123 ? 



Deep ochreous-brown : antennse faintly annulated with a paler hue ; abdomen 

 dusky; anterior wings broad, short and glossy, deep fuscous, obsoletely 

 freckled with pale ochreous, with an obscure darker stigma, bordered 

 anteriorly and posteriorly with whitish; on the inner margin towards the 

 hinder angle is an obscure palish spot, and the inner nervures are slightly 

 dotted with whitish ; posterior wings very transparent pale fuscous, witli 

 the apex darker ; legs fuscescent, with darker spines. 



Taken at Whittlesea Mere, in July, and also in Scotland ? 



Sp. 27. punctatissimus. Ochraceofuscus, alis anticis angustis pallide fuscis, 

 perlejndl vageque albido irroratis, antennis brunneis, ochraceo tenuiter annu- 

 latis. (Long. corp. 4| lin. ; Exp. Alar. 12 lin.) 



Lira, punctatissimus. Steph. Catal. 322. No. 3707. 



