﻿Lepidoptera 
  collected 
  in 
  Madeira. 
  217 
  

  

  primaries, 
  with 
  the 
  second 
  Hne 
  blackish 
  and 
  rather 
  broad, 
  and 
  with 
  

   a 
  shght 
  dark 
  dusting 
  between 
  it 
  and 
  the 
  margin 
  ; 
  the 
  first 
  line 
  is 
  

   likewise 
  distinct 
  and 
  black, 
  whilst 
  the 
  base 
  of 
  the 
  thorax 
  is 
  also 
  

   black 
  ; 
  so 
  that, 
  when 
  the 
  wings 
  are 
  expanded, 
  the 
  first 
  line 
  assumes 
  

   the 
  form 
  of 
  the 
  crescent. 
  The 
  dark 
  scales 
  on 
  the 
  secondaries 
  are 
  

   much 
  fewer 
  than 
  in 
  the 
  ^ 
  , 
  and 
  are 
  dark 
  greyish. 
  Antennae 
  slightly 
  

   pubescent. 
  Exp. 
  alar. 
  37 
  to 
  40 
  mm. 
  

  

  There 
  is 
  one 
  very 
  fine 
  variety 
  of 
  this 
  insect 
  in 
  which 
  

   the 
  whole 
  of 
  the 
  space 
  from 
  the 
  first 
  to 
  considerably 
  

   beyond 
  the 
  second 
  line, 
  and 
  extending 
  right 
  up 
  to 
  the 
  

   margin 
  below 
  the 
  apex, 
  is 
  of 
  a 
  very 
  dark 
  and 
  rich 
  

   umber-brown 
  ; 
  and 
  in 
  the 
  secondaries 
  this 
  colour 
  extends 
  

   from 
  the 
  base 
  of 
  the 
  wings 
  to 
  near 
  the 
  posterior 
  margin, 
  

   whilst 
  the 
  ground 
  colour 
  is 
  of 
  a 
  more 
  yellowish 
  tint 
  than 
  

   usual. 
  This 
  insect 
  does 
  not 
  appear 
  to 
  be 
  very 
  near 
  any 
  

   other 
  species 
  of 
  the 
  genus, 
  but 
  the 
  very 
  different 
  and 
  

   pale 
  ? 
  will 
  serve 
  to 
  distinguish 
  it 
  from 
  its 
  allies. 
  

  

  The 
  figure 
  of 
  this 
  fine 
  insect 
  is 
  rather 
  more 
  highly 
  

   coloured 
  than 
  my 
  specimens, 
  or 
  than 
  those 
  in 
  the 
  

   National 
  Collection, 
  but 
  this 
  may 
  arise 
  through 
  them 
  

   being 
  somewhat 
  faded. 
  

  

  Boarmia 
  Wollastoni, 
  n. 
  sp. 
  (PI. 
  XII., 
  fig. 
  7). 
  

  

  Primaries 
  rather 
  dark 
  brownish 
  gi-ey 
  ; 
  the 
  first 
  transverse 
  line 
  

   blackish, 
  closely 
  followed 
  by 
  a 
  second, 
  both 
  being 
  waved 
  and 
  

   toothed 
  ; 
  at 
  the 
  end 
  of 
  the 
  discal 
  cell 
  is 
  a 
  reniform-shaped 
  patch 
  of 
  

   raised 
  paler 
  scales, 
  edged 
  with 
  black, 
  from 
  whence 
  to 
  the 
  inner 
  

   margin 
  runs 
  a 
  black 
  line, 
  bluntly 
  toothed 
  near 
  the 
  centre 
  ; 
  beyond 
  

   this 
  is 
  a 
  very 
  frequently 
  and 
  sharply 
  serrated 
  curved 
  transverse 
  

   black 
  line, 
  followed 
  in 
  its 
  upper 
  thu'd 
  by 
  a 
  row 
  of 
  dark 
  dentations 
  ; 
  

   beyond 
  this 
  is 
  an 
  indistinct 
  waved 
  stripe 
  of 
  paler 
  ground 
  colour, 
  

   succeeded 
  by 
  an 
  indistinct 
  interrupted 
  scalloped 
  line 
  of 
  whitish, 
  

   from 
  which 
  to 
  the 
  margin 
  the 
  ground 
  colom' 
  is 
  darker. 
  The 
  

   extreme 
  posterior 
  margin 
  is 
  finely 
  edged 
  with 
  black. 
  The 
  basal 
  

   and 
  central 
  areas, 
  and 
  also 
  the 
  margins 
  of 
  the 
  transverse 
  lines, 
  are 
  

   sparingly 
  scattered 
  over 
  with 
  ochreous 
  scales, 
  which 
  are 
  likewise 
  

   present 
  over 
  the 
  pale 
  stripe 
  beyond 
  the 
  serrated 
  line, 
  though 
  

   in 
  a 
  less 
  degree. 
  Fringes 
  grey, 
  intersected 
  with 
  darker 
  grey. 
  

   Secondaries 
  greyish 
  brown, 
  darker 
  on 
  the 
  outer 
  margin, 
  with 
  an 
  

   indistinct 
  pale 
  scalloped 
  submarginal 
  line, 
  and 
  a 
  darker 
  line 
  beyond 
  

   the 
  centre. 
  Fringes 
  greyish 
  brown. 
  Exp. 
  alar. 
  38 
  to 
  40 
  mm. 
  

  

  The 
  5 
  is 
  very 
  pale 
  whitish 
  grey, 
  with 
  all 
  the 
  marks 
  repeated 
  as 
  

   in 
  the 
  <? 
  , 
  but 
  in 
  a 
  darker 
  shade 
  of 
  grey. 
  The 
  space 
  between 
  the 
  

  

  