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Species 4. — Phibalapteryx polygrammata-^' . — '' Expansion of the wings 13 lines ; dull ochreous ; fore 

 wings with numerous dark and pale lines, superior with a dark streak to the discoidal dot, and another oblique one 

 beyond it, forming a fascia ; posterior margin brown, with a pale streak at the apex ; inferior with three or four 

 straight bands, a crenated dark line and a pale one." Mr. Curtis (from whom this description is copied) states 

 that he believes his specimen came from Cambridgeshire, and he thinks he once took it at Horning, in Norfolk. 



-^ Synonymes. — Geometra polygrammata^ Hiibner; Curtis; Stephens' Cat., and 111.; Wood, fig. 1676. 

 Phibalapteryx cognata^ Stephens' Cat. 



Species 5. — Phibalapteryx lineolata.' — (Plate LXVI., Fig. 12.) — Measures from 9 to 11 lines in expanse, 

 and has the fore wings ashy with a leaden tinge, and marked with several oblique, darker strigse, and two gray 

 oblique fascias in the middle edged with white, between which is the ordinary dark dot ; three pale strigJB 

 towards the apical margin, with a brown streak at the apex : hind wings with several paler and darker strigas, p y /?■ 

 which are angulated towards the anal margin. The female is often darker, with the two central fasciae united o/Hn&^&USj 

 more or less incompletely. The caterpillar is reddish-brown, with a broad yellow line on each side, and a brown ' 

 head : it feeds on Galium veriim, and the moth appears from the middle of Jlay to the middle of August, 

 especially frequenting heaths. 



' Synonyme. — Geometra lineolata^ Wien. Verz. ; Hiibner ; Haworth ; Stephens ; Curtis ; Wood, fig. 615. 



Phibalapteryx virgata, Curtis, Brit. Ent. pi. 623, is stated by that author to be possibly a variety of 

 Ph. lineolata, differing in having the fascia broader and nearly of equal breadth ; the third striga terminated by 

 the spot, and the fourth and fifth incurved at the costa and not straight. The specimens were taken in Norfolk. 



Species 6. — Phibalapteryx angustata". — (Plate LXVI. , Fig. 13.) — Measures 11 lines in expanse; fore 6^4wy«<J«^ 

 wings reddish-brown or gray-brown, scarcely clouded, with an obsoletely crenated narrow fascia in the middle, -.fryn-n^/^ 

 thickened towards the costa, and with a black dot having a white iris ; hind wings grayish-brown. Taken at 

 the end of September, in the neighbourhood of London. Possibly an imported species, as it is stated by Mr. s/''-'^'Z L 

 Haworth that it also occurs in Georgia, in North America. 



" Synonyme. — Phaltena angustata, Haworth ; Stephens; Wood, fig. 616. 



LOZOGRAMMA, Stephens. ASPILATES, pars, Treitschke. 

 The palpi are very short and bent upwards, but scarcely extending beyond the forehead; the antennae simple 

 in both sexes, slightly pubescent in the males ; the abdomen of moderate length, tufted at the apex in the males ; 

 fore wings large and triangular, with slight oblique strigse ; and the hind tibiae in the males thickened, and pro- 

 ducing a bunch of hairs on the inside. When at rest, the wings are placed triangularly, whereas in the types 

 of the preceding genus they are extended horizontally. 



Species 1. — Lozogramma PETRARiAb. — (Plate LXVI., Fig. 14.) — Measures about 1^ inch in expanse; 

 fore wings pale brownish-buff', with two slender, oblique, straight brown strigcS, one before and the other beyond 

 the middle of the wing, the latter edged with a pale stripe, beyond which is another pale, straight striga, slightly 

 indicated ; a black dot in the middle of the wings towards the costa ; hind wings with a slightly indicated striga, 

 arising from the anal margin. Taken about the beginning of June, and again in August, in places where fern 

 abounds in plenty. 



'' Geometra petraria, Hiibner; Haworth; Stephens; Wood, I Phalisna chlorosata, ScofoVi. 

 fig. 617. I Geometra mrgaria, Borkhauseu. 



