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obsolete striga before the middle of the wing ; and also, with a more or less obsolete, sinuose, oblique, entire, 

 dark brown fascia across the middle ; between this fascia and the apical margin, is a spot of the same colour on 

 the costal margin ; fringe whitish, the hinder part dusky ; hind wings pale brown or buflf. Common in 

 August and September. 



' SvNONVME. — Torlrix rhombana, Hiibner ; Ilaworth ; Stephens; Wood, fig. 1109. 



Species 4.— Diciyopteryx pldmbana f— (Plate XCVII., Fig. 10)— Measures from 8 to 9i lines in 

 expanse ; fore wings, with the apical margin, truncate and obtuse, straw-coloured and slightly reticulated ; the ^ ^ 



middle of the disc -with two red-brown fascise or clouds, which are sometimes sub-confluent in the middle, and 

 which are somewhat bifid towards the costa ; the apical portion of the wing with a dusky marginal striga, and ^ 



a shorter one near the extremity of the costa ; hind wings pale lead-coloured or straw-coloured. Common in 

 woods and hedges in August and September. 



' Synonymks. — Torlrix plumbana, Hiibner; Stephens; Wood, fij. 1110. 

 Torlrix plmnbeolana, Ilaworth. 



Species 5. — Dictyopteryx Lceflingiana e — (Plate XCVII., Fig. 11) — Measures 8 lines in expanse; fore 

 winTs straw-coloured, with very delicate clouds of reddish-brown on the disc, with two more distinct, confluent, 

 rnfescent marks towards the costa, resembling two letters X ; apical margin with a reddish-brown streak ; 

 fringe straw-coloured : hind wings ashy-brown. Common in August and September. 



eSvNoNYMK. — Phaltcna Torlrix Loejlingiana, Lmnxas ; Donoran III., pi. 90 ; Haworth ; Stephens; Wood, fig. 1111. 



Species 6. — Dictyopteryx Forskaliana '' — (Plate XCVII., Figs. 12, 13) — Measures about ^ an inch 

 in expanse ; fore wings retuse, pale yellowish-buff', delicately reticulated with reddish, covering the whole disc 

 of the wings, the middle of the inner margin generally bearing a large, somewhat triangular, ashy patch, which 

 is continued by an oblique dark line to the costa, but which is occasionally wanting, being replaced by a dark 

 dot or two, or entirely concolorous ; apical margin with a slender dusky line. Common in hedges in June and 

 July. 



•■ Synonyme. — Phalcena Tortrix Forskaliana^ hmu^n^^ Hiibner; Haworth ; Stephens; Wood, fig. 1112. 



CAPUA, Stephens. 

 The palpi are short, slender, and densely clothed with short scales above, the terminal joint much exposed 

 and elongate-acute ; the antennae of the males are strongly pubescent ; the head is slightly tufted : the fore 

 wings are " very short, broad, and destitute of fasciae or blotches, very faintly reticulated or tessellated ; the 

 hinder margin is truncate and entire, and the costa in the males is straight, reflected, and thickened at the 

 base." — Stephens. 



Species 1. — Capua ochraceana ' — (Plate XCVII., Fig. 14) — Measures from 6 to 8 Hues in expanse ; 

 fore wings pale ochry-yellow or ashy, but variable in depth of tone, with very obscure, dark, or dusky-ash 

 reticulations, the meshes of which are occasionally so filled up as to produce a tessellated appearance ; fringe 

 dull ochreous-yellow ; hind wings ochreous-brown, with the base paler. Taken in the New Forest, in June. 



*Syhohyme. — Capua ochraceana^ Stephens, Illustrations ; Haust., vol. 4, p. 172. 



