218 BRITISH MOTHS 



Species 1. — Harpagus cinctellus — (Linnaeus, &c. ; Wood, fig. 1390 ; and our Plate CXIII., Fig. 22) — 

 Expands about 6 lines ; wings deep black, fore ones with a slender, silvery, transverse white fascia in the 

 middle ; antennae annulated with white. In hedges, in June. 



Species 2. — Harpagus albistrigellus — (Stephens; Wood, fig. 1391 ; and our Plate CXIII., Fig. 23) 

 — Expands 7 lines ; fore wings " deep jet black, with a slender, slightly incurved, silvery-white streak towards 

 the inner margin ; hind wings deep black, with brown fringe." Near London, in June. 



ASTYAGES, Stephens. 

 The palpi are considerably longer than the head, slightly bent, the terminal joint stouter at the base than 

 the second, gradually attenuated to the tip ; the antennae nearly as long as the wings, slender and simple ; the 

 fore wings slightly deflexed during repose, very long, sublanceolate-linear, slightly rounded at the tip, generally 

 of dark colours, and without spots ; the legs are long, and with long tibial spurs. 



Species 1. — Astyages grandipennis — (Haworth, &c.; Wood, fig. 1392 ; and our Plate CXIII., Fig. 24) 

 — Expands 8i lines ; all the wings glossy, and, as well as the body and antennae, of a blackish hue ; fringe 

 rather paler. Near London, and in the New Forest, in June. 



Species 2. — Astyages Pic^pennis — (Haworth, &c.) — Expands 5| lines ; all the wings black and glossy, 

 the anterior ones with a strong, irregular, interrupted white streak in the middle. Taken in Norfolk, &c., 

 in June. 



Species 3. — Astyages cylindrella 1 — (Fabricius, &c.; Wood, fig. 1393 ; and our Plate CXIII., Fig. 25) 

 — Expands 7 lines ; fore wings linear, brown, with three large oblong, yellowish spots, which are occasionally 

 united by slender streaks of the same colour into an irregular series of marks placed longitudinally ; wings 

 yellow beneath. In gardens, and near poplars, in June. 



1 Synonyme. — Tinea trislella, Hubnei. 



Species 4. — Astyages coracipennella — (Hiibner, &c. ; Wood, fig. 1396 ; and our Plate CXIII., Fig. 

 26) — Expands 6 lines ; all the wings black and glossy ; fringe brownish ; antennae ringed with white. 

 Common in hedges, &c., in June. 



Species 5. — Astyages serratella — (Linnsus, &c.; Wood, fig. 1595, and our Plate CXIII., Fig. 27) — 

 Expands 6 lines ; fore wings pale brownish and glossy ; hind ones paler, with ochreous fringe ; antennae ringed 

 with white. Considered by Mr. Haworth as an aged variety of the preceding. 



Species 6. — Astyages obscurella — (Fabricius, &c.; Wood, fig. 1396; and our Plate CXIII., Fig. 28) — 

 Expands 6 lines ; all the vrings and fringe brown, shining, and immaculate ; antennae ringed with white. 

 Taken in grassy places, in June. 



Species 7. — Astyages Gryphipennella — (Hiibner, &c. ; Wood, fig. 1397 ; and our Plate CXIII., 

 Fig. 29) — Expands 5i to 6 lines ; wings shining, anterior duU red, sometimes brownish red, with the costa in 

 certain lights of a reddish liue, or sometimes whitish ; hind wings brown. Darenth Wood, &c., in June, 

 but rare. 



Species 8.— Astyages lutarea— (Haworth ; Wood, fig. 1398; and our Plate CXIII., Fig. 30)— 

 Expands 5i lines; all the wings of a golden clay colour, shining, and immaculate. Very rare, in June. 



