CONSPECTUS OF MOTHS. 189 
Wings seven-twelfths of an inch ; first pair ash-grey, with four 
black spots, disposed without order, posteriorly with a white 
waved streak; the hinder margin with black dots ; second pair 
whitish. Common.’? Near London, 
Tak PorLar (A. Populella, SterHEens). “ Found with the 
preceding, to which it has great resemblance, but is smaller. The 
antennee short. Wings seven-twelfths of .an inch to two-thirds, 
first pair ashy, clouded with dusky and black; second pair lead- 
coloured ; the hinder shanks of the legs yellowish. More scarce 
than the preceding.” Near London, 
Tar DARK Brown (A, rusticella, StEPHENS). ‘ Wings seven 
lines one-half to eight lines, narrow, deep brown, without spots, 
and roundish at the tip. Frequents gardens. More scarce than 
the foregoing.’ Near London. 
Curtis’s Lone Horn (A. longicornis, Curis). 
Lisrer’s (A. Listerella, SrepuEns), “ Wings seven-twelfths 
of an inch, first pair pale-brown, with three or four rather 
darker evanescent scattered dots in the middle, and an evanes- 
centstreak of somewhat dusky dots on the margin; the fore legs 
and antennee ringed with white; frequents gardens.” Near 
_ London, 
Tas Dorren Brown (A. nebulea, Curtis) occurs in gardens. 
Very similar to the foregoing, of which it is probably a mere 
variety. Wings seven-twelfths of an inch ; first pair dotted and 
clouded with brown, with some indistinct dots on the upper 
age, which are wanting in the preceding. 
Tut Bircu (A, Betulea, Curtis). Wings seven lines one-half, 
Very similar to the last; the first pair slightly clouded with 
brown, and between the brown clouds oftentimes other clouds 
of a whitish ay pearance, minute, and longitudinally disposed 
lengthwise in the middle of the wing, as an indistinct and very 
much interrupted streak. 
Tue BLACK SprcKiEep Grey (A. rhombella, SterHENS). Wings 
seven-twelfths of an inch; first pair ashy, clouded with black, 
with a deep black line on the base of the upper edge, anda brown 
one, but smaller, behind the middle of the upper edge; some 
black lines or dots on the dise, and longitudinally disposed in the 
form of a line. Uncommon. Near London. 
Tus Asa Grey (A. cinerella, STEPHENS) occurs in gardens. 
Wings two-thirds of an inch to three-fourths, ashy-brown, with. 
out marks, and rather glossy; all the body ashy-grey, the palpi 
club-shaped, recurvate, and horned with bristly tips. Cam- 
bridgeshire, and near London. 
Tur SuncineRKous (A, subcinerea, Curtis). Very similar to 
the last, but smaller and paler. Wings seven-twelfths of an inch, 
ashy-brown, and without marks; the first pair narrower, and 
founder at the tip. Occurs in gardens, Near London. 
Tue CLAY-coLouRED (A, lutarea, Curtis), Wings seven. 
