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Anterior wings black, sometimes intensely so, with a slightly oblique broad 

 silvery fascia before the middle, and a faintly interrupted one behind, the 

 latter placed obliquely outwards : posterior wings dusky brown or sooty, 

 and slightly glossy. 



A variety with a snowy dot at the apex of the wing is mentioned by Haworth, 

 but as in my series I have some with a whitish spot on that part, the result 

 of accident, I suspect such to have been the case with the one alluded to. 



Rather uncommon in bushy and woody places, within the metro- 

 politan district, in June, as at Darenth wood, &c. 



Sp. ]2. trimaculella. Alis anticis atris, sti'ia lata basi, macuUsquc duabus 

 postictsjlavicantibus. (Exp. Alar. 2| — 3 lin.) 



Ti. trimaculella. Haworth. — Mi. trimaculella. Steph. Catal. ii. 208. No. 7339. 



Anterior wings deep black, with a very broad emarginated yellowish streak, 

 reaching from the base to near the middle of the inner margin, and two 

 spots towards the apex, placed one on the costa, the other towards the 

 hinder angle, and sometimes nearly confluent: posterior wings dusky- 

 black. 

 Rare : found at the beginning of July in the vicinity of London, 



in gardens. 



Sp. 13. subbimaculella. Alis anticis atris maculis duabus marginalibus argenteis, 

 ciliisjlavescentibus, nigro nebulosis. (Exp. Alar. 2^ — 2f lin.) 



Ti. subbimaculella. Haworth. — Mi. subbimaculella. Steph. Catal. ii. 208. 

 No. 7340. 



Anterior wings deep black, with the extreme base itself whitish, and two 

 nearly confluent bright silvery spots, placed obliquely in opposition to each 

 other, one in the middle of the inner margin, the other more anteriorly on 

 the costa; cilia yellowish, clouded with black: head fulvous. 



Not uncommon in gardens and hedges, throughout the metropo- 

 litan district, in the beginning of July. 



Sp. 14. nigrociliella. Alis anticis nigris maculis duabus marginalibus subargen- 



teis. (Exp. Alar. 2| lin.) 

 Mi. nigrociliella. Steph. Catal. ii. 208. No. 7341. 

 Anterior wings black, with two somewhat silvery white spots on the margin, 



one about the middle of the costa, the other towards the hinder angle ; cilia 



dusky black : posterior wings dusky. 



Taken, apparently not uncommonly, in the neighbourhood of the 

 metropolis in July. 



Sp. 15. unifasciella. Alis anticis pallide fusee scentibus sericeis, fascia argentea. 

 (Exp. Alar. 3^ lin.) 



