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Sp. 10. leucapcnnella. Alts anticis acutissimis albo-plumbescentihus, cosid 

 tenuitcr alhicante. (Exp. Alar. 44^ — 5^ lin.) 



Ti. leucapennella. Hiibner. — Po. leucapcnnella. Sieph. Caial. ii. 211. No.7391. 

 — ApistAj Hiibner. 



Anterior wings very acute and slender, of a whitish lead-colour, with the 

 costa and nervures faintly whitish : posterior wings and cilia fusccsccnt. 



Rather variable in size and tint : in some examples the nervures are more 

 distinctly white than in others, while at times they are almost of the same 

 tint as the ground colour. 



Not uncommon in the woods in the neighbourhood of the metro- 

 polis, frequenting Coombe and Darenth woods ; also Hertford, 

 Ripley, &c. in June. 



Sp. 11. argentula. Alls anticis argenteo-albis, striis ochraceo-fuscis, costa alhidd. 

 (Exp. Alar. 4^— 5 J lin.) 



Ph. Ti. argentula. Mus. Marsliam. — Po. argentula. Siej)h. Catal. ii. 211. 

 No. 7392. 



Anterior wings of a silvery- white, with the costa whitish ; the disc with 

 ochreous-brown streaks : posterior wings and cilia fuscescent. 



Also rather common, in the vicinity of London, in June, at Coombe 

 and Darenth woods, &c. 



Genus CCCLV. — Aphelosetia* mihi. 



Palpi moderate, approximating at their origin, drooping and incurved, not 

 very slender, clothed with short scales, the terminal joint more slender than 

 the second, and acute : 7Ma.r///a' short. Antennce rather short and stoutish, 

 subserrated with scales towards the apex : head small, clothed with short 

 depressed imbricated scales : eyes small : thorax simple : wings slightly 

 deflexed during repose; anterior very short, rather broad in proportion, 

 sublinear, of pale hues, not metallic, and immaculate, or nearly so ; hinder 

 margin oblique, furnished with longish cilia : posterior wings ovate, acute, 

 with longish cilia on the outer, and moderate ones on the inner, margin : 

 body short, slender, a little stouter in the females : legs rather long and 

 slender. 



Unlike the preceding insects, those of the present genus have the 

 anterior wings comparatively broad and very short; they are usually 

 of plain pale colours, without markings, excepting occasionally some 

 few clouded spots ; the cilia are rather long ; the posterior wings are 



• A^fXoc simplex, o-ft" tinea. 



