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and July within the metropolitan district, and hist July I found 

 several specimens at the Hermitage. 



Sp. 5. fuscipunctella. Alis aniicis griseo-cinereis, punctis suhquatuor disci nigris 



sparsis. (Exp. Alar. 6 — 7^ I'm.) 

 Ti. fuscipunctella. Haworth.—Sieph. Catal. ii. 224. No. 7534. 



Anterior wings glossy griseous-ash colour, slightly clouded, with about four 

 scattered black dots on the disc, the one towards the apex being large and 

 conspicuous; cilia plaui fuscous: posterior wings pale ashy-brown, with 

 similar cilia. 



Not so frequent as the next, but considerably more abundant than 

 the preceding species, frequenting houses, &c. within the metropo- 

 litan district, during the summer. 



Sp. 6. pellionella. Alis anticis cinereo-fuscis luridis, puncto pone medium fusco ; 

 capite subgriseo. (Exp. Alar. 5 — 7 lin.) 



Ph. Ti. pellionella. Z,?««t^.— Ti. pellionella. Steph. Catal. il. 224. No. 7535. 



Anterior Avings shining ashy-brown, sometimes a little clouded, with a conspi- 

 cuous black dot on the disc behind the middle : posteror wings pale ashy- 

 brown ; cilia pale. 



Sometimes found with the anterior wings of a plain uniform glossy pale 

 fuscous, with the usual dot very conspicuous. 



Extremely abundant in houses and outbuildings within the metro- 

 politan district, appearing early in the spring, and continuing at 

 intervals throughout the summer. 



Sp. 7. nigripunctella. Alis anticis Jlavo-fulvis maculis nigris subconjluentibus ; 

 capite fulvo. (Exp. Alar. 5 — 6 lin.) 



Ti. nigripunctella. Haworth — Steph. Catal. ii. 224. No. 7536. 

 Anterior wings tawny-yellow, thickly sprinkled with spots, more or less united, 

 so as to form irregular fasciae : posterior wings pale ash : head tawny. 



Much less abundant than the last, but like it frequenting the 

 same places and at similar periods of the year : I have taken it at 

 Coombe wood. 



Sp. 8. albipunctella. Alis anticis subcinereo-nigris, punctis albis numerosis 



sparsis ; capite fulvo. (Exp. Alar. 5^ lin.) 

 Ti. albipunctella. Haworth.— Steph. Catal. ii. 224. No. 7537. 

 Anterior wings of an ashy-black, irregularly clouded with very niinule white 



streaks and dots j cilia duyky; pobterioi wings ^hininy I'lack ; cilia rather 



loui; and duskv. 



