the two groups, for in Anacampsis they are broad with the 

 apex truncated obliquely, as represented at fig. 9, and of course 

 the neuration is totally different. 



The following are the only British species I have been able 

 at present to recognise: 



J. sarcitella Linn. — Guide, Gen. 1009, No. 17. — Wood, pi. 39. 

 / 1207. 



Wings hoary-gray or cinereous, clouded with black, head, 

 thorax and a spot at the base of the superior wings white : 

 expansion 6 to 8 lines. 



It is very remarkable that, common as this insect is, I do 

 not remember any figure of it excepting Mr. Wood's; the one 

 referred to in Roesel by Linnaeus is not only different, but 

 absolutely belongs to another genus, which is evident from the 

 deflexion of the wings. The L. sarcitella is a most mischie- 

 vous little moth in our houses, where it is common the greater 

 portion of the spring and summer months, and I have fre- 

 quently observed it on the trunks of fruit-trees in gardens as 

 late as September. The female deposits her eggs upon clothes 

 and woollen articles, on which the larvae feed, living in cases 

 which they form of the wool, and in which they become pupae. 



2. marmorea Haiso. 553. 29. — Guide, No. S9. 



"Anterior wings variegated with black, white and red, some- 

 what clouded : expansion 6 lines." Haw. 



Wood's fiff. 1218 is a variety of his No. 1206, which is the 

 T.luculella HUb., and not the T. luctuella of that author, which 

 is a totally different insect. The above two figures of Wood 

 are the R. suhrosea of Haworth, which was given in the Guide 

 as identical with Hiibner's T. luculella ten years since. 



June, Norfolk, Birch-wood, and the New Forest. 



3. atra Haxv. 553, SO.— Guide, No. 32.— Wood, fig. 1220.— 

 exiguella Hilh. 



"Anterior wings black, posterior blackish, head white: ex- 

 panse 5 to 6 lines." Haw. 



The interior margin of the superior wings is generally pale 

 or whitish, forming an irregular stripe down the back when 

 the wings are closed. 



June, abundant in woods near London and in the New 

 Forest. 



4. ochraceella Curt. Brit. Ent. pi. 735. ? . 



This very distinct species was discovered by that excellent 

 Lepidopterist Mr. Bentley, 20 years since, in the month of 

 June, resting on grass in a meadow on the banks of the river 

 Avon, near Kingwood ; several were taken last summer amongst 

 grass on the banks of ditches in the Isle of Dogs, by Mr. Ro- 

 bertson, who very obligingly added it to my Cabinet. 



The plant is Knautia (Scabiosa) arvensis, Field Scabious. 



