Although these little moths are allied to the genuine Tinese, 

 the form and short cilia of the superior wings give thetn in 

 repose a considerable resemblance to some few of the Tortri- 

 cidae; the shape however of the inferior wings, the slender and 

 recurved labial palpi, and the well-developed maxillary palpi, 

 at once indicate the tribe to which they belong. The natural 

 affinity of this group seems to be the restricted genus Tinea 

 (fol. 511), from which it is readily distinguished by its smooth 

 scaly head, from whence I have given it the generic name of 

 Acrolepia. These moths are not included in my Guide*, 

 where they will range either before Eiiplocamus or after Tinea. 



1. A. autumnitella Curt. 



Ochreous-brown ; antennae black with white rings ; head 



and thorax with a purplish lustre; superior wings mottled 



with brown, a large semiovate blackish spot at the middle 



of the costa, an elongated one towards the posterior margin 



and numerous black dots over the whole surface as well as 



scattered white scales; a trigonate cream-coloured spot at 



the middle of the interior margin, and one or two lines of 



the same nearer the base, all broken by brown dots : cilia 



ochreous at the base, with a yellowish spot at the middle : 



abdomen and inferior wings fuscous, the wings pale at the 



base, the legs darker with whitish spots. 



This moth first attracted my notice on the window of a 



garden-house at Glanville's Wootton in October, and I have 



since met with it there in November; Mr. Dale finds it also in 



his garden, where it has appeared as early as the middle of 



August. 



2. Betulatella Curt. Brit. Ent. pi. 679. c?. 



This species Mr. Dale discovered the beginning of last Au- 

 gust on Birch trees at Castle Eden Dene. 



The Plant is Orchis tephrosanthos, Monkey Orchis, from 

 Hartlock Wood, for which I am indebted to the Rev. P. Han- 

 sell of Oxford. 



* Having stated in a note to the Preface of tliat Work that my British 

 Collection contained 9500 species, it is necessary to observe that in conse- 

 quence of some of the largest tribes having been recently described, it was 

 impossible for me to examine and identify my specimens in time to add *s 

 to all those I possess : as these amount to many hundreds, it may appear to 

 some persons that I have overrated my Collection ; such however is not the 

 case, for my British species, which have been counted, amount at this time 

 very nearly to 10,000. As the genus Crabro is the next subject, I may in- 

 stance that as an example of the omissions of *s, for I possess 23 species, 

 although 13 only are marked in the Guide, and of Alysia also I find that I 

 have 17 species, yet 4 only have a * attached to them. 



