I have been at great labour to detect, have been subsequently 

 employed and published by others, either as tiieir own, or 

 without the slightest acknowledgement *. 



The insects composing this group may be known by their 

 rough appearance, by their bushy heads and scaly horns ; 

 but whether this latter character is common to both sexes, I 

 liave had no opportunity of ascertaining. The following are 

 British insects. 



1. L. Taurella Hiih.pl. 27./ im.—Ha'w. 5^6. 26. 



Half the size of No. 3; the palpi are less scaly in propor- 

 tion ; the antennae are slightly thickened with scales at the 

 middle : superior wings cinereous fuscous, shining, coppery, 

 mottled with blackish scales : inferior wings pale coppery fus- 

 cous, light at the base : abdomen dark, shining, with the base 

 of the 5th joint and the apical tuft very pale ochre : hinder 

 tarsi with the joints pale at their tips. 



Taken by Mr. Stone the beginning of August, amongst 

 grass and heath in open places near the gravel-pit in Coomb 

 Wood. ^ \ ° ^ 



2. L. mediopectinella Haxv. Lep. Brit. p. 545. n. 25. 

 Almost as large as the next ; the head and antennae appear 



to be less scaly : the superior wings are narrower and fuscous- 

 ochi'e, clouded with darker scales to the base : inferior wings 

 coppery-fuscous, pale at the base : tibiae and tarsi spotted with 

 ochre. 



Taken near London by Mr. J. Hatchett. 



3. L. Birdella Curt. Brit. Ent. pi. 344. 



I have the pleasure of dedicating this Moth to the Rev. 

 C. S. Bird, M.A. F.L.S., to whose kind and liberal commu- 

 nications this Work is much indebted. Specimens were found 

 the beginning of last July, resting upon the sides of dry walls 

 at Liverpool : they dropped down when approached. 



4. L. ? Chenopodiella Huh. Tinea., pi. 46. / 320. — Mr. Ste- 

 phens refers this species to Lepidocera; but I have never had 

 an opportunity of examining a specimen. 



* It requires very little knowledge to make descriptions from the dissections 

 accompanying this Work, and, by transposing words and sentences, to give them 

 a different appearance to the source from whence the knowledge had been drawn. 

 None of the Lepidopterous genera (excepting a few by Savigny) had been dis- 

 sected till this Work was commenced ; and names only were handed to me of 

 Spilosoma, Deiopeia, Chariclea, Lobophora, &c., which I adopted in courtesy. 



