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tinontal Diptcrists agree in characterising G. Unrntus as " rare," or 

 "very rare" (according to Van der VVulp it has hecn taken from 

 time to time at the Hague, from June to September, " indoors ") ; 

 and, so far as I am aware, no precise record of its capture in the 

 British Islands has appeared since Fabricius's day. That entomo- 

 logical history should repeat itself in this way after an interval of 

 132 years is therefore worthy of special notice, and the fact that the 

 National Natural History Collections are now housed at South 

 Kensington instead of at Bloomsbury, as formerly, makes the coin- 

 cidence, if possible, still more remarkable. 



British Museum (Natural Ilistory), 



Cromwell Road, London, S.W. : 



June 21th, 1907. 



DESCRIPTIONS OF NEW SPECIES OF STAOMATOFHORA, H.-S. 

 {LEPIDOPTERA : TINEINA). 



BY THE RIGHT HON. LORD WALSINGHAM, M.A., LL.D., F.R.S., &c. 



The species here described have necessitated the study of a 

 natural group in the genus Sta<jm<tfophora^ and it seems desirable to 

 publish the results arrived at in the form of a separate paper. 



HTPONOMEUTIDAE. 



STAGMATOPHOEA, H.-S. 



The following tabulation is confined to species allied to serra- 

 tella, Tr., and sumptuosella, Ldr. 



(With three continuous defined transverse fasciae 2. 



(^ With three broken fasciae, or irregular lines of spots 3. 



C With short white basal streak along fold =^ S<3l2.^ful</urUelfa, Rgt. 



1^ Without white basal streak = 3611. — tririvella, Stgr. 



large equally conspicuous whitish costal spots 4. 



spot less conspicuous than those beyond it 5. 



Palpi white, unspotted ; hind wings whitish... 



=^ 3163 : S.—thaumafeUa, Wlsm. 

 Palpi white, with spots; hindwings brownish grey... 



= 3613. — sumpiuoseUa, Ldr. 



spot on terminal joint 6. 



spots on terniinal joint... =^ 3613 : 2. — beata,'W\am. 



( Median fascia bulging outwards : 7. 



7 Median fascia not bulging outwards = 3613 : l.^teiierii, Wlsm. 



^ Outer costal spot pure white, conspicuous = 3610. — serrate/la, Tr. 



) Outer costal spot much mixed with gold, narrow, inverted... 



/ = 361U : 1. — sareptensis, Wlsm. 



("With three larg 

 |_With basal spot 



r Palpi with one distinct sj 

 (^ Palpi with two distinct sj 



