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of the costa is followed by a larger costal spot before the middle, succeeded by 

 another on, or before, the middle of the fold, and a black shade lies on the middle 

 of the dorsum before the transverse blotch, or fascia, which crosses the wing at the 

 end of the cell; cilia greyish. Exp. al.,2 mm. Hind-wingg narrower than the 

 fore-wings ; shining grey ; cilia pale leaden grey. Abdomen greyish fuscous. Legs 

 smooth ; pale greyish. 



Type, S (84091), Mus. Wlsm. 



Hah. : Corsica, Corte, 15, VI, 1899. Unique. 



The speciea appears to differ from any described form, and 

 although having somewhat the appearance of the roeslerella group is 

 generically as well as specially distinct. 



CAUNACA, Wlgrn. 

 1622 (1). Caunaca insulella, sp. n. 

 Antennce white, with a blackish ring occupying three joints at about half 

 their length, another of the same width midway between this and the apex where 

 two joints are also blackish. Palpi porrect, with a long tuft on the median joint 

 stretching to more than the length of the head beyond it, this is white above and 

 beneath, but dark olive-brown externally ; the short white terminal joint, which is 

 scarcely curved, rises obliquely upward from near the base of the longer tuft. 

 Head and thorax white, the latter margined wiUi dark olive-brown. Fore-wings 

 dark olive-brown, somewhat diluted beyond the middle ; with white markings, a 

 streak along the costa from the base to a little beyond one-third ; a similar streak 

 from the base of the dorsum, diverted upward at about one-third, and reaching the 

 costa obliquely at about its middle, is slightly angulated outward beneath the costa; 

 beyond this is a costal sjjot almost, or quite, connected with an irregular ante-tornal 

 blotch on the dorsum, which throws up a projection at its outer end to meet the 

 costal spot ; between this and the apex are two white inverted costal streaks, the 

 first short, the second longer and sometimes produced outward from its lower ex- 

 tremity to the middle of the termen, a black spot lies at its outer edge, at the angle 

 formed by this diversion (in some specimens all the markings beyond the oblique 

 transverse median streak tend to be more or less fused together beyond the end of 

 tlie cell) ; cilia at the apex olive-brown, along the termen white, tessellated with 

 olive-brown. On the under-side the white markings are not noticeable, except on 

 the costa and in the cilia. Exp. al., 14—15 mm. Hind-wings grey, the cilia 

 scarcely paler. Abdomen grey. Legs grey, with pale tarsal spots. 



Type, S (84023), Mus. Wlsm. 



Hah. : CoEsiCA, Vizzavona, 11-12, YI, 1899. Eight specimens. 



(To be continued). 



LIFE-HISTORY OF VANESSA GONERILL A, ¥abu., OF NEW ZEALAND. 

 BY AMBROSE QUAIL, F.E.S. 



In his recently publised work, " New Zealand Moths and Butter- 

 flies," Mr. G. V. Hudson gives an elementary description of the 



