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scales on a tawny groyish grountl, making them appear unieolorous throughout ; 

 there are four minute discal spots, two placed obliquely at about one-third, followed 

 by two others in line with the lower one, each of these is composed of chestnut- 

 brown and white scales ; cilia rosy grey ; underside unieolorous, except for the paler 

 costa. Exp. a/., 22 mm. Hindwings shining pale stone-grey, with very slender 

 wavy shade-lines throughout the pale stone-grey cilia ; underside unieolorous, ex- 

 cept the costa and apex, which are speckled with black. Abdomen and Legs stone- 

 grey. 



Type, $ (SC)817) ; ? (SGS16). Mus. Wlsm. 



Rah.: SPAIN — Granada - Granada. Larva among flowers of 

 a low-growing Genista (possibly hispanica), V. excl. 10-22. VI. 1901. 

 Five specimens. 



This species comes into the same group an frutieosella, Wlsm., 

 but in the absence of the coarser sprinkling and in tlie presence of 

 more conspicuous white discal dots cannot possibly be confused with it. 



3201 : 2. — Depress ART A fruticosella, sp. n. 



Antenna black. Palpi pale cinereous, dusted with black externally on the 

 median joint, the terminal joint more inclining to ochreous, with two blackish spots. 

 Head pale stony cinereous, the face whiter. Thorax pale stony cinereous, clouded 

 posteriorly with fuscous. Forewing.s pale stony cinereous, evenly speckled through- 

 out with small groups of blackish scales, one at the extreme base of the costa and 

 one at the base below the fold slightly more conspicuous than the others ; on the 

 disc at one-third is a pair of small reddish brown spots placed obliquely, the lower 

 spot a little beyond the upper ; in a line with the lower spot is a similar one about 

 the middle of the wing, sometimes accompanied by white scales, sometimes almost 

 obsolete ; at the end of the cell, in the same line or a little below it, a fourth spot 

 occurs, which, when visible, is composed of reddish brown and white scales (probably 

 in caught specimens these outer spots would be scarcely traceable) ; cilia pale stony 

 cinereous, rather shining, with a tawny greyish gloss ; underside without markings, 

 except that the costa is paler throughout. Exp. al., 20 — 23 mm. Hindwings 

 shining, pale tawny cinereous ; cilia slightly paler than those of the forewings. 

 Abdomen pale tawny cinereous. Legs pale cinereous, sprinkled with fuscous ex- 

 ternally ; there are two small tufts of chestnut-brown scales beneath the eyes, 

 apparently from the base of the anterior femora. 



Type, ? (86839) ; ^^ (86840). Mus. Wlsm. 



Hab. : SPAIN — Granada — Granada. Larva on leading shoots 

 of Bupleurum fruticosum, 21. V. excl. 22.VI.— 2.VIII.1901. Seven 

 specimens. 



This species belongs to the somewhat square-winged section re- 

 presented by scopariella, Hein., and others, although it is in no way 

 to be compared with any of them in its colour and markings ; I 

 should place it near rutana, F. 



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