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•^ *EphestiaJlguUlena, Gregson. — 1 am informed by my frieud Mr. 



Gregson that the name was mis-spelt as it was being printed, and he 

 had no opportunity of correcting it. This being so, and as it was in- 

 tended to recall the food of the larva, we may adopt that of Jiculella, 

 proposed by Mr. Barrett. The larva has been described by Mr. 

 Porritt in the Ent. Mo. Mag., vol. xvii, p. 14. 



^ Ephestia interpimcteUa, Hb. — The larva of this species has fre- 



quently been described ; it appears to be injurious to Indian corn in 

 the United States, where the moth is known under the name of E. 

 zc(S, Fitch. 



The palpi of interpunctella being porrect instead of ascending, I 

 consider it right to retain for the insect the generic appellation of 

 Flodia, Guenee (Index Micro., p. 80). 



^Ephestia Boxlurghii, Gregson. — This appears to be a good spe- 

 cies, and should be placed near to elittella ; it has considerable resem- 

 blance to Cryptohlahes histriga^ and might be confounded with it, but, 

 besides the difference in the colour, the neuration is very distinct. 



As the insect is so little known, I append a description of it : — 

 Al. ex., 20 mm. Fore-wings broad, eosta rounded, colour pale brownish-grey, 

 median space entirely suffused with blackish-brown, in which the discal spots are 

 hardly perceptible. First line oblique, greyish, hardly paler than the ground colour. 

 Second line slender, pale grey, parallel to the hind margin, slightly sinuous, followed 

 on the costa by a dark streak. Cilia pale brownish-grey, preceded by an indistinct 

 dark line. Hind- wings brownish-grey, cilia paler. Head, thorax and palpi brownish- 

 grey ; antennae pale brown, not annulated. Palpi recurved, ascending. 



The specimen (a ? ) from which I have drawn up the above de- 

 scription is the original type of Boxhurghii, Greg., kindly submitted 

 to me by him. The specimen is not in a good state, but it differs from 

 every other species of Ephestia with which I am acquainted. It 

 belongs to the puzzling group of which elutella and semirufa are the 

 types, the discal cell of the hind-wings being comparatively long, and 

 veins 3 and 5 (4 wanting) appearing somewhat stalked. It very much 

 resembles tenehrosa, 7i., but in the latter species, which differs from 

 the true EphesticB because vein 8 is present on the fore-wings, the 

 upper wings are entirely blackish, except the base and inner margin, 

 and the hind- wings are nearly white. 



Dr. Staudinger has sent me a species from Zaragoza (Spain), 

 which is very close to Boxlurgliii, but the wings are entirely blackish 

 with a rust-coloured streak along the inner margin, and the lines 

 distinctly whitish. Eoxhurghii has not yet been bred. 



