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Nepliopterijx genistella, Dup. — This appears to be a coast insect. 

 I have found it in several places on the Channel, such as Grranville 

 and St. Malo, &c. The larva feeds on TJlex europceus, and has been 

 described by Mr. Buckler. The perfect insect has been described 

 several times as follows : Pliycis genistella, Dup., Neph. idicella, H.-S., 

 JVeph. albilmeella, Stgr., Davisellus, Newman, and Pempelia alhariella, 

 Knaggs. 



Pempelia carnella, L. — This insect was first described by Scopoli 

 as se7niruhella. Of this species, as happened with Teras Logiana, the 

 variety chanced to be published as the type, and vice versa. Semiru- 

 hella has the costal half of the fore-wings red and the inner margin 

 yellow ; sometimes the yellow is nearly absent. The commonest form 

 of the species is the variety sanguinella, Hb., in which the costa is 

 distinctly whitish. 



The perfect insect differs very little structurally from the other 

 Salehria {Pempelia, auct.), so that there is no reason at present to 

 separate it from its congeners. 



The larva has been described by Mr. Buckler, who bred it from 

 ova. Anton Schmid found an adult larva in a light web on the ground 

 under a plant of Lotus corniculatus, the flowers of which were eaten. 

 A life-history of the larva found at large is a desideratum. 



Pempelia ornatella, S.Y.— The description in the Vienna Cata- 

 logue is very brief, but applies well to the insect ; it says : " pale 

 brown bluish-white striated moth. T. ornatella'' 



It is certainly the species figured by Hiibner under the name of 

 dilutella, no other species agrees so well with the figure and descrip- 

 tion. The latter is as follows :— " It is of a pale violet-brown colour, 

 its narrow fore-wings are, however, mixed with grey, the hind margin 

 whitish, and have two whitish, dark-shadowed, sinuous lines, between 

 w^hich, in the median space, there is a whitish patch, in which are 

 placed two black spots ; fringes brown-grey. Hind-wings and abdo- 

 men ash-grey." 



Zincken quotes dilutella, Hb., as a synonym of Gymnancyla can- 

 ella, saying that he is acquainted with canella only by the figure of 

 dilutella, Hb., without stating why he refers dilutella, Hb., to canella, 

 S.V. 



Treitschke mistook Ancijlosis cinnamomella, Dup., for dilutella, 

 Hb., with which it agrees in hardly any respect. Duponchel supposed 

 that Hiibner' s dilutella might be ohductella, F. v. E. 



Zeller could not make anything of Hiibner's figure ; he says, 



