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brownish. In the middle of this band is a silvery transverse 

 streak. On the hind margin appears a similar golden and 

 silvery band, which cuts off a triangle at the apex. 



Below this, along the fringes, are four velvety-black marks, 

 each ornamented with a golden spot, and fine golden streaks. 

 The fringes are yellowish-grey, and are separated from the 

 apical triangle by a silver line. The hind-wings are white. 



It is not a common species in England. 



GENUS DONACAULA. [Cht/onidcB.) 

 Chilo, Zincken in Germar, Mag. Ent. ii. p. t^Z (1817) ; 



Treitschke, Schmett, Eur. viii. p. 293 (1830) ; ix. (i), p. 60 



(1S32) nee Gitenee^ restr. 

 Topeutis, pt. Hiibner, Verz. bek. Schmett. p. 366 (1826?). 

 Schoenobius, pt. Duponchel, Cat. Meth. Lepid. d'Eur. p. 312 



(1864) ; Zeller, Chilon. et Cramb. p. 3 (1863). 

 Donacaula, Meyrick, Handb. Brit. Lepid. p. 401 (1895). 



This genus and its allies resemble Falparia, but are larger 

 moths, with narrower wings in proportion, and are found 

 among reeds, and other water-plants, in the stems of which the 

 larvae feed. 



THE DARK HOOK-TIP VENEER. DONACAULA MUCRONELLA. 



{Plate CLIIL, Fig. 8.) 



Tinea mucronella, Denis & Schiffermiiller, Syst. Verz. Schmett. 



Wien. p. 136 (1776). 

 Tinea straminella, Hiibner, Eur. Schmett. viii. fig. 284 (1802?). 

 Chilo ?nucronelljis, Treitschke, Schmett. Eur. ix. (i), p. 67 

 (1832). 



The Dark Hook-tip Veneer is a native of Central and South- 

 Eastern Europe. It expands about an inch. 



The fore-wings are pale straw-colour, dusted with brownish, 

 with a dark shade from the base to the apex, and the costa in 



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