SS LEriDOPTERA. 



described under the name of jvm.'nihlhi in 1875. Two years 

 later it was suddenly found in one of the great oil mills, 

 where it had not been before seen, apparently accompanying 

 a cargo of cotton-cake from America. But its real origin is 

 quite problematical. It is very abundant in the London 

 wai'ehouses and docks, and in those of Liverpool and other 

 ports ; where it sits on the walls, beams, and window frames 

 during the day and buzzes gently about at dusk, as do all 

 these species. At present it is known to be found in the 

 larger towns in Kent, Surrey, Hants, AVilts, Middlesex, 

 Suffolk, Norfolk, and Lancashire, but this is not likely to be 

 the full extent of its range with us. Still there seems at 

 present to be no record of its presence in Wales, Scotland, 

 or Ireland. Abroad it has an immense distribution, Central 

 Europe, Southern Europe, Arabia, Western and Southern 

 Asia, Egypt, the Cape Colony, and apparently all Africa, 

 America, and the West Indies, Australia, and Java. 



5. E, elutella, Hiih. — Expanse § to I inch (15-K» mm.). 

 Fore wings shorter and broader than in preceding species, 

 with rounded costa, grev-brown, rather shining; first line 

 very oblique ; the second double, oppositely oblique ; two 

 discal dots. Hind wings silky greyish-white. 



Antennas of the male simple, strongly bent back, grey ; 

 palpi pointed, upcurved, dark brown ; head and thorax dull 

 grey ; abdomen rather glossy, greyish-white, the anal tuft 

 paler. Fore wings not very long, nor especially narrow at 

 the base, broadened behind ; costa arched throughout ; apex 

 bluntly angulated ; hind margin curved ; colour smooth pale 

 grey or brownish-grey, rather paler toward the dorsal margin ; 

 first line decidedly oblique outwards from the costa, direct 

 but with several small indentations, dark grey with an inner 

 edging of grey-white ; second line moderately oblique in 

 the ojjposite direction, sinuous, greyish-white, edged on each 

 side with dark grey ; discal spot represented hj a pair of 

 obscure dark grey dots ; hind margin slenderly edged with 



