2 38 LEPIDOPTERA. 



white; ocellus hardly visible; cilia clark-srrey with a square 

 white dash beneath the apex, and a black line along the 

 margin. Hind wings pale smoky-grey at the base, darker 

 on the nervures and hind margin ; cilia white. 



Of the size and form of 'S'. intcrnana, and similar in mark- 

 ings, except that the dorsal blotch is erect and contains no 

 dark lines. 



On the wing in June. 



Larva unknown. 



The only known specimen of this rather striking-looking 

 insect was taken about 1874 hj the Honourable Mrs. 

 Carpenter among broom (^Spartinus scoparium^ near Merton, 

 Norfolk. It has remained in Lord Walsingham's collection 

 under this name for thirty years without the acquisition of 

 any evidence tending towards proof of its being a variety 

 of some other species, nothing therefore remains but to 

 continue it under the present name and hope for further 

 information. 



12. S. compositella, Fah ; composana, Dup. — Ex- 

 panse f inch (9 mm.). Fore wings shining black-brown 

 with a silvery pale yellow dorsal blotch divided into four 

 and a dense series of costal dots. 



Antennae black ; palpi white ; head, thorax and abdomen 

 black-brown. Fore wings rather narrow; costa flatly 

 arched; apex rounded; hind margin hardly oblique; 

 glossy black-brown, rather paler at the base ; in the middle 

 of the dorsal margin is a yellow-white blotch, composed of 

 four slightly oblique parallel streaks; above this are four 

 pairs of short costal streaks of the same colour; ocellus 

 small, silvery, faintly streaked with uiJrigltt black lines ; 

 cilia brown mixed with white. Hind wings white, with 

 white cilia except the apical area, which is smoky-brown with 



