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greyisli-fiisrous, then dark fuscous, riuich thickeni'd to the iiikhUe with 

 projecting- scales. Anterior wings grcyish-fuscous'or clingy ochreous, 

 with numerons scattered dark fuscous and whitish elevated scales ; 

 cilia greyish-fuscous or dark ochreons, with the lips dark fuscons. 

 Posterior wings purplish-fuscons ; the iwtreuie base almost Iransparent ; 

 cilia grey. 



This variuble species is in some meadows extremely abundant 

 towards the end of July. The dirty-whitish larva feeds inside the 

 stem of I)aef^/Ks glomeratm in ^fay. 



2. Bisontella, Lienig et Zell. fsis, lSl-6, p. 21\. — Tanrella, 

 Curt.; llaw. ? Step.? — Vaccidella, 'iiw. Alis antieis griseo-fuscis, sa- 

 turate-fusco valdc suffusis ; alis posticis dilute griscis, vix purpureo- 

 tinctis, ipsa basi hjalhia. Capillis saturate ochreo-fuscis. Antennls 

 bas'nii versus srpiauiis paulliduii) incrassatls. Exp. al. 4o-5 lin. 



Hairs of the head and face dark ochreous-fuscous. Antenna' dark 

 fuscous, towards the base slUjhily ihichened vith scales (most distinctly 

 in the ? ). Anterior wings greyish-fuscous, almost entirely sulfused 

 •with dark fuscous (in the ? more ochreons) ; cilia grcyish-fuseons, 

 darkest before the tips. Posterior wings pale grey, with a slight purple 

 tinge, at the extreme base transparent ; cilia jiale grey. 



Occurs in grassy places among fern in July, at Dartford Heath, 

 near j\[auchcsler, and Torwood, Stirlingshire. 



3. Vacculella, F. v. R. Ent. Ztg. 1813, p. 213; II. -S. Tin. 

 pi. 3G. f. 247. — Tanrella,\l'y\h. — Chenopodlella, Sta.; Step. ? Alis antieis 

 griseo-fuscis vel obscure-ochreis, saturate fusco-sutl'usis,/«sc/a obsoleta 

 saturatiore pone hiedluin, in. plica ict v/aci/la disiinctiore ; alis posticis 

 dilute-griseis, vix purpurco-tinctis, din/idio hasali hijalino. Capillis sa- 

 turate ochraeeo-fuseis. Antennis nan incrassatis. Exp. al. 5.V liii. 



Hairs of the head and face dark ochreous-fuscous. Antenna dark 

 fuscous, not thicJcened. Anterior wings greyish-fuscous or dingy ochre- 

 ous, suffused with dark fuscous, and beyond the middle there is a faint 

 appearance of an indistinct dark fascia, of which at any rate a spot on the 

 fold is visible ; cilia greyish-fuscous. Posterior wings pale grey, with 

 a slight purplish tinge, nearly the v)hole of the basal half transparent ; 

 ciha greyish. 



A rare species, found in houses in -July. How it gets there is 

 a mvsterv ! 



Genus VL EUPLOCAMUS. ^- ^ " ^\ 



EuPLOC.VMLS, Lat. G. C. et 1. iv. 223 (ISdH); Step.; Curt.; Zell. 



Euplocamus p., Dup. Scardia p., 'J'reit. 

 Caput superne ac in fronte hirsutum. Ocelli nulli. Antenn?c crassi- 



uscidsD, (^ pectinatrc vel piloso-fasciculatae. Palpi luaxillares plicati, 



