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margin (one near the bas(\ the otlier a little heyoud tlie middle), and 

 two obliquely bcyoucl them on the coda, of wliieli the first is rather 

 small, pointing posteriorly ; the second is larger, pointing towards the 

 anal angle ; on the disc are sevcu'al scattered whitish scales ; cilia dark 

 pnrplish-l'useous, the tij) of the apex whitish, and frequently some 

 patches at the extremity of the hinder margin whitish. Posterior wings 

 greyish-iHirple, with paler cilia. 



Occasionally met with on the trunks of trees in June. 



G. tapetzella, Lin. S. N. 536. 253 (175S); CI.; Fab. ; lliib. 

 Tin. 'Jl; Haw.; Treit. ; ^tep. ; Dup. — fapezana. Fab.; Lat. — tape- 

 tidla, Zell. Alls anticis dhnldlo basaJl nigro, aplcali alho griseo-nebu- 

 loso, puncto minuto ad angulum analera, puuctis(|ue duobus apicis 

 nigris. Exp. al. 9 lin. 



Head and face white. Palpi white ; second joint externally dark 

 fuscous. Antennas fuscous. Anterior wings hlaclx from lite base to the 

 middU', then n-h'de ; on the inner margin the black terminates very 

 abruptly a little before the middle; on the costa, where it is continued 

 furthei", the termination is less abrupt; the apical portion of the wing 

 is clouded with dark grey, and there is a small black spot at the anal 

 angle, and two or three at the apex of the wing ; cilia whitish, at the 

 apex dark grey. Posterior wings pale grey, with whitish-grey cilia. 



A common s])ecies, frequently occurring in carriages, the larva 

 feeding on the lining under a gallery constructed from the lining; 

 tlie perfect insect a[)pears in June and July. 



7. arcellajFab. G. t. 295 (1776) ; Schr. ; 'Ml'-niveetJa, Fab.— 

 rcpandella, \V\\h. ; Dnj). xi. pi. 289. f. 9. — clciuatm. Haw. — clemaMla, 

 Step.; Fab.? Alis antieis albis puncto dorsi basali, stria cost/c basnii, 

 fascia media latiiisrida aiigulafa, punctisque duobus costie apicem versus 

 salnrate fnscis. Exp. al. 6^ lin. 



Head and face white. Palpi white; second joint beneath grey. 

 Anteun;e greyish-fuscous. Anterior wings white;, with a small spot at 

 the base of the inner margin, and a costal streati at the tjose darli fus- 

 cous, in tlie middle is a moderately broad mignJated darJx fuscous fascia 

 (the angulation is near the costa and is rather produced posteriorly on 

 the disc) ; on the costa before the apex are two dark fuscous si)ots, and 

 the apical portion of the wing has several fuscous clouds ; cilia whitish, 

 at the extreme apex fuscous. Posterior wings grey, with ])aler cilia. 



Not rare in the south of England; it is probably double- 

 brooded; I have mel with it in old hedges in June, July, and 

 August. 



S. picarella, Pin. V. S. 13S9 (L761); C\.—Iiigai'tla, Sod.; Treit.; 

 ¥A-cr^.—h'iga//etta, H. -S.Tin, pl.-l-t.f. 299; Zell.— V/r'mV/«, Treit. Alis 

 anticis nWn?, vitia loiigitiidiuali ex fmsi juxla costam, jiostici; i)auHulum 

 curvata, in apircin desini nt« nigra, maculis parvis dorsum v( rsus nigris 

 Ex]). al. 7.1 lin. 



