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9. nigra, Tfaw. L. ]?. 550 (1S20); Dongl—riis/iccUa, Step.— 

 cautella, Zell. ; Dup. Alls iiiiticis snlnrak' fuscis, aJhldo->iqn((i,i(d.ls, ■sir/is 

 Iridus in medio nigr is, fascia puslica valdc obsoleta, s(piamis albidis com- 

 posita. Exp. al. 1\ lin. 



Head dark fuscous. Face wliiti.sli. I'alpi dark fuscous, iutornally 

 whitisli; terminal joint wliiUsli, with two broad fuscous rings. An- 

 tcnnoe fuscous. Anterior wings dark fuscous, with some obscure darker 

 markings, and with numerous whitish scales; the most distinct of the 

 dark markings arc three elongate Idack spots in the middle (one on tlu; 

 foUl, one on the disc, and one towards the costa) ; beyond the niiddh' 

 the whitish scales form an indistincit angulated fascia ; cilia greyish- 

 white. Posterior wings ]iale grey, with greyish-fuscous cilia. 



Not uucommon in June and July on the stems of the wliite 

 poplar trees at Wanstead ; it is difficult to secure, as on the ap- 

 proach of the collector it flies away. 



10. temerella, Lienig, Isis, 181G. p. 284-. — perni(jrella, Dougl. 

 Alls auticis nigris, punctis tribus atris obsoletis, fascia postica nebulosa 

 atra. Exp. al. 5.V lin. 



Head black. Eace dark fuscous. Palpi grey, internally whitish ; 

 terminal joint externally dark fuscous. Antennte dark fuscous. An- 

 terior wings lilack, with tliree rather indistinct deep black spots (one on 

 the fold, one posterior to it on the disc before the middle, and one on 

 the disc beyond the middle) ; Leijond the middle is a deep Hack cloudy 

 fascia; and on the hinder margin and apex of the costa are some deep 

 black spots ; cilia blackish. Posterior wungs dark greyish-fuscous, with 

 paler cilia. 



Hitherto found only in Lancashire and Cheshire, where it is 

 not unfrequent among sallows in July. The larva feeds in the 

 terminal shoots of the sallows in June. 



11. lentiginosella (Tischer), Zcll. Isis, 1831). p. 198; E. v. W. 

 pi. SO. f. 3; Dougl. — obscurella, Hub.? Treit. ? Alls auticis saturate 

 brunneo-fuscis, punctis tribus (uno i)lie;c, altero posteriorc disci ante 

 medium, tertio disci pone medium) nigris rufescode-cinctis, maculis pos- 

 ticis oppositis dilute rufesecntibus, costali distinctiore. Exp. al. 7i lin. 



Head and face dark fuscous. Palpi dark fuscous, internally pale 

 ochreous. Antennro fuscous. Anterior wings dark brownish-fuscous, 

 with three black spots (one on the fold, a second jwsterior to it on the 

 disc before the middle, the third on the disc beyond the middle), each 

 surrounded by reddish-ochreous ; beyond tlu; middle are two small pale 

 reddish-ochreous opposite spots, of which that on the costa is the more 

 distinct ; ciha pale fuscous. Posterior wings pale grey, with pale grey- 

 ish-fuscous cilia. 



The perfect insect has very rarely been met with ; it a])pears in 

 July and August among (h-nlsta tinetoria, and has occurriul near 

 Bristol, Epping, and Tunbridge AV'clls. The larva feeds in May 



