118 GELECUlD.i:. 



Stevens, at Haramcrsmith ; not connnon. The larva (according 

 to Licnig) feeds on apple, in l\lay and June, turning down a 

 corner of the leaf. 



38. proximella, Hiil). Tin. 228 (1801); Treit. ; Dup. ; ZcU. ; 

 Dougl. — rltomhdla, Step. ? — piilluleUa, Dup. ? Alis auticis cauescenii- 

 h/(s teiiernme ohscurius h'roratis, pinictis stviolisve sparsis nigris, litura 

 cosfali post medium fuscescente. Exp. al. 8 liu. 



Head and face pale g'rcy. Paljn pale grey ; terminal joint wbiliyji, 

 with the base and two rings black. Antennte pale grey, annu- 

 iated with dark fuscous. Anterior wings hoarij-ynnj, icith iinuieruii-s 

 blue!; streaks ciiid spots ; a black streak from the base of the wing near 

 the eosta, a short black streak on the costa in the middle, and a dark 

 j'uscous blotch on the costa beyond the middle; on the inner margin is 

 a dark fuscous blotch near the mitldle, and a smaller one beyond the 

 middle ; very near the base on the fold is a smaller black spot, and be- 

 fore tlie middle are two black spots, one on the fold, the other anterior 

 on tlie disc ; in the middle are two rather long black spots (the smaller 

 one on the fold, the larger and ratlier posterior on the disc) ; beyond 

 the middle on the disc are two small round black spots, followed l)y a 

 short black streak ; the apical portion of the wing is clouded with dark 

 fuscous, and the hinder margin and a])ex of the costa are sjiotied with 

 black ; cilia ]xde grey. Posterior wings pale grey, with paler cilia. 



Coninion among birclies in ]\Iay and June. The larva feeds 

 between united leaves of birch in JSepteniber. 



39. notatella, lliib. Tin. 341 (181G); Treit.; Lienig ; Dougl. — 

 proximella, var. {i. Zell. Alis auticis grlseis, saturattus nebnlosis, ncbu- 

 lis tribus costre, prima basali, secundo ante, tertia pone medium, ne- 

 bula majore dorsi (in rpio puncta duo ante medium), punctis duobus in 

 medio, duobuscpic disci pone medium nigris. Exp. al. 6^-7 lin. 



Head and fiice grey. Palpi grey ; terminal joint paler, with the base 

 and two rings black. Antenmc pale grey, annulated with dark fuscous. 

 Anterior wings grey, with nuiiierous dark grey clouds, three of which are 

 on the costa (one at the base, one before, and the third beyond the 

 middle) ; almost at the base on the fold is a small black spot ; a large 

 cloud occupies nearly the whole of the inner margin, on it are two bhick 

 spots l)efore the middle (one on tin; fohl, the other anterior on the 

 (iisc) ; in tlie uiicuUc are two other bhick s)iots, one on the fold, the 

 other, above it, rather elongate on the disc ; beyond the middle are two 

 otiier small black spots on the disc ; on the hinder margin and a))ex of 

 the costa are some small dark fuscous spots ; cilia grey. Posterior 

 wings grey, with pale grey cilia. 



Not uncommon among sallows in ]\Iay. The larva fecxls on 

 sallows in 8e})tenibcr, between united leaves of the smooth-leaved 

 species, and burrowing in tlie wool on the umlcrside of the leaves 

 of the woolly-leaved Sj)ecies. 



