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wings blackish, with a broad rather oljliqiie wliito fascia before tlie 

 iiii(ldh% narrower towards the costa, and with two opposite white s]iots 

 (of which that on the inner margin is the larger and slightly posterior) 

 towards the hinder margin ; on the fold on each side of the fascia is a 

 raised deep black sjiot, and a third is a little above the fold beyond the 

 middle ; on the hinder margin and apex of the costa are some minute 

 black spots; cilia dark fuscous. Posterior wings grey, with paler cilia. 

 Frequents liaAvthorn liedges in June and July. The larva (ac- 

 cording to Licm'p:) feeds in' j\Iay between united applc-leuvcs, in a 

 felted mass, whicli bears a resemblance to moss. 



65. albiceps, Zell. Tsis, I'^o!). p. 203. — )iana, llaw. — alcella. Step. 

 Alis anticis grisco-nigris, puncto cost.c basali albi(lo,/«5c/rt odliq/iaante 

 medium, in medio atteuuata, in dorsum valde dilatata, viacida hi medio 

 costrp, maculisque poslkis oppositis per liueani in fasciam angulatani 

 connexis ulbis. Exp. al. 5-5^ lin. 



Head and face white. Palpi white; terminal joint with two black 

 rings. Antennaj white, annulated with black. Anterior wings greyish- 

 blaek, with a small whitish spot at the base of the costa, an, oblique 

 white fascia before the middle, extremely attenuated on the fold, but 

 nmch ex[)aiuled on the inner margin ; on the Middle of the coda is a 

 white spot; and beyond arc tico opposite white spots, connected by a 

 slender line, so as to form an angulatcd fascia ; beyond this is an irre- 

 gular black spot ; several black spots are ou the disc, but indistinct 

 t'rom the deep ground-colour; cilia whitish, with some fuscous lines. 

 Posterior wings grey, with greyish-fuscous cilia. 



Occurs, not uncommonly, on fences round orchards in August . 



66. nanella, Iliib. Tin. 267 (1812); Zell.; Dup. ; \V. V. ?—««;/«, 

 var. ii. Haw. Alis anticis griseis, fusco-pulveratis, fascia obliqua propc 

 basim, maculis duabus cost;e (altera ante, altera pone medium), Uneis 

 diiabiis posticis lonr/diidinalihus disci, punetisque rotundis plieam versus, 

 fere connexis, saturate fuscis. Exp. al. 5,1 lin. 



Head aiul face white, mixed with grey. Paljji white; terminal 

 joint with two dark fuscous rings. Antenn<ic white, annulated with 

 black. Anterior wings greyish, jiowdered with fuscous, with several 

 dark fuscous markings, viz. an oblique fascia arising on the costa near 

 the base, a small spot on the costa before the middle, and a smaller 

 spot on the costa beyond the middle ; ou the. disc is a short louf/itadiiinl 

 streak, nearly in the middle, and another follows beyond the middle, two 

 small round spots lie immediately below these streaks ; the hinder 

 margin is dark fuscous ; cilia whitish, with some fuscous lines. Pos- 

 terior wings pale grey, with paler greyish-fuscous cilia. 



Not uncommon "in orchards in July. 'J'he larva (detecied by 

 Mr. Wing) feeds in ]\lay on the pear, making a gallery across the 

 flowers, with )u'cces of tlie petals and stamens inlcrwovni w itli 

 silk. 



