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Zc[\. —Sc/i^fereUa, Don. ; Step. ; Vah. ?—Zi)/ch'f'Ua, lliib. Tin. 1". 401, 

 40.2 ; Step. ? Alis aiiticLs riitn-;uirautii,s, hasi et luargiiic postieo nif>Tis, 

 fiiscia ante niediiim, ntriiiquc iiigro-Hiarij;inatn, striiscpic tribus po.sticis 

 lonii^itiidinalibus argontcis. Exp. al. 4-4 i lin. 



Head and faec bronzy-gi'oy. I'alpi yellow; tip of tlic terminal joint 

 fuscous. Anteunte fuscous. Anterior wings reddish-orange, with the 

 base black ; a short ol)li(jue streak on the costa near the base, and a 

 small spot near the inner margin are silvery; before the middle is an 

 oblicpie silvery fascia, slightly margined with black; beyond the middle 

 are three short longitudinal silvery streaks (one on the fold, one on the 

 disc, and one on the costa); on. the costa before the apex is a short 

 oblique silvery streak, and some silvery scales are perceptible at the 

 anal angle and along the hinder nuu-gin, the remainder of the hinder 

 margin being black ; cilia dark fuscous. Posterior wings greyish-violet, 

 with [)aler cilia. 



round at the same times aiul in the .same places as tlie h^s(. 

 Tlie larva likewise mines the leaves of the same jjlant, but the 

 mined place is dirf_y (ireenish, with a mottled ap[)earance. (The 

 assertion that this larva afterwards constructs a case of the bios- . , 

 som, iu the) ' Entomologists' Companion/ pp. G3 and OG, is in- ^ ' '^ 

 correct.) ^ % H^ 



90. pictella, Zell. Tsis, 1839. p. 202 ; Dougl. A.lis anticis nitidis, 

 saturate bruiuieis, strigulis duabus oblicpiis co.stEie, fascia postica, puue- 

 iisque marginis postici argentcis ; capite palpisipie albis; antoinis fiis- 

 cis, apice albo. Exp. al. 5 lin. 



Head, face, and palpi whitish, kwicwwi^ fnacona, with paler annula- 

 tions, the tip (niilrdy vhile. Anterior wings shining dark brown, with 

 two obli(|uc silvery streaks from the costa, not reaching beyond the 

 fold, an oblique silvery fascia towjirds the apex, and some silvery spots 

 along the hinder margin ; cilia fuscous. Posterior wings whitish, with 

 greyish cilia. 



This pretty species apjjcars in May and August; it has been 

 met with at Southend (in Essex), ami on Jiarnes Common. 



91. Brizella (Tischcr), Trcit. E. S. ix. 2. 173 (1S33); Dup. L. F. 

 xi. \A. 306. f. T) ; Dougl. Alis anticis Havidis, costam ct marginem 

 posticum versus brunncscentibus, strigis quatuor angulatis ante dorsum 

 cvanescentibus argentcis, punctis duobus disci nigris. i'lxp. al. B.j lin. 



Head and face ochreous, mixed with brownish. W\\\)\ pale oehreous ; 

 second joint with two black rings; the third with the base and two 

 rings black. Antemue whitish, aunulatcd with dark fuscous. xVnterior 

 wings yellowish-grey, with the costa and hinder margin brownish ; on 

 the costa are four silvery streaks sloping oblicpiely outwards, and nearly 

 meeting some silvery scales on tlie inner margin, with which they would 

 form angulated strigjt ; a black s|)ot lies in the middle of the fold, and 

 another is on the disc beyond the middle, a smaller one is sometimes 



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