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a a a. Anterior wings pale orange. 



c. With oblitjue marginal white streaks. Species 8. 

 c c. With a l)lack spot at the anal angle. Species 9, 10. 

 a a a a. Anterior wings oclircons (pale or dark) or fnscons. 

 d. With black spots on the disc. Species 11, 15-17. 

 d d. Unspotted. Species 12-11. 



1. minutella, Liiui. S. N. (10) 537. 25G (1758) ; Schr. ; Dup.— • 

 oppDsitdla, V-dh. ; lliib. ; TIaw. ; Treit. ; Step.; Dap. xi. pi. 300. f. 9. 

 — j\Jai/s, I'onr. Alis anticis iiiscis, macula transversa dorai pone i/wdiio/i, 

 raaculaque oblicpia posteriore costce luteis. Exp. al. 5 ^ liii. 



Head grcvish-l'iiscous. Face greyish-oehreous. Palpi fuscous, in- 

 ternally whitish. Antenna^ fuscous. Anterior wings fuscous, with a 

 conspicuous transverse yellow s])ot on tie tinier margin heijond fJie mid- 

 dle, and a smaller rather oblique yellow spot OJi the coda, a little pos- 

 terior ; cilia pale fuscous. Posterior wings pale greyish-fuseous, with 

 paler cilia. 



round not \nicomnionly in lu)uses and outhouses in W'xs and 

 June. T have bred it from a larva found by Mr. Preston, feeding 

 on tlie seeds of celery during ilie winter. 



3. flavimaciilella, Sta. Cat. p. 13 {\%V.)).—niimdella, Haw.; 

 Step. Ali.s anticis saturate fuscis, maculis duabus dilute flavis, altera 

 obliqua in medio dorsi, altera rotunda dlfici pone medium. Exp. al. 5 lin. 



Head, face, palpi, and antemia' dark fuscous. Anterior wings dark 

 fuscous, with two pale yellow spots, one rather oblitpic on the middle of 

 the inner margin, the other rounded on the dine beyond the middle ; 

 cilia pale fuscous. Posterior wings greyish-fuscous, with paler cilia. 



(Occurs near Iluddersiield and at Duddingstone, in Jiuie and 

 .Inly; also in other ])laces, but not connnon. ]\[r. Logan finds 

 the larva feeding on the seeds oi JjiffcUva ,s/jlres(ris in August and 

 September. 



3. tripuncta. Haw. L. B. 557 {\S2d).—tripnnctella, Step.— ^iW- 

 inacnlella, l)up. xi. pi. 303. f. 8. — trisignella, Zell. Alis anticis satu- 

 rate fuscis, maculis tribus luteo-alljis, nna costce in medio, altera eosta; 

 aj)icem versus, terlia intermedia plica. Exp. al. lin. 



Head dark fuscous. Pace pale ochrcous. Palpi yellowish- white. 

 AntenUtC dark fuscous, the ti])s yellowish-white. Anterior wings dark 

 fuscous, with three yellowish-white spots, one on the costa in the mid- 

 dle, one on the costa towards the apex, the third intermediate between 

 these two, on the fold, almost coimected with the inner margin by some 

 scattered yellowish-white scales ; cilia dark fuscous, with the tips 

 wliitish. Posterior wings grey, with paler cilia. 



Very common in old hedges in several places near Loudon, in 

 T\lay and June; it appears to frequent brambles. 



4. similella, Iliil). Tin. 182 (1801) ; Treit.; Zell.; Uiehter(K. Z. 

 1850); Dup. ? — slipellu, CI. ? Alis i\\\i\c\'i saturate fn>icis, sulphureo- 



