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nearly filletl up willi bluish-black ; (.'ilia oranpjc, mixed with l)luish-groy. 

 Posterior wings grey, with ))aler cilia. 



This beautiful sjjecies is extremely rare ; a specimen recently 

 taken at Darentii ^Voo(l, in May, is in ^fr. Slie])her{l's collection. 

 Mr. Douglas lias a specimen, of the locality of which he is not 

 aware. 



2. granitella, Trcit. E. S. ix. 2. 2(55 (1833); F. v. R. pi. 8 ; JM tt". 

 Zell. ; Diip.'r Alis auticis griseo, albo, I'uscoque, marnioratis, macula ^ ^ « " 

 fusca dorsali ante medium, utriiupie albido-niaculata, macula altera i \a-c_ 

 fusca, maculam parvam albam includentc, ad angulum analcui. Exp. 



al. 6 lin. 



Head greyish-fuscous. Face grey. Palpi grey, with two fuscous 

 rings. Antenna; whitish, annulated with fuscous. Anterior wings 

 marbled with grey, white and fuscous, with two more consj^icuous fus- 

 cous spots on the inner margin, one before the middle reaching to tiie 

 fold, with a whitish spot on each side of it, the other towards the anal 

 angle not crossing the fold, and including a small white s])ot on the 

 inner margin; beyond the middle of the costa are four or five fuscous 

 sjiots, the two last of which are preceded by whitish spots ; cilia grey- 

 ish-fuscous. Posterior wings grey, with i)aler cilia. 



Appears in July among Inula (lifsentcrlca, continuing (hrougli- 

 out the autumn, hybernated specimens occurring as late as June, 

 when the larvae are already nearly full-fed, mining the leaves of 

 that })lant. 



3. pygmseana, Haw. L. B. 438 (1812). — nntumnUcUa, Ctu-t. — 

 Lefeljvri>-U„, ])up. xi. pi. 2'JO. f. II.— IlclniicIJa, Zell.; Il.-S.— /7ryt'- 

 liella, Dup.? Alis anticis brunneo all)ido(jue marmoratis, macula tri- 

 angulari squamas nonuuUas nigras includentc, in medio dorsi, albida, 

 macula obliqua cost;e pone medium nigra, stria postica disci nigra. 

 Exp. al. 5i lin. 



llead ferruginous. Face fuscous. Palpi whitish, with two faint 

 fuscous rings. Antenna; whitish, annulated with fuscous. Anterior 

 wings marbled with pale brown and whitish, with a rather conspicuous 

 triangular whitish spot, including .some black scales on the middle of 

 the imicr margin ; on the costa a little beyond the middle is a short 

 oblicpic black spot; towards the apex arc three small whitish spots on 

 the costa and two on the inner margin ; on the disc near the ajicx is a 

 short black streak, followed by some bluish-grey scales ; cilia iuscous, 

 with a pale yellowish dash in the middle of the hinder margin. Pos- 

 terior wings grey, paler at the base, with paler grey cilia. 



Ap[)ears in the autumn, but rarely met with till the spring, 

 W'hen they arc occasionally seen Hying on hot suiniy afternoons. 

 I well remember finding three s])ccimcns on such an afternoon, 

 on the 8rd of A])ril, IS IS. The larva may be met with from 

 July to September, mining the leaves of Solaiiitni Dulcamara, 



