19S GRACILARIID.E. 



terminal joint fuscous. Anteinifc greyish-ochreous. Anterior wings 

 pale ocJnrous, along the costa livid greyish or pale white, with tliree 

 longitudinal rows of black spots, one near the costa, one on the disc, 

 and one on the fold ; the latter is frequently obliterated, or the number 

 of spots does not exceed two or three ; cilia pale ochreous. Posterior 

 wings grey, with paler cilia. 



ISiot uncommon in meadows among Vlaniago lavceolata, in 

 May and August. The larva, discovered by Mr. Shield, mines 

 the u])pcr surface of the leaves of the Plantago lanceolata ; one 

 brood begins to feed in October, changing to pupa in May ; the 

 other brood feeds up in June and July. 



10. Syrmgella, Fab. E. S. iii. 2. 328. 177 (1704); Schr. ; 

 Bouche; Step.; Zell. ; Dup. ; Sta. — uaaHtomom, Haw.; Curt. B. E. 

 fo. 4-7'J. — anh'cppennella, Treit. ; Dup. Alis anticis albido-luteis, basi, 

 macula dorsali, fasciis tribus obliquis (prima ac secuuda angnlatis, se- 

 cnnda tcrtiaque conncxis) apiceque kiete brunncis. Exp. al. 6 lin. 



Head greyish-ochreous. Face whitish. Palpi whitish; terminal 

 joint with a narrow fuscous ring near the base, and a broader one before 

 the apex. Antennfe fuscous, annulated with white. Anterior wings 

 yellowish-white, with the base dark fuscous, and with several brown 

 markings ; the first, a blotch on the inner margin not far from the base, 

 th(; second, an oblique fascia angulated in the middle, the thii'd is a 

 jialcr angulated fascia connected in the middle with another oblique 

 fascia, which terminates in the anal angle ; the apical portion of the 

 wing is entirely brownish-fuscous, excei)t two whitish spots on the 

 costa; cilia of the hinder margin whitish, externally with two dark 

 lines ; of the inner margin grey. Posterior wings grey, with paler 

 cilia. 



An abundant species in gardens, among lilacs, in May and 

 July. The larva, when young, mines the leaves of the lilac, gre- 

 gariously, several larva; being in the same mine ; when nearly full- 

 grown, they frequently cease mining, and roll up the leaves, but 

 many remain as miners throughout the period of their existence 

 in the larva state. At times they become real pests from their 

 numbers, disliguring the lilac-bushes by turning the leaves whitish- 

 brown ; the best way to thin their numbers is to pluck the leaves 

 whilst the young larv.e are mining gregariously. The larva? may 

 be met with in June and September; they feed on ash and privet, 

 as well as on the lilac. The young mining larvre have the three 

 pair of ventral and two anal prolegs, as in the other larva? of this 

 geims, but to sec them rccjuires a good microscope. 



11. omissella (Dough), Sta. Zool. 1818. p. 21(33 ; Id. Ent. Trans, 

 i. n. s. 1)1. 1.5 f. 1. Alis anticis fasccscente-griscis, vel ochrcis, strigis 

 (|iiin<[ue costic (ultima in apice) maculisque duabus dorsi (priore oblonga 

 basali, altera in medio) allns. Exp. al. 4 lin. 



