206 GUACILAiaiD/E. 



fusca ab apiccm, linea secunda sub apiceisi usque ad angulum analcm, 

 ciUis aplcis exierne alh'is ; palpis albis, arUculi tertii aitnulo Into satnrate 

 fusco. Exp. al. 4 lin. 



Head greyish-fuscous. Face grey. Palpi wliite ; ieniibinl joint icith 

 a broad dark fuscous ring before the apex. Antenna! dark fuscous, with 

 paler annulations. Anterior wings dark grey, irroratcd with whitish, 

 more esj:)ecially towards the inner margin, with numerous short whitish 

 streaks from the costa ; on the fold are two oblong black spots, the 

 second almost in the middle, another lies on the disc beyond the mid- 

 dle ; at the apex is a small black spot ; cilia grey, with a dark grey 

 line from the apex to the anal angle, and another beyond it below the 

 apex ; the tip of the apical cilia beincj white. Posterior wings pale grey, 

 with pale greyish-ochreous cilia. 



I have twice bred this from larvrc fouiul on birch, in July. A 

 second brood of larvae feeds in the birch-leaves in September and 

 October. 



5. scutulatella, n. sp. Alis awiiQh fusco-griseis, «//^o-farinato, 

 prfccipue dorsum versus, strigulis numerosis costas albis, macula duabus 

 oblongis plicaj, una posteriore disci fusco-iiigris, puncto apicis atro ; 

 ciliis albidis, linea saturate fusca ab apicem, hnea secunda snb apicem 

 usque ad angulum analem, ciliis apicis externe albis ; palpis albis, iin- 

 mac/ilatis. Exp. al. 4^ hn. 



Head whitish, mixed with fuscous. Pace grey. Palpi white, nn- 

 spotted. AntenniB fuscous, with whitish annulations. Anterior wings 

 (jreijislt-fascons, irroratcd with while, especially along the inner margin 

 (having a more speckled appearance than any of its congeners) ; along 

 the costa are numerous short white streaks, the last of which passes 

 round the apical black spot to the hinder margin ; in the fold are two 

 oblong dark fuscous spots, and beyond is a lesser one on the disc; cilia 

 whitish, with a curved dark line from the apex to the anal angle, be- 

 yond which is a second dark line below the apex, but the tips of the ajn- 

 cat cilia are white. Posterior wings pale grey, with paler cilia. 



I have taken tliis on the Dartford Heath fence in June. It is 

 also i)i the collections of Mr, Douglas and ]\lr. AVeir. 



(). torqmllella, Zell. Ent. Ztg. 18.50. p. IGl; Sta. — meleagrlpen- 

 nella, Iliib.? Dup. ? Evers. ? hXv?, i\\\\.\€\?, saturate %\\%Qh, (jlancescenti- 

 hns, (lorso albido, strigulis numerosis cost;u albidis, duabus ultiinis albis, 

 maculis duabus pHcai, una posteriore disci nigris, puncto apicis utro ; 

 ciliis albidis, externe bis fusco-cinctis ; cai)illis oehreo-fnscis, frontc (jrisea ; 

 palpis albis imnuiculatis. Exp. al. 5 lin. 



1 lead ochreons, 'mixed with fuscous. Pace (jrey. Pal])i white, im- 

 maculate. Antenna:; dark fuscous, with paler annulations. Anterior 

 wings dark grey, icith a slight purple gloss, with the inner margin 

 whitish, and with numerous short obli([ue whitish streaks along the 

 eobta, and two nearly straight short white streaks from the costa before 

 llie aj)ex, the latter of which is continued round the apical black spot 



