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Taken in August last, on tlic coast near I^righton, by j\Ir. 

 Heininings and Mr. Douglas^ among Saiicornia and Chcnopodium 

 riiarillnium, 



9. Lixella, Zcll. L. E. iv. 231 (ISM)); Sta.— o;vw/m, Haw.— 

 onudipeui/clla, Stc]). ; Dap.? Alls aiiticis dilute luteis, apicc incurve 

 producto, liuca plicfc, liucola disci, liiicolis quin(|ue obliquis coslaui 

 versus aY'^cuieh, fn.sco-iiiarffi)//iiis ; autciuiis albis, l)asim versus squaniis 

 albis vcstitis, artieuli l)asalis pcnicillo loup;o alI)ido. Exp. al. S,l liu. 



Head, lace, aud ])alpi white. Auteuua^ white, slij^litly clotlicd with 

 white scaUjs ue;u' the base, with a k)U2^ yellowish-wliite tuft at tiic basal 

 joint. Anterior wings with the aj)ex j)rolonged and curved, ])ale yellow, 

 with a silvery streak along the fold, a short one a little above it on the 

 disc, and five short obli(pie silvery streaks towards the costa; all tJiese 

 streaks are viarguied with /nHcous ; the inner margin is also narrowly 

 silvery ; cilia pale fuscous. Posterior wings fuscous, witli ])aler cilia. 



Occurs at Micklehani, Sanderstead, and near 15ri.^tol, at the 

 end of June and begiuniug of July. The larva feeds (according 

 to Zeller) on the leaves o'( llolcus hinalus. 



10. vibicella, TTiU). 30S (ISIG); Ztdl. ; Sta. — vihlclpenudla, 

 Treit. ; Dap. ; Evers. ; Weaver. Alis anticis ochrois, lineola obli(|ua 

 pone medium juxta costam lineola angulata disci (spatio interjeeto brun- 

 nesceute), lineola([uc plicaj, argeuteis ; antcnnis albis, artieuli basalis 

 penieillo longo oclireo. Exp. ai. 9.1 lin. 



Head ochreous. Face and palpi silvery. Antcnniu white, with a 

 long ochreom tuft at the basal joint. Anterior wings ochreous, with 

 three silvery streaks, one on the subcostal vein commenciv(j near the 

 raidille of the wing, not reaching to the costa, one slightly angulatcd ou 

 tlu! disc (the space between these two is brownish, which colour is con- 

 tiinied to the; apex of the wing), and one along the fold terminating be- 

 fore the anal angle; cilia grey. Posterior wings grey, with paler cilia. 



1 am not aware of any collector having detected this insect in 

 this country, except Mr. \W^aver, who found the larva) in Trench 

 Wood, \\'orccstershire, in the first week of June, iSik The 

 larva^ feed on Ihi,' Genista tinctoria, in firm, shining black cases, 

 which, as iMr. Weaver remarks, arc not unlike the ripe pods of 

 some papilionaceous plants. 



11. conspicuella (:\Iann.), Zell. E. E. iv. 230 (1S19); Sta. 

 Alis antieis dilute liitfis, linen propc costam a fjasi ufique apiceni lineola 

 angnlata disci (spatio interjeeto brunnescente), linea plica', dorsoi/ue 

 anfjHste argenteis ; antennis albis, artieuli basalis penieUlo longo atbido. 

 Exp. al. 9 lin. 



Head, face, and palpi irhitinh. Antenna^ white, with a long ichitish 

 tail at the basal joint. Anterior wings pule i/el tow, with the inner mar- 

 gin narrowly Hilveri/, and with three silvery streaks, one near the costa, 

 commencinfj at the tjase, and continued to innnediatt;ly before the apex, 



