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coming confluent with the subdorsal. In the posterior wings five 

 veins proceed from the discoidal cell to the hinder margin, one to 

 the costa. Species 1-4. 



(In species 4, StcqjJiensi, the second joint of the palpi can scarcely 



be called loosely scaled.) 



B. The pale costal spot of the anterior wings obsolete; the tufts of 



scales extremely small ; the apex of the subdorsal vein simple, the 



thickened apex of the submedian not connected with it. Species 



5-9. 



(In species 6, ocJtraceeJJa, the apex of the subdorsal vein is fur- 

 cate, as in section a. I place species 7, PJiraguiiteUa, here, though 

 I had previously made a distinct genus of it, Linuur'cia: it accords 

 Avcll with ochmceelht, only exaggerating the peculiarities from its 

 larger size.) 

 c. The anterior wings with no pale costal spot; below tlie furcate api- 

 cal vein tJ/ree veins run into the hinder margin ; the subdorsal vein 

 only furcate at the base ; the submedian not thickened. Sp. 10, 11. 

 Many of the species of tins genus are very beautiful, the an- 

 terior wings being frequently of varied colours^ and the tufts on 

 them give tliemj when seen at rest, a singular appearance ; the per- 

 fect insects are rather sluggish, and some are consequently rarely 

 met with ; some which only appear towards the end of the summer, 

 such as Ej/dohiella, are more frequently met with in the spring 

 after hybernation. Most of the species have probably only one 

 brood, but Staintonl is double-brooded. The few known larvaj 

 are either leaf-miners, or feed in the terminal shoots of plants. 



1. propinqtiella, Sta. Sup. Cat. p. 8 (1851). Alls anticis 

 — ;- c;vruleo-fuscis, ochraceo marmoratis, macula dorsi basali fere costam 



in - 1 X -23 • tannente, /'asciacivxe ohiiqua postica interrupta albis, maculis tubcrculatis 

 nigris, tribus plicK, tribus disci ; capite cum fronte albo, palpis albis, 

 articuli tcrtii annulo ante apicem fusco. Exp. al. 6 lin. 



Head and face white. Palpi white, the terminal joint with a fuscous 

 ring before the apex. Antenna) fuscous. Anterior wings bluish-fus- 

 cous, marbled with ochreous ; a large basal spot which is expanded ou 

 the inner uiargin and almost touches the costa, and an interrupted oblique 

 hinder /« AC irt, are tohlte ; a slender white streak arises in the middle of 

 the costa, and after passing under a round black spot ou the disc, runs 

 into the white fascia, which is interrupted in its middle by a grey and 

 a tawny spot ; three tul'ts of bUick scales lie ou the fold, and three 

 others above them ; cilia tawny fuscous. Posterior wings fuscous, with 

 paler cilia. 



lias occurred in various localities atDeab Fulham, near Bristol, 

 in the south of IScotlaiul, and in the (,'ambridgeshire fens in July; 

 but nowhere common, 



2. lacteella, Stop. 11. iv. '■n^'i (\>>'6\).—(jibbiferellu, Zell. ; Licnig. 



