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nulutcd with fuscous. Anterior wiiic;s pale oclireous, ivilJi a /hscoms 

 streak on the disc j)OsteriorIii, iu vMck are two dark fuscous spots en- 

 circled v:ith white, one in the middle and the other beyond the middle ; 

 cilia pale grcyish-ochreous. Posterior wings pale grey, with ])aler cilia. 

 Two s])ccimcuSj in rather wasted condition, have been taken in 

 marshy places iu July; one is in Mr. Shepherd's, the other ni 

 Mr. Stevens' collection. 



8. decorella, Step. 11. iv. 213 (lS3-i). Alis anticis fnscis, dorso 

 late tisriue jmne viediuui, faseiaque obliqua postica albis, vuicida majore 

 ante, minore post fasciam ochreo-ljruHneis. Exp. al. 5i lin. 



Head gTcy. Face white. Palpi white, tlie last joint with a ring, 

 and the apex fuscous. Antennas fuscous. Anterior wings fuscous, 

 with the inner margin broadly white to beyond the middle, and with 

 an oblique white fascia before the apex ; a tawny blotch lies on tlie disc 

 before the fascia, and beyond the fascia is a smaller tawny blotch ; cilia 

 grey. Posterior wings fuscous, with paler cilia. 



Occurs iu many localities at the end of autumn, hybcrnated 

 specimens occurring iu the spring ; like some other hybei-nating 

 species, it is not unfrequcntly found in houses and out-houses. 



9. subbistrigella. Haw. L. P>. 581 (1829). — slnrmpennella, 

 Treit. ; Zell. Alis anticis fuseis, macula ohsoleta dihttiore dorsi prope 

 basim, macula triangulari albida ante medium dorsi, costam tangeute, 

 fascia postica obliqua alba subintcrrupta. Exp. al. hi liu. 



Head grey. Face white. Palpi white, the last joint with a ring, 

 and the tij) fuscous. Antennre fuscous. Anterior wings fuscous, wilh 

 an obscure paler spot on the inner margin near the base, a large triangu- 

 lar vvhitisli spot on the inner margin before the middle reaching to the 

 costa, and beyond the middle with an oblicjuc white fascia, almost in- 

 terrupted ; cilia greyish-fuscous. Posterior wings fuscous, with paler 

 cilia. 



I met w ith this among sallows, at Chudleigh, \w eTunc ; it lias 

 also occurred in other localities, but liaving been reputed a variety 

 of decorella, its habits have been little noticed. 



10. atra, Haw. L. B. ,553 (1829); Step.; Cmi. —IleUereUa, 



Dup. L. F. xi. p. 293. f. 11. — pntripenuella, Zell. Alis anticis nigris, y^ — — 

 dorso sinuate albo, fascia alba postica, ramos eraittente, unum anticc, -^' V-i: • 

 duos postice, apieem nigrum in maculas tres cUvidentes, maculis duabus //// , ft 

 tubci'culatis atris, prima plic?e in medio, altera supra angulum analcm o '^~ 

 (alis anticis stcpe onniino nigris). Exp. al. G lin. 



Head and face white, with a few grey scales. Palpi white, the end 

 of the second joint, and a ring belbre the apex of the terminal joint, 

 fuscous. Antenna) fuscous, with paler annulations. Anterior wings 

 black, the inner margin white to beyond the middle, where an irregular 

 oblique white fascia proceeds towards the apex ; the black forming a 

 blotch along the costa, very narrow at the base, l)ut expanding towards 



