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111 Mr. Edlcston's collection, is a single specimen, taken near 

 Loudon. 



9. atricomella, Sta. Cat. p. 25 (1S49). — ? aliendla, Sta. — exi- 

 f/iieUa, Step.? A lis aiitieis iiigris, /rtsc/« inlcrriipta aiigulala ante mo- 

 diuni, niaculis diiabus suboppositis, costali postcriovc, ante apiccin al- 

 bidis ; capite n'ujro, j)alpis griseis. ( ? alls anticis ad basim griseis, 

 postice griseo-iiigris, /fl.s'cirt obliqua ante riiedimn, viacidisqHe duabus tri- 

 augularibus suboppositbi anle apiccm albis ; capite f/rineo, palpis albidis.) 

 Exp. al. -li-S liii. 



Head (jreyhh-hlnck . Face antl palpi grey. Autcmia! dark grey. 

 Anterior wings greyish-black, with an interrupted stiijltHy angulated 

 fascia before the middle, and two opposite spots towards the apex 

 whitish ; the fascia being nearer the base of the wing on the costa, and 

 the costal spot being posterior to the dorsal spot, and also larger ; cilia 

 grey, with some blackish scales. Posterior wings grey, with paler cilia. 

 (In the female the head is dark <jrey, the face and palpi whitisli ; the 

 anterior wings are grey at the base, j)osteriorly greyish-black ; before 

 the nnddle is a wldte, HtUjhtty oblique fa>icia, and towards the a])ex arc 

 two triancjular white, nearly opposite spots.) 



Occurs near Loudon, not uncommonly, at the end of May and 

 in June, in hedges and on palings. The larva feeds at the be- 

 ginning of ]\LaY, on JJacfi/lls (/lomerata, mining down the leaves, 

 and then down the stem. 



10. luticomella, Zell. Isis, 1839. p. 212 ; Sta.— ffuttetla, J law.? 

 Step.? Ahs anticis bruuneis, fascia ante medium {^ angnsta, $ lata) 

 maculis duabus oppositis ( ? majoribus) ante apicem Jtacidis ; capite, 

 cum i)alpis, Inleo. Exp. al. 4-|-5 lin. 



Head, face, and paljji yellow. Antenmc fuscous. Anterior wings 

 brown, with a yeltowisli fascia before the middle (narrow and slightly 

 curved in the male, broad and straight in the female), and two yellow- 

 ish nearly Ojiposite spots towards the apex (these spots are small in the 

 mal(!, larger and triangular in the female) ; cilia greyish-brown. I'os- 

 terior wings brownish-grey, with grey cilia. 



Not unconnnon in many localities at the end of June and 

 beginning of July. The larva feeds on JJadi/lis i/lomerala in 

 May, and the perfect insect has been reared by Mr, Logan and 

 Mr. Scott; the former jjromises drawings of its transformations 

 in his forthcoming 'Illustrations of Scottish Lepidoptera.' 



11. Kilmunella, Sta. Cat. p. 2;") (18 li)). Alis anticis saturate 

 obscure griseis, fascia recta alba ante medium, vuiciitis ante apicem 

 duabus in fasciam sape connexis albis ( $ basi tota allja, sub costa tan- 

 tum cinerea) ; cajiite, cum palpis, saturate (jriseo. Kxj). al. 4^-5 lin. 



Head, face, and palpi dark grey. Antenna; dark grey. Anterior 

 wings dingy dark grey, with a nearly straiykt v'ltite J'aseia in tlu; mid- 

 dle, and two nearly oj)posite white spots before the apex, frequently united 



