282 LVONETID/E. 



duabus, secuiida angulata, albis nitidis, introrsum (ad costam latius) 

 nigro-raarginatis, strigulis duabus costfc, una dorsi (fere cum prima 

 costali cohan'ente) albis, introrsum uigro-marginatis, strigula nigra ad 

 angulum analem, striola apicis nigra. Exp. al. 3 1-4 lin. 



Head coppery-brown. Eace silvcrj'-grcy. Palpi silvery- white. An- 

 tenna? dark fuscous, with paler annulations. Anterior wings shilling 

 coppenj-hrown, with a very sJiort and narroio lOiviargiiied white basal 

 strcah, and with two shining white fascia), the first nearly straight, the 

 second angulated above the middle, both are internally margined with 

 black scales, most broadly on the costa ; beyond are two white costal 

 streaks and one dorsal streak, which almost unites with the first costal 

 streak, they are dark-margined internally, and between them lie some 

 black scales, which are extended towards the anal angle ; at the apex 

 of the wing are some black scales. Posterior wings grey, with paler cilia. 



Appears at the end of May and end of August ; has occurred 

 on tlic old tram-road beyond Croydon, and at lieadley Lane. The 

 larva mines the underside of the radical leaves of Scabiosa colnm- 

 harla during the winter and si)ring, and at the end of July and 

 beginning of August, 



41. comparella (F. v. P.), Zell. L. E. i. 257. pi. 1. f. 42; Sta. ; 

 Dup. ? Alis antieis albis fusco-irroratis, strigulis obliqnis costae tribiis 

 ochreo-fuscis, cum strigulis tribus dorsi ochreo-fuscis alternantibus. 

 duabus posticjs dorsi, coslreque cxtrorsum nigro-marginatis, striola api- 

 cis nigra. Exp, ?il. 4 lin. 



Head whitish. Pace and palpi white. Antenna? whitish, annulated 

 with fuscous. Anterior wings white, irrorated with numerous fuscous 

 atoms, sometimes causing the ground-colour to appear pale fuscous ; 

 on the costa arc three short oblique ochreous-brown streaks equidistant 

 and parallel, and alternating the three similar smaller streaks on the 

 inner margin ; the two last of each are externally dark-margined ; at 

 the apex is a black streak, above which are two small ochreous-brown 

 spots on the costa. Posterior wings grey, with ])alcr cilia. 



Not common ; has occurred in May and August among white 

 pojdars, in several localities round London. 



Family XIL LYONETID.l]. 



Antenna? dimidio alarum anteriorum longiores, conchula basali instnict/V. 



Capilli ])lerisquc hcvigati. Palpi labiales breves, penduli, vcl nulh. 



Alic angustic, anteriores sa?pe caudulatix?, posteriores lanceolata?. 



AntcnuiC longer than the hat/ of the anterior wings ; the basal joini 

 expanded into an eye-cap. Head mostly smooth {liuccidatrix is the 

 only genus with a really rough head). Labial palpi short, drooping, or 



