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state. The brhjht greeii larva mines the leaves of the elm in an- 

 tuniii, making the convolutions of its narrow mine so elose together 

 that they form brown blotches ; it is excessively abundant in many 

 localities. 



7. Catharticella, Pta. Zool. 1853. p. 31)5^. AHs anticis nigris, 

 dilutissinie purpurco-tiiictis, y;K«("/o mhiuto dorsi pone niecHuni alba; 

 capillis ferrugiueis; tarsis posticis albidis, /«seo-rt//««/«^/.y. Exp. al. 

 2i lin. 



Head and face reddish-yellow. Palpi whitish. Antciuue fuscous, 

 basal joint whitish. Hinder tarsi whitish, annulaled irilli dar/i fancous. 

 Anterior wings black, with a very faint purple tinge, witli a mhude 

 icJiite spot on the inner margin near the anal angle ; ciha whitish. 

 Posterior wings pale grey, with pale grey cilia. 



Appears in May (?) and August, but not hitherto met with in 

 the perfect state. The larva feeds in autumn and July, on the 

 leaves of Rltaninus catharticus, making rather broad galleries ; it 

 is excessively abundant on several bushes in my own neighbour- 

 hood, yet^ though I have searched and beaten for the perfect insect, 

 when I expected it should be out, at various hours of the day, 1 

 never succeeded in hnding a single specimen. ' 



8. Septembrella, Sta. Cat. p. 29 (1849). Alis anticis nigris, 

 macula triaugularl dorsi pone medium albida, capillis ferrugiueis ; an- 

 tennis fuscis ; tarsis posticis unicoloribus alhidis. Exp. al. 2 lin. 



Head and face reddish-yellow. Palpi whitish. Antenna; fuscous, 

 basal joint whitish. Hinder tarsi uniculorous tcJiUisJi. Anterior wings 

 black, with a rather tr'unujular wkithh spot on the inner margin beyond 

 the middle ; ciUa whitish. Posterior wings whitish-grey, with paler 

 cilia. 



The original specimen was taken by Mr. Bcdelb at West Wick- 

 hara AYood, in September; it probably appears in ]\[ay and Au- 

 gust, but a summer brood of the larva has not yet been observed. 

 Tiic larvtC mine the leaves of Il/jpcricum pulchrum in autumn, 

 making extremely slender mines, and going several times round 

 and across the small leaves they inhabit ; when full-fed they pucker 

 the leaf a little, andyorw^ their cocoon inside it, never quitting the 

 mine till theij assume the perfect state, thus quite abnormal to the 

 ordinary habits of the genus. 



9. intimella, Zell. L. E. iii. 323 (181-8); Sta.; Sircom. Alis 

 anticis sat urate y^scv's, macula dorsi jntullu post medium lutescoitc ; ca- 

 pillis luteis ; autcnins lutesceutlbHs. l']xp. al. 3 lin. 



Head and face yellowish. Palpi wliitish. Antenna) dirty pale ycl- 

 lowinh, basal joint whitish. Anterior wings dark funcom, with a ycl- 

 lo^imh spot on the inner margin, a tittle Ijeyoud the middle ; cilia grey- 

 ish-fuscous. Posterior wings grey, with paler cilia. 



