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feeds iu the rose-leaves in autumn, making Lvrge hlotches ; it is 

 pale greeimh, and it makes a dark hlacklsh-yreca cocoon. 



27. gratiosella, Sta. Cat. p. 29 (181-9) ; Diip.? Alls anticis di- ^ -,— ■ 

 lute aurco-brimucis, postice violacci.s, fascia lore recta pone iiiodiuiu W- VjM 

 candeHCCHte-nrfjentea ; capillis atris. pAp. al. 2 liu. i itv-v. 



Head and face ^/rtc/-. Palpi whitish. Antenna! dark fuscous ; basal 

 joint white. Anterior wings pale golden-brown, witli a nearly straight 

 blimh-sUccri/ fascia beyond the middle, the apex of the wing violet ; 

 cilia fuscous. Posterior wings grey, with paler cilia. 



Not uncommon in May, Hying round the hawthorn-twigs, iu 

 the sunsliine, also plentiful on paHngs at Beckenham. The larva 

 is one of the yellowish larvse which mine the leaves of haw thorn 

 in autumn. 



28. marginicolella, Sta. Zool. 1853, p. 3958. — CenUfoliella, 

 Sta. Cat. — aurclla, var. y. Haw. — lemniscdla, Zell. ? Alis anticis Icele 

 aureo-bruitiieis, pone medium purpurco-tinctis, oplce saturate pnrpKreo, 

 fascia ohliqua pone medium argmtfo-alba ; capillis $ atris, '^ forru- 

 /jlneis. Exp. al. 2|-3 lin. 



Head of the ^J Idack, of the ? redJish-ijcllow. Palpi whitish. An- 

 tenna} fuscous; basal joint whitish. Anterior wings rich (jolden-hrown, 

 with a purple tinge beyond the iiiiihlle ; beyond the middle is a rather 

 oblique silvery-white fascia ; the apex of the vjing is deep purple ; cilia 

 pale fuscous. I'osterjor wings grey, with grey cilia. 



Appears in May and August, but hitherto only met with in the 

 perfect state on a fence near Beckenham in i\Iay. The yellowish 

 larva mines in autumn and July the leaves of the elm, making a 

 long, not mterlunned gallery, frequently at the etlije of the leaj] 

 going in and out of each scrratui-e. 



29. aurella, Fab. S. E. GGfi. ('.5 (1775); Haw.; Step.; Zell.; 



Sta. Alis anticis ln;le aureo-brunneis, pone medium purpureo-tiuetis, r^ \\\\ V 

 apice saturate violaceo, hsc'ia recta pono mcd'imn dilute a urea ; capdhs vK • YiiJL' 

 ferruffii/eis. Exp. al. 3-3^ lin. \ i ' C- 



Head and face reddish-yelloio. Palpi whitish. Autcnnrc fuscous; '* 

 basal joint whitish. Anterior wings rich golden-brown, beyond the 

 middle with a purple tinge ; beyond the nnddlc is a neartg straight, 

 pale golden fascia ; the apical portion of the wing is deep violet; cilia 

 fuscous. Posterior wings grey, with grey cilia. 



This is the largest and best-known species of the genus; it 

 occurs nearly throughout the year, being however most plentiful 

 in May and August. The larva mines the leaves of the bramble, 

 making long tortuous galleries; I believe it may be fouml in 

 every month of the year ; it makes a singular llattened cocoon, 

 with scalloped edges. 



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