/'J LEPIDOPTERA. 



in Perthshire, last May, mining in the leaves of Vaccinium 

 Vitis-Id&i, and puckering them, having a similar habit to 

 JY. Septembrella, and forming its cocoon within the leaf. 

 Unfortunately many of the larvae found were ichneumoned, 

 and very few of the perfect insect were bred; it is a large 

 conspicuous species, and may be readily known by the ab- 

 breviated broad oblique whitish fascia, from the costa before 

 the middle, and the small whitish spot at the anal angle of 

 the dark purplish black anterior wings. 



Alis anticis saturate purpureo-nigris, fascia obliqua abbreviata ante 

 medium, macula parva anali luteo-albis. Exp. al. 3j lin. 



Head and face ferruginous. Antennae fuscous, tbe basal joint yel- 

 lowish. Anterior wings dark purplish black : on the costa, before the 

 middle, is an oblique broad pale yellowish spot reaching to the fold ; 

 on the inner margin at the anal angle is a smaller yellowish-white spot ; 

 cilia whitish. Posterior wings grey, with pale grey cilia. 



XEPTICULA PRUXETORUM,Stainton,n. sp.; bred 

 by Mr. Boyd, from green larvae mining in sloe leaves, 

 making contorted visceriform mines, like JY. viscerella. Mr. 

 Boyd found the larvae near Loudwater, Bucks, in September, 

 but only in one locality. The species to which it is most 

 nearly allied are N. plagieolella and Acetosce; from the 

 former it is distinguished by the pale bi^onzy basal half of 

 the anterior wings and the black head, from Acetosa it is 

 distinguished readilv bv the extreme brightness of the an- 

 terior wings, by the silvery fascia being rather further from 

 the apex, and bordered internally by a rcell-dejined black 

 fascia. 



Alis anticis dilute aeneis, basim versus purpureo-tinctis, fascia media 

 nigra, fascia postica argentea ; capillis atris. Exp. al. 2 lin. 



Head and face deep black. Antennae black, basal joint white. An- 

 terior wings with the basal half pale bronzy, at the extreme base with a 

 purple tinge; in the middle is a well defined black fascia, followed by a 

 straight moderately broad silvery fascia ; the entire apex of the wing 

 black ; cilia blackish. Posterior wings pale grey, with dark grey cilia. 



