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species is always found amongst fern {Pteris aquilina), may 

 feed in the stems of that plant. 



COLEOPHORA SQUAMOSELLA, n. Sp. 



Alis anticis griseo-fuscis, costa ante medium anguste alba, 

 squamis sparsis disci albis ; antennis albis, saturate-fusco- 

 annulatis ; articulo basali non penicillato. Exp. al. 5^ — C3A 

 lin. 



Head, face and palpi grey. Antennae white, sharply 

 annulated with dark fuscous. Anterior wings greyish fus- 

 cous, with the costa narrowly white to the middle; along the 

 fold and towards the hinder margin are numerous irregu- 

 larly scattered white scales, which give the insect a pecu- 

 liarly rough appearance ; cilia pale greyish. Posterior wings 

 grey, with paler cilia. 



Not closely allied to any known species; most easily re- 

 cognized by the scattered white scales on the dark ground of 

 the anterior wings. 



Two specimens have been taken by Mr. Douglas, in 

 Headley Lane, near Mickleham, August 10th, 1851, and 

 August 18th, 1853. 



COLEOPHORA SICCIFOLIA, n. sp. 



Alis anticis nitidis, griseis ; antennis albis, fusco-annulatis, 

 basim versus ochraceo-tinctis ; articulo basali non penicillato. 

 Exp. al. 6 lin. 



Head, face and palpi greyish ochreous. Antennae white, 

 annulated with fuscous, towards the base with a pale ochre- 

 ous tinge. Anterior wings unicolorous grey, very glossy, 

 sometimes with a slight ochreous tinge; cilia greyish fus- 

 cous. Posterior wings grey, with greyish fuscous cilia. 



Most closely allied to C.yryphipennella, but distinguished 

 by the less sharply annulated antenna? and the more glossy, 

 narrower anterior wings; from C. mminetella it is distin- 



