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in Viminetella, Gryphipennella, Siccifolia, &c. : in the 

 general dull glossy appearance and slenderness of the an- 

 tennae it reminds one much of Viminetella ; but the case of 

 the larva, not unlike a miniature case of Anatipennella, 

 abundantly proves its distinctness. 



The larva was found by Mr. Gregson, April the 16th, at 

 the Brushes, near Manchester, on the Vaccinium Vitis-ldcea. 

 Mr. Hague also met with it in the same locality (Intel- 

 ligencer, p. 63). Professor Zeller found the larvae near 

 Glogau, in November, then feeding. 



Laverna cotfTURBATELLA, Hiibner. 



(Kg; 2.) 

 Alis anticis nigro-cceruleis fuscoque intermixtis, maculis 

 duabus albis oppositis pone medium (macula costali 

 majore ac posteriore) ; capite, thoraceque saturate 

 griseis. 



Exp. al. 7—8 lin. 



Head and thorax dark grey. Face pale grey, with a few 

 darker scales. Palpi pale grey ; terminal joint with two 

 black rings, one near the base, the other before the tip. An- 

 tennae dark grey. Anterior wings blueish-black, with some 

 rather indistinct tawny blotches; a greyish blotch at the 

 base of the inner, and two conspicuous white spots towards 

 the hind margin, that on the costa the broadest and most 

 posteriorly placed ; on the fold are three tufts of black scales 

 and three others above them ; cilia brownish, frequently with 

 a few whitish scales. Hind wings greyish-brown, with paler 

 cilia. 



Distinguished from Propinquella, which it most nearly 

 resembles, by its larger size, and dark head and thorax. In 

 Propinquella the head, thorax and blotch at the base of the 

 inner margin of anterior wings are conspicuously white. 



This species was added to our list by Mr. F. O. Standish 



