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study. In Stephens's Collection there are only three, namely, 

 H. tineoides, brunneicomis and sparsa. The two former 

 appear to me to be identical and to belong to II. pidcltri- 

 cornis, Pict. ; the third, H. sparsa, I regarded as tineoides, 

 Dalm. ; whether the latter is not merely the female of the 

 former remains still to be decided. In Curtis's Collection I 

 saw H. sparsa, Vectis and cosfalis. The two former are 

 identical, but not with Stephens's species; of the H. rostalis 

 the type was not in sufficiently good condition to allow me 

 to come to a decided opinion. 



52. Hydroptila pulchricornis, Pict. ; H. tineoides and 



H. brunneicomis, Steph. 111. 152, 1 and 2. 



Testaceous, clothed with long hairs; antennas brown 

 before the apex and in the middle ; wings brownish- 

 grey, wath very long fringes ; anterior wings spotted 

 with white. 



Length \\ lin. ; exp. 2| lin. 



Hab. London, Hertford, from June to August; common. 



53. H. tineoides, Dalm.; H. sparsa, Steph. 111. 152, 3. 

 Testaceous, clothed with long hairs; antennas uniformly 



testaceous ; wings ashy grey, with very long fringes ; 



the anterior wings spotted with white. 

 Length 1| lin. ; exp. 2 J lin. 

 Hab. Hertford, June ; perhaps only the female of the 



preceding species. 



54. H. Vectis, Curt. Phil. Mag. 217; Steph. 111. 152, 4; 



H. sparsa, Curt. Phil. Mag. 217. 

 Testaceous, clothed with long hairs ; antennas brown 

 before the apex and in the middle ; anterior wings 



