150 LEPIDOPTERA. 



Catoptria parvulana, Wilkinson, MS. 

 This little species reminds one somewhat of a dwarf 

 Cacimaculana, but is darker and has the markings more 

 shining. It was taken by Mr. Bond in the summer of 1857, 

 in the Isle of Wight, amongst dwarf thistles. 



Swammerdamia Pruni, Stainton (Int. iv. p. 91.) 

 The larva of this species, found by Mr. Parfitt of Exeter 

 on plum, is so strikingly different from the other larvae which 

 we know of the genns, that there can be little doubt of the 

 distinctness of the species ; although the only specimen yet 

 bred of the perfect insect so closely resembles S. griseocapi- 

 tdla, that a series will be necessary in order to ascertain its 

 distinctive characters. 



Gelechia leucomelanella, Zeller. 

 Alis anticis nig?*is, fascia obliqua ad dorsum- latiore ante 

 medium,, nebulaque in medio indistinrte albidis, maculis 

 duabus posticis albis, costali major -e ac posteriory 



Exp. al. 6 lin. 



Head and face blackish. Second joint of the palpi greyish - 

 ochreous, terminal joint black. Antennas blackish, with very 

 slender paler annulations. Anterior wings black, with some 

 scattered whitish scales ; not far from the base is an obliquely 

 placed whitish fascia, broadest on the inner margin, and 

 nearly on the middle of the disc is an indistinct whitish 

 cloud; beyond are two distinct white marginal spots, of 

 which that on the costa is the larger and placed nearer to 

 the apex of the wing ; cilia grey. 



This is another species added to our lists by the untiring 

 energy of Mr. Boyd, who found the larva mining the shoots 



