156 LEPIDOPTERA. 



pear quite distinct ; future investigation must prove the cor- 

 rectness of this assumption. 



Cemiostoma Lotella, Stainton. 



Alis anticis angustulis plumbeis, postice cupreis, apice 

 nigro, maculis dudbus costce albis, macula atra violaceo- 

 pupillata ad unguium analem, ciliis albidis cum striis 

 quatuor radiantibus nrgris. 



Exp. al. 2J lin. 



Very closely allied to C. scitella, but the anterior wings 

 are narrower; the apical portion of the wing, whence the 

 radiating lines in the cilia start, is black instead of coppery ; 

 besides, the radiating lines are darker than in C. scitella, and 

 the position of the two lower ones is quite different ; in C. 

 scitella one of these projects straight out at the end of the 

 wing (or even droops a little), and the other droops con- 

 siderably ; in C. Lotella the one points slightly upwards and 

 the other slightly downwards. 



This species was detected by Mr. T. Wilkinson, who bred 

 it from larvae collected near Scarborough, mining in the 

 leaves of Lotus major, and which at the time were supposed 

 merely to have been larvae of Nepticula Cryptella. Mr. 

 Wilkinson again met with the larvae this summer (see Int. 

 vol. iv. p. 117). 



Cemiostoma Wailesella, Stainton. 



Allied to C. Laburnella and Spartifoliella, but smaller, 

 and with a faint bluish tint (see Int. vol. iv. p. 44). 



In order to describe this species satisfactorily, it will be 

 necessary to wait till we can examine an extensive series of 

 bred specimens. 



