136 LEPIDOPTERA. 



Nepticula Tili^:, Frey. 

 Alis anticis saturate fusco-cenew, subnitidis, apice violaceo- 

 purpureo, cillis fusco-griseis ; capillis atris (Frey, Linn. 

 Ent. xi. p. 381). 

 Exp. al. 21in. 



Anterior wings dark bronzy-brown, with the apex tinged 

 with purple ; head black. 



Mr. Vaughan bred a fine series of this insect in May and 

 June, from larvae collected the previous autumn near Bristol. 

 Mr. Vaughan had apparently two sorts of larvae (see Ent. 

 Ann. 1859, p. 163, Enigma No. 62), but the moths produced 

 from these larvae, which were kept perfectly distinct, were 

 quite inseparable, and not to be distinguished from each other. 



