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Murray, Isle of Man, for a series of this insect; he took them 

 the beginning of June amongst Mosa sjnnosissima in the 

 Isle of Man. I had thought it might possibly have been 

 the Continental Iiicurvaria argilhlla, Zell. (one of the 

 numerous unicolorous species xnih. v/hich I am personally 

 unacquainted); but Dr. Staudinger thinks it an undescribed 

 species, and adds that " it has been taken freely in Germany 

 hy one of his friends, exclusively amongst Rosa spinosis- 

 sima." 



The Rev. R. P. Murray says that he found '^ the species 

 very easy to disturb, but its flight was very short, rarely so 

 much as a yard, and that they were very quiet when 

 boxed." 



Gelechia (Lita) Strelitziella, Herrich-Schaffer. 



Exp. al. 6J lin. 



Best recognized by the somewhat marbled appearance of the 

 elongate grey anterior wings. In colouring and in intensity 

 of marking it varies very considerably. The most character- 

 istic markings are a short dark oblique streak from the costa, 

 edged anteriorly with pale grey, two black spots on the 

 disc, in a line separated by a blotch of pale grey, and a pale 

 angulated fascia formed by the union of two pale opposite 

 spots beyond the middle; the apical margins are also spotted 

 with pale grey. 



The Rev. E. X. Bloomfield met with two specimens of 

 this insect at Lowestoft, July 28th, 1871, beating them from 

 Marram (^Ammophila arunclinacea). 



I have Continental specimens from Glogau, Meseritz and 

 Stettin, captured between the end of May and the end of 

 June. I once had a specimen sent from Holland for de- 

 termination. The habit of the larva has not yet been dis- 

 covered. 



