NOTES ON BRITISH LEPIDOPTERA. 103 



" The insect varies very considerably in size, from 8 — 11 

 lines, in expanse of wings. 



" The anterior wings are much narrower than in Ephestia 

 elutella, especially at the base, and the costa beyond the 

 middle is much rounded. The form of the first and second 

 lines is very different in the two species, but in obscurely- 

 marked specimens the first line is scarcely traceable in E. 

 Ficella, If we select, however, a sharply-marked specimen, 

 we notice at once, that, instead of a nearly straight appear- 

 ance, it forms a W between the costa and subdorsal nervure, 

 below which it again slopes nearly parallel to the first slope 

 from the costa (the first stroke of the VY). 



" That is to say, this line slopes outwardly from the costa 

 till past the subcostal nervure, then returns towards the base 

 of the wing till it intersects the medial nervure, then slopes 

 outwardly in the fold, returning again towards the base of 

 the wing till intersected by the subdorsal nervure, below 

 which it again slopes obliquely outwards to the inner 

 margin. 



** The second line slopes obliquely inwards from the costa 

 to below the subcostal nervure, where it makes a very sharp 

 angle, and then, after again approaching as near the hind 

 margin as it was at its origin on the costa, it slopes gradually 

 towards the inner margin ; on the middle of the disc is a 

 black spot, and, above it, a little anterior, is a smaller one, 

 frequently indistinct. 



'* The first line is preceded by a pale band, and the second 

 line is followed by a pale band, which, on the right wins:, 

 has much the appearance of a written 5. 



" Mr. Bond's specimens bred from cork have a much 

 greyer appearance than the specimens bred by Mr. Doug- 

 las in 1851 from figs; but the markings in the two are 

 precisely identical. Mr. Shepherd has also bred this insect 



