NOTES ON BRITISH LEPIDOFTERA. 147 



larva of the same type, for my examination, and although it 

 is of a white colour and almost without markings — pretty- 

 nearly an albino in point of fact — the form is exactly that of 

 the insect under consideration. 



The following description is from the pen of Mr. Stain- 

 ton : — 



*' Melissoblaptes (?) Cephalonica n. s. 

 " Alls anticis breviusctdis griseis, venis saluraiiorihus, 

 " margine postico saturate griseo-punctato ; capite albo. 

 '' Exp. al. $ ^—% % lin. 



" Head white, the fi-ontal tuft protruding, as in 3Ielisso- 

 " blaptes, and concealing the short palpi of the male — the 

 " palpi of the female are short, drooping, the second joint 

 " being densely clothed with long scales, leaving only the 

 '* extreme tip of the terminal joint visible ; antennse pale 

 " grey, the basal joint thickened and greyish-white. 



" Anterior wings with the costa somewhat rounded (in the 

 " male specimen before me, these have almost the form of a 

 " flattened eUipse, though this peculiar shape is less marked 

 " in the female) ; grey, with the nervui-es darker, especially 

 *^ those between the end of the discoidal cell and the apex of 

 " the wing ; hind margin spotted with dark grey. In the 

 " male specimen the costal portion of the wing has an 

 '* ochreous tinge towards the base. Cilia pale grey, with the 

 " extreme tips a little darker. 



** Posterior wings pale grey, somewhat transparent towards 

 " the anal angle, cilia paler grey. 



" Thorax in front whitish-grey, then grey concolorous 

 *' with the anterior wings. 



" Legs pale grey. 



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