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with Cristulalis, you will find that the first named is a much 

 whiter-looking insect, with shorter and broader wings, and 

 the costal margin much straighter; the first line more 

 decidedly angled, and the second, or elbow line runs 

 parallel to hind margin, and not bent back on costal margin 

 towards the base, as in Cristulalis; the palpi much longer; 

 face, head and thorax, pure white; hind wings white, of a 

 slight pearly hue. — W. H. Tugwell ; 3, Lewisham Road, 

 Greenwich. 



Description of a Lepidopterous- Insect {Epheslia Rox-"^ 

 hurghii) New to Science. — Expands from 7 to 9 lines. 

 Form broad, costa rounded, wings obtuse. Head, face, 

 palpi and thorax gray ; first third of fore wings gray ; then 

 a broad, distinct, slightly-waved, silvery line across the 

 wing, pointing inwards, followed by rich, deep, brownish 

 gray (darkest outside the light line), extending to the cilia, 

 but cut beyond the second third of the wing by a well- 

 defined, light gray streak pointing outwards, which streak is 

 edged with dark suff'used lines ; then near the cilia is a well- 

 defined dark streak, and on the disk of the wing are two dark 

 spots, one under the other; cilia broad, gray, intersected by 

 alight line in it, inclined to ochreous; hind wings ample, 

 obtuse, light silvery gray, darkest along the cilia, which 

 springs from a light ochrey line outside the dark inner edge 

 of the wing, giving the appearanpe of a double cilia; 

 abdomen bright silvery gray. This grand addition to our 

 collections was bred by Mr. Roxburgh. They fed upon 

 debris of old Lepidoptera, &c., in a neglected drawer : how 

 the eggs came there is not known ; but it is suspected they 

 were introduced with dried fruits. Several specimens were 

 shown to me last year; and this summer Mr. Roxburgh gave 

 me the specimen from which this description is drawn. I 

 feel some doubt as to its being a true Ephestia. Its general 

 appearance and form (not colour), in small specimens, point 

 to Interpunctella as a near ally, but it is larger, and has full, 

 rounded costa ; and its short, curved palpi lead me to think 

 I may have a word to say on this point another time. I have 

 much pleasure in proposing to name this beautiful species 

 after, 1 may say, the most liberal, energetic and successful 

 collector we have in this district. — C. S. Gregson ; Rose 

 Bank, Fletcher Grove, Liverpool, December 24, 1872. 



