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that of the Gracilarice, already described, and unites it with the 

 following species. Its snow-white colour, with pale yellow mark- 

 ings, readily distinguishes it in this genus." 



" Hardly as large as Gr. Syringella. Thorax and head, with their 

 adjuncts, pure white, rather shiny. Antennae dirty-yellowish, 

 faintly annulated with darker towards the base, above more 

 whitish ; the long basal joint is white above, brownish-yellow 

 beneath, at the end with a brown spot. Labial palpi rather 

 drooping, filiform, slightly curved. The second joint externally 

 at the apex dark ; the third as long as the second, short-pointed. 

 The four anterior legs have the middle of the femora and the base 

 and end of the tibiae brown ; the very unequal spines of the middle 

 tibiae have the basal half brown. 



" Hinder femora dirty white ; hinder tibiae fringed on the back, 

 externally and before the apex yellowish brown. All the tarsi 

 have the ends of the joints brownish-yellow. Abdomen yellowish 

 grey, beneath white. 



" Anterior wings rather broad, appearing (owing to the colouring 

 of the cilia) to expand towards the hinder margin, snow-white, with 

 brownish-yellow, almost saffron-yellow markings. At the base of 

 the costa is the black spot. At some distance from it is a per- 

 pendicular nearly straight fascia. Almost on the middle of the 

 wing follows an inwardly oblique fascia, the lower half of which ex- 

 pands externally, and, by its prolongation, unites with the next 

 fascia-form line. This lies still more inclined and parallel to another 

 very near and similarly formed, with the lower half of which it 

 sometimes unites. All the above mentioned markings are finely 

 bordered with black. There are besides two yellow hook-shaped 

 transverse-streaks, the colour of which, as well as of the two pre- 

 ceding, is continued into the hinder-marginal cilia. Beyond the 

 apex of the wing is a deep black streak in the white cilia. 



" Posterior wings narrow, long pointed, yellowish grey, with paler 

 cilia." 



" Several specimens of this insect were taken on the Simplon, 

 in the latter half of July, among white-thorn, willow and birch 

 bushes." 



The above description is copied from Zeller. The insect has 

 not yet occurred in this country, nor indeed do I believe it has 

 ever been met with but on the Simplon. 

 (7b be continued.) 



