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brownish, In the middle of this band is a silvery transverse 

 streak. On the hind margin appears a similar golden and 

 silvery band, which cuts off a triangle at the apex. 



Below this, along the fringes, are four velvety-black marks, 

 each ornamented with a golden spot, and fine golden streaks. 

 The fringes are yellowish-grey, and are separated from the 

 apical triangle by a silver line. The hind-wings are white. 



It is not a common species in England. 



GENUS DONACAULA. (Chilonida!) 

 Chilo, Zincken in Germar, Mag. Ent. ii. p. 33 (1817) ; 



Treitschke, Schmett, Eur. viii. p. 293 (1830) ; ix. (i), p. 60 



(1832) nee Guenee^ re sir. 



Topeutis, pt. Hiibner, Verz. bek. Schmett. p. 366 (1826?). 

 Schoenobius, pt. Duponchel, Cat. Meth. Lepid. d'Eur. p. 312 



(1864) ; Zeller, Chilon. et Crarnb. p. 3 (1863). 

 Donacaulcty Meyrick, Handb. Brit. Lepid. p. 401 (1895). 



This genus and its allies resemble Palparia, but are larger 

 moths, with narrower wings in proportion, and are found 

 among reeds, and other water-plants, in the stems of which the 

 larvae feed. 



THE DARK HOOK-TIP VENEER. DONACAULA MUCRONELLA. 



(Plate CLIIL, Fig. 8.) 

 Tinea mucronella, Denis & Schiffermiiller, Syst. Verz. Schmett. 



Wien. p. 136 (1776). 



Tinea straminella, Hiibner, Eur. Schmett. viii. fig. 284 (1802?). 

 Chilo mucronellus, Treitschke, Schmett. Eur. ix. (i), p. 67 

 (1832). 



The Dark Hook-tip Veneer is a native of Central and South- 

 Eastern Europe. It expands about an inch. 



The fore-wings are pale straw-colour, dusted with brownish, 

 with a dark shade from the base to the apex, and the costa in 



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