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JECHMIA, Sta., ^Ech'mia, al^rf, the point of a spear. 

 DENTELLA, Zel., Dent el' la, dens, a tooth : the inner 

 margin of the anterior wings bearing a pro- 

 jecting tooth of scales. 

 PERITTIA, Sta., Perit'tia, TrepiTros, extraordinary, 



uncommon. 

 OBSCUREPUNCTELLA, Sta., Obscurepunctel'la, ob- 



scurus, obscure, punctum, a spot. 

 TINAGMA, Dup., Tinag'ma, Tway/Aa, a shake, a jerk : 



from the sharp jerking motions of the insects. 

 SERICIELLUM, Ha., Seriqiel' lum, sericeus, silky. 

 STANNEELLUM, F. v. R., Stanneel'lum, stanneus, made 

 of stannum, an alloy of silver and lead : from 

 the colour of the wings, which are " shining 

 pale bronzy-grey." 

 RESPLENDELLUM, Dgl., Resplendel'lum, resplendens, 



resplendent. 



DOUGLASIA, Sta., Douglas'ia, in honour of Mr. J. W. 

 Douglas, author of "The World of Insects," 

 and of various papers in the Transactions of 

 the Entomological Society of London. 

 OCNEROSTOMELLA, Sta., Ocnerostomel'la, resembling 

 Ocnerostoma piniariella, q. v. 



ARGYRESTHIIDJE, Sta., Argyresthiida, the family of which 

 the genus Argyres'thia is the type. 



ARGYRESTHIA, Sta., Argyres'thia, apyvpos, silver, 



eaOris, dress. 

 EPHIPPELLA, F., Ephippel'la, ephippia, horse's 



trappings, a saddle-cloth. 

 NITIDELLA, F., Nitidel'la, nitidus, sleek. 

 PURPURASCENTELLA, Sta., Purpuras^entel' la, pur- 



purascens, growing purple. 

 SEMITESTACELLA, Cur., Semitestdqel'la, semis, half, 



testaceus, brick-coloured. 



SPINIELLA, Zel., Spiniel'la, spinus, a sloe-bush. 

 AiBisTniAjHsi.jAlbis'triayalbus, white, stria, a streak. 

 CONJUGELLA, Zel., Conjugel'la, conjux, a consort. 

 SEMIFUSCA, Ha., Semifus'ca, semis, half, fuscus, 



dusky. 



MENDICA, Ha., Mendl'ca, mendicus, poor, paltry. 

 GLAUCiNELLA,Zel., Glaucinel 'la,glaucus, bluish-grey. 

 RETINELLA, Zel., Retinel'la, rete, a net. 

 ABDOMINALIS, Zel., Abdominalis, the abdomen 



being rufous. 

 DILECTELLA, Zel., Dllectcl ' la, dilectus, dear. 



