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Mrs. T. Vernon Wollaston on 
CEcophora pseudospretella , Staint. 
This exceedingly commonplace European CEcophora has 
all the appearance of being but an introduced species at St. 
Helena, where it occurs principally at intermediate elevations, 
about houses, and more particularly about unused and empty 
outhouses. The dull tawny-brown surface of its anterior 
wings, which are minutely dusted with darker scales and have 
two somewhat rounded blackish blotches (accompanied occa¬ 
sionally by a smaller and more streak-like additional one) on 
the disk, will serve sufficiently to recognize it. 
Genus 36. Glyphipteryx, Htibn. 
Glyphipteryx semilunaris , E. Woll. 
Expanse 3^-4 lines. With the labial palpi divaricating, 
somewhat curved or arched, and acute at the apex; antennae 
about the same length as the body ; head covered with shining 
imbricated scales. The fore wings are of a rich golden and 
iridescent bronze, with an indistinct fascia about the middle 
(rectangular and almost disjointed in the centre), which is 
much thickened (or abruptly expanded) towards the inner 
margin, and contains a white semilunate dash, which is the 
most conspicuous marking that the species possesses. The 
apical half of the costa is more or less ornamented with minute 
alternate white and black oblique dashes, the latter being 
somewhat the longer of the two. The space above the anal 
angle is usually more hoarsely sprinkled with iridescent scales 
than the rest of the surface. Hind wings of a dark smoky 
leaden colour. Thorax of the same iridescent bronze as the 
anterior wings ; body of a rather duller hue, but at the same 
time (unlike the hinder wings) slightly metallic. 
This very interesting little Glyphipteryx is one of the 
prettiest of the St.-Helena moths, the bright iridescent reddish- 
bronze hue of its anterior wings, which are elegantly marked 
with a narrow semilunate patch of white just before the middle 
of their inner margin, and have the apical half of their costa 
ornamented with oblique abbreviated alternate darker and 
palish stripes or dashes, gives it a very beautiful appearance. 
Indeed, when the insect is at rest, the white submedian spot 
unites at its base with the corresponding one of the opposite 
wing, forming a distinct crescent-shaped marking which is 
very conspicuous. 
Glyphipteryx semilunaris is exceedingly abundant at a 
high elevation and in many parts of the island, occurring 
