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margin, and intcnnpted, first, by a zigzag liinulate line, and se- 

 condly, by eight linear black spots, disposed in tlie form of a 

 crescent, just within the apical margin; hind wings semi-diapha- 

 nous, ashy grey, with their cilia concolorous ; beneath fore wings 

 dark smoky grey; hind wings light silky grey, 



A variable species ; the two specimens taken are so different as 

 to render the task of defining them rather dangerous. There is 

 no described species with which to compare it. 



Genus Depressaria, Haworth. 

 Sp. 1. Depressaria Melesella, T^ewman. 



Alis omnibus latis apice rotundatis, pallide fuscescentibus, lumine 

 mutato perpaullo iridescentibus, anticarum wacuUs 2 discalibus 

 parvis nigricantibus, (Alarum dilat. °825 unc.) 



Labial palpi long, the apical joint long, slender and recurved; 

 head, thorax and fore wings of a delicate drab colour, with a 

 silken gloss, exhibiting in certain positions iridescent tints; just 

 within the apica! margin are a series of ten minute round brown 

 dots, and there are two others rather more conspicuous on the disk 

 of each wing, the first rather before, the second rather beyond 

 the middle ; hind wings slightly different in tint from the fore 

 wings, rather more smoke-coloured but equally glossy ; there is 

 little difference in the colour of the under side, 



A single specimen was taken. I cannot compare it with any 

 known species, neither does it very readily associate with the 

 genus in which I have placed it. 



Sp. 2. Depressaria LewineUa, Newman. 



Alis anticis latis cinereis, maculis minutis, difformibiis, nigrican- 

 tibus ; posticis cinereo-fuscescentibus, ciliis cuncoloribus : sitbtus, 

 alis anticis fuscescentibus ; post ids joerpaullo paUidioribiis. 

 (Alarum dilat. "9 unc.) 

 Labial palpi longer tlian in any of our British species, the ter- 

 minal joint very long, slender ; colour of the head, thorax and 

 fore wings grey ; the last have a number of black marks, all of 

 them longitudinally elongated ; hind wings pale, smoky brown, 

 glossy or satiny, with short pale concolorous cilia; underside of 

 the fore wings smoky brown, of the hind-wings slightly paler. 



This species also differs essentially from any species of De- 

 pressaria previously described. Two specimens were taken, 



u 2 



