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curved but not indented below the costa as in sambucalis ; again, 

 in stachydalis, the first three spots are but little, if any, larger 

 than the others in the series forming the line. On the hind wings 

 the two outer spots are almost confluent in sambucalis, but in 

 stachydalis they are widely separated, one is near the costa and in 

 conjunction with the central spot, and a submarginal chain of 

 smaller spots, form a fairly distinct ring around what would be in 

 sambucalis the lower discal spot. 



The larva feeds in September on Stachys sylvatica, on the 

 leaves of which it "lives in a sort of tube, formed either by 

 turning down the tip of a leaf, and folding it closely on to the 

 under surface with a quantity of silk, or else by drawing together 

 a fold of the under surface, and covering it over with a thick 

 silken web, in either case leaving an opening at each end " 

 (Buckler). 



Introduced by Mr. Barrett, December, 1875. Occurs in 

 several English localities. 



Disteibution. — Central Europe ; Sardinia. 



PSAMOTIS PULVEEALIS, Hiibn. (PI. IV. fig. 1.) 



BRIT. REF. : — 



Lemiodes pulveralis, Meek, Ent. Mo. Mag. vi. p. 141 ; Entom. 

 v. p. 31 ; Knaggs, Ent. Ann. .1870, p. 140 ,* E. M. M. xi. p. 

 117 ; Cooke, E. M. M. vii. p. 86 ; Barrett, op. cit. p. Ill ; 

 Doubl. List, Suppl. p. 2 ; Weston, Entom. x. p. 92 ; 

 Eagonot, E. M. M. xvi. p. 271. 

 Psamotis pulveralis, South, Syn. List, p. 18 ; Leech, Brit. 



Pyral. p. 41, pi. v. fig. 7. 

 Expanse 10£ — 14 lines. $ . Pale ochreous brown sprinkled with black 

 atoms ; first line straight, brown, but not clearly defined ; second line brown, 

 oblique, and slightly curved below costa. Hind wings rather paler, with a 

 distinct brown transverse central line ; all the wings have a submarginal 

 fuscous shade-like band, and the space between this and 2nd line" appears 

 paler, distinctly so in some specimens. Fringes silky, preceded by a thin 

 brown line. J . Similar to the male, but the wings are less ample. 



Mr. Eagonot says that Herr Muhli-g has found the larva 

 on Mentha aquatica in August, but it has not been described. 



Introduced by Mr. E. G. Meek, November, 1869. The 

 species is now in most collections, but has become scarce, if not 

 quite extinct in its original haunt, the Warren, at Folkestone. 



Beitish Localities. — Isle of Wight ; Folkestone ; Kan worth. 



Disteibution. — Central and South Eastern Europe ; Armenia. 



Note. — The specimens described by Stephens in 1834 (111. Brit. 

 Lep. Haust. iv. p. 55) as P. pulveralis, are referable to Botys 

 fuscalis, Schiff. 



Maegaeodes unionalis, Hiibn. (PI. III. fig. 3.) 



BRIT. REF. : — 



Margarodes unionalis, Stainton, Intell. vii. p. 19 ; Ent. Ann. 

 1860. p. 133, pi. i. fig. 4 ; Steward, Zool. 1861, p. 7799 ; 



