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First line oblique, greyish, hardly paler than the ground colour. 

 Second line slender, pale grey, parallel to the hind margin, 

 slightly sinuous, followed on the costa by a dark streak. Cilia 

 pale brownish grey, preceded by an indistinct dark line. Hind 

 wings brownish grey, cilia paler. Head, thorax, and palpi 

 brownish grey ; antennae pale brown, not annulated. Palpi 

 recurved, ascending." — (Ragonot.) 



Introduced by Mr. C. S. Gregson, February, 1873. 



British Locality. — ? Liverpool. 



Note. — M. Ragonot considers E. roxburghii to be a good 

 species, and says that it has considerable resemblance to 

 Cryptoblabes bistriga, but, apart from the different coloration, 

 the neuration is very distinct. He adds, " roxburghii has not 

 yet been bred," and this probably means that the larva is 

 unknown, because Mr. Gregson — referring to the specimens 

 shown to him by Mr. Roxburgh, who discovered the species — 

 says, " They fed upon debris of old Lepidoptera, &c, in a 

 neglected drawer. How the eggs came there is not known; but 

 it is suspected they were introduced with dried fruits." 



Phycis adornatella var. subornatella, Dup. 



BRIT. KEF. : — 



Phycis subornatella, Knaggs, Entom. Ann. 1867, p. 141; 

 Barrett, Ent. Mo. Mag. xvi. p. 162, xxvi. p. 20; Richard- 

 son, op. cit. p. 139. 



In this variety the white of the fore wings is paler, a whitish 

 fascia precedes the first line, and the second line is less distinctly 

 angulated. 



Note. — All entomologists, whose series of Phycis adornatella 

 comprised detachments from various localities, have been greatly 

 perplexed when they attempted to determine some of the speci- 

 mens comprised in such series. These examples would possess 

 the special characters which would make them appear to be 

 referable to subornatella ; but, at the same time, their general 

 characters made it apparent that they were not specifically 

 distinct from adornatella. To further complicate the matter, 

 examples would also be found which varied from the type of 

 adornatella in the direction of subornatella, but could not be 

 satisfactorily placed with the latter. Now that those who 

 formerly upheld subornatella as a distinct species have withdrawn 

 their support, the insect quietly falls into its proper place as a 

 form of a very variable species, and the British entomologist will 

 henceforth be spared considerable anxiety and much uncertainty 

 attending the "filling up" a series of subornatella. It is also 

 satisfactory to find that there is a disposition on the part of 

 entomologists to adopt Hubner's T. dilutella (fig. 69) as the type 

 of the species. Thus, after wandering about for twenty-three 

 years, we get back to the name given in the ' Manual.' 



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