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patch, somewhat circular in shape, composed of a cluster of raised 

 black scales ; first line blackish, bordered internally with ochreous 

 brown, angulated, starting obliquely from the junction of the 

 basal and middle thirds of the costa ; in the space between the 

 first and second lines are three whitish streaks, the lower two 

 being interrupted in the middle by the ground colour, so as to 

 form four short whitish dashes ; the upper extends along the 

 discal cell, becoming slightly dilated at the disc, where a small 

 black dot, composed of raised scales, is conspicuous ; above this 

 dot, and about midway between it and the costa, is another minute 

 dot ; the second line is blackish, irregularly sinuous, and bordered 

 with ochreous brown towards the apical margin ; towards the 

 apex is a whitish patch. Hind wings shining fuscous grey, 

 dusky marginal line double." — (Abridged from description by 

 Dr. Knaggs.) 



Introduced by Mr. Newman under the name of Phycis 

 davisellus, November, 1871. 



British Localities. — Isle of "Wight; Portsea; Isle of Purbeck. 



Distribution. — South France ; Andalusia. 



Note. — Mr. MoncreafT says that the eggs " are laid in July and 

 August on young shoots of Ulex campestris, and as soon as the 

 larva? emerge they spin a thick network of silk round the branch, 

 and under this feed until the approach of winter, when each 

 forms for itself a close cocoon or tunnel of silk in which to 

 hybernate. In early spring the larva? lengthen these cases, and 

 extend, as they increase in size, the silken web, feeding on the 

 young buds and blossoms beneath it." 



Cateremna terebrella, Zinck. (PI. III. fig. 12.) 



BEIT. EEF. : — 



Cateremna terebrella, Walsingham, Ent. Mo. Mag. xxiii. p. 82. 



Epischnia terebrella, Barrett, E. M. M. xxv. p. 399. 



Expanse, 8 lines. " Antenna? brownish fuscous. Head and 

 palpi greyish fuscous, the base of the haustellum white. Thorax 

 and fore wings brownish fuscous, interspersed with whitish 

 scales, the most conspicuous marking being an oblique narrow 

 fascia about one-third from the base of the wing, tending 

 outwards to the dorsal margin ; this fascia is angulated outwards 

 on the fold and inwards below it. Commencing about the middle 

 of the costa is a conspicuous white patch, which reaches half 

 across the wing, and contains two fuscous spots, the one at its 

 lower edge, the other immediately above it. Below this patch a 

 few white scales are scattered across the wing towards the dorsal 

 margin. Beyond, but separated from it by a brownish fuscous 

 interspace, less wide than that following the first fascia, is a 

 narrow, waved, white, transverse streak, angulated inwards below 

 the costa, the angle pointing to the upper spot in the white 

 patch, angulated outwards slightly above the middle, and again 



