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Sp. 89. Hemerobiella, Scop. 



The unspotted variety especially, resembles C. Tiliella, but is immediately distin- 

 guished by the want of a tuft to the antennae. 



A widely spread species : the larva feeds on apple, pear, and cherry ; the perfect 

 insect appears in July. 



Sp. 90. La rice ll a, Hiibner. 



One of the smallest Coleophorae ; yet generally larger than chalcogrammella, and 

 auroguttella. Its faintly shining, brownish-gray anterior wings and concolorous an- 

 tennae (in the female faintly annulated) distinguish it from the following dull species. 



Extremely abundant everywhere, among larches, in June. 



Sp. 91. Albitarsella, Z. 



A readily distinguished species, by the antennae and colour of the hinder tarsi. 

 Antennas annulated brown and white, the last fourth altogether white, tarsi dirty yel- 

 lowish white. 



A scarce species, appearing in June and July. 



Sp. 92. Coracipennella, Hiibner. 



Its dark slaty bluish brown anterior wings distinguish it sufficiently from C. Bin- 

 derella, Lusciniaepennella, and other species of which the brown is more or less mixed 

 with yellow ; it comes nearest to albitarsella and fuscedinella. From the former it 

 is separated with certainty by its stouter form, the antennae annulated to the end, and 

 the differently coloured tarsi : from fuscedinella it is distinguished by the entire 

 want of a yellowish tint on the anterior wings, and the antennae being sharply annu- 

 lated black and white to the apex. 



On blackthorn and plum, very common in June and July, and widely distributed. 



Sp. 93. Fuscedinella, Z. 

 Certainly distinct from Coracipennella, by the antenna?, which are less pure white, 

 or even yellowish white ; and the brown rings of which (on the underside faint) cease 

 far before the apex ; besides by the always rather inclining to yellowish brown tint 

 of the anterior wings ; and lastly by the entire want of the whitish upper margin of 

 the eyes. Orbitella, which also comes very near it, is distinguished specifically from 

 fuscedinella, by the more attenuated basal joint of the purer white, and, therefore, 

 generally more sharply annulated antennae ; it has also the margins to the eyes which 

 are wanting in fuscedinella, and its generally paler anterior wings are smoother. 

 Binderella, which resembles fuscedinella in form and colour of the antennae, some- 

 times comes so near it, that the specific difference becomes doubtful ; but in most spe- 

 cimens of Binderella, the very abundant admixture of loam-yellow in the brown of 

 the anterior wings gives a good distinction, which also appears to indicate a true 

 species. Of the following species, Lusciniaepennella has still some resemblance with 

 many dark specimens of fuscedinella ; however, the approximation of the mutual 

 colours is only slight, and at any rate the sharply and completely black and white an- 

 nulated antennae of Lusciniaepennella, will no longer leave any doubt. 



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