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terminal bristle ; the fore wings are entire, ample, elongate, somewhat linear, with the apical margin somewhat 

 obliquely truncate, and the disc obscurely varied with darker markings ; when at rest they are convoluted or 

 decumbent. 



Species 1. — Macrochila fasciella — (Hiibner, &c. ; Wood, fig. 1245, and our Plate CVIII., Fig. 13) — 

 Expands 10 or 11 lines ; fore wings elongate, dull, testaceous, or red, with two nearly obsolete darker fasciee, 

 one nearly central, the other subapical and outwardly bent into a right angle ; between these is a dusky dot .' 

 the hind wings brown, with paler fringe. Near London, Darenth Wood, and New Forest, in June and 

 July, but rare. 



Species 2. — Macrochila parenthesella '' — (Linnjeus, &c. ; Wood, fig. 1246, and our Plate CVIII., Fig. 

 14) — Expands 8 or 9 lines ; fore wings sub-testaceous, or brownish-gray, the costa with a narrow longitudinal 

 streak from the base to the middle, so that when the wings are closed, the insgct looks, as Linna3us says, like a 

 short dark line, with a white edge on each side, the disc occasionally with two obscure dark dots ; hind wings 

 brown ; head whitish. End of July, near Blackheath .and the neighbouring parts of Kent. 



■■ SYNOiri-ME. — Tinea Rostrella, Hiibner. 



Species 3. — Macrochila marginella' — (Fabricius, &c. ; Donovan, pi. 58, fig. 2; Wood, fig. 1247, and our 

 Plate CVIII., Fig. 15) — Expands 7 lines ; fore wings obscure ashy-brown, or testaceous and shining, the 

 costal and inner margins broadly snow-white ; hind wings whitish ; head snow-white. July, in various parts of 

 Kent where the Juniper grows. 



' Synonymes. — Tinea striatella, Hiibner. 

 Palpula clarella, Treitschke. 



Species 4. — Macrochila bicostella — (Linnasus, &c. ; Wood, fig. 1248, and our Plate CVIII., Fig. 16) — 

 Expands 9 or 10 lines ; fore wings lanceolate, ashy-buif, the costal margin with a white edge, behind which runs 

 a brown rather broad streak, and with two or three minute dark dots on the disc in the middle ; hind wings 

 whitish ; palpi brown. Taken in various parts of the south of England, Kent, Hampshire, Dorsetshire, &c., 

 in June. 



DESCRIPTION OF PLATE CIX. 



Insects. — Fig. 1. Aplota palpella (tbe dingy streak). 



Fig. 2. Macrocbila Robertsonella (the Robertsonian). 



Fig. 3. Enicostoma Thunbergana (the Tbunbergian). 



Fig. 4. Alabonia Geoffroj-ella (the Geoffroyiau). 



Fig. 5. fficophora Oliviella (tbe Oivieriau). 



Fig. 6. CEcophora sulpburella (the yellow underwing). 



Fig. 7. Adela Latreillella (the Latreillian). 



Fig. 8. Adela Sullzella (the SuUzian). 



Fig. 9. Adela Degeerella (tbe Degeerian). 



Fig. 10. Adela fasciella (the copper japan). 



Fig. 11. Adela cuprella (the scabious long-horn). 



Species 5. — Macrochila Eobertsonella — (Curtis, PI. 655, and our Plate CIX., Fig. 2) — Expands 7 

 lines ; fore wings lighter or darker gray, slightly ochreous and freckled with pale brown, the costa obliquely 

 marked with short brown lines ; the apex and posterior margin with three fine brown lines, and a few black dots 

 on the disc. Taken among furze bushes at Wanstead flats, in July. 



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Insects, — Fig. 12. Adela viridella (the green long-horn). 

 „ Fig. 13. Adela Frischella (the Friscbian). 

 „ Fig. 14. Adela Swamnierdamella (tbe Swammerdamian). 

 „ Fig. IS. Adela Panzerella (the Panzerian). 



„ Fig. 16. Adela Robertella (tbe pale brown long-horn). 

 Plant.— Fig. 17. Tbe Rock Cress. 



The larva and chrysalis of A. Degeerella will be found figured in 

 Plate III. 



Tije whole of these insects are from tbe cabinet of Mr. Bentley. 



