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costa arched, the apex rounded, and the disc anteriorly dark and posteriorly of light colours ; the fringe 

 of the hind wings is very long, extending all round the wing. 



Species 1. — Ederesa semifusca •' — (Haworth, &c. ; "Wood, fig. 1295, and our Plate CXI., Fig. 9) — 

 Expands about i an inch ; fore wings narrow, brown, with a fringe of purple, with the inner margin broadly 

 white, which is divided into two parts by a straight abbreviated brown fascia ; the costa minutely dotted with 

 white, and a larger triangular one near the tip ; hind wings shining, leaden-coloured, with very deep fringe. 

 Common in hedges, &c., about the beginning of June. 



^ Synonvme. — PhaliBua Tinea pruniella, Turton ; Donov., 2, pi. 58, pi. 59, fig. 2. 



Species 2. — Ederesa mendicella — (Hiibner, &c. ; Wood, fig. 1296, and our Plate CXI., Fig. 10) — 

 Expands nearly ^ an inch ; fore wings ashy-brown, with a purplish tinge ; the costa strongly dotted with 

 white ; the inner margin with a white streak, divided in the middle by an abbreviated square brovvn fascia, 

 placed transversely ; hind wings brown. Common in gardens and hedges. 



Species 3. — Ederesa albistria — (Haworth, &o. ; Wood, fig. 1297, and our Plate CXI., Fig. 11) — 

 Expands from 4^ to 6 lines ; fore wings fulvous, or fulvous-purplish, with a white streak on the inner 

 margin not extending to the anal angle, and interrupted in the middle with brown ; hind wings brown. Taken 

 in woods, in June. 



Species 4. — Ederesa pruniella ^ — (Linnaeus, &c. ; Wood, fig. 1298, and our Plate CXI., Fig. 12) — 

 Expands 5 or 6 lines ; fore wings grayish-yellow, with the costa dotted with white, and a white streak preceded 

 by a dark dash along the inner margin, divided in the middle by an oblique purplish-brown fascia ; hind vyings 

 brown. Common in woods, in June and July. 



e Synonyme. — AlueUa ephippella^ Fabricius. 



Species 5. — Ederesa tetrapodella — (Linnseus, &c. ; Wood, Fig. 1299, and our Plate CXI., Fig. 13)^-' 

 Expands nearly \ an inch ; fore wings gray, a longitudinal snow-white streak on the inner margin, interrupted 

 towards the anal angle by a brown lunule ; hind wings leaden-brown and glossy. Gardens in June. 



Species 6. — Ederesa semipitrpubella — (Stephens ; Wood, fig. 1300, and our Plate CXI., Fig. 14, but 

 not of Curtis) — Expands 65 lines ; fore wings elongate, purplish-brown, immaculate ; the inner margin 

 with a broad snow-white streak, slightly interrupted in the middle, and narrowed towards the anal angle ; 

 hind wings brown. 



Species 7- — Ederesa semitestacella ^ — (Curtis, Brit. Ent., pi. 719; Wood, fig. 1301?) — Expands 

 5 lines ; fore wings fulvous, slightly mottled, with a slight violet tinge ; three whitish dots at the apex of the 

 costa, and an attenuated dash of the same on the inner margin, not extending beyond the middle ; hind wings 

 pale leaden-coloured ; fringe of fore wings with two curved brown lines at the base. New Forest, &c., 



in June. 



' Synonyme. — Ed. semipurpureila^ Cui-t. v.ir., but not of Stepbens. 



■Species 8. — Ederesa curvella — (LinuEeus, &c. ; Wood, fig. 1302, and our Plate CXI., Fig. 15) — 

 Expands 5 lines ; fore wings silky-white, slightly powdered with brown striolas with the apical margin brownish, 

 and a brownish arch in the middle varying in strength ; hind wings lanceolate, leaden-brown, and very 

 glossy, with very deep fringe. Gardens and marshy places, near osiers and willows, in June and July. 



