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Species 7- — Amaurosetia Albinella — (Linnaeus, &c.; Wood, fig. 1580; and our Plate CXIX., Fig. 15) 

 — Expands 4^ to 5 lines ; fore wings brown, with an oblique golden-yellow streak, the ends extending towards 

 the apical margin ; hind wings dull brown. June, in woods, &e. 



Species 8. — Amaurosetia Megerlella — (Hiibner, &c. ; Wood, fig. 1581 ; and our Plate CXIX., Fig. 

 16) — Expands 3i to 4 lines ; fore wings pale brown, with a curved, broadisli, whitish or ochreous streak before 

 the middle, incurved at each end ; hind wings narrow, and pale brown. Middle of June, in woods. 



Species 9. — Amaurosetia albifrontella — (Hiibner ; Stephens ; Wood, fig. 1582 ; and our Plate CXIX., 

 Fig. 17) — Expands 4 lines ; fore wings brown, with a slightly incurved pale streak near the base, and two 

 rather triangular pale spots on the opposite margins beyond the middle ; forehead pale. Near London, in June. 



DESCRIPTION OF PLATE CXX. 



Insects. — Fig. 1. Lampronia CapitcUa, (the triple-spotted black). 

 Fig. 2. Lampronia pr^latella (the spotted violet). 

 Fig. 3. Lampronia flavipunctella (the 4-spotted brown). 



Insects. — Fig. 13. Eriocephala auropurpurella (the gold-brindled 

 purple). 

 ,, Fig. 14. Eriocephala rubroaurella (the led-gold). 

 Fig. 4. Lampronia formosella. i ,, Fig. 15. Eriocephala Hellwigella (the red-barred gold). 



Fig. 5. Lampronia Margine-punctella (the dotted border). I ,, Fig. 16. Eriocephala sanguinella (the scarlet-barred gold). 



,, Fig. 17. Eriocephala Calthella (the small-gold). 



,, Fig. 18. Eriocephala Concinnella (the neat). 



,, Fig. 19. Eriocephala Seppella (Sepp's). 

 ,, Fig, 20. Eriocephala Ammanella (the single.spotted gold). 

 ,, Fig. 21. Eriocephala bistrigclla (the silver-striped gold). 

 Plant. — Fig. 22. Coryd.alis lutea (theYellowFumitory). 

 The insects in this plate are from the cabinet of Mr. Bentley, with 

 the exception of Nos. 7, 12, 14, 16, 18, and 21, from Wood. 



Fig. 6. Lampronia Melanella (the white-spotted black). 

 Fig. 7. Lampronia Atrella (the dingy black speckled). 

 Fig. 8. Lampronia Corticella (the golden-speckled black). 

 Fig. 9. Lampronia rupella (the four-spotted black). 

 Fig. 10. Eriocephala subpurpurella (the purple underwing). 

 Fig. 11. Eriocephala semi-purpurella (the half-purplish 



imderwing.) 

 Fig. 12. Eriocephala puq)urella (the purple upper wing). 



LAMPRONIA, Stephens. 

 These pretty moths have the fore wings adorned with metallic colours and yellow patches ; they are rather 

 elongate, with the tip rounded, and are deflexed in repose ; the head has a tuft of hairy scales ; the antennas in 

 the males slightly pubescent ; the maxillary palpi rather long and incurved ; the labial short, slender, 

 slightly deflexed and setose, and the body is short and slender. As indicated by their metallic appearance, the 

 species are diurnal in their flight. 



Species I. — Lampronia capitella— (Linnseus, &c. ; Wood, fig. 1583 ; and our Plate CXX., Fig. 1) — 

 Expands 6^ to 8 lines ; fore wings purplish-brown, with an oblique, golden-yellow fascia-like spot towards the 

 base, sometimes extending to the costa, and two other spots on the opposite margin, the inner one near the 

 anal angle, the costal one largest ; hind wings brown ; head luteous. Taken in gardens and orchards, about the 

 beginning of June, the caterpillar feeding in the interior of young shoots of currant-trees, which it sometimes 

 totally destroys. (H. Doubleday, in Entom., p. 143). 



Species 2. — Lampronia pr^latella- — (Fabricius, &c. ; Wood, fig. 1584 ; and our Plate CXX., Fig. 2) — 

 Expands 5i to 65 lines ; fore wings violet or violet-brown, with a straight, silvery, transverse streak before the 

 middle of the wing, and two marginal opposite spots beyond the middle, with a minute intermediate white dot 

 on the costa, which is sometimes wanting. Hedges and woods, at the beginning of June. 



Species 3. — Lampronia luzella — (Hiibner; Curtis, Brit. Ent., pi. 639; Wood, fig. 1585)^Expands 

 6 to 7 lines ; fore wings purple-brown, with two golden spots before, and two a little beyond the middle of the 



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