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Species 8. — Gbacillaria semifascia — (Ilaworth; AVood, fig. 1612; and our Plate CXXL, Fig. 9) — 

 Expands 5^ to U lines ; fore wings purplish-ashy, with a slender, white, oblique, more or less distinct, semifascia- 

 like streak towards the base of the costa, which is also marked with some whitish and brownish dots beyond 

 the middle ; hind wings dark brown. Near London. 



Species 9. — Gracillaria purpurea — (Haworth; Wood, fig. 1613 ; and our Plate CXXI., fig. 10) — 

 Expands ^ lines ; fore wings purple glossy, with a trigonate semifascia in the middle of the costa ; emarginate 

 behind, and of an ashy-white colour ; hind wings deep brown ; the fore wings sometimes occur with an extra 

 short subapical fascia. Near London. 



DESCRIPTION OF PLATE CXXII. 



Insects. — Fig. 1. Gracillaiia stigmatella (the triangle-marked red). 



„ Fig. 2. Gracillaria ochracea (the triangle-marked ochre). 



,, Fig. 3. Gracillaria Tbunbergella (Thuuberg's). 



„ Fig. 4. Gracillaria bemidactylella (the mottled red). 



,» Fig. 5. Gracillaria mHpetinella (the dull red). 



ty Fig. 6. Gracillaria eloDgcUa (the plaia red). 



,, Fig. 7- Gracillaria violacca (the slender \no^uceous). 



M Fig. 8. Gracillaria roscipennella (the livid slender). 



Insects. — Fig. 9. Gracillaria leucapennella (the pale slender). 



„ Pig. 10. Gracillaria sulphurella (the sulphur). 



., Fi^. II. Gracillaria prxangusta (tlie poplar slender). 



Plant. — Fig. 12. Geranium Robertianum (Herb-Robert). 



The insects in this plate are from the Cabinet of Mr. Bentley, except 

 10 and II, from AVood's Ind. Ent. 



Species 10. — Gracillaria stigmatella J — (Fabricius, &c. ; Wood, fig. 1614 ; and our Plate CXXII., 



Fig. 1) — Expands 5\ to 6| lines ; fore wings red, or ashy-red, with a large trigduate white, yellowish-white, or 



ashy-white semifascia in the middle of the costa ; emarginate on the disc of the wing ; there is also occasionally 



an ochreous-ashy streak on the inner margin, interrupted with red. Taken in the spi'ing and autumn, round 



London. 



1 Synonvme Tinea triangulella. Panzer ; Gracillaria trigona, Haworth ; Tinea upupapennella, Hiibner. 



Species 11. — Gracillaria ochracea — (Haworth; Wood, fig. 1615 ; and our Plate CXXII., Fig. 2) — 



Expands 6 to 6g lines ; fore wings ochreous, or ochroleucous ; the base slightly reddish ; the middle of the 

 costa with a trigonate whitish semifascia, excised within ; hind wings pale brown. Taken in company with 

 the preceding. 



Species 12. — Gracillaria Tbunbergella — (Fabricius, &c. ; Wood, fig. 1616 ; and our Plate CXXII., 

 Fig. 3) — Expands 5g to 6i- lines ; fore wings golden sulphur-coloured, glossy, with a purple patch near the base, 

 and a large purple apical blotch ; sometimes deep violet-red, with a small central yellow trigonate costal spot ; 

 hind wings golden-brown. Taken in oak woods, gardens, &c. in the autumn. 



Species 13. — Gracillaria hemidactylella ' — ( Wien. Verz, &c. ; Wood, fig. 1617; and our Plate CXXII., 



Fig. 4) — Expands 8 to 8i lines ; fore wings elongate, obtuse at the tip, red, with a large oblique fascia, a dot 



in the middle, numerous small dots on the costa and the apex, all of chesnut-red ; hind wings leaden-brown. 



Woods and hedges, in August. 



^ SvNONTME. — Fhalasna Tinea pnnctella, Linnaeus. 



Species 14. — Gracillaria rufipennella — (Hiibner ; Wood, fig. 1618 ; and our Plate CXXII., Fig. 5) — 

 Expands 6 to 65 lines ; fore wings pale red, irrorated with black and chesnut ; hind wings pale, livid ashy ; 

 thighs black ; tarsi white. Hedges and woods. 



