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appearing in May and August, from larva? found the preceding 

 September and July respectively. Heinemann says the larva? 

 feed in July, and again in September-October. Bower obtained 

 mines on October 6th, 1894, and October 21st, 1897, at Eltham ; 

 Sang, on October 14th, 1874, at Stanhope, and October 14th, 1878, at 

 Wolsingham. Warren bred imagines on May 23rd, 1884, from larvae 

 obtained at Chippenham. Nolcken found larva? between September 

 10th and 24th, at Pichtendahl. Sorhagen notes that there are often 

 8 or 10 mines in one leaf. Threlfall bred imagines from May 25th to 

 June 3rd, 1881, from larva? taken at Witherslack, September 20th, 

 1880. 



Localities. — Cambridge : Chippenham (Farren). Dorset : Bloxworth 

 (Cambridge). Durham ; Darlington, Wolsingham and Stanhope (Sang). Here- 

 ford : Tarrington (Wood). Kent: Eltham (Bower). Lancashire: Preston 

 (Threlfall). Norfolk: Bewsey (Barrett), K. Lynn (Aimore). Suffolk: Brandon 

 (Warren). Westmorland: Windermere (Hodginson), Witherslack (Threlfall). 

 Yorks : Scarborough (Wilkinson), York (Inchbald), Harrogate (Sang). 



Distribution.— France : Nohaut, Indre (Sand). Germany: Bruns- 

 wick, Wolfenbuttel (Heinemann), Hanover and Saxony (Heinemann 

 and Wocke), Breslau (Sorhagan), Alt Damm, Friedland (Hering). 

 Netherlands: Friesland, N. Brabant (Snellen). Russia: Pichtendahl 

 (Nolcken), Livonia (Sorhagen). 



Group III. — Cilia of the anterior wings with no dark divisional 

 line, but cilia becoming gradually paler towards their tips. Anterior 

 wings with a pale but not metallic transverse fascia ; basal area of the 

 anterior wings somewhat dull. 



NEPTICULA LUTEELLA, Stainton. 



Synonymy. — Species: Luteella, Sta , " Ent. Ann.," 1857, pp. 110-111; 

 «' Man.," ii., p. 434 (1859) ; Hein., " Wien. Monats.," 1862, p. 308 ; Hein. and Sta., 

 " Zool.," xxi., p. 8375 (1863) ; Staud. and Wocke, " Cat.," p. 338 (1871) ; Nolcken, 

 " Lep. En. Estl.." p. 779 (1871) ; Hein. and Wocke, " Schmett. Deutsch.," p. 752 

 (1877) ; Wallgrn., " Ent. Tids.," ii., p. 129 (1881) ; Sorhagen, " Die Kleinschmett. 

 Brandbg.," p. 306 (1886); Hering, " Stett, Ent. Zeit.," lii., p. 220 (1891); Meyr., 

 "Handbook," etc., p. 721 (1895). 



Original description. — Alis anticis saturate olivaceis, postice 

 violaceis, fascia pone medium recta flavida, costam saepe non attin- 

 gente ; capillis flavidis, brunneo-mixtis. Exp. al. 2J lin. Head and 

 face yellowish, more or less mixed with brown ; palpi whitish ; 

 antenna? fuscous, basal joint whitish. Anterior wings dark olive to 

 beyond the middle ; considerably beyond the middle is a nearly 

 straight pale yellowish fascia, broadest on the inner margin, and often 

 not reaching to the costa ; the apical portion of the wing is violet, 

 the apical cilia pale yellowish ; posterior wings grey, with paler cilia. 

 By the dull yellow non-metallic fascia on the olive-coloured wings, 

 this may be immediately distinguished from every other known species 

 (Stainton, Fnt. Annual, 1857, pp. 110-111). 



Imago. — Head yellowish. Anterior wings 4-5 mm. ; dark olivaceous 

 in colour to beyond the centre ; some distance beyond middle is a 

 nearly straight, ill-defined, pale yellowish fascia, often not reaching 

 the costa ; outer area tinged slightly with violet ; cilia fuscous, 

 with paler tips. Posterior wings and cilia pale grey. 



Comparison of N. luteella with N. glutinos^e and N. turi- 

 cella. — N. luteella differs from N. glutinosae, as also from N. turicella, 



