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one in that of Mr. Allis, one in that of Mr. Desvignes, one in that of Mr. Douglas, 

 and one (probably that from which Wood's figure was taken) in that of Mr. Stephens. 

 All these, except Mr. Stephens's, were mixed with specimens of tristrigella, conse- 

 quently I can give no information of their time and place of capture. 



Zeller says of this " I found this species at Frankfort and Berlin, in gardens, on 

 Lonicera caprifolium, not scarce, in May and August. Mann took it at the same 

 time near Vienna. Probably it occurs everywhere where honeysuckles are grown in 

 gardens." 



I should not have quoted Mr. Stephens' Illustrations at all as a synonyme for this, 

 but as I find that the only specimen placed in Mr. Stephens' cabinet as tristrigella is 

 emberizaepennella, I presume Mr. Stephens had that insect in view at the time. The 

 description in the Illustrations is a translation of Haworth's description of tristrigella. 



Sp. 8. TRISTRIGELLA, HaWOTtll (fig. 9). 



Tinea tristrigella, Haworth, Lepidop. Brit. 576, 55. 

 Argyromiges tristrigella, Stephens' Illustrations ? (non St. Mus.) 

 Var. ? Argyromiges strigifasciella, mihi (fig. 11). As this may perhaps eventually 

 prove a distinct species, I shall give a completely separate description of it. The 

 description that immediately follows belongs only to the typical tristrigella. 



Expansion of the wings 3% — 3f lines. Head tawny. Forehead white. Palpi 

 white. Antennae white, annulated with black. Thorax tawny. Abdomen fuscous. 

 Legs fuscous. Tarsi black, spotted with white. Anterior wings reddish orange, with 

 three pale fascia?, equidistant, the first before the middle, the second in the middle, 

 and the third towards the apex ; the two first are nearly straight, the third is angu- 

 lated, and from the middle of it there is a slender white line towards the extreme apex, 

 slightly curved at its extremity : all these fasciae are margined internally with black, 

 and beneath the apical streak is a black patch consisting of a number of very minute 

 black dots : cilia rufous-orange, with two pale patches on the costa, one arising from 

 the third fascia, and the other from the extremity of the apical streak. Posterior wings 

 clear gray, with fuscous cilia. 



Though I have often taken this insect myself, I cannot say when or where, and I 

 believe most persons are in the same predicament. Mr. Bedell took some specimens 

 on the Dartford Heath fence, May 19th, 1846. 



There is no doubt of this insect being the tristrigella of Haworth, who says, " An- 

 terior wings brownish yellow, with a straight fascia before the middle, a second in the 

 middle, and a third beyond the middle, equidistant, silvery gold." 



Var. P STRIGIFASCIELLA. 



Expansion of the wings 4 lines. Head tawny. Forehead white. Palpi white. 

 Antennae white, annulated with black. Thorax tawny. Abdomen fuscous. Legs 

 fuscous. Tarsi white, spotted with black. Anterior wings tawny, with a pale nearly 

 straight fascia before the middle, and an angulated one in the middle ; beyond this 

 there is a pale spot on the inner margin near the anal angle : the first fascia is nar- 

 rowly margined with black internally, the second is margined internally with a black 

 fascia, very broad at the costa, but terminating almost in a point on the inner margin ; 



