204 CONSPECTUS OF MOTHS. 
one-third of an inch; first pair shining, black, or, in certain 
positions, pitch-black, with four opposite marginal snow-white 
Spots, the two anterior are confluent in a band before the mid. 
die, the other two are behind, andmore remote; second pair, 
and all the fringes, black; head yellow; tail ashy-grey. Found 
with the preceding, 
THE SuLveR SpoTreD SApyeE (M. quadrella, SrePHENS). Very 
similar to the last, from which it differs only in the colours of its 
head and spots; the head is white instead of yellow, and the 
spots silvery and more distinct, instead of snow-white. Uncom. 
mon. Kent. 
THE Sttver-BLoTCHED (M. sequella, Srernuns). Wings three 
lines one-fourth; first pair deep black, with a broad band 
before the middle, a minute spot in the middle of the inner mar- 
gin, and a large spot towards the hinder part on the upper edge, 
and posterior dots, all pure white or silvery ; second pair brown- 
ish. Occurs on hedges, Near London. 
THe SMALL ARGENT AND SABLE (M. pulchella, SrePHENS), 
Wings three lines one-fourth; first pair very deep black, with 
a broad white streak at the base of the thinner margin, with 
a splendid silvery straight band in the middle, and joined to 
the streak, and with two obliquely opposite and silvery dots, one 
on the thinner margin, and the other on the hinder part of the 
upper edge; second pair whitish, or rather pale-coloured ; head 
and vent beard white; body deep black. Very uncommon, 
Kent. F 
Tue SMALL Dous.e Sitver Bar (M. nigrella, SrePHENs) 
frequents bushes. Wings three lines and a half; first pair black, 
with a silvery band before, and another slightly interrupted be- 
hind the middle; second pair shining, and dull lead-coloured. 
Uncommon. Near London. 
Toe CrREAM-sporrep SABLE (M. trimaculella, SrePnENns) 
appears the beginning of July, frequents poplar trees. Wings 
two lines three-fourths; first pair deep black, with a very broad 
tip notched yellowish streak from the base almost to the middle, 
and with two posterior, opposite marginal, nearly confluent, yel- 
lowish spots. Very rare. Near London, 
Tae Twin-sror SABLE (M. subbimaculella, SrepnENs) occurs 
about hedges. Wings two lines anda half; first pair deep black, 
whitish at the base, with two obliquely opposite, nearly conflu- 
ent, silvery spots, one of them is in the middle of the thinner 
margin, and the other in the anterior part of the upper edge; 
second pair lead-black. Near London. 
Tue BLAck Fringe (M. nigrociliella, Srerugns). Near Lon- 
don, 
THE SILVER-BARRED Brown (M, unifasciella, STEPHENS). 
Wings three lines and a half; first pair pale dusky, with a straight 
silvery band just behind the middle; second pair brown, with 
the fringes on both sides very deep and pale brown. Very rare. 
Near London, 
