226 CONSPECTUS OF MOTHS. 
Tue Four Srortep Brown (L. flavipunctella, STEPHENS). 
Wings five lines to five lines and a half; first pair purplish-piteh 
colour, with an oblique interrupted yellowish band before the 
middle, and two marginal, obliquely opposite, yellowish spots 
eee the middle; second pair deep black. Uncommon, Near 
London, 
THe Maroin Dorren (L, margine-punctella, STEPHENS). 
Near London. 
THe Wuite SreckLtep BLack (L. melanella, STEPHENS) 
appears about hedges. Wings four lines to four and a half, 
first pair deep-black, with two marginal opposite spots 
before, and two others rather behind the middle, white, or snowy, 
or golden, and three or four minute white dots on the hinder 
margin,fringes ashy-grey, or at the edge, deep black, with arow 
of white spots; second pair deep-black ; head deep black. Very 
rare. Near Chelsea. 
Tur Gop Srecniep Buack (L. corticella, STEPHENS) fre- 
quents gardens. Wings five lines to five lines and a half; first 
pair deep black, with about three gold-coloured spots in the mid- 
dle of the upper edge, remote, equidistant, and two other gold- 
coloured somewhat opposite spots at the thinner margin, nume- 
rons very minute spots scattered over the dise; second pair deep 
black; head hairy, rust-brown. Uncommon. Near Chelsea. 
Tur BLack UNDER WING (L. atrella, SrernEens). Near 
London. 
Tur PALE PurrLe UNDER WING (L. subpurpurella, STEPHENS) - 
Wings five lines one-fourth to five lines three fourths, spotless ; 
first pair gold-coloured; second pair purplish-brown. Coombe 
Wood. 
Tne PurrLE UNDER Wine (L.purpurella, STEPHENS) appears 
in February. Wings four lines three-fourths to five lines, first 
pair bright purple, with minute scattered whitish spots posteri- 
orly, and acommon whitish band-like spot towards the posterior 
angle, second pair brown, with the tip, in certain situations, 
purplish brown-golden. Very vare. Near London. 
Tue Goip Brinvigp Purpie (L. auropurpurella, STEPHENS). 
Wings five-twelfths of an inch; first pair bright reddish-purple, 
thickly sprinkled with golden dots and spots; second pair brown, 
with the edge towards the tip, in some positions, of a pur- 
plish golden tint. Very similar to the preceding. Very rare. 
Kent. 
Tux Rep Goup (L. rubro-aurella, Sreruens). Wing four 
lines three-fourths ; first pair red or purplish-golden, a posterior 
gold-coloured spot, in which is a minute brown dot, inthe mid- 
die of the thinner margin another golden spot; second pair 
purplish-golden, variable. Very rare. Near London. 
Tux Rep BArrep Goup (Lh. Helwigella, SperuENsS) appears 
he eundof May. Wings one-third of an inch; first pair deep- 
