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greyish-fuscous, then dark fuscous, much thickened to the middle with 
projecting scales. Anterior wings greyish-fuscous or dingy ochreous, 
with numerous scattered dark fuscous and whitish elevated scales; 
cilia greyish-fuscous or dark ochreous, with the lips dark fuscous. 
Posterior wings purplish-fuscous ; the ewtreme base almost transparent; 
cilia grey. 
This variable species is in some meadows extremely abundant 
towards the end of July. ‘The dirty-whitish larva feeds inside the 
stem of Dactylus glomeratus in May. 
2. Bisontella, Lienig et Zell. Isis, 1846, p. 274. — Zaurella, 
Curt.; Haw.? Step.?—Vacculella, Sta. Alis anticis griseo-fuscis, sa- 
turate-fusco valde suffusis; alis posticis dilute griseis, vix purpureo- 
tinctis, ipsa basi hyalina. Capillis saturate ochreo-fuscis. Antennis 
basim versus squamis paullulum incrassatis. xp. al. 44-5 lin. 
Hairs of the head and face dark ochreous-fuscous. Antenne dark 
fuscous, towards the base slightly thickened with scales (most distinctly 
in the ?). Anterior wings greyish-fuscous, almost entirely suffused 
with dark fuscous (in the 2 more ochreous); cilia greyish-fuscous, 
darkest before the tips. Posterior wings pale grey, with a slight purple 
tinge, at the extreme base transparent ; cilia pale grey. 
Occurs in grassy places among fern in July, at Dartford Heath, 
near Manchester, and Torwood, Stirlingshire. 
3. Vacculella, I’. v. R. Ent. Ztg. 1842, p. 213; H.-S. Tin. 
pl. 36. f. 247.—Zaurella, Wiib.— Chenopodiella, Sta.; Step.? Alis anticis 
griseo-fuscis vel obscure-ochreis, saturate fusco-suffusis, fascia obsoleta 
saturatiore pone medium, in plica ut macula distinctiore ; alis posticis 
dilute-griseis, vix purpureo-tinctis, dimidio basali hyalino. Capillis sa- 
turate ochraceo-fuscis. Antennis non incrassatis. Exp. al. 5% lin. 
Hairs of the head and face dark ochreous-fuscous. Antenne dark 
fuseous, not thickened. Anterior wings greyish-fuscous or dingy ochre- 
ous, suffused with dark fuscous, and deyond the middle there is a faint 
appearance of an indistinct dark fascia, of which at any rate a spot on the 
fold is visible; cilia greyish-fuscous. Posterior wings pale grey, with 
a slight purplish tinge, nearly the whole of the basal half transparent ; 
cilia greyish. 
A rare species, found in houses in July. How it gets there is 
a mystery ! 
Genus VI. EUPLOCAMUS. 
Evprocamus, Lat. G. C. et I. iv. 223 (1809); Step.; Curt.; Zell. 
Luplocamus p., Dup. Scardia p., Treit. 
Caput superne ac in fronte hirsutum. Ocelli nulli. Antenne crassi- 
uscule, ¢ pectinate vel piloso-fasciculatee. Palpi maxillares plicati, 
