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nately yellowish-grey and fuscous. Posterior wings pale greyish-purple; 
cilia pale yellowish. 
Less common than the allied species; occurs among birches in 
April and May. 
12. subpurpurella, Haw. L. B. 571 (1829) ; Step.; Sta. ; Zell — 
Donzelella, Dup.?—var.? fastuosella, Zell.; Sta. Alis anticis dilute 
viridi-aureis, macula obsoleta dilutiore pone medium dorsi, squamis 
sparsis disci purpureis ; capillis cinereis. xp. al. 6 lin. 
Head and face pale greyish-fuscous. Antenne fuscous, more than 
half the length of the anterior wings. Anterior wings pale golden- 
green, with a faint appearance of a paler spot on the inner margin be- 
yond the middle, and between this and the apex of the wing, is a still 
_ more indistinct pale spot; on the disc are a few isolated purple scales 
(in some specimens these are much more numerous, these then become 
M. fastuosella) ; cilia greyish-fuscous. Posterior wings pale grey, with 
the apex purplish; cilia greyish. 
Common among oaks in May. I have taken many of the va- 
riety /astuosel/a, on a paling under oaks, near Beckenham. 
Genus XII. NEMOPHORA. 
Nemornora, Hib. V. 417 (1816); Dup. Cat.; Zell. L. BE. v, e- 
matopogon, Zell. Isis, 1839. Alucita p., Fab. Capillaria p., Haw. 
Adela p., Treit.; Curt.; Step.; Dup. L. F. xi.; Zett. 
Caput superne hirsutum, capillis in fronte decumbentibus.  Ocelli 
nulli. Antenne longissime, articulo basali incrassato. Palpi maxil- 
lares 5-articulati, plicati. Palpi labiales breves, eylindrici, pilosi. 
Haustellum mediocre. Ale anteriores elongato-ovatie; vena sub- 
costalis ramos tres in costam emittit, quorum tertius fureatus est. 
Posteriores ovate, basim versus piloso-squamatze, ciliis mediocribus. 
Head above hairy; hairs in front decumbent. Ocelli none. An- 
tenne very long, more than twice the length of the anterior wings; the 
basal joint thickened. Maxillary palpi five-jointed, folded. Labial 
palpi short, cylindrical, hairy. Tongue of moderate length. Anterior 
wings elongate-ovate. Posterior wings ovate, towards the base with 
elongate hair-like scales, with moderate cilia. (NV. pilella has all the 
scales of the posterior wings of the elongate hair-like form, and WV. 
Carteri has none of this form, and is further singular in the shape of 
the posterior wings, the apical vein of which is furcate.) The subcostal 
vein of the anterior wings emits three branches towards the costa, of 
which the third is furcate. 
These insects frequent hedges and woods; they fly in the dusk 
of evening, but are readily started from their retreats during the 
