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fuscous scales; cilia coppery-grey. Posterior wings pale grey, with 
; coppery-grey gs pale grey 
pale greyish-fuscous cilia. 
Common among mixed hedges in June (and I think again in 
August) ; the larva in September is not uncommon, and appears 
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polyphagous, unless we have several closely allied, yet-to-be-dis- 
tinguished species; I have found it on birch. 
3. griseocapitella, Sta. Sup. Cat. p. 2 (1851).—owyacanthella, 
H.-S.?  Alis anticis saturate griseis, atomis saturate fuscis in seriebus 
obsoletis longitudinalibus dispositis, dorso anguste albido, nebula trans- 
versa dorsi ante medium, macula parva albida costee ante apicem ; alis 
posticis griseo-fuscis ; capillis saturate griseo-fuscis. Ixp. al. 53-6 lin. 
Head dark-greyish fuscous. Wace whitish. Palpi dark grey, tip of 
the terminal joint white. Antenne whitish, annulated with fuscous. 
Anterior wings rather dari grey, with a slight violet gloss, with several 
rather indistinct longitudinal rows of dark fuscous atoms; the inner 
margin is xarrowly whitish, interrupted before the middle by a dark 
fuscous fasciaform blotch; on the costa before the apex is a small 
whitish spot; cilia dark coppery-grey. Posterior wings greyish-fus- 
cous, with paler cilia. 
Abundant in June among birches, in Torwood, Stirlingshire ; 
the larva (almost gregarious) on the birches in September. 
4. lutarea, Haw. L. B. 515 (1829).—owyacanthella, Sta.—com- 
punctella, W1.-8.  Alis anticis griseis, atomis saturate fuscis in seriebus 
obsoletis longitudinalibus dispositis, nebula basali, altera dransversa 
ante medium, tertia ad apicem saturate fuscis, macula obsoleta albida 
cost ante apicem; alis posticis griseis; capillis aldidis. Exp. al. 64 
lin. 
Head and face yellowish-white. Palpi dark grey ; tip of the terminal 
joint white. Antenna dark fuscous. Anterior wings grey, with a 
slight violet tint, with dark fuscous atoms arranged rather indistinctly 
in rows longitudinally, and with some dark fuscous clouds, one at the 
base, one arising on the inner margin before the middle and fusci@form, 
and another at the apex; on the costa before the apex is a faint white 
blotch, immediately below which are a few black scales ; cilia coppery- 
grey, at the anal angle grey. Posterior wings grey, with paler cilia. 
Not commonly met with, probably often confounded with 8. 
Cesiella ; appears in July and August. 
5. Pyrella, Vill. H. L. ii. 515. 1020 (1789).—Cerasiella, Hiib. ; 
Treit.; I’. y. R. pl. 14; Dup.; H.-S.—Cesia, Haw.—Casiella, Step. ? 
Alis anticis saturate griscis, atomis fuscis obsoletissime in sericbus dis- 
positis, macula transversa obliqua ante medium dorsi saturate fusca, 
macula parva costs ante apicem albida, apice cupreo-griseo ; alis pos- 
ticis dilute griseis, dasim versus albidis ; capillis albidis. Exp. al. 5- 
5% lin. 
Head and face whitish. Palpi dark grey; tip of the terminal joint 
