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The perfect insect appears in June and July, but is rarely met 
with. ‘The larva is abundant in the seeds of burdock (Arctium 
Lappa) in the autumn and winter. 
2. Metzneriella (Dougl.), Sta. Sup. Cat. p. 5 (1851).—pauei- 
punetella, Dougl.—silacea, var. B. Haw. Alis anticis acuminatis sub- 
Jalcatis dilute ochreis, costa margineque postico fusco-brunneove suf- 
fusis, venis omnibus yriseis, punctis tribus disci nigris. Wxp. al. 7 lin. 
Head and face pale ochreous. Palpi pale ochreous, beneath darker. 
Antennee pale fuscous, with darker annulations. Anterior wings narrow, 
pointed, somewhat faleate, pale ochreous, suffused with brownish along 
the costa and hinder margin, with all the veins grey, and with three black 
~ spots on the disc (one on the fold a little before the middle, the second 
beyond it towards the costa, and the third at the end of the discoidal 
cell); before the dark hinder margin the pale ground-colour appears as 
an oblique fascia; cilia pale ochreous, darker near the hinder margin. 
Posterior wings grey, with greyish-ochreous cilia. 
Scarce, the food of the larva not having been detected ; occurs 
at Charlton, Mickleham, ete., in July and August. 
3. Carlinella (Dougl.), Sta. Sup. Cat. p. 5 (1851); Dougl. Alis 
anticis dilute ochreis, costa late margineque postico fulvo-suffusis, dorso 
et fascia postica obliqua non suftusis, venis nonnullis griseo-squamatis. 
Exp. al. 6-64 lin. 
Head and face pale ochreous. Palpi pale ochreous, beneath dark ochre- 
ous. Antenne brown, with pale ochreous annulations. Anterior wings 
pale ochreous, suffused with fulvous along the costa and hinder margin; 
before the latter the paler ground-colour of the wings forms an oblique 
Jascia ; many of the veins are indicated by greyish scales; cilia pale 
ochreous, with the tips and a line near the hinder margin fulvous. 
Posterior wings grey, with paler cilia, 
The perfect insect has been but rarely met with; it appears in 
July and August. The larva feeds during the winter in the re- 
ceptacle of Carlina vulgaris, and is very plentiful at Folkstone ; 
also occurring at Mickleham. 
4. neuropterella (I. v. R.), Zell. Isis, 1839. p. 202; Dup. L. FP. 
Sup. iv. pl. 72. f.1; Dougl. Alis anticis ochreis, costa margineque pos- 
tico cinnamomeis, venis omnibus distincte cinnamomeis, Vxp. al. 8% lin. 
Head and face dark ochreous. Palpi dark ochreous, beneath brown- 
ish. Antenne pale brown, with darker annulations. Anterior wings 
ochreous, suffused with cinnamon-brown along the costa and towards 
the hinder margin, with all the veins distinctly cinnamon-brown ; cilia 
fuscous, with a darker line near the hinder margin. Posterior wings 
bright grey, with greyish-fuscous cilia. 
A scarce species, occurring in July and August, near Mickle- 
ham and near Deal. 
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