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6. albistria, Haw. L. B. 517 (1829); Step.; Sta.—/fagetella, 
Zell. Alis anticis saturate ochreo-brunneis, purpureo-suffusis, dorso an- 
guste usque ad medium albo, macula fusca abrupte terminato. Exp. 
al, 44—5 lin. 
Head, face, and palpi white (sometimes yellowish). Antenne white, 
annulated with dark fuscous. Anterior wings dark ochreous-brown, 
with more or less of a purplish tinge, with the inner margin narrowly 
white to the middle, where it is abruptly terminated by a dark fuscous 
spot; cilia ochreous-brown. Posterior wings grey, with paler cilia. 
Very common in hedges in June and July. I have found the 
larvee in the shoots of the sloe in May. 
7. conjugella, Zell. Isis, 1839. p. 204; Id. L. EB. ii. pl. 2. £3; 
Sta.—semifusca, Step.? Alis anticis purpureo-fuscis, dorso albido, ma- 
cula saturate fusca (seepe fasciam obliquam formante) pone medium 
interrupto, macula in medio coste saturate fusca, strigulis duabus coste 
ante apicem albidis; capillis dutescentibus. Exp. al. 6 lin. 
Head, face, and palpi yellowish. Antenne white, annulated with 
fuscous. Anterior wings purplish-fuscous, with the inner margin whitish, 
interrupted beyond the middle by a dark fuscous spot (sometimes con- 
tinued obliquely across the wing); nearly opposite this spot, rather 
nearer the base of the wing, is a dark fuscous spot on the costa, and on 
the costa towards the apex are two conspicuous whitish spots; cilia 
purplish-fuscous at the apex, then whitish, and at the anal angle pale 
grey. Posterior wings pale grey, with paler cilia. 
Not scarce among mountain-ash, from the middle of May to 
the beginning of July. ‘ 
8. semifusca, Haw. L. B. 517 (1829); Sta.—semipurpurelia, 
Step.—Pruniella, Don. B. I. ii. pl. 58.59; Cl.? Alis anticis drwneo- 
purpureis, dorso niveo, macula saturate purpureo-fusca pone medium in- , 
terrupto, strigulis tribus coste apicem versus albis, Exp. al. 6 lin. 
Head, face, and palpi white. Antenne white, annulated with black, 
Anterior wings dark drownish-purple, with the inner margin white, in- 
terrupted beyond the middle by a dark fuscous-purple spot, which can- 
not be traced as a fascia across the wing ; on the costa are three or four 
white spots before the apex; cilia at the apex brownish-purple, then 
white, at the anal angle grey. Posterior wings grey, with paler cilia. 
I have met with this in mixed hedges in August, and also 
among beeches and Clematis Vitalba, but it is not common. 
9. mendica, Haw. L. B. 517 (1829).—mendicella, Step.—cesiella, 
Treit.—Pruniella, Zett.; Bjerk.?—tetrapodella, Zell. ; Dup.—<Spino- 
sella, Sta. lis anticis purpureo-griseis, basi ochracea, dorso niveo, fas- 
cia saturate fusca fere recta pone medium interrupta, punctis nonnullis 
conspicuis coste albis. Exp. al. 5% lin. 
Head white. Face and palpi yellowish-white. Antennee white, with 
fuscous annulations. Anterior wings purplish-grey, at the base ochreous, 
