198 GRACILARIIDA#, 
terminal joint fuscous. Antenne greyish-ochreous. Anterior wings 
pale ochreous, along the costa livid greyish or pale white, with three 
longitudinal rows of black spots, one near the costa, one on the dise, 
and one on the fold; the latter is frequently obliterated, or the number 
of spots does not exceed two or three; cilia pale ochreous. Posterior 
wings grey, with paler cilia. 
Not uncommon in meadows among Plantago lanceolata, in 
May and August. The larva, discovered by Mr. Shield, mines 
the upper surface of the leaves of the Plantago lanceolata ; one 
brood begins to feed in October, changing to pupa in May; the 
other brood feeds up in June and July. 
10. Syringella, Fab. I. S. iii. 2. 328. 177 (1794); Schr.; 
‘Bouché; Step.; Zell.; Dup.; Sta.—anastomosis, Haw.; Curt. B. EB. 
fo. 479.—ardecepennella, Treit.; Dup. lis anticis albido-luteis, basi, 
macula dorsali, fasciis tribus obliquis (prima ac secunda angulatis, se- 
cunda tertiaque connexis) apiceque lete brunneis. Exp. al. 6 lin. 
Head greyish-ochreous. Face whitish. Palpi whitish; terminal 
joint with a narrow fuscous ring near the base, and a broader one before 
the apex. Antenne fuscous, annulated with white. Anterior wings 
yellowish-white, with the base dark fuscous, and with several brown 
markings; the first, a blotch on the inner margin not far from the base, 
the second, an oblique fascia angulated in the middle, the third is a 
paler angulated fascia connected in the middle with another oblique 
fascia, which terminates in the anal angle; the apical portion of the 
wing is entirely brownish-fuscous, except two whitish spots on the 
costa; cilia of the hinder margin whitish, externally with two dark 
lines; of the inner margin grey. Posterior wings grey, with paler 
cilia. 
An abundant species in gardens, among lilacs, in May and 
July. The larva, when young, mines the leaves of the lilac, gre- 
gariously, several larvee being in the same mine; when nearly full- 
grown, they frequently cease mining, and roll up the leaves, but 
many remain as miners throughout the period of their existence 
in the larva state. At times they become real pests from their 
numbers, disfiguring the lilac-bushes by turning the leaves whitish- 
brown; the best way to thin their numbers is to pluck the leaves 
whilst the young larvee are mining gregariously. The larvae may 
be met with in June and September ; they feed on ash and privet, 
as well as on the lilac. The young mining larvee have the three 
pair of ventral and two anal prolegs, as in the other larvae of this 
genus, but to see them requires a good microscope. 
11. omissella (Dougl.), Sta. Zool, 1848. p. 2163; Id. Ent. Trans, 
i.n.s. pl. 15 f.1. Alis anticis fuscescente-griseis, vel ochreis, strigis 
quinque costz (ultima in apice) maculisque duabus dorsi (priore oblonga 
basali, altera in medio) a/dis, Exp. al. 4 lin. 
