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fusea ab apicem, linea secunda sub apicem usque ad angulum analem, 
ciliis apicis externe albis ; palpis albis, articuli tertii annulo lato saturate 
Jusco. Exp. al. 4 lin. A 
Head greyish-fuscous. Face grey. Palpi white; derminal joint with 
a broad dark fuscous ring before the apex. Antenne dark fuscous, with 
* paler annulations. Anterior wings dark grey, irrorated with whitish, 
more especially towards the inner margin, with numerous short whitish 
streaks from the costa; on the fold are two oblong black spots, the 
second almost in the middle, another lies on the dise beyond the mid- 
dle; at the apex is a small d/ack spot; cilia grey, with a dark grey 
line from the apex to the anal angle, and another beyond it below the 
apex ; the tip of the apical cilia being white. Posterior wings pale grey, 
with pale greyish-ochreous cilia. 
T have twice bred this from larvee found on birch, in July. A 
second brood of larvae feeds in the birch-leaves in September and 
October. 
5. scutulatella, n. sp. lis anticis fusco-griscis, albo-farinato, 
preecipue dorsum versus, strigulis numerosis cost a/éis, macula duabus 
oblongis plice, una posteriore disci fusco-nigris, puncto apicis advo ; 
ciliis albidis, linea saturate fusca ab apicem, linea secunda sub apicem 
usque ad angulum analem, ciliis apicis ewterne albis ; palpis albis, im- 
maculatis. Wxp. al. 4% lin. 
Head whitish, mixed with fuscous. Face grey. Palpi white, un- 
spotted. Antenne fuscous, with whitish annulations. Anterior wings 
greyish-fuscous, irrorated with white, especially along the inner margin 
(having a more speckled appearance than any of its congeners) ; along 
the costa are numerous short white streaks, the last of which passes 
round the apical é/ack spot to the hinder margin; in the fold are two 
oblong dark fuscous spots, and beyond is a lesser one on the dise; cilia 
whitish, with @ curved dark line from the apex to the anal angle, be- 
yond which is a second dark line delow the apex, but the tips of the api- 
cal cilia are white. Posterior wings pale grey, with paler cilia. 
I have taken this on the Dartford Heath fence in June. It is 
also in the collections of Mr. Douglas and Mr. Weir, 
6. torquillella, Zell. Ent. Zig. 1850. p. 161; Sta.—meleagripen- 
nella, Wiib.? Dup.? Evers.? Alis anticis saturate griseis, glaucescenti- 
bus, dorso albido, strigulis numerosis costae albidis, duabus ultimis albis, 
maculis duabus plice, una posteriore disci nigris, puncto apicis advo ; 
ciliis albidis, ewlerne bis fusco-cinctis ; capillis ochreo-fuscis, fronte grisea ; 
palpis albis immaculatis. Exp. al. 5 lin. 
Head ochreous, miwed with fuscous. Face grey. Palpi white, im- 
maculate. Antenne dark fuscous, with paler annulations. Anterior 
wings dark grey, with a slight purple gloss, with the inner margin 
whitish, and with numerous short oblique whitish streaks along the 
costa, and two nearly straight short wile streaks from the costa before 
the apex, the latter of which is continued round the apical d/ack spot 
