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ELACHISTIDA. 
Posterior wings blackish-purple, with blackish cilia. (A variety occurs 
with the orange of the anterior wings replaced by fuscous.) 
Abundant in July and August, on the trunks of limes in St. 
James’s Park, and in many of the suburbs of London; the larva 
feeds under the bark of the lime, during the winter and spring. 
Specimens of the fuscous variety are in Mr. Shepherd’s collection. 
2. bimaculella, Haw. L. B. 575 (1829); Step.; Sta. Alis 
anticis nigris, macula oblonga prope basim supra plicam, macula 
majore irregulari pone medium a plica ad costam fere extensa, apice suo 
costam tangente, aurantiis, macula secunda punctis duobus tuberculatis 
argenteo-nigris interne marginata, puncto tertio supra plicam prope 
angulum analem. Exp. al. 64 lin, 
Head and face shining black. Palpi whitish. Antenne: black, with 
white tips. Anterior wings black, with an oblong orange spot near 
the base, above the fold, and a-larger irregular one beyond the middle, 
extending from the fold to near the costa, iés apex running into the 
costa; on the margin of this spot, towards the base, are two silvery- 
black tufts, and a similar tuft above the fold projects into the orange 
blotch in the middle of its length; cilia blackish. Posterior wings 
blackish-purple, with blackish cilia. 
Mr. Desvignes beat a specimen from a sallow at Black Park, 
at the end of June; Mr. Doubleday has also a specimen taken 
near London. 
3. Schrankella, Hiib. Tin. 264. 1812; Schr. ?—/ocupletella, 
FT. y. R. pl. 88.f.3; W. V.? Alis anticis aurantiis, basi apiceque 
nigris, ipsa basi argentea, fascia obliqua ante medium argenteo-grisea, 
macula nigra dorsi medii in maculam transversalem argenteo-griseam 
exeunte, macula coste medi argenteo-grisea, macula parva costali 
ante apicem albida, Exp. al. 53 lin. 
Head and face blackish. Palpi black. Antenne black, with white 
tips. Anterior wings bright orange, with the base and apex black ; 
the extreme base rather silvery; the black at the base extends furthest 
along the costa, and from it is a silvery-grey fascia, which runs 
obliquely into a black spot on the middle of the inner margin, and 
from the hinder end of this black spot a silvery-grey blotch proceeds 
towards the costa; on the costa about the middle is a silvery-grey 
spot, and a small whitish spot immediately before the black apex; cilia 
blackish. Posterior wings dark fuscous, with paler cilia. 
Appears in July among Epilobiwm alsinefolium ; occurs near 
Renfrew, and has been taken in Devonshire and Sussex. ‘The 
larva feeds in May, mining the leaves of the Hpilobium. 
4, flavicaput, Haw. L. B. 536 (1839); Step.—auwrifrontella, 
Hib. Tin. 469? Alis anticis nigris, tuberculis duobus nigris, uno in 
medio plice, altero pone medium; capite, apicibusque palporum flavis. 
Exp. al. 6-7 lin, 
