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a little paler beyond the middle, the apex dull violet; cilia greyish. 
Posterior wings pale grey, with pale grey cilia. 
Abundant in gardens and hedges in May and August, but 
rarely seen in the perfect state. The yed/owish larva is very con- 
spicuous, mining im long tortuous galleries in the leaves of the 
rose in July and autumn; the orange or brown cocoon is fre- 
quently made in the foot-stalk of the leaf, sometimes on the stem, 
under the shelter of a projecting thorn; its outer covering pro- 
jects beyond it like a tent, making it appear much larger than it 
really is. This species has an historical interest, having been ob- 
served by De Geer, Goéze, and Lewis; and the exhibition by Mr. 
Westwood of some bred specimens of this species, at the Septem- 
ber meeting of the Entomological Society in 1851, led to the 
attention of Micro-Lepidopterists being drawn to the larvee of this 
genus, and was the proximate cause of all the discoveries that 
have since been made respecting them. 
4. pygmeeella, Haw. L. B. 586 (1829); Sta.; Step.? Alis an- 
ticis cinereis, postice dilutissime violaceo-tinctis ; capillis duéeis. Exp. 
al. 2-3 lin. 
Head and face yellowish. Palpi whitish. Antenne fuscous, basal 
joint whitish. Anterior wings pale ashy-grey, with a very slight violet 
tinge towards the apex; cilia paler. Posterior wings whitish-grey, 
with whitish-grey cilia. 
Common in May and August, flying along hawthorn hedges at 
5 a.m. ‘The yellowish larva mines the leaves of the hawthorn in 
July and autumn. 
6. Oxyacanthella, n. sp. Alis anticis fuscis punpureo-tinctis, 
postice purpureis ; capillis Zwéeis. Exp. al. 24 lin. 
Head and face deep yellow. Palpi whitish. Antenne dark fuscous, 
with the basal joint whitish. Anterior wings fuscous, tinged with pur- 
ple, beyond the middle almost entirely purple. Posterior wings pale 
grey, with pale grey cilia. 
Appears in May, but not hitherto observed in the perfect state. 
The bright green larva is very common in hawthorn-leaves in au- 
tumn, making /ong galleries ; it mines also (I believe) in the 
leaves of the wild apple. 
6. viscerella (Dougl.), Sta. Zool. 1853. p. 3958. Alis anticis 
olivaceis, postice saturatioribus ; capillis luteis, fusco-mivtis. Exp. al. 
2% lin. ; 
Head and face yellowish, intermixed with fuscous. Antenne fuscous, 
basal joint whitish. Anterior wings rather of an olive tint, posteriorly 
darker, with whitish cilia. Posterior wings whitish-grey, with whitish- 
grey cilia, 
Appears in May (?), but not hitherto met with in the perfect 
