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state. The dright green larva mines the leaves of the elm in au- 
tumn, making the convolutions of its narrow mine so close together 
that they form brown d/oéches ; it is excessively abundant in many 
localities. 
7. Catharticella, Sta. Zool. 1853. p. 3958. Alis anticis nigris, 
dilutissime purpureo-tinctis, puncto minuto dorsi pone medium aldo ; 
capillis ferrugineis; tarsis posticis albidis, fusco-annulatis. Exp. al. 
2% lin. 
Head and face reddish-yellow. Palpi whitish. Antenne fuscous, 
basal joint whitish. Hinder tarsi whitish, annulated with dark fuscous. 
Anterior wings black, with a very faint purple tinge, with a minute 
white spot on the inner margin near the anal angle; cilia whitish. 
Posterior wings pale grey, with pale grey cilia. 
Appears in May (?) and August, but not hitherto met with in 
the perfect state. The larva feeds in autumn and July, on the 
leaves of Rhamnus catharticus, making rather broad galleries ; it 
is excessively abundant on several bushes in my own neighbour- 
hood, yet, though I have searched and beaten for the perfect insect, 
when I expected it should be out, at various hours of the day, L 
never succeeded in finding a single specimen. 
8. Septembrella, Sta. Cat. p. 29 (1849). Alis anticis nigris, 
macula triangulari dorsi pone medium albida, capillis ferrugineis ; an- 
tennis fuscis; tarsis posticis wnicoloribus albidis. xp. al. 2 lin. 
Head and face reddish-yellow. Palpi whitish. Antennee fuscous, 
basal joint whitish. Hinder tarsi wicolorous whitish. Anterior wings 
black, with a rather triangular whitish spot on the inner margin beyond 
the middle; cilia whitish. Posterior wings whitish-grey, with paler 
cilia. 
The original specimen was taken by Mr. Bedell, at West Wick- 
ham Wood, in September; it probably appears in May and Au- 
gust, but a summer brood of the larva has not yet been observed. 
The larvee mine the leaves of Hypericum pulchrum in autumn, 
making extremely slender mines, and going several times round 
and across the small leaves they inhabit ; when full-fed they pucker 
the leaf a little, and form their cocoon inside it, never quitting the 
mine till they assume the perfect state, thus quite abnormal to the 
ordinary habits of the genus. 
9. intimella, Zell. L. BE. iii. 323 (1848); Sta.; Sireom. Alis 
anticis saturate /uscis, macula dorsi paullo post medium Jutescente ; ca- 
pillis luteis; antennis Zuéescentibus. xp. al. 3 lin. 
Head and face yellowish. Palpi whitish. Antenne dirty pale yel- 
lowish, basal joint whitish. Anterior wings dark fuscous, with.a yel- 
lowish spot on the inner margin, a little beyond the middle ; cilia grey-. 
ish-fuscous, Posterior wings grey, with paler cilia. 
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