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ST. HELENA. 
Meyna, Guen. 
M. rusticalis, Hiibn. This brilliant orange-coloured Moth is 
somewhat rare, but, on a sunny day after mist or rain, may be seen 
flying about amongst the tufts of cow-grass on the highland in 
tim neighbourhood of Scotland and The Hermitage. It inhabits 
Fam. Scoparidce. 
Scoparia, Haw. 
*S. . nigritalis, Walk.— A small, long, dark-coloured Moth, which 
Mr Walker describes as follows : — “ Male and female blackish; 
abdomen hmdwings, and underside cinereous, shining; forewings 
neat the base with a cinereous band, which is irregularly bordered on 
both sides with deep black; orbicular and reniform marks, an exterior 
undulating transverse line and marginal dots deep black; length of 
the body three lines; expansion of the fore wings eight lines.” 
S. lucidalis Walk— A Moth which flies into the houses 
abundantly at night. The following is Mr. Walker’s description of 
it ..-“Female silvery whitish; forewings with two deep black 
irregular bands, and with three deep black exterior patches • first 
and very near the base; second antemedial ; first patch costal and 
postmedial ; second near the interior angle, third costal and subapical • 
exterior border with deep black dots; length of the body four lines • 
expansion of the forewings ten lines.” 
Fam. Fhycidce. 
Nephoteryx, Zell. 
*N. private, Walk.— A long, thin, dark-coloured Moth, which 
Mr. Walker describes as follows Female cinereous, with a very 
s ight testaceous tinge, pale cinereous beneath. Forewings with a 
s ightly darker spot, which extends from the costa to the disk at 
a little beyond one-third of the length from the base. Hindwings 
white, semihyalme. Length of the body three and a half lines ; ex- 
pansion of the fore wings eight and a half lines.” 
Fam. Tineidce. 
Tinea, Linn. 
~*U urse ^’ W ^-— Mr - Waiker describes this species as follows : 
Male and female brown, cinereous beneath ; head with a thick, 
