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Insects.

large, somewhat angular patch at the base, a fascia beyond the mid- dle, extending half the breadth of the wing from the lower edge, and a patch at the apex fuscous ; on the costa are four pairs of small white spots ; posterior wings fuscous : head and thorax luteous.

Of this small, but distinct species, I have but one specimen, which I took in June last by beating a spruce fir at Weybridge.



1. Cnephasia conspersana, 2. Pœcilochroma occultana. 3. Sericoris tenebrosana. 4. Argyrotoza Audouinana. 5. Orthotænia quadrana. 6. O, venustana. 7. Cochylis affinitana. 8. Depressaria rotundella. 9. Anacampsis lophyrella. 10. A. instabilella.


Argyrotoza Audouinana. (Fig. 4).
Argyrolepia Audouinana, Duponch. Pl. 266, Fig. 5.

Expansion of wings about 4½ lines. Anterior wings dark coffee- brown, with the extremity of a golden yellow, and two spots of the same colour placed, one nearly in the centre of the costa, the other near the base on the lower edge ; on the brown part are several me- tallic blue lines : the under side is light brown with the extremity yellowish : the posterior wings are light brown on both surfaces, with the fringe lighter : head, thorax, and antennæ light brown, palpi orange-yellow.