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July, August. The Alps, Scandinavian Mountains, and Lapland. In Bri- 

 tain, it has been taken in Wales, the Lake District of North England, Perth- 

 shire, Aberdeenshire, and Inverness-shire. A mountain species : in Britain not 

 found below an elevation of ? 2000 feet. It frequents grassy places. 



[Radiellus H., another alpine species, may be distinguished from fiircatellus 

 by its narrower, greenish, more shining wings, &c] 



c) Cilia variegated with whitish. Central veins slender, 

 whitish. The two lines are somewhat fuscous, margined, the central interiorly, 

 the hind exteriorly, with whitish. 



FASCELINELLUS H. — F.-w. slightly elongated and obtuse, 

 (more acute in the female) hind-margin rounded ; ochreous- 

 grey, the veins whitish-ochreous, and the inner-margin sprinkled 

 with large fuscous scales. The two lines oblique, arched, and 

 indented near the inner-margin, yellowish-brown mixed with 

 fuscous and margined with whitish-ochreous, the central interi- 

 orly, the hind exteriorly. Hind-margin narrowly brownish-yellow, 

 with 3-4 black spots at its lower half. Cilia greyish-brown 

 variegated with whitish. H.-w. pale greyish-brown. 13-14 Z. 



July. Central Europe, South Sweden, "Western France, and South-western 

 Kussia. In Britain very local, and has only been detected near Yarmouth. 

 Closely allied to jocundellus H.S., and ramosellus Z. Zeller and Staudinger re- 

 fer the pedriolellus of Stainton's Manual (II. 182) to the alpine species spurt- 

 ellus II., which has not occurred in Britain. 



dj Cilia unicolorous (sometimes metallic). Central vein often 

 paler or silvery, margined with darker scales. Lines (when represented) mar- 

 gined, one interiorly, the other exteriorly, with whitish. 



1. Cilia metallic. Hind-margin yellowish, with black spots. 

 Veins sprinkled with fuscous. No trace of lines. Palpi elongated. 



CULMELLUS L. — Palpi long, acuminate. F.-w. somewhat 

 elongate, acute, hind -margin rather convex; pale ochreous, 

 brown towards the costa ; central veins paler, their branches 

 separated by greyish-brown scales ; hind-margin brownish-yellow 

 with a row of black spots. Cilia pale golden, shining. The 

 female is altogether paler. 8-9 L. 



June, July. Central and North Europe. Avery common species in Britain, 

 occurring probably throughout. 



2. Cilia very rardy metallic. Central vein generally paler, 



margined beloio with darker. The two lines present. - 



inquinatellus s.v. — Palpi long. F.-w. elongate, acute, 

 brownish-ochreous ; central vein and its branches paler. Lines 



