202 HAUSTELLATA. LEPIDOPTERA. 



Sp. 16. albipunctella. Atis anticis rufo-fuscis sen ferrugineis, striis longitu- 

 dinalibus interruptis nigris, puncto medio albo. (Exp. Alar. 9 lin.) 



Ti. albipunctella. Hnbner. — De. albipunctella. Steph. Catal. ii. 194. No. 7168. 



Anterior wings red-brown or ferruginous, with numerous interrupted black 

 streaks^ and a conspicuous white dot in the middle of the disc, faintly edged 

 with dusky : on the extreme hinder margin some minute fuscous dots : 

 posterior wings greyish-brown. 



Caterpillar feeds on the hemlock {Cicuta), and the imago appears in August. 



Found, but rarely, near London ; also in the vicinity of Edin- 

 burgh. " Cramond." — Rev. W. Little. 



Sp. 1 7. Alstroemeriana. Alls anticis albidis macula, media costalifusco-ferruginea, 

 posticis cinereo-alhidis. (Exp. Alar. 8 — 85 lin.) 



Ph. To. Alstroemeriana. Linne. — De. AlstrcEmeriana. Steph. Catal. ii. 194. 



No. 7178. 



Anterior wings narrow, glossy, whitish, with a few dusky spots on the costa, 

 and an imperfect row of the same on the hinder margin ; about the middle 

 of the costa is a large flxscous spot, terminated on the disc by a rusty or 

 blood-red streak ; and on the inner margin are a few fuscous clouds : pos- 

 terior wings ashy-white, sometimes a little fuscescent. 



Not uncommon in hedges, ozier- grounds, &c. in the autumn, and 

 occasionally in the spring, within the metropolitan district, and also 

 in the New Forest and in Norfolk. " Newcastle." — G. Wailes, Esq. 



Sp. 18. putridella. Alis anticis pallidis, venis omnibus fuscis, pmictisque medio 

 nigris, posticis albidis. (Exp. Alar. 8§ lin.) 



Ti. putridella. H'ithner.—De. putridella. Steph. Catal. ii. 193. No. 7158. 



Anterior wings pale, with brown nervures, a short streak towards the base of 

 the inner margin, four dots on the disc towards the costa, two of which are 

 minute and black, and placed obliquely before the middle, then a larger 

 fuscous one, and finally a white one, with a black edge ; the hinder margin 

 with a row of minute black dots: posterior wings whitish, with pale 

 ochreous cilia. 

 Rare : found in August in Norfolk, and also in the New Forest. 



C. Anterior wings rounded behind, the disc pale, with minute darker atoms : — 



TiCHONiA, Hitbner, 

 Sp. 19. atomella. Alis anticis rufescentibus aut testaceis, nebulosis, atomis 



minutissimis nigris spai-sis. (Exp. Alar. 8^ lin.) 

 Ti, atomella. Hiihner.—De. atomella. Steph. Catal. ii. 194. No. 7174. 

 Anterior wings reddish or testaceous, with some darker clouds, and numerous 



minute scattered black dots and a few rosy ones intermixed; towards the 



