YI-OXOMECTIDE. ISMEXE. 247 



Ti. lutarella. Huhner ?— Yp. lutarella. Steph. Calaf. ii. 204. No. 7281. 



Anterior wings of a yellowish-ash, with numerous very minute, obscure, 

 darker atoms, and towards the apex with a short whitish streak; cilia of a 

 coppery tint : posterior wings pale fuscous. 



Not uncommon in woods and gardens towards the end of June 

 and beginning of July, within the metropolitan district. 



Sp. 7. subfasciella. Alls anticis cinereo-fuscis, atomis a/;iceque iaiuraiior-ibus, 



J'dsciaque medio obsolete! f'uscn. (Exp. Alar. 5 — j^ ^i'l) 

 Yp. subfasciella. Steph. Catal. ii. 204. No. 7282. 



Anterior wings ashy-brown, with darker atoms ; the" apex with a dusky 

 cloud, and the disc with a faint fuscous fasciae : head pale : thorax fuscous. 



Found at Darenth wood in June. 



Sp. 8. csesiella. AUs anticis cinereo-fuscis atomis saturatioribus, ciliis margincque 



posiico purpiireis. (Exp. Alar. 5 — 6 lin.) 

 Ti. csesiella. Hubner.—Y-^. csesielia. Steph. CataK ii. 204. No. 7283. 



Anterior wings ashy-brown, with miiuite darker atoms; the hinder margin 

 and cilia purple : posterior wings whitish, fuscous behind ; cilia also fuscous : 

 head and thorax ashy-white. Slightly variable in tint and size. 



This species forms a portion of the genus Swammerdamia, Hiibner. 



Common in gardens and woods throughout the metropolitan 

 district. I have frequently taken it at Coombe and Darenth woods, 

 Ripley, Hertford, and at South Lambeth. 



Gexus CCCXLII. — IsMENi* inihi. 



Palpi moderate, slender, subfditbrm, ascending, the terminal joint rather 

 curved, the apex somewhat acute : maxillce short, spiral. Antennce short, 

 rather slender, simple, with the apical joints rather distinct, the basal joint 

 very large and tumid ; head moderate : face smooth ; crown with a tuft of 

 elongate elevated scales : eyes small, scarcely visible from above : thorax 

 small, subovate, not crested : wings convoluted during repose ; anterior 

 elongate-sublinear-lanceolate, the costa generally darker than the inner 

 margin, which is mostly white, with a transverse dark spot, frequently 

 elongated into a fascia, extending occasionally to the costa ; apex rounded 

 with short cilia anteriorly, and long ones on the hinder angle : posterior 

 wings also long and slender, with very long cilia : body elongate, slender, 

 rather stouter in the females, and with a small tuft at the apex in both 

 sexes. 



Ismenc, nomcn pro^riam. 



