TlXflD.E. CRAMBUS. 329 



18 a transverse repanded line^ edged anteriorly with whitish ; cilia silvery 

 at the basej the apex ashy : posterior wings pale cinereous. 



Not very common; taken within the metropolitan district in June. 



Sp. 34. aquilellus. Alts nitidis arigustis lutescentibus, costa late fuscescente 

 striga longitudinal i media argentea, linedque postica obsoletissima fused. (Exp. 

 Alar. 1 unc.) 



Ti. aquilella. Hiibner.—Cr. aquilellus. Steph. Catal. ii, 221. No. 7495 — 

 Agriphila, Hubner. 



Anterior wings narrow, lutescent, with the costa dark or fuscous, the disc with 

 a simple longitudinal silvery line, crossed at its apex with a very obscure 

 repanded fuscous line : posterior wings cinereous. 



Variable, both in colour, and in the extent of the silvery streak on the anterior 

 wings, it being sometimes entirely wanting. 



Not uncommon in meadows, pastures, by the skirts of woods and 

 sides of lanes in June and July, within the metropolitan district : 

 common also at Dover. 



Sp. 3o. paleellus. Alis anticis angustis luteis stria media alba abbreviatd 

 lineolis duabus fuscis adnatis ; posticis fuscis. (Exp. Alar. 1 unc. 1 — 2 lin.) 



Ti. paleella. Hiibner.—Cr. paleellus. Steph. Catal. ii. 221. No. 7496.— 

 Agriphila, Hubner. 



Anterior wings pale luteous or ochreous, with a longitudinal white, or pale 

 silvery streak in the middle, scarcely extending beyond the centre, and 

 bordered on each side with fuscous : posterior wings fuscous. 



In some examples the white longitudinal streak on the anterior wings is 

 entirely wanting, and the colour of the wings themselves varies greatly. 



Abundant within the metropolitan district, at the end of June and 

 throughout July, in meadows, &c. 



Sp. 36. culmorum. Alis anticis angustis cinereo-fuscis, costa latissime Jusca, 

 stria gracili media albissima, postice suhramosa, posticis fuscis. (Exp. Alar. 

 1 unc. 1 lin.) 



Cr. culmorum. Fabricius. — Steph. Catal. ii. 221. JVb. 7497. 



Anterior wings narrow, ashy-brown, with the costa broadly darker ; the disc 

 with a slender longitudinal brilliant white, or silvery streak, somewhat 

 branched towards the inner apex : posterior wings fuscous. 



Not uncommon in fields and meadovv-s, grassy lanes, &c. through- 

 out the metropolitan district, in June and July. 



Sp. 37. fuscelinellus. Alis anticis angustis fuscescentibus stngd medid longiiw 

 dinali alba extus nigro adnata, postice Integra ; posticis cinereo-fuscescentibvs. 

 (Exp. Alar. 10 lin — 1 uuc. 1 lin.) 



