358 H AUSTELL ATA. — LEPIDOPTEKA. 



behind, placed obliquely to each other on the costa and inner margin : 

 posterior wings black. 



A very rare species ; found towards the end of May and beginning 

 of June in woody places within the metropohtan district : my spe- 

 cimens were taken at Darenth. 



Sp. 6. rupella ? Alls anticis at?'0-fuscis, maculis quatuor margiualihus oblique 

 positis albis,fronte rufo. (Exp. Alar. 6§ — 9 lin.) 



Ti. rupella. Fabricius f—La., rupella. Steph. Catal. ii. 227. Nu. 7567. 



Anterior wings deep brown or blackish, with an obscure metallic tinge, with 

 four rather large subquadrate white spots on the margins, two of them on 

 the costa and two on the inner margin, placed obliquely with respect to each 

 other, the first pair before the middle, the second pair behind ; on the costa 

 towards the base is frequently a minute white dot: posterior wings pale 

 fuscous : head with a red front. 



The marginal white spots are sometimes more or less obliterated, and occa- 

 sionally very large, the inner basal one being produced along the margiu 

 towards the origin of the wing. 



Also rare within the metropolitan district, where it has been taken 

 near Westerham and Darenth wood, but apparently not uncommon 

 in the New Forest, in June. 



Sp. 7. marginepunctella. Alis anticis fuscis, costa margineque postico aurco- 

 jmnciatis macula cominuni geminatajiava. (Exp. Alar. 5^ — 6 lin.) 



La. marginepunctella. Steph. Catal. ii. 227. No. 7369. 



Anterior wings fuscous, with a slightly metallic hue, with a row of golden 

 dots of dissimilar size on the costa and hinder margin, extending a little way 

 up the inner edge; towards the base of the latter is a large common yellow 

 spot, divided by a fuscous line ; cilia dusky, varied with gold : posterior 

 wings and cilia dusky : head pale fuscous. 



Rather variable, the spots on the anterior wings being sometimes much more 

 obscure and indistinct than at others. 



Of this very distinct species I have seen but a pair, which are in 

 my own collection : they were taken at Ripley in June 1827. 



Sp. 8. melanella. AUs anticis atris punctis quatuor marginalibus oppositis albis, 

 capite utro. (Exp. Alar. 4. — 5 lin.) 



Ti. melanella. Haworth. — La. melanella. Steph. Catal. ii. 227. No. 7570. 



Anterior wings deep black, with two small white dots placed oppositely before 

 the middle, and two others a very little behind, and also three or four minute 

 Avhite dots on the hinder margin : cilia black, with minute white streaks : 

 posterior wings black. 



