TINEID.E. GRACII.T-ARIA. 367 



Ti. Thunbergella. Fabricius, — Gr. Thunbergella. Steph. Catal. ii. 228. 

 A'b. 7596. 



Anterior wings of a golden-sulphur in the middle, the base and apex of a 

 bright red, with a violaceous or purplish tinge: posterior wings pale ashy- 

 brown, with paler cilia, glossed with yellowish. 



In some examples the anterior wings are deep violet-red, with a small well- 

 defined golden-yellow trigonal spot before the middle of the costa ; the 

 hinder wings and cilia are dark fuscous : probably a distinct species. 



Frequent in woods where oaks abound, and also in plantations and 

 gardens within the metropolitan district, in the autumn, as at Chel- 

 sea, Hertford, Ripley, &c. 



Sp. 13. hemidactylella. Alts aniicis rvfis fascia hasi, macula punciisque satu- 

 ratioribus. (Exp. Alar. 8 — 8^ lin.) 



Ti. hemidactylella. Wien. Fen. — Gr. hemidactylella. Sieph. Catal. ii. 228. 

 No. 7697. 



Anterior wings hoary, obtuse, pale red, with a large oblique chestnut-red 

 fascia at the base, a spot in the middle, the apex, and numerous dots on 

 the costa, the same : posterior wings leaden-brown : antennae brownish- 

 red. 



Found, not uncommonly, in woody places and hedges about 

 Coombe and Darenth, in August. " Raehills.'" — Rev. W. Little. 



Sp. 14. rufipennella. Alls anticis pallide ritfis, nigro-punctatis, post ids ci nereis, 

 lucidis ; femoribus nigris. (Exp. Alar. C — fig lin.) 



Ti. rufipennella. H'ubner. — Gr. rufipennella. Stcph. Catal. ii. 228. No. 7598. 

 — Haloptilia, Hubncr. 



Anterior wings pale red, spotted minutely with black and chestnut : posterior 

 wings pale livid ash-colour ; femora black ; tarsi white ; antennae grey, 

 with whitish rings. 



Also found in hedges and woody places, within the metropolitan 

 district. " Raehills." — Rev. W. Little. 



Sp. 15. elongella? Alis anticis rvfis, scepius nigra punctatis, femoribus tibiisque 

 rifescentibus, tarsis albis. (Exp. Alar. 6 — 6^ lin.) 



Ph. Ti. elongella. Linnef—Gr. elongella. Steph. Catal. ii. 228. No. 7599.— 



PfficiLOPTiLiA, H'ubner. 

 Anterior wings red, sometimes irrorated with black or fuscous; posterior 



silvery-grey, with pale yellowish-grey cilia ; femora and tibiae reddish : 



tarsi white ; antennae annulated with grey and white. 

 Rather variable in colour, as well as in the intensity of the dotting. 



Not uncommon in the neighbourhood of London in August. 



