the day ; but whetlier it is as applicable to Fagella as to some 

 of the other insects, I very much doubt. The same cele- 

 brated Lepidopterist seems to be mistaken in supposing the 

 Diurneae are destitute of maxillae, and the palpi, when denu- 

 ded, are distinctly articulated. The males fly slowly, and the 

 females merely spread their wings a little when they walk. 



* Palpi of female long and straight. 



1. Fagella Fab. — Fagi Fab.— Wood, jo/. 41./. 1273 c^, ? .— 

 disparella Schr. — atomana Knock. — atomella Hiib., pi. 2.f. 

 1 3. var. ? 



Male ochreous-white, superior wings thickly freckled with 



brown, with S or 4 black dots on liie disc : cilia spotted : 



inferior wings of an even greyish-browti. Female ochreous, 



freckled with black : superior wings with a very irregular 



sinuated black striga before, and another less so beyond the 



middle, with a black dot between them : antennge and legs 



spotted black. Some specimens are lighter and griseous. 



Not uncommon on the trunks of beech-trees the end of 



Feb. in March and April, Kensington Gardens and Regent's 



Park, J. C. ; Newcastle, Mr. Wailes. The larva is found in 



Aug. and Sept. on the beech and oak, frequently upon the 



aspen, and som.etimes on wild-roses : it spreads its pallet-shaped 



feet very much in walking, and when disturbed it makes a 



noise with them which faintly resembles the roll of a drum, 



according; to the observations of M. Treitschke. 



** Palpi shorter and recurved in the female. 



2. Novembris Ha'w.— Curt. Brit. Ent..^ j)l. 743 ? . 



Female whitish, variegated and spotted with brown : an- 

 tennae dotted with brown ; apex of palpi dark : superior 

 wings pale brown with white patches, and scattered scales, 

 a longitudinal and undulating line of white scales not reach- 

 ing the base but extending to the posterior margin, edged 

 and interrupted by a black streak above it : inferior wings 

 minutely freckled with pale brown, darkest at the apex. 

 Another specimen has the upper wings lighter and griseous, 

 the black forming two oblique streaks pointing to the head. 

 Rare on the trunks of lime-trees in Kensington Gardens in 

 November, in which situation I have found it; it has also been 

 observed near Kennington and in Epping Forest. It is strange 

 that after so many years the male of this moth should still be 

 unknown ; Mr Haworth considered it might prove to be the 

 female of T. gelatella, and at the same time stated that T. 

 phryganella was supposed by others to be the male ; both these 

 suppositions are found to be incorrect, since the females of 

 those species have been ascertained. M. Godart has figured 

 both sexes of a moth under the name of Dorynoyella, which 

 may be a dark variety of our insect, but it is difficult to deter- 

 mine the point from an engraving. 



For specimens of Mcconopsis cambrica, Yellow Poppy, I 

 am indebted to T. C. Hcysham, Esq. 



