170 [August, 



former is, of course, abundant throughout the county, and I bred it 

 ou May 1st, 1S98, from larvae in ivy stems taken at Barham on 

 January 7th, which became pupse on March 30th. If, however, it be 

 ])arasitic upon so ubiquitous a host, it appears curious that it should 

 for so long have been overlooked. 



Ipswich : 



May 28th, 1900. 



ON TINEA fMEESSIAJ VINCULELLA, H.-S., AND ITS EUROPEAN 

 ALLIES, WITH DESCRIPTIONS OF NEW SPECIES. 



BY THE EIGHT HON. LORD WALSINGHAM, M.A., LL.D., F.E.S. 



1425 (1). Tinea (Meessia) richaedsoni, sp. n. 

 = Tinea *viiiculella, Edsn., Ent. Mo. Mag. XXXT, 61—5 (1895) : 

 Pr. Dorset N.H. and Antiq. Field Club, XVI, 81—7, PI. [VII] 

 2, 2a— d (1895)' ; [? Meyr. HB. Br. Lp., 792 (1895)^] 



Antennm brownish fuscous above, whitish beneath. Palpi whitish. Head 

 blackish brown above, face pale ochreous. Thorax blackish brown. Fore-toings 

 dark bronzy blackish brown ; a slightly oblique, silvery white fascia at one-fourth, 

 of about equal width throughout, sometimes slightly curved outwards, nearer to the 

 base on the costa than on the dorsum ; an outwardly oblique silvery median costal 

 streak pointing towards the apex of a silvery dorsal spot beyond the middle ; equi- 

 distant between the costal streak and the apex is another silvery costal spot, usually 

 lunate (inwardly convex), sometimes detached from the margin and merely oblique; 

 cilia dark bronzy brownish, their outer half white towards the apex, the dorsal spot 

 also sends out some white scales through them. Exp. al., (J 9, $ 7 mm. Hind- 

 wings and cilia shining, dark grey. Legs dark greyish, the hind tarsal joints and 

 spurs slightly paler. 



Tj/pe, S (53074) ; ? (53077), Mus. Wlsm. 



Hah. : England, Dorsetshire— Portland VI — VIP ; Is. of Pur- 

 beck ex 14 — 29, VT, 1890 {Bankes). Larva licliens on rocks, 

 VIII — X, sometimes living two years'. Eight specimens. 



Referring to notes made when I first saw this species I find the 

 following: — 



" MS. 322. Tinea ? 



" Tinea vinculella, Edsn., Portland (Bankes' Coll.) is not vinculella, 



Ii.-S.,nor vinctcUa,l\.-^., nor leopoldella^ Costa (= oherthiiriella, 



Mill.). 

 ^'vinculella, H.-S., does occur in England teste a good Dorsetshire 



specimen in Bankes' Coll. (Wlsm., XII, 1895)." 



Eurther examination has confirmed the impression here conveyed. 



