21 n [September, 1900. 



NEW CORSICAN AND FRENCH MICRO-LEPIDOPTERA. 



BY THE RT. HON. LORD WALSINGHAM, M.A., LL.D., P.R.S., &c. 



(Continued from Vol. XXXVI, p. 153). 



GELECHIA, Hb. 



1846 (1). Gelecuia apolectella, sp. n. 

 Antennce brownish fuscous. Palpi whitish, with an ochreous tinge, the median 

 joint shaded with fuscous at the base externally, the terminal joint with two difPused 

 brownish shades around it— sometimes blended on the outer side. Head whitish, 

 with a slight ochreous tinge. Thorax brownish, mottled with fuscous. Fore-ioings 

 whitish, with a slight ochreous tinge, shaded with pale brownish along the dorsum, 

 about the middle of the costa and around the end of the cell ; with strong brownish 

 fuscous spots and blotches, one at the base of the costa, broken into smaller spots 

 which project outward upon the middle, a smaller spot lying on the dorsum below 

 them ; at about one-fourth a more or less broken fuscous shade extends obliquely 

 downward, slightly crossing the fold, with a projection on its outer side upon the 

 cell, its lower extremity appears to indicate the position of a plical spot, its outer 

 projection corresponding to the position of a discal spot beyond the plical ; a strong 

 fuscous spot at the end of the cell is clearly indicated, although forming part of a 

 difPused, inverted, transverse shade, originating from a strong fuscous costal blotch 

 at two-thirds from the base ; around tlie apex and termen a line of fuscous shading 

 is more or less broken into diffused spots, and is preceded by a somewhat less in- 

 tensely fuscoBs blotch occupying the terminal area, its outer edge running parallel 

 with the margin ; cilia brownish grey, much speckled on their base and along their 

 middle with brownish fuscous. Under-side dull brownish grey, with a strong pale 

 costal spot at the commencement of the cilia, preceded by a fainter pale costal streak 

 before the middle, a slender pale line runs along the base of the cilia. Exp. al., 

 18 mm. Hind-tvings rather shining, bluish grey ; cilia brownish grey. Under-side 

 shining, greyish. Abdomen, towards the base, pale brownish ochreous, greyish pos- 

 teriorly. Legs pale brownish ochreous, strongly banded externally with brownish 

 fuscous, the last joints of the tarsi faintly annulate with the same. 



Type, S (S4035), Mus. Wlstn. 



Rah. : Corsica, Vizzavona, 11, VI, 1899. Fifteen specimens' 

 flying early in the morning above Juniperus sahina. 



This species may be regarded as intermediate between interalbi- 

 cella, H.-S., and electella, 7i., from the former it differs in the more 

 broken appearance of the dark markings, in which the plical and 

 discal spots are more plainly indicated, moreover, the transverse band 

 of the pale ground-colour before the apex, which in both species 

 tends to be divided in the middle, is slightly straighter than in 

 interalhieelJa, where its dorsal extremity has the appearance of a spot 

 distinctly nearer to the base than the costal spot above it. The two 

 species can be at once distinguished on the under-side by the absence 

 in interalbicella of the pale costal spot ; this appears in electella, but 



