214 [September, 



This species varies soiiiuwhat in the extent of its suft'usion, but 

 the markings are uniform throughout a considerable series. It 

 apjjears to be nearly allied to Eucelis madercE, Wlstn., differing how- 

 ever iu its paler colouring and smaller size, as well as in the form of 

 the costal streaks. 



At first sight it rather reminds one of the larger and wider 

 Laspeyresia Icplasfriernna, Crt., which I must continue to regard as 

 distinct from L. capparklana, Z., with which it has been confused iu 

 Staudiuger's Catalog, despite the expressed opinions to the contrary 

 of Lederer, Barrett, and Kagonot. The costal streaks immediately 

 preceding the apex are longer iu leplastrierana than in capparidana, 

 and the strigulate patch is much more distinctly defined on its outer 

 side, and more compressed at its apex ; leplastrierana is also a broader- 

 winged and darker s])ecies, although British forms of European sj)ecies 

 are usually smaller, not larger than their congeners. So far as 1 am 

 aware the true leplastrierana does not occur on the continent. A new 

 locality for capparidana is Corfu, where I look the species in 1872. 



I first met with malcolmice at 8an Fernandez in 1901, and subse- 

 quently bred it from a larva feeding on Alyssmn maritimuin at 

 Gibraltar. It is extremely abundant on the coast near Tangier, where 

 it burrows down the leading shoot of Malcolmia littorea, which grows 

 on the sand-hills, drawing the terminal leaves together in some cases» 

 and always causing them to droop, so that the larva is very easy to 

 discover however far down it ma}^ be in the stem (and it frequently 

 descends at least three inches from the top). The larva is whitish, 

 the head honey-yellow, the pronotal shield paler and greyer, somewhat 

 darkened along the suture and outwardly. The flight of this species 

 continues for some months, during which larvte are usually to be 

 found in all stages. 



2797 : 1 (=2838). — Aristotella uemissella, Z. 



Gelechia remissella, 7i. Is. I'ti-^T . 85-1 — 5 ; &c 



Anacainpsis remissella, Stgr. and Kbl. Cat. Lp. l*al. II. 2833 

 (1901). 



This species agrees in neuration with the Xjjstophora group of 

 the genus Aristotella, Hb., Meyr. The separate origin of veins 3 and 

 4), and 6 and 7 of the hind-wings will at once separate it irom Aproce- 

 rema, Drnt. (= Ariacampsis, Stgr. and Kbl. nee Crt. ; Anacavipsis, 

 Crt., tyY>e populella, teste Curtis, = Tachyptilia, Hein.). 



Additional localities for remissella are FEANCE — (Pyr. or.) — 

 Thues-les-bains, 24-26. VI. 1900. SPAIN— Geanada— Granada, 24. V. 

 —12.VI.1901. 



(7'o be continued). 



