i>'T'i 1 2 GO 



witli I'longate blaok spots, spines sordid yollow or sli-^litl.v hrowniNh ; tarsi : Ist 

 and 2iid paii-s slightly brownish ; apex of the 3rd joint black ; 3rd, black ; baso 

 of the 1st joint brownish or brownish-yellow. 

 Abdomen above and beneath black ; genital segments black ; yalvc and plates very 

 narrowly margined with pale brown or brownish-yellow. 



I do not know any other species of this genus witli wliicli the 

 insect just described can be confounded. In the markings on the 

 elytra it somewhat resembles Thamnotettix splendididus, but the dif- 

 ference in form of — and characters on the head of — each, will at once 

 distinguish them, exclusive of the larger size of A. VerraUi. 



I have much pleasure in naming the species after my friend 

 INIr. Gr. II. Yerrall, who was with me when it was captured in some 

 numbers, on the margin of Poole Bay, by sweeping amongst rushes, at 

 the end of September. I have also a single $ example taken by Mr. 

 E. Saunders, at Littlehampton, in July, 1873. 



37, Manor Park, Lee, S.E. : 



February, 1875. 



OX THE SPECIES OF EPHESTIA OCCURBINa IN BRITAIN. 



BY C. a. BARRETT. 



Having lately had rather unusual opportunities of studying the 

 more obscure species of the genus Epliestia, native to, or settled in, 

 this country, I am inclined to endeavour to smooth away some of 

 the difficulty which surrounds thcjn. 



I may omit JE. interpunctella, and also E. pinguis and artemi- 

 sielln, which indeed hardly belong to the genus, as they are well kno^^^l 

 and easily recognizable. 



As in many others of the Phyciilce, the structural characters of 

 the EpliesticB are principally confined to the male sex. These consist 

 of — a lappet or fold of membrane covered with long scales, situated 

 along the under-side of the costa near the base, — one or two tufts or 

 flocks of long hairs at the base of the upper-side of the hind-wings, — 

 and sometimes a peculiar formation of the antennas beyond the basal 

 joint. 



EiMiESTiA ELUTELLA, lliibn. — Forc-wiiigs moderately broad, with 

 regularly rounded costa ; in the $ slightly dilated near the base of 

 the costa, — the large size of the projecting lappet giving the 

 wing a slightly shouldered appearance. Colour pale grey ; a 

 straight ohliijue transverse line at about one-iliinl tlic length of the 

 wing from the base, inclining outward from the costa, and another, 

 sinuous, lino, ol)lique in the opposite direction, near to, and almost 

 parallel with, the bind margin. Between these on the disc arc two 



