2G4 [April, 1887. 



E. apicata : one day, when at Inveran last July, I crossed to the 

 Eoss-shire side o£ the Oykel, and in a small valley this species 

 abounded, while no other occurred ; I believe it is a species very 

 abundant when it occurs, but occurring in very restricted localities ; I 

 found it abundantly in a small locality near Bickleigh in Devonshire, 

 in August, 1885, and to prove its wide distribution, I have a female 

 caught in the Pistojese Apennines by the Eev. A. E. Eaton on August 

 5th, 1882. Loew described it from a wide area in Central Europe. 



E. SUBMAEMOEATA, n. sp. {S ? )• — Minor, inter E. marmoratam et E. apicatam 

 sed ab hdc maculis in alarum apice sitis non confluentibus et venis longitudinalibus 

 parce niffro-punctatis, et ab Hid magnitudine minore et alls clarioribus, distincta. 



A smallish species, resembling both E. marmorata and E. apicata ; it is not 

 quite so small as E. apicata, and the thorax is not so brightly striped ; the wings 

 are broader than in E. apicata, and have but few spots on the veins compared with 

 E. marmorata ; the bpots near the apex, though not so black and sharply defined as 

 in E. miliaria, still have not the least tendency to the characteristic cloud of E. 

 apicata, and the presence of some dots on the veins distinguishes it from all except 

 E. marmorata ; from this its small size and the comparative scarcity of the dots on 

 the veins at once separate it, while a peculiarity is noticeable at the lower end of 

 the supernumerary vein, as the clouding of the vein spreads out both wings along 

 the postical vein, giving the appearance of a T reversed ; the scarcity of the dots 

 about the veins leaves distinct the two (nearly) clear bands across the wings which 

 are so noticeable in E. apicata. The genitalia are small and dark. 



This species was abundant near Tunbridge Wells and Frant last 

 June, and I met with it at Loch Maree in June, 1885. 



E. marmorata is widely spread, but seldom abounds in one spot. 



LIMNOPHILA. 



1 (18) Subcostal vein ending almost with the cross vein connecting it with the 



radial. 



2 (15) Prififurca never more than twice as long as the petiole of the first sub- 



marginal cell, often only about as long. 



3 (14) Petiole of upper vein from discal cell at least half as long as the fork. 



4 (5) Blackish-grey species 3Ieigenii, Yer. 



5 (4) Ochreous species. 



6 (13) Thorax with a black central line, at least in front. 



7 (10) Stigma distinct, though not conspicuous ; species 20 — 30 mm. alar expanse. 



8 (9) Wings somewhat pellucid, femora (when mature) blackish, leaving only 



the basal third luteous dispar, Mg. 



9 (8) Wings distinctly yellowish ; femora with only the ti^DS dark... 



lineola, Mg. 



10 (7) Stigma absent ; species 16 — 20 mm. alar expanse. 



11 (12) Discal cell closed lineolella, n. sp. 



12 (11) Discal cell open aperta, n. sp. 



13 (6) Thorax entirely ochreous, with no trace of a central black line... 



ferruginea, Mg. 



