54, [August, 



however, that the palpi appear too long and too horizontal for adorna- 

 tella, not noticing that the same mistake of the engraver occurs 

 frequently in Hiibner's work. 



OrnateUa, S.V., has also been described as criptella, Hb., criptea, 

 Hw., and perornatella, Gn. 



The larva is not yet described ; it is stated by E. Hofmann to 

 feed on Thymus serpyllum in May. 



Pempelia dilutella, 8tt. — This is adornateUa, Tr. ; the larva has 

 been described by Mr. Porritt in the " Entomologist " of 1883, p. 212, 

 and feeds on wild thyme, but Mr. Porritt does not state how. 



Pempelia suhornatelJa, Dup. {serpyJletorum, 7i.). — The larva has 

 been described several times. It feeds on Thymus serpyllum, but 

 Mann says that he has bred the insect from Glohularia vulgaris. 



Pempelia ohductella, F. E,. — The larva feeds on Origanum, Clino- 

 podiicm, Calamintha, and Mentha ; it has frequently been described. 



Pempelia fusca, Hw.— Zincken was under the impression that this 

 species was Hiibner's spadicella (figs. 225, 226), and described it under 

 that name, as is proved by an original drawing of Zincken' s spadicella, 

 which was seen by Zeller, but on examining the figures 225 and 226, 

 only the latter can be referred to fusca. 225 is most likely the same 

 as janthinella, Hb., fig. 374, 375, for only of that species, with long 

 narrow wings and knotted antennae, can the colour of the fore-wings 

 be described as "coppery-brown." Fusca, Hw., is figured and de- 

 scribed by Duponchel as janthinella, vol. x, pi. 281, fig. 2, page 235, 

 not pi. 283, fig. 8, p. 351 (as erroneously stated in Dr. Wocke's Cata- 

 logue), which is the ivne janthinella, Hb. 



Yery little is known of the larva oi fusca, Hw. Mr. Porritt, it is 

 true, has obtained it from the egg, but did not succeed in rearing it 

 to the perfect state, nor could he learn its natural food-plant. Dr. 

 AYocke indicates Vaccinium myrtillus as the food-plant. 



Pempelia formosa, Hw. — This was described by Duponchel (vol. 

 X, pi. 280, fig. 2, p. 213) as Phy. duhiella ; but in Duponchel's collec- 

 tion under that name there was one fot^mosa and one spissicella, which 

 accounts for his observation that he had received a specimen (of du- 

 hiella) bred from a larva feeding on oak. The larva has been described 

 by Newman, Buckler, Stainton, and Stange. 



Pempelia hostilis, Steph. — This moth was described by Stephens, 

 but being quite unknown then on the continent, Zeller, in 1846, quoted 

 it as a synonym of P. adelphella, E. v. E.., without giving himself the 

 trouble (as he wrote me) to verify whether it was the same insect or 



