plisli tinge, posteriorly irrorated with pale grcyish-ochrcons ; tlio untcr 

 margin, nearbj to the fold, pale ochrvoiis ; on the disc, a little beyond the 

 middle, is a whitish spot; cilia <fr{>yisli-oehreous, varied with I'nscous. 

 Posterior wings whitisii-grey, towards tlie apex ihu-ker, with [)ah'r 

 cilia. 



A^ot uncommon; the perfect insect u^jpcaring in June, July, 

 and October; found abundantly in 1S49 by Mr. Scott, in a coal- 

 mine near Glasgow. 



3. rusticella, Iliib. 339 (ISIG); Treit. ; Dap.; 'M\.—sntnrella, 

 Haw. — vetitiaitclld, Ste]). — UcclgcUa, W. V.? Alis anticis saturate 

 griseo-fuscis, vix purpurascenti; tinetis, dilute oehrco irroratis, uiaeula 

 disci ante medium dilute oehreo. Exp. al. G-8 liii. 



Head and lace oehreous. Palpi pale ochreous ; second joint ex- 

 ternally, and the basal halt of the terminal joint dark fuscous. vVntenuiO 

 greyish-fuscous. Anterior wings dark greyish-fuscous, with a very 

 iaint purplish tinge, iiTorated with pale ochreous, with a pale ochreous 

 spot on the disc, near the costa before the middle ; cilia pale ochreous, 

 somewhat varied with fuscous. Posterior wings i)ale grey, with paler 

 cilia. 



A ratlier common species in houses, outhouses, etc. j\ir. 

 Weaver has taken several specimens of a variety (?) \\ilh tui 

 ochreous spot at the anal angle running into the cilia; these he 

 found in fir-woods, Perthshire. 



4. monachella, lliii). 143 (ISOl); Treit.; Sta. ; 'LW.—nwdk'lla, 

 Fab. ? Alis antieis saturate fuscis, vtacnht curtail mcujaa allja, dorsum 

 versHH indc'iitata, puuetis minutis apicem versus albis. Exp. al. 5.V lin. 



Head and face white. Paljji white; second joint externally dark 

 fuscous. Antenuaj fuscous. Anterior wings rather dark fusc'ous, irith 

 a large irregular icli'tte blotch on the coda, extending from before the 

 middle to the apex, reaching half across tlu; wing, but with a rounded 

 indentation in its side towards the inner margin; the base of the costa, 

 and the margin of this white blotch, are dark purplish-fuseous ; towards 

 the apex of the wing are some small white spots ; cilia dark purplish- 

 fuscous. Posterior wings pale grey, with paler cilia. 



Occurs in the Cambridgeshire fens ; api)earing in May and 

 August. 



5. fulvimitrella, Sod. Pull. N. M. 1S30. 74. pi. I. f. fi ; Treit. ; 

 Dup. xi. pi. 312. t. 1 ; Zell.; II. -S. — r/<pella,lli\\v.; t^le|). — Bohemanelta, 

 Zett. Alis anticis mturale purpureo-J'mcis, iiiaciilis qiiuttior conspicuis 

 alhidh, diiabus dorsi, duabus coda', s(|uamis sparsis disei albidis. Exp. 

 al. 8 lin. 



Head and face bright ochreous. Palpi j)ale ochreous ; second joint 

 externally and the base of the tcrniinal joint dark fuscous. Antemia; 

 dark fuscous. Anterior wings dark pHrplkh-fim-om, with four coin^pi- 

 cuous tc/iilidt spots, of wliieh ticu, somewhat triangular, on the ii/ner 



