88 CJKLECIJID.E. 



oous. Anterior wings rather short, pale oohreons, marhled lo'dh darker 

 ocItreoHS ; near the base of the inner margin is an oblique dark fuscous 

 streak reaching nearly to the subcostal vein ; on the disc before the mid- 

 dle are two small black spots (the anterior nearer to the costa), beyond 

 is a dark fuscous, almost black blotch reaching nearly to the costa; the 

 indications of a pale hinder fascia arc extremely indistinct ; the costa 

 and hinder margin are spotted with dark fuscous ; cilia pale greyish- 

 ochreous. Posterior wings pale grey, witli pale yellowish-grey cilia. 



Not uncommon ; appearing in September and October. The 

 larva feeds on the underside of the leaves of thistles {Cirsium lan- 

 ceolatnm, etc.)^ making a gallery of silken web^ in July and Au- 

 gust. 



10. subpropinqueila, Sta. Eut. Trans, v. 1.56. pi. 17. f. 3(1849). 

 — Herndiclla, Dup. ? Alls anticis longiusculis hrunneo-ocltrels, stria ob- 

 liqua dorsali prope basim/f/r ohsolda fusca, punctis duobus disci ante 

 medium nigris, nebula fusca in medio, pnncto fusco interdum obsoleto 

 pone medium. Exp. al. 10 lin. 



Head greyish-ochreous. Face pale greyish-ochreous. Palpi pale 

 fuscous, internally pale ochreous ; terminal joint pale ochreous, with a 

 ring at the base, a ring before the apex, and the extreme apex dark 

 fuscous. Antenna3 fuscous. Anterior wings brouvush-ochreous, with 

 an almost obsolete fuscous oblique streak on the inner margin near the 

 base ; on the disc before the middle are two black s])ots ; the anterior 

 nearer the costa and beyond is a fuscous {rarehj dark fuscous) blotch, 

 beyond which and further from the costa is a fuscous spot, sometimes 

 obsolete; the hinder margin is spotted with dark fuscous; cilia grey- 

 ish-ochreous. Posterior wings pale fuscous, towards the base paler ; 

 cilia pale yellowish-grey. 



Common near Folkestone^ in Se])tember ; also occurs at Eppitig; 

 and last summer Mr. Shield, of Ihiblin, bred a specimen from a 

 larva which fed (like that oi prophuiJiella) on the underside of the 

 leaves of thistles in June, producing the perfect insect in August. 



_^ 11. Alstrcemeriana, Clerek, I. pi. x. f. 1 (1759) ; Linn. (S. N.); 



ir( ■ ]}S--^^ Htej). — Ahlnrmlaua, Linn. (P. S.) ; Pab. — Alstrcemeri, Haw. — Alstros- 

 merella, Preit. ; Dup. — mouilella, W. V. — pnella, lliib. — albidella, 

 Evei's. Alis anticis aUns, dilute (jrlseo-oclireo irroralis, macula dorsali 

 propc basim dilute fusca, punctis duobus parvis disci ante medium ni- 

 gris, nebula in medio satm*ate fusca costam tangcnte, iu viaculam satu- 

 rate rufam termlnata. Exp. al. 8 lin. 



Head and face white. Palpi pale grey, internally white ; terminal 

 joint with a ring at the base, a ring before the ajiex, and the extreme 

 a])ex fuscous. Antcnnre dark fuscous. Anterior wings vldte, Irrorated 

 with })ale greijish-ochreous ; on the inner margin near the base is an ob- 

 lique pale fuscous blotch reaching nearly to the subcostal vein ; on the 

 disc before the middle are two small black spots (of which the anterior 



