oEi.F.rniA. 113 



indistinct pale angulatod fascia; tlic hinder maij;in and ajicx of tlic 

 costa are spotted witii dark fuscous; cilia rather paK'r lluin the wint;:. 

 Posterior wings pale grey, with greyish-fuscous cilia. 



A most abundant S})cci('s everywhere among grass, in Jnne and 

 July. The hirva figured by riseher appears lo hv that of d'. /•/f/'os- 

 cens ; the larva of (I. ti'rrcUa still i-cniains to be discovcacd. 



25. desertella{Kdl.), Dougl. Kut. Traus. i. u. s. (',3 (1850). Alis 

 anticis dilute ochreo-hrunneis, yy/o/(:r/o jtlicfc prope Ijd.siai fusco, jjunctis 

 duobus ante medium (altcro ])lica', altero posterioro disci) puncto([UO 

 disci pone mcidium nigris, fascia postica dilutiore ohsoh'tinsiiiKi. Ex[), 

 al. (i {acx) lin. 



Head pale greyisli-ochreous, darker in the mi(Ulle. Face pale grey. 

 Palpi pale fuscous, internally pale ochrcous. Anteinae fuscous, with 

 paler annulations. Anterior wings pule ochreons-brown, n-ilh a fusroiis 

 upot on the fuld near Uia haae, two black spots l)efore the middle (one 

 on the fold, the other a little posterior on the disc), and one on the 

 disc beyond the middle; the indications of a jiale iiinder fascia are 

 lutrdhj pcrrqjliljh' ; the liintler margin and apex of the costa are spotted 

 with dark fuscous ; cilia pale fuscous or pale ochrcous. Posterior wings 

 pale grey, with pale greyish-fuscous cilia. 



Common on the .sand-hills of the Cheshire coast, and in the 

 Tsle of Portland, in June and July. 



20. politella (Dougl.), Sta. 8up. Cat. p. 4 (18.51) ; Dougl. Alis 

 anticis nitidis, (^ vlivaccu-griHeis, ( $ augustioribns dilute vel brunneo- 

 ochreis,) punctis tribus (nno plica-, altero posteriore disci ante, fertio 

 disci pone medium) (^ sidjodaoletis hii^cis ( ? distiuetis sidan'uris). K\\i. 

 al. (J 71; ? fii lin. 



Head and face greyish-fuscous. Palpi fuscous, internally pale ochrc- 

 ous. Antennae fuscous. Anterior wings shining olivdccous-ijrcij, with 

 a spot on the fold, one on the disc rather posterior Ijefore the middle, 

 and one on the disc beyond the middle, fuscous, but ralJwr indistinct ; 

 the hinder margin and apex of the costa are s])otted with fuscous ; cilia 

 pale fuscous. Posterior wings pale grey, with greyish-fuscous cilia. 



The female has the head, face, palpi, ;uul narrower anterior wings 

 pale oclu'cous, or pale brownish-ochreous, and the spots on the anterior 

 wings more distinct and almost black. 



Common at the foot of Skiddaw, among heather, in June, 1 S Iti ; 

 since taken by 3.1r. Logan, on the Pentlands, 



27. acuminatella, Sircom, Zool. 1 850, App. Ixxii. ; Pogul.— C/>- 

 siella, Sta. — jtnlliginclla, Sircom ? Alis anticis dilnti' hrnnin-is, f/isco- 

 svjO'nsis, plica lincacpie superiorc parum suifusis, j)niicto ])lica', puucto 

 posteriore disci {intcnhtm in duo cnnciformia diciso) ante; medium, 

 punctocpie disci pone medium nigris, maculis op]msitis dilutioribus fere 

 fasciam subangulatam formanlibus. I'Ap. al. (\\ lin. 



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

 cous, internally pale oebrcous ; tcnninal joint pale ochrcous, with a i'us- 

 voL. III. Q 



