114 GKLKcirio.f;. 



onus ring" before the npcx. Auteiiiire I'uscoiis, heiicatli spotted with 

 pale oclireous. Anterior wings (in the $ rather acuminate) pale brown, 

 very mnch suifused with fuscous, the ibid and a line above it being al- 

 most the only uusufl'used portions of the wing; a black spot lies on 

 the fold before the middle, and on the disc a little posterior is another, 

 tioiiu't lines dlvkhd Into two wedf/e-sJiaped spots ; on tiic disc beyond the 

 middle is another black spot ; beyond are two pale opposite spots, 

 which appear to form a slightly angulated fascia ; between them is 

 sometimes a dark fuscous elongated spot ; the hinder margin and apex 

 of the costa are almost nninterruptedly dark fuscous ; cilia pale fuscous. 

 Posterior wings pale grey, with greyish-ochreous cilia. 



Not uncommon ; appearing in May and August. The larva, 

 ■wliich is more easily seen, mines the leaves of the thistle iClrs'nim 

 fanceolatuni) in July and September. 



28. Artemisiella (Tischer), Trcit. E. S. ix. 2. 97 (1833); F. v. 

 Iv. jil. 30. f. 3; lUip. ; Zell. ; Dougl. Alls auticis rnfo-hrnnneh, dorso 

 dlliiliore, pnnctls d/iob/rs pliccp, dnoljiisqite disci oJAupiL' positis posterht-s 

 u/i/ris. Exp. al. 5-5i lin. 



Head greyish-fuscous. Eace paler. Palpi dark fuscous, internally 

 paler; terminal joint with two fuscous rings. Antenna) fuscous, with 

 paler annulations. Anterior wings reddish-limioi, with the inner margin 

 paler ; on the fold are tii:o hlack spots, one heiiuj in the middle, and one 

 ttei/ond ; ohliquehj f)ei/ond these are tico others on the disc ; on the hinder 

 margin and a])ex of the costa arc some black spots ; cilia greyish-ochre- 

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



Common in June and July among the short grass in sandy 

 aiul gravelly places, near Epsom, 13ox Hill, Dawlish Warren, the 

 Cheshire coast, etc. The larva (according to Tischer) feeds in 

 May in the terminal shoots of Artemisia camjjeslris. 



29. sexiectella (F. v. E.), Zell. Isis, 1839. p. 199; Dougl. Alls 

 auticis dilute (jriseo-oehreis, fnsco-sujl'asis (sa-pe omuino fuscis), viacnla 

 hasali cosUc, macula mhiore costre pone vtedinm, pnnctoriue elongatnlo 

 plica; prope basiin, fuscis, puneto uno plicic, altero posteriorc disci ante, 

 tertio disci i)ouc medium nigris, fascia postica diiutiorc anguluta sub- 

 distincta. Fxp. al. 5.} lin. 



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

 ons ; terminal joint beneath sjjottcd with fuscous. Antcnn;e fuscous. 

 Anterior wings pale f/reijish-ochreons, considerahhj siijj'nsed witli. fuscous 

 (sometimes entirely so), with a da rh fuscous spot at the Ijase oj' the costa, 

 a smaller one on, the costa beyond the 'udddle, and a rather eloiif/nted otie 

 on the fold near the base; on the fold is a black spot, and another pos- 

 terior to it on the disc befon; the middle, a third being on the disc be- 

 yond the middle ; beyond this is a rather distinct pale angulated fascia ; 

 cilia pale grtiyish-ochreous. I*osterior wings pale grey, with ))ale grey- 

 isli-fuscous cilia. 



\ot raiv in dry places among fern, in -lulv; Dariford lleat.li. 



