124 GELECIIIU^;. 



the terminal shoots, and devouring the flower-buds of the Stellaria 

 Jiolostea, in the beginning of spring. 



52. fraternella, Doiigl. Eut. Trans, i. u. s. 101 (1851); Id. Eut. 

 Trans, ii. n. s. 77. \i\. x. f. 3. Alis auticis riiJ'o-hnin)ms,fusco-snll'usls, 

 puncto supra plicain prope basim, nebala ohliqiia ante medimn costce pU- 

 cam taiKjchte, nebula pone luediuni dorsi (apice ciun puncto uigro disci 

 coniic.xo), sal urate fmch, macuhs oppositis albldis I'ere t'asciara vix mif/u- 

 latavi fornwintibus, ea costali vix posteriore. Exp. al. 5-51 bn. 



1 b'jid redcbsh-browu. Face pale greyish-ochreous. Palpi tuscoiis, 

 internally pule ochreous ; terminal joint dark fuscous, internally and 

 the tip pale ochreous. Antennre dark fuscous, with paler anuLdntions. 

 Anterior wings reddish-brown, more or less siijfased with fuscous, with a 

 dark i'uscous spot above the fold near the base, a dark fuscous tjtotch 

 from the casta before the middle, e.vtendi)ig obliquely to the fold, and a 

 dark fuscous blotch on. the inner margin beyond the middle, at the apex 

 of \rhich is a black spot on the disc; beyond are two ■whitish oppo- 

 site spots, almost forming a sliijhily auyulated fascia (that on the costa 

 is rather posterior) ; the apical portion of the wing is almost entirely 

 dark fuscous; cilia pale grey, varied with fuscous. Posterior wings 

 pale grey, with greyish-fuscous cilia. 



Not uncommon in July, in hedges and weedy banks where Stel- 

 laria vJifjinosa grows, but very retired in its habits, and not easily 

 dislodged. The larva feeds in May in the young terminal shoots 

 of Stellaria ulhjhiosa, which thereby assume a singular knobbed 

 and contorted ap])earance. 



53. maculiferella (Maun), Dougl. Eut. Trans, i. n. s. 103 

 (1851). — [iroxima. Haw.; Step. Alis auticis ^nVo-fuscis, costam ver- 

 sus rulb-brunueo sutfusis, macula obliqua nigra ante ■medium costce, pU- 

 cam tungeute, interne cum puncto uigro plicce, externe cum puncto nigra 

 disci conuexa, puncto disci pone medium cum striola transversali supra 

 plicam connexo, nigris, /«6f/rt! postica dilute ochrea intcrrnjita subangu- 

 lata. Exp. al. 5 liu. 



Head dark fuscous. Face pale ochreous. Palpi dark fuscous, in- 

 ternally pale ochreous. Antenn;e pale fuscous, aunulated with dark 

 fuscous. Anterior wings greyish -fuscous, somewhat suil'used with red- 

 dish-lu'ovvn towards tiie costa, u-ith a. broad oblique black streak from the 

 costa before the middle, not reaching beyond the fold, connected internally 

 with a black spot on the fold, and externidly with a black spot on the 

 disc ; beyond tlu; inicklle is a l)lack spot on the disc, connected with a 

 short transverse streak ratlier above the fold ; the pale ochreous hinder 

 fascia is interrupted and .■^tightly angulated ; bcyoiul it the apex of the 

 wing is dark fuscous ; the liinder margin and aj)ex of the costa being 

 varied with (hirk fuscHms, and pale ochreous; ciha grey. Posterior 

 wings p;ile grey, with pah; greyish-fuscous cilia. 



Taken occasionally in -Inly in weedy baidvs, but scarce. 



