138 UELECHID.E. 



Taken l)y Mr. Stevens, in May, on the coast of tlie Isle of 

 Wight. 



02. .sequaxj Haw. L. B. 552 (1829); Step.; Dougi. — apicisfri- 

 gella, Dup. ? Alls Mxticis, fnscis, fascia obUqna ante medium, ad dorsum 

 dilaiata (introrsuin costam versus nigro-squam;ita),/««ciflque postica 

 obsoleta dilute griseis, punctis duobus disci in medio, punctis duobus 

 ante iasciain posticam (altero dorsum versus, altero trausversali disci), 

 liiieolaqiie apicis ni(jris. Exp. al. G lin. 



Head and face Avhitish-grey. I'alpi wliitisli ; terminal joint with 

 two blaclv rings. Antenna^ wliitisli, amiulated with dark fuscous. 

 Anterior wings fuscous, with an- oljlique pale grey fascia hefore tJie mid- 

 dle, broadest on, the inner margin, internally with some black scales from 

 the costa to the fold ; towards the hinder margin is a rather indistinct 

 straight pale grey fascia ; on the disc in the micklle are two small bhick 

 spots, two other black spots (one near the inner margin, the other 

 transversely placed on the disc) precede the hinder fascia ; towards 

 the apex is a sltort blade streak ; cilia greyish-fuscous. Posterior wings 

 pale grey, with paler cilia. 



Occurs at Sanderstead and Arthur's Scat, in July and August, 

 among ILelianthemnm vulgare. The larva (first observed by Mr. 

 Logan) feeds in the terminal shoots of that plant in May and 

 June. 



G3. aleella, Fab. E. S. iii. 2. 317. 136 (1794); ZoW—alternella, 

 Hiib. ; Step. — atterna, Haw. — bicolorella, Treit. ; Dup. xi. pi. 298. f. 4. 

 Alls anticis niveis, fascia obliqna ante medium, maculis quatuor (dua- 

 bus costa% tcrtia dorsi, quarta apicaUs), punctis disci, marginisquc pos- 

 tici iiigris. Exp. al. (i lin. 



Head and face white. Palpi white ; terminal joint with two black 

 rings. Antennae wliitish, annulated with black. Anterior wings snowy- 

 _^v / wliite, witii black markings ; viz. a sligh^uterru])ted striga very near the 

 •^ I base, an obh(|ue tascia a little beyond, a triangvdar spot on the costa 



before the micklle, a small round spot opposite to it on the fold, a spot 

 on the costa beyond the middle, a laearly triangular spot opposite to it 

 on the inner margin (between them is a small spot on the disc), a large 

 spot towards the apex of the wing, and several small spots along tiie 

 liinder margin ; cilia grey. Posterior wings grey, with paler cilia. 



Occurs on the trunks of oaks in jMay and June, at \Vcst \\^ick- 

 haui Wood ; not common. It is easily seen from a distance, from 

 the strong contrast of the black markings on a white ground. 



(Vk leucatella, Linn. E. S. 1441 (17fil); Eab. ; Hub. Tin. 14G; 

 Treit. ; Step. ; Zeli. ; ])up. ? — leucatea. Haw. — alt)Ocingi(lella, Dup. 

 Alis anticis nigricantibus, punctis scabris atris, fascia lata obliqua ante 

 medium, maculisquc; duabus posticis oppositis albis. l]xp. al. G.j lin. 



Head and face white. Paljii white; terminal joint with two pale 

 fuscous rings. Antenna^ black, witii Avhitisli anmilations. Anterior 



