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133 CiELECHID.i;. 



73. vorticella, Zell. Isis, 1839. p. 201 ; Dougl. Alls anticis la- 

 gris, basim versus vix dilutioribus, fascia fere recta, alba pone medium 

 siiht us prater macntam codec m'mntam evanescente. Exp. al. 5^- lin. • 



Head dark fuscous. Face grey. Palpi pale yellowish ; terminal 

 joint fuscous, with a white line on each side. Antenntu whitish, anuu- 

 lated with dark fuscous. Anterior wings black, towards the base liardty 

 paler, with a nearhj straight white fascia beyontl the middle, broader on 

 the costa than on the inner margin ; cilia blackish. Posterior wings 

 greyish-fuscous, Avith paler cilia. On the underside, the fascia of the 

 anterior wings only appears as a small spot on the costa. 



Taken near Pembury by Mr. Weir, and near Epping by Mr. 

 Donbleday, in June. The larva (according to Zellcr) feeds in 

 May on Genista iincloria. 



7-i. tseiaiolella (Treit.), Zell. Isis, 1839. p. 201 ; Dougl.— c/«c- 

 iella. Step. ? Alis anticis nigris, basim versns dilutioribus, fascia fere 

 t" C' recta alba pone medium, suhlns distincta el in maculam albidam alarum 

 poslicarum co)ttinuata. Exp. al. 51 lin. 



Head dark fuscous. Pace greyish-fuscous. Pal])i pale yellowish ; 

 terminal joint dark fuscous, with a whitish lino on each side. Antennae 

 white, annulated with dark fuscous. Anterior wings black, towards 

 the base rather paler, with a nearly straight whitish fascia beyond the 

 middle, of variable breadth ; cilia blackish. Posterior wings dark grey- 

 ish-fuscous, with paler cilia. On the underside, the fascia of the ante- 

 rior wings is distinct throughout, and is continued as a whitish spot on 

 the posterior wings. 



Commoner than either of the preceding in chalky ])laces ; occurs 

 at Sanderstead and Mickleham, in July. 



75. Sircomella, n. sp. Alis anticis nigricantibus, postice atris, 

 puncto atro pdicm ante viedimn; antennis in dorso toto-fuscis, infra albo- 

 punctatis. Exp. al. 4^ lin. 



Head and face dark grey. Palpi fuscous, internally ashy. Antennae 

 entirely hiscous above, beneath spotted with white. Anterior wings 

 (lark greyish-fuscous, posteriorly shading into Hack, with a Ijlack spot on 

 the fold before the middle of the wing; ciha dark fuscous. Posterior 

 wings greyish-fuscous, with paler cilia. 



Two specimens in Mr. Vaughan's collection, taken near Bristol, 

 in June. The first was taken by Mr. Sircom (who considered it 

 as a singular variety of iceniolella). 



70. immaculatella, Dougl. Ent. Trans, i. n. s. G7 (1850). Alis 

 anticis nitidis, fusco-nigris, pnncto obsoleto plicce, punctoque posteriore 

 disci saturatioribus. Exp. al. 5 lin. 



Head and face greyish-brown. Palpi grey ; terminal joint fuscous. 

 Antcnnue unannulated fuscous. Anterior wings shining unicolorous 

 fuscous-black ("with a violet tinge when alive," Dougl. MS.), with a 

 minute nearly obsolete dark spot on the middle of the fold, and another 



