134 GELf:CHID/E. 



80. atrella, Haw. L. B. 567 (1829); Dougl. ; Schr. ? Alis au- 

 ticis nitidis, saturate fuscis, viaculis poslicis oppositis (costali posteriore) 

 hiteis ; antennis fuscis obsolete dilutius annulatis. Exp. al. 5-5-o- lin. 



Head dark fuscous. Face pale grey. Palpi yellowish. Antennas 

 fuscous, with hardly perceptible paler annulations. Anterior wings 

 shini)i(/, dark fuscous, with two i/ellowish spots hci/oncl the middle, one on 

 the inner margin at the anal angle, the other beyond it on the costa ; 

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



Occurs in various localities in July ; generally among furze- 

 buslics. 



81. bifractella (Mann), Dougl. Ent. Trans, i. n. s. G6 (18.50). 

 Alis anticis Icete britnneis, macula dorsali prope basim, striola plicae xdlq- 

 CiiKi:, fasciaque postica valde dentuta, aurantils, punctis duobus in striola 

 plica? saturate fuscis; ccq)ite,fronte, paJjnsque anruutiis. Exp. al. 4J- 

 ^ lin. 



Head, face, and palpi orange. Antennaj fuscous, with hardly percep- 

 tible paler annulations. Anterior wings hrotvn, with a spot on the 

 inner margin near the base, a streak in the middle of the fold, and a 

 much indented fascia towards the hinder margin orange ; in the streak 

 on the fold are two minute dark fuscous spots ; cilia greyish-brown. 

 Posterior wings fuscous, with paler cilia. 



Not scarce in July and August among Inula dj/senterica and 

 Comjza sriuarrosa. The larva feeds during the winter in the seeds 

 of those plants, agglomerating them by some glutinous secretion, 

 and preventing them from falling. 



83. sulfusella, Dougl. Ent. Trans, i. n. s. CI (1850). Alis anti- 

 cis alhido-ochrcis, postice saturatioribus, punclo minuto costa pone me- 

 dium, pnmctoqne posteriore disci, suhelevatis nigris. Exp. al. 6 lin. 



Head and face whitish. Palpi whitish ; terminal joint with a dark 

 fuscous ring before the apex. Antenna? whitish, annulated with fus- 

 cous. Anterior wings ichitish-ochreons, posteriorly darker, ioith a small 

 Mack spot on the costa at the commencement of the cilia, and one rather 

 posterior to it on the disc {both, but particularly the costal spot, slightly 

 raised) ; ciHa whitish-ochreous. Posterior wings greyish-white, with 

 pale ochreous cilia. 



Occurs in the Cambridgeshire fens in June. 



83. lucidella. Step. 11. iv. 231 (1834); Curt.; Dougl. Alis an- 

 ticis ochreis, prcder spatium. oblongum supra angulurn analem, hrunneo- 

 suffnsis, puucto postico saturate fusco. Exp. al. 63- lin. 



Head and face brown. Palpi ochreous ; terminal joint fuscous. 

 Antciuia; fuscous, with hardly perceptible pale annulations. Anterior 

 wings dark ochreous, su[j'nsed,with the exception of an oblong patch above 

 the anal angle, with brown ; at the hinder end of this oblong patch is a 

 dark fuscous or black spot ; cilia varied ochreous and brown, at the 

 anal angle greyish-ochreous. Posterior wings grey, with paler cilia. 



