130 fiELECHTD.?-:. 



Zell. Alis anticis nihidls, fnsco-vnricgnfis, inaculis tribus parvis costfc, 

 (juatiior dorsi fuscis, macula tertia dorsi mluratiore, scppe cum krtla costa 

 infanciam connexa. Exp. al. 5^ lin. 



Head and face white. Pal):)i white ; terminal joint with two black 

 rings. Antennae white, annulated with black. Anterior wings whitish, 

 with nHme?'0!is irrecjularhj-formed fuscous spots, of whicli three are on 

 the costa (one at the base, one before, and the other beyond the mid- 

 dle), and four are on the inner margin (one at the base, very small, a 

 second before the middle, a third darker in the middle, reach in ff more 

 than half across the winrj, and frequentl>j unitin() with the third costal 

 spot to form an oblique fascia, the fourth is at the anal angle) ; cilia 

 white, with some dark fuscous lines. Posterior wings grey, with grey- 

 ish-ochreous cilia. 



Occasionally met with in mixed hedges in July and August, 

 but not common. 



It is doubtful whether the gemmeJJa of the ' Systema Natura ' 

 be identical with that of the 'Fauna Suecica/ and as the "Habitat 

 infra Quercus folia suhcutanea " appears in the former, from which 

 it is copied, with the Diagnosis, in the 'Fauna Suecica,^ it may 

 be that the larva of this species does not mine in oak-leaves. 

 The inference to be drawn from the specimen and pujin-skin in 

 the liiiniean Cabinet, is that Linua3us was acquainted with the 

 halAtat of the larva. 



88. nseviferella (Zell), Dup. L. F. Sup. iv. 455. pi. 85, f. 4 

 ^f-IF (1842); Dougl.—AwocMZrt, Haw.? Step.?— H«".sw//ff, Haw.? Alis 

 ,, /,/ anticis nigricantibus, fascia media obscura saturatiore, puncto plicae 

 '^ C pone medium, triaugulo parvo dorsi ad angulum analem, trianguloque 



costa3 posteriore anreis. Exp. al. 4-4^ lin. 



Head and face bronzy-grey. Palpi dark fuscous. Antennfe fuscous, 

 with hardly perceptible paler annulations. Anterior wings shining 

 dark bronzy-grey, inclining to black, with three small golden-yellow 

 spots (one on the fold l)cyond the middle, one rather triangular at the 

 anal angle, and a larger triangular spot posterior to it on the costa ; 

 below this latter a very snuill golden-yellow spot is sometimes per- 

 ceptible) ; cilia bronzy-grey, with the tips paler. Posterior wings grey, 

 with paler cilia. 



Not uncommon in waste places where Atrljilex and Chenojio- 

 (llum grow, appearing in May and August; line specimens are 

 rarely met with in the perfect state. The larva mines, in June 

 and October, in the leaves of the Atriplcx and CJienopodium, pre- 

 ferring those growing in sheltered places ; hence it is very partial 

 to those plants growing in stubble-fields, where, before the corn 

 was cut, it was completely sheltered; the places mined by it be- 

 come white. 



89. Hermamiella, Fab. S. I. ii. 509 (1781); Treit. ; Dup.; 



