K^W. 



146 oelechid.t;. 



tribus obsolctis (uno plicn?, altcro disci ante medium, tertio disci pone 

 medium) saturate I'uscis, /rt.sc/« pone medium aiHjidata fiisca. Exp. al. 

 10 liu. 



Head and face dark greyisli-ochreous. Palpi reddish-fuscous, in- 

 ternally pale grcyisli-oclireous ; terminal joint pale greyisli-oclircous, 

 externally with a dark fuscous line. Antennae pale fuscous. Anterior 

 wing's pale retldish-fuscous, with the inner margin to beyond the mid- 

 dle broadly sulfused with fuscous, and with three obsolete dark fuscous 

 spots (one on the fold, one rather posterior on the disc before the mid- 

 dle, and one on the disc beyond the middle) ; heyoncl the middle is a 

 /hscohs angulafed fascia ; cilia pale reddish-fuscous. Posterior wings 

 greyish-fuscous, with paler cilia. 



The perfect insect appears in May^ and has recently been taken 

 by Mr. Tompkins, near Lewes. The larva (according to Tischer) 

 feeds in September, in rolled -up leaves of the sloe. 



2. Marginellus, Fab. S. I. ii. 307. 8 (1781); Don.; Haw.; 

 Step.; Curt. — 5//vV?A'//«, Hiib. Tin. 154. — c/rt/eZ/a, Treit. ; Dup. Ahs 

 anticis nitide ochreo-fuscis, costa dorsoque niveis. Exp. al. 7^ lin. 



Head and face white. Palpi white ; the second joint beneath dark 

 fuscous ; the terminal joint white externally, with a dark fuscous line. 

 Antennaj dark fuscous. Anterior wings bright ochreous-fuscous, with 

 a white streak along the costa (but not touching the costa beyond the 

 middle), terminating in a point before the ajiex, and a white streak 

 along the iimer margin terminating in the hinder margin ; there are a 

 few dark fuscous spots along the hinder margin ; cilia greyish-fuscous. 

 Posterior wings greyish-fuscous, with ))aler eilia. 



Not scarce, among jnnipers, in Jnly and August. The larva 

 feeds in June in a web near the ends of the twigs of the juniper- 

 bushes. 



Genus XIV. AFI^OTA. iPf-IS' 



Aplota, Step. H. iv. 225 (183-1). I'psolopJiKs p., Ilaw. 



Capilli depressi. Ocelli nuUi. Anteiuiaj denticulatic, m/ovscope pu- 

 besceules. Haustelluni mediocre, squamatum. Palpi labiales medio- 

 cres, artieulus secundiis infra longe squamato-fasciculatus, fasciculo 

 antico producto, tertlus snbuullus. Ate anteriores oi/o?/y/o-elongatce, 

 ■sidj apicem. levissime relusce, posteriores elongato-ovat;c, mcdiocriter 

 eiliatjc. 



Head smooth. Ocelli none. Antenna; denticidate, ■microscopicallij 

 pubescent. Tongue of moderate length, clothed with scales. Labial 

 l)al]n moderately long ; the second joint beneath with a tuft of scales 

 which is produced in front; third joint extremelij short, concealed in the 

 hairs of the second joint. Anterior wings oWowyz-clongale, very sli(jhtly 



