181- akoyrestiiid.t:. 



f). albistria. Haw. I.. B. 517 (1S29); Step.; ^t^x.—fagetella, 

 Zcll. Alis auticis sutnrate oclireo-hrunneU, purpurco-siiffHsis, dorso an- 

 f/iiste usque ad medium albo, macula f'usca abriipte terminate. Exp. 

 al. 4i-5 lin. 



Head, face, and palpi white (sometimes yellowish). Antenuns white, 

 annulated with dark fuscous. Anterior wings dark ocJin'ons-brovn, 

 7rith Jiiorc or less of a purplish tinge, with the inner margin narroirhj 

 white to the middle, where it is abruptly terminated by a dark fuscous 

 spot; cilia ochreous-brown. Posterior wings grey, w'ith paler cilia. 



Very common in hedges in Jnnc and July. I have found the 

 larvfe in the shoots of the sloe in j\[ay. 



7. coiijugella, Zell. Isis, 1S39. p. 204-; Id. L. E. ii. pi. 2. f. 3 ; 

 Sta. — seuiifusca. Step. ? Alis anticis pHrpiireo-fiiscis, dorso albido, ma- 

 cula saturate fusca (sa^pe fasciam obliquam formante) pone medium 

 interrupto, viacida in, medio costce satnrcde fusca, strigulis duabus costa; 

 ante apicem albidis ; capillis lutesceiitibus. Exp. al. (J lin. 



Head, face, and palpi yelluwisli. Antenna; white, annulated with 

 fuscous. Anterior wm^s pur plisli -fuscous, with the inner margin whitish, 

 interrupted beyond the middle by a dark fuscous spot (sometimes con- 

 tinued obliquely across the wing) ; nearly opposite this spot, rather 

 nearer the base of the wing, is a dark fuscous spot on the costa, and on 

 the costa towards the apex are two conspicuous wliitish spots ; cilia 

 purpUsh-fuscous at the apex, then whitish, and at the anal angle ])ale 

 grey. Posterior wings pale grey, with paler cilia. 



Not scarce among niouutain-asli, from the middle of May to 

 the beginning of July. 



8. semifusca, Haw. L. B. 517 (1829); Sta. — semipurpurella. 

 Step. — Pruniella, Hon. B. I. ii. pi. 58. 59 ; CI. ? Alis anticis hrunneo- 

 jmrpureis, dorso niveo, macula saturate purpureo-fusca pone medium in- 

 terrupto, strigulis tribus costas apicem versus albis. Exp. al. 6 lin. 



Head, face, and palpi white. Antenna; white, annulated with black. 

 Anterior wings dark hroumish-purple, with the inner margin white, in- 

 terrupted beyond the middle by a dark fuseous-purple spiot, which can- 

 not he traced as a fascia across the winy ; on the costa are three or four 

 white spots before the apex ; cilia at the apex brownish-purple, then 

 white, at the anal angle grey. Posterior wings grey, with paler cilia. 



1 have met with tliis in mixed hedges in August, antl also 

 among beeches and Chmatis Vitalha, but it is not common. 



9. mendica, Haw. L. B. 517 (1829). — mendicella, Siep. — cresiella, 

 Treit. — Pruniella, Zett. ; Bjerk. ? — tetrapodella, Zell.; Hup. — Spino- 

 sella, Sta. Alis aniieis p?(rpureo-yriseis, basi ochracea, dorso niveo, fas- 

 cia saturate fusca /ere recta pone medium interrupta, j)unctis nonnullis 

 conspicuis costa albis. Exp. al. 5.V Hn. 



Head white. Eace and palpi yellowish-white. Antenna white, with 

 fuscous anmdations. Anterior wings purplish-yrey, at the base ochreous. 



