213 (OLEOl'IIOltlD.E. 



up ill autumn ; it is polypliagous^ and I have found it on sloe, nut, 

 bircli, bramble, etc. 



G. Wcckeellaj Zcll. L. E. iv. 315 (1819); Sta. Alis anticis 

 hrmiiicis, apicc producto, vcuis albidis, costa tcuuissime alba, posticc 

 (liluto-oclirca ; antcmiis albis, uigro-aniiulatis, apicc albo, dimidio bamll 

 in dorso Ioiuj'uih -piloHO crislalo, articidi basalis pciiicillo griseo. Exp. 

 ab 10 lin. 



Head and fiice pale greyish- brown. Palpi whitish. Antenua3 whitish, 

 aiuudatod witli black to near the apex, the basal half clothed with long 

 dark hairs on thi' hni-l\ the basal joint with a little grey tuft. Anterior 

 wings brown, witli [\w. apex produced ; the prhicipal veins are faintly 

 white ; the costa is narrowly white, posteriorly pale ochreous ; cilia 

 brown. Posterior Aviugs grey, with paler cilia. 



Two specimens were taken by Mr. AVeir, at Pembnry, a few 

 years back. Last summer he bred a third from a dark brown slightly 

 curved case be found attached to a leaf of Genista tinctorla, al- 

 thougli there v.-erc no symptoms that the larva bad fed upon that 

 plant. 



7. oclareaj Haw. L. B. 533 (183'J); Step. ; Zell. L. E. iv. ; Sta. 

 — ttrj/pntipennctlu, Dup. L. E. xi. pi. 310. f. 3; Zell. Isis, 184-7. — hap- 

 sidla, Zell. Isis, 1831). Alis anticis ochreis, costam versus saturatiori- 

 l)us, dorso (tnf/nsle lincaqne plicfC urginduis ; antennis albis (penicillo ba- 

 siili longo ocbrco), squauiis ochreis usiiue medium vestitis. Exp. al. 

 y lin. 



Head, face, and palpi ochreous. Antenna; clothed with ochreous 

 iiairs to near the nnddle, then unicolorous white, the basal joint with a 

 long ochreous tuft. Anterior wings ochreous, rather darker towards 

 the costa, wltli. a silver streak along the fold, and a narrow one on the 

 inner margin; cilia grcyish-ochreous. Posterior wings fuscous, with 

 paler cilia. 



( )ccnrs at JUddlcsdown in July and August, but more commonly 

 near Bristol. Tlic cases have been found on the seeds of Poten- 

 lillu argcntca. 



8. binotapennella (E. v. It.), Hup. L. E. Sup. iv. 395. pi. 75. 

 f. 3 (1813). — t/inotalella, Zi'll. ; Sla. Alis anticis obscure ochreis, 

 pnnctin dnotinH obsolelis, uno in medio plic;e, altero posteriorc; disci, 

 salnrale fiscis ; antennis albis, fusco-amiulatis, basim versus squamis 

 oelireis in dorso vestitis, articuli basalis penicillo brevi ochreo. Exp. 

 al. (;.\ lin. 



]b;ad, face, and palpi ochreous. Antennie white, annulated with 

 fuseous, clotluxl with ochreous scales on the back towards the base, 

 with a rather short ochreous tuft at the basal joint. Anterior wings 

 dull 0(;hreous, nvth two indistinct dark fiiscons spots, one about the 

 niiddU^ of the fold, tin; other on the disc towards the hinder margin; 

 cilia dull ochreous. I'osterior wings pale grey, with {)ale ochreous cilia. 



