240 ELACIIISTID.'E. 



the middle, where it nearly reaches the inner margin (towards the inner 

 margin it is much tinged with tawny) ; it is indented by a short white 

 streak from the oblique hinder fascia ; the black apical portion of the 

 wing is divided into three nearly equal portions by two branches from 

 the white fascia ; there are two tufts of black scales, one on the fold 

 near the middle, the other above the anal angle ; cilia grey. (In some 

 specimens the anterior wings are almost entirely sutiused with black, 

 and the head, face, and palpi arc also darker.) Posterior wings grey, 

 with paler cilia. 



Not scarce in June among whitc-tliorn ; the dark variety ap- 

 pears exclusively attached to the apple, it is possible it may be a 

 distinct species. 



n. Rhamniella, Zcll. [sis, 1839. p. m.—hj^h/rcUa, Dougl. 

 Zool. 181(3. p. 1370. f. 9. Alis anticis fuscis, ochreo-variegatis, 

 maculis quatuor tubcrculatis nigris, prima pliccc prope basim, sccunda 

 costcC ante medium, tertia dorsi medii, quarta supra angulum analem. 

 Exp. al. hi lin. 



Head and face grey. Palpi grey, terminal joint fuscous. Antenn;c 

 fuscous, annulated with whitish. Anterior wings fuscous, mixed with 

 ochreous, with four tufls of black scales, one in the fold near the base, 

 the second on the costa before the middle, the third in the middle of 

 the imier margin, and the fourth above the anal angle ; cilia grey. Pos- 

 terior wings grey, with paler cilia. 



Ilitlierto scarce; has occurred at Sandcrstead and Box Hill, 

 among buckthorn, in July. 



Genus Aail. CHRYSOGLISTA. ^-ffi'*^ 



(EcopJiorn p., Lat. G. C. and 1. iv. 322. 1801. Ghjplnpteryx p.. 

 Curt. ; Step. Tinea p., llaw. Elacldsta p., Zell. ; Dup. 



Capilli kcvigati, frons obtusa. Antenna? setaceas, corporis fere longi- 

 tudine, articulo basali longiusculo, clavato. Palpi labiates mediocres, 

 recurvi, graciles, articulo sccundo compresso, tertio tenuiore acvito. 

 l[aust(;llum mediocre, squamatum. Al;e longissime ciliatas, antcriores 

 elongata% tuhercuVts riictallicis ornata>, posteriores lanceolata>, angulo 

 anali distincto ; antcriores : cellula discoidalis posllcc dUataUi, inqicr- 

 fectc clausa, cellula secundaria imlicnia ; vena apiealis bifida, infra 

 cam venic quatuor; subilorsalis in basi anguste furcata, iu ajjicc 

 subliifida ; submediana siuq)lcx ; posteriores: vena mcdiana trilida ; 

 vena discoidalis ranios duos in niargiuem posticum mittit ; veua 

 apiealis simplex. 



llcad smooth, the forehead obtuse. Antenna? setaceous, almost the 

 length of the body, the basal joint rather long, clavate. Labial palpi 

 of moderate length, recurv(;d, slender, the second joint compressed, 



