242 ELACHISTTD'F. 



Posterior wings blackisb-piirple, with lilackish cilia. (A variety occurs 

 with the orange of the anterior wings replaced by fuscous.) 



Abundant in July and August, on the trunks of limes in St. 

 James's Park, and in many of the suburbs of London ; the larva 

 feeds under the bark of the lime, during the winter and spring. 

 Specimens of the fuscous variety are in Mr. Shepherd's collection. 



2. bimaculella, Haw. L. B. 575 (1829); Step.; Sta. Alis 

 anticis nigris, macula oblonga prope basim supra plicam, macula 

 majore irregulari pone medium a plica ad costara fere extensa, apice sua 

 costam tancjente, aurantlls, macula secunda punctis duobus tuberculatis 

 argcutco-nigris interne margiuata, puncto tcrtio supra plicam prope 

 angulum aualcm. Exp. al. h\ lin. 



Head and face shining black. Palpi whitish. Antennae black, with 

 white tips. Anterior wings black, with an oblong orange spot near 

 the base, above the fold, and a larger irregular one beyond the middle, 

 extending from the fold to near the costa, its apex running into the 

 coda; on the margin of this spot, towards the base, are two silvery- 

 black tufts, and a similar tuft above the fold projects into the orange 

 blotch in the middle of its length ; cilia blackish. Posterior wings 

 blackish-purple, with blackish ciha. 



]\lr. Desvignes beat a specimen from a sallow at Black Park, 

 at the end of June; Mr. Doubleday has also a specimen taken 

 near London. 



3. Schrankella, Iliib. Tin. 264. 1812; ^chw'^—locupletella, 

 ._^ F. v. ]l. pi. 88. f. 3; W. v.? Alis anticis aurantiis, basi apiceque 



V'WA' M . nigris, ipsa basi argcntea, fascia obliqua ante medium argenteo-grisea, 

 macula nigra dorsi mcdii in maculani transversaleni argenteo-griseam 

 C| tr ■ exeunte, macula costaj media; argenteo-grisea, macula parva costali 

 ' ante apicem albida. Exp. al. 5^ lin. 



Head and face blackish. Palpi black. Antennae black, with white 

 tips. Anterior wings bright orange, with the base and apex black ; 

 the extreme base rather silvery ; the black at the base extends furthest 

 along the costa, and from it is a silvery-grey fascia, which runs 

 obliquely into a black spot on the middle of the inner margin, and 

 from the hinder end of this black spot a silvery-grey blotch proceeds 

 towards the costa ; on the costa about the midclle is a silvery-grey 

 spot, and a small whitish spot inunediately before the l)lack apex; cilia 

 blackish. Posterior wings dark fuscous, with paler cilia. 



Appears in July ?imong J!J/jilo6ium ahincfolium ; occurs near 

 llenfrcw, and has been taken in Devonshire and Sussex. The 

 larva feeds in May, mining the leaves of the Epilohium. 



4. flavicaput. Haw. L. B. 536 (1839); ^\.(^\).—anrif)-ontella, 

 (.pf.yil Hill). Tin. 16i»? Alis anticis nigris, tubcrculis duobus nigris, uuo in 



„ p medio ]iliea;, altero pone medium ; capite, apicibusque palporum Jlavis. 



^-^ Exp. al. (i-7 lin. 



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