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248 elachistid.t:. 



represented them. The perfect insect appears rather attached to 

 brambles; and if the bristly larva feeds under the leaves of the 

 bramble, as Hiibner has represented it, there should be no diffi- 

 culty in re-discovering it. 



1. festaliella, Hiib. Tin. 449 (1822); Treit. ; Zell. ; Sta. ; 

 Dup. ?^ — scisscdla. Haw. — scissella. Curt. B. E. fo. 663. — nnr/ustipen- 

 nella. Step. — Montandonella, Dup, Alis auticis flavido-a3iieis, costa 

 fusca, linea a basi per plicam et marginem posticum ducta, hnea altera 

 disci ad apicem producta, in medio valdc incrassata, saturate fuscis. 

 Exp. al. 6 lin. 



Head and face bronzy-grccn. Palpi and antennaj fuscous. An- 

 terior wings bronzy yellowish-green, with the costa fuscous, a dark 

 fuscous line runs from the base along the fold and hinder margin, and 

 another dark fuscous line begins on the disc, not far from the base, 

 and is continued to tlie apex of the wing, in the middle of its length it 

 is nnich thickened ; cilia pale fuscous. Posterior wings greyish-fuscous, 

 with paler cilia. 



Comnion in many places, in May and June, among brambles. 



Genus Xni. ELACHISTA. (K^^E.5 



Elacldsta p., Treit. E. S. ix. 2. 177 (1S33) ; Dup.; Zcll. Porrcc- 

 laria p. tiTuiea p., Haw. Mlcrosella p., Aphelufsetia p., et Ainanro- 

 setia p., Step. 



Capilli laivigati, frons obtusa. Antenna) setacca?, crassiuscula^ sub- 

 serralcC, subcompressa?, articulo basali breviusculo, incrassato. Ilaus- 

 tellura mediocre. Palpi labiales breviusculi vcl mediocres, subai'- 

 cuati, articulo secundo nonnihil crassiore, tertio acuto. Ala; longis- 

 simc ciliatiie, anteriores posUce cUils ampllaUe, posteriorcs lincari- 

 lanccolata;. Anteriores : cellula discoidalis acuminata, venas ihias 

 vcl ires in costam, unani ex apice irijidam vel blfhlam, ires vol dims 

 in marginem posticum mittit ; subdorsalis sbuplex ; submcdiana) 

 n])ex incrassatus ; posteriorcs ; vcufc mediaua et discoidalis dis- 

 tincta;. 



Head smooth ; the forehead obtuse. Antcnn:c setaceous, rather thick, 

 slightly serrate, and somewhat compressed ; the basal joint thickened 

 and rather short. Tongue of moderate length. Labial palpi rather short, 

 or of moderate length, slightly curved ; tlie second joint a litth; thicker; 

 the terminal joint acute. Wings with very long cilia, the anterior ap- 

 jwarbiy from the cilia lo be dilaled poderiorhj, the posterior linear- 

 lanceolate. In the anterior wings the acuminate discoidal cell sends 

 two or three veins to the costa, a trifid or bifid vein from its apex, and 

 tliree or boo veins to the hinder margin ; the subdorsal vein is simple ; 

 the apex of the submedian is thickened (in a f(>w cases it is not thick- 



