KLACIIIS'I'A. :1'A 



giilar, of tlic same colour; cilia g-oldcii-brown. I'ostciior wings grey- 

 ish-fuscous, with paler cilia. 



The j)crfcct insect appears in May, aiul was tliouglit to (re- 

 fluent the dog-wood. Two old specimens of this insect are in 

 Mr. Doubleday's collection. 



3. Gleichenella, Fab. S. I. ii. 303. 81 (riS\).—GleicMla, Fab. 

 E. S. ; Haw. ; Step. ; Sta. — trifasciella, Tengstr. Alis autieis hrunneo- 

 n'igris, kisi, fascia recta in medio, fancia aiKjidula ante ajncem nitidis, 

 an/'i'/s ; antemiis fuscis. Exp. al. 3o lin. 



Head, face, and palpi bronzy. Antenme fuscous. Anterior wings 

 liro7i-n-black\ the ham bnijht golden, u bright gohlen, nearly straight 

 I'ascia in the middle, and a hr'ujld golden, angnluted faacia before the 

 apex, composed, as it were, of two opposite spots united by a third spot 

 beyond tJieni on the disc ; cilia fuscous. Posterior wings grey, with 

 paler cilia. 



Not uncommon in June and July, flying over the short grass, 

 under the shelter of furze-bushes, etc. ; it occurs at Dartford 

 Heath, at ]\lickleham, and iiear Bristol. 



4. Brunnichella, Linn. S. N. (12), S98. 448 {\l(jl).—magni- 

 Jicella, Zell. ; Sta. Alis anticis anreo-brtmneis, fascia cuprea prope ba- 

 siin, fascia recta in medio, -ij/acida transversa dorsi ad angulum analom, 

 macula posteriore cosl<e ohliqua, auratis ; antcnnis fuscis, ante apicem 

 albis. Exp. al. 3-3.2 b"- 



Head, face, and paljji bronzy-fuscous. Antennte dark fuscous, mth 

 a broad white ring before the apex. Anterior wings golden-bro/cn, close 

 to the base is a coppery fascia ; in the middle is a straight golden fascia; 

 at the anal angle is a triangular goldoi spot reaching half across the 

 wing, and beyond it on the costa is an oblique golden spot, pointing in- 

 n-ards, but not reaching the apex of the dorsal spot; cilia greyish- 

 brow ii. Posterior wings grey, with grey cilia. 



This pretty species has been frequently taken by J\ir. Douglas, 

 in tlic hilly licld at llcadley Lane, by sweeping; it appears to be 

 douljlc-brooded, having occurred in lifay and August. 



.5. magnificella, ^JY^ngstr. I'. V.-V. 1 17 {\^\l).—regifiadla. Sir- 

 corn, Zool. ISty. App. xbi. Alis anticis aurco-brunueis, fascia recta 

 argentea prope basim, macula transversali iitrinqne abbreviata in medio, 

 macula tenni transversa dorsi pone mediuu), iniu'ula transversa costic 

 posteriore, argcntcis. Exp. al. !• lin. 



Head and face fuscous. Palpi whitish. Antennae fuscous. Ante- 

 rior wings golden-brown, with a silvery fascia near the base, a transverse 

 silvery spot m the middle, not reaching either margin ; at the anal angle 

 is a narrow silvery spot reaching half across the wing, and beyond it on 

 the costa is another silvery spot also reaching half across the wing ; 

 cilia fuscous. Posterior wings brown-grey, with paler cilia. 



