252 ELACHISTIU.E. 



Taken nt tlie end of July and beginning of August^ by Mr. 

 Sircom and Mr. Vauglian, at Brislington, near Bristol. 



C. apicipunctella, Sta. Cat. p. 26 (1849). Alls anticis nigris 

 fascia obliqua ante medium, maculis(|uc duabus oppositis, cum tertia 

 aj)icaH sape conncxls, argcuteo-albis ( $ alls auticis atris, fascia macu- 

 lis(|ue argcnteis, basi etiam argeutea) ; capite cum palpis argenteo- 

 albo. Exp. al. 4— i-Tj lin. 



Head, lace, and palpi silvery-wbite. Antennee fuscous, the tips 

 whitish. Anterior wings blackish, with an oblique silvery-white fascia 

 before tlic middle (nearest the base of the wing on the costa where it 

 is broadest) ; beyond the middle are two silvery white spots, one on 

 the inner margin and one rather posterior on the costa ; yyond them 

 lies a tJdrd spot on the apex of the wukj, hy which they are frequently 

 wiited into an anyulatcd fascia ; cilia dark grey, with black hinder mar- 

 ginal bne. (In the female the anterior wings are black, the silvery 

 markings brighter, and the extreme base of the wing is also silvery.) 

 Posterior wings grey, with grey cilia. 



Common on mosses^ or bogs, in the south of Scotland, in 

 J une. 



7. alMfrontella, Iliib. Tin. 432 (ISIG); ZelL ; Sta.; Step.?— 

 (juadrella, Haw. ; Slop. Alls anticis nigris, fascia fere recta ante me- 

 dium ((^ sfcpe interrupta), maculis duabus suboppositis ante apiceni, 

 costali posteriorc aryenteo-ulbis ; ca])ite, cum i)alpis, aryeuteo-albo. Exp. 

 al. 4-4.} bn. 



Head, I'ace, and palpi silcery-white. Antcnn;c dark fuscous. Ante- 

 rior wiiigs brown-black, with a slightly obli(|UC silcery-white fascia be- 

 fore tiie middle, nearest the base of the wing on the costa (in the (J 

 this is generally interrupted on the fold) ; on the inner margin at the 

 anal angle is a silvery-ichite triangular spot, and beyond it on the costa 

 is a similar larger one ; cilia grey, with some black scales. Posterior 

 wings grey, with paler cilia. 



Very common in woods in June. The hrrva was found by Mr. 

 Scott, last May, feeding in the upper part of the leaves of Aira 

 ca'Spltosa. 



8. Hioldenella, Edleston in lit. Alls anlieis griseo-iiigris, postice 

 saturatioribus, fascia oblicjua ante medium, macuhupu; triangulari ad 

 auguhnn analem, albidis, wacnJa costali ante apicem qiiadrata, alba; 

 capite griseo, palpis all)i(lis. Exp. al. 5 lin. 



Head and face grey. Palpi whitish. Autenme fuscous, with paler 

 annulatious. Anterior wings greyish-black, darker towards the apex ; 

 a little before the middle is an oblique whitish fascia nearest the base 

 of the wing on the costa; at the anal angle is a triangular whitish 

 spot, and beyond it on the costa is a more distinct whiter spot, which is 

 not trianyular, its apex beintj truncate ; cilia i)ale grey. I'ostcrior wings 

 grey, with paler cilia. 



