254 . ELACHISTID.E. 



into a fascia ; cilia grey, nt the apex whitish. (In the female the en- 

 tire base of the wing is white, with the exception of a grey streak along 

 the costa.) Posterior wings grey, with paler cilia. 



Common on bogs and metises in June mid Jnly; on tlie snm- 

 mit of the hill above Kilmnn it is extremely plentiful^ flying freely 

 in the afteruoonj threading its way between the stems of grass or 

 rushes, and occasionally settling for an instant. 



12. alpinella, Edleston in lit. Alis anticis fuscis, macnlis tribus 

 imUstbictis albidis, una dorsali ante medium, secunda ad angulum ana- 

 lem, tertia eostali ante apicem ; capitc fusco. Exp. al. -^\ lin. 



Head, face, and palpi fuscous. Antenna3 fuscous. Anterior wings 

 fuscous, with three indistinct whitish spots, one on the inner margin 

 before the middle, one at the anal angle, and one rather beyond it on 

 the costa ; cilia pale fuscous. Posterior wings grey, with paler cilia. 



Taken by Mr. Edleston, on moors near ]\lanchester, in August. 



13. cinereo-punctella, llaw. L. B. 582 (1829); Step.; Sta. 

 Alis anticis saturate griseis, v/acnia ohliqiia costce ante medium, macula 

 parva ad angulum analem, 'inacidaqne costa ante apicem albidis, pioicto 

 apicis nigro ; capite griseo, frontc palpisrpie albidis. Exp. al. StV—I 

 lin. 



Head grey. Face and palpi whitish. Antennae grey. Anterior 

 wings dark grey ; in the middle is an otjliqne tcJtitish spot from the costa 

 reaching more than half across the wing ; at the anal angle is a very 

 small whitish spot, and on the costa hnmediatet ij Ij(fore the apex is an- 

 other whitish spot, which precedes an apical black spot; cilia grey. 

 Posterior wings grey, with paler cilia. 



Appears at the end of May and beginning of June; plentiful 

 on the chalk downs beyond Croydon, also on Durdliam Downs, 

 near Bristol. 



14. trapeziella, Sta. Cat. p. 26 {\W^).—fjattifera, Haw.? Alis 

 anticis brunneo-nigris, stria jdicfe basali, punctis duobus in medio, al- 

 tero cost;e, altero plicce, pnncto tertio jilicce supra angnlniii. analem, 

 puncto quarto apicis argenteo-albis ; capite albido, fronte palpisc[uc albis. 

 Exp. al. 4-4i lin. 



llead whitish, l^'acc and palpi white. Antenna^ fuscous. Ante- 

 rior wings diu'k l)rown-black, ?r//A a short silverg-white streak at the 

 base along the fold ; in the nuddle arc two small silvery-white spots, 

 one on the costa, the other on the fold, a third spot lies on the fold above 

 the anal angle, and a fourth in the a])ex of the wing; cilia fuscous. 

 Posterior wings fuscous, with paler cilia. 



A sj)ecimen taken at AVest W^ickhani AVood, in June, is in Mr. 

 I^(!dcll\s collection. Mr. Douglas and I have each a sp(;ciinen, 

 the localities of which are unknown. 



15. nigrella, lliUj. 285 (181(5); Haw.; Treit. ; Sta.; Stej). ? 



