ELACiirsTA. 25;") 



Zell. ? Alis auticis ((^) ^rise'is, fascia fare recta albida ol)soleta ante 

 medium, maculis duabus ante apiccm oppositis, quanun apices postice 

 spectant in fasciam conjunctis, apice rolundalo, ciliis griscis, circa api- 

 cem externe albidis ( ? alis anticis ad basim satm'atc griscis, postice 

 nigris, fascia maculisque albis distinctis, macula costali non pouc ma- 

 culam dorsaleui) ; capite griseo, fronte argciitco-grisea, palpis dilute 

 gi'iscis. Exp. al. -i lin. 



Head grey. Face silvery-grey. Palpi pale grey. Antennsc fuscous. 

 Anterior wings (of the ^) gi'oy, with an indistinct nearhj draujid 

 whitish /ffsc/f? before the middle, and an angulated fascia (composed of 

 two whitish opposite spots, with their a])ices sloping posteriorly) to- 

 wards the apex ; a somewhat rounded dark hinder niarghial line runs 

 through the grey cilia, which at the apex are whitish. (In the ? the 

 anterior wings arc dark grey at the base, and beyontl the first fascia 

 black ; the tirst fascia is whiter and more distinct, and the opposite 

 spots towards the apex are much whiter and more distinct ; the costal 

 spot is scarce/// poalerior to the dorsal spot.) Posterior wings grey, 

 with paler cilia. 



Not uncommon in May and August, generally occurring near 

 hedges. The larva feeds in the upper part of a sliglit-growing 

 grass (perhaps I'ua triviul/s) in April and July. 



IG. subnigrella, Dougl. Ent. Trans, ii. n. s. 210. pi. xviii. f. 1 

 (1854). Alis auticis ((^) grhcis, fa-tcia ohUqiia albida obsoleta ante 

 medium, fascia angnlata albida obsoleta ante apieem, quasi e maculis 

 duabus coniposita, cdiis ajncis Iruncati griscis ( ? alis postice satura- 

 tioribus, fascia maculisque latioriljus, albidioribus, macula costali dis- 

 tincte j)Ost macnlam dorsaleni) ; ca})ite griseo, fronte argentea, palpis 

 griscis. Exp. al. 3^ lin. 



Head grey. Pace rather silvery. Palpi pale grey. Antenna? fus- 

 cous. Anterior wings (of the (^) dingy grey, with an indistinct rallter 

 ohliqnc whitish fascia a little before the middle, being nearest the base 

 on the costa ; towards the apex is a whitish angulated fascia, conqiosed, 

 as it were, of two indistinct opposite spots ; cilia at the rather truncate 

 apex grey. (Tn the 5 the anterior wings are darker, especially poste- 

 riorly, and the fascia and spots are whiter and broader; the costal spot 

 is decidedhj posterior to the dorsal spot.) Posterior wings grey, with 

 paler cilia. 



Common at the beginning of June aiul in August, on the old 

 tram-road beyond Croydon. The larva feeds in April, May, and 

 July, in the leaves of Bromus erectns, not dcsceiuliug the stems ; 

 the mined places assume a purplish tinge; the pupa may fre- 

 ([uently be found on the upper side of the leaf, close to where it 

 quits the stem. 



17. occultella, Hougl. Ent. Trans, i. n. s. Proc. 7 (1850); Sta. 

 Alis anticis griseo-fuscis, fascia angulata albida valde obsoleta ante me- 



