25f5 ELACHTSTID/E. 



dinm, rnaculis duabus triangularibus subdistinclis, ante apicem albidis, 

 Hou covjluehtlbus, apice von tnaicato ; ciliis griseis ; capite, cum palpis, 

 griseo. Exp. al. ^\—i liu. 



Head, face, and palpi grey, rather shining. Antennas fuscous. An- 

 terior wings shining greyish -I'uscous, with a very indistinct whitish 

 tascia a little before the middle ; the fascia is angulated on the fold, 

 and is nearest the base on the costa ; towards tlie apex are two rather 

 conspicuous triangular whitish spots, that on the costa being nearest to 

 the apex ; tlteij are dlsthiclly separated hy the iidervening yronnd-colour 

 of the whig ; the apex of the whig is rounded, with a dark hinder mar- 

 ginal line in the grey cilia. Posterior wings grey, with paler cilia. 



Mr. Douglas discovered tliis species on the 35tli of May, 184-8, 

 flying plentifully over some long grass growing under trees in a 

 damp part of West Wickliam AVood. 



18. consortella, Sta. Sup. Cat. p. 9 (1851). Alls anticis {^) 

 angustis, griseis, pnncto parvo albido pdicce ante medium, stria nigra 

 ptica iu medio, maculis oppositis ante apicem albidis, fere in fasciam 

 angulatam confluentibus, striola albida i?i apice ducta ( $ fascia media 

 albida distiucta, maculis oppositis fere in fasciam obliquani coniiexis) ; 

 capite griseo. Exp. al. S-S^ liu. 



Head, face, and palpi grey. Antennas dark grey. Anterior wings 

 narrow, (of the (^) dark grey, with apparently no trace of the medial 

 fascia, but on the fold is a small ichitish spot, folloioed by a short black 

 streak ; the opposite spots towards the apex are whitish, and nearly 

 form an angulated fascia ; from their union some whitish scales are con- 

 tinued into the apex of the cilia ; cilia grey, except the whitish apex. 

 (In the ? the medial fascia is distinct, and the opposite spots nearly 

 unite to form an oblique fascia.) Tosterior wings grey, with paler 

 cilia. 



Taken by Mr. Logan in March, amongst grass, on Arthur's 

 Seat. 



19. pulchella. Haw. L. B. 582 (1829) ; Step. ; Sta. Alis anticis 

 ad basiin. albis, postice nigris, macula costa; pro[)e basim elongata grisca, 

 maculis duabus triangularibus suboppositis, ante apicem albis ; capite, 

 cum palpis, albo. Exp. al. o\ lin. 



lleail, face, and palpi ichite. Antenna) fuscous. Anterior wings 

 with the basal half entirely white (exce[)t a longitudinal grey patch 

 along the costa, which terminates before the middle of the wing, so as 

 to leave an entire white fascia), the apical half dark greyish-black, with 

 two triangular nearly opposite tchite spots, that on tlie costa being 

 rather nearer the apex ; cilia grey, with a dark hinder marginal line. 

 Posterior wings pale grey, with paler cilia. 



Occurs singly among grass in May and June; as all the speci- 

 mens with which we are acquainted are females, it is probably the 

 female of some other known species, possibly of ohscureUa. 



