958 ELACIirSTID.E. 



dark hinder marginal line whitish. Posterior wings brown-grey, with 

 paler cilia. 



formerly taken by Mr. Sircom in xVugust, near Bristol. Mr. 

 Scott bred a specimen last summer from a larva lie found near 

 Eenfrew, mining in May the leaves of (he believes) xiira caqn- 

 tosa. 



24. gangabella (R v. K), Zell. Ent. Ztg. 1850, p. 202; Sta. 

 Alis auticis f'uscis, /rtSc/« media Jlnva sub costani attenuata, maculam tri- 

 gonam clorsi simulatite ; ciliis f/tsco-r/riseis ; capite cum palpis ///sco. 

 Exp. al. 4 lin. 



Head, face, palpi, and antenna; dark fuscous. Anterior wings dark 

 fuscous, with a siraiglit i/ellow fascia in the middle, vc'7'i/ narrow [awards 

 the cos/a, hiif swelling out to a triangular spot on the inner margin ; cilia 

 greijish-fvscous. Posterior wings grey, wafh paler cilia. 



A scarce species^ taken by Mr. Douglas in Headley Lane, and 

 by myself at J )artford Heath, in June. 



25. obliquella, Edleston in lit. Alis anticis fuscis, fascia fere 

 recta lutea paulo post medium; ciliis apicis dilute luteis ; capite ciun 

 palpis luteo ; autcuuis fuscis albo-annulatis. Exp. al. 4i lin. 



llead, face, and pal])i luteons. Antenna3 dark fuscous, annulated 

 with white. Anterior wings dark I'uscous, with a nearly straight, yel- 

 lowish fascia, rather beyond the middle; apical cilia pale yellowish be- 

 yond a dark hinder nuirgiual line ; cilia at the aual angle fuscous. 

 Posterior wings fuscous, with paler cilia. 



Two specimens iu Mr. Edleston's collection, taken near 

 London. 



2G. abmptella, n. sp. Alis anticis fuscis, /^.sc/a fere recta pone 

 medium alba; ciliis apicis truncati albidis ; capite cum palpis albo ; 

 antennis fuscis. Exp. al. 42 lin. 



Head, iace, and palpi white. Antennae fuscous. Anterior wings 

 fuscous, with a nearly straight white fascia a little beyond the middle ; 

 tlie cilia at the truncate apex are tvhitish. Posterior wings grey, with 

 paler cilia. 



Two specimens in Mr. Allis's collection. 



27. Megerlella, Sta. Cat. p. 27 (1849); Zell; Dougl. Ent. 

 Trans, ii. n. s. 2. pi. xviii. f. 2 ; Step. ? — nnifasciella. Haw. ? Ahs an- 

 Uc.is griseo-fuscis, fascia mv,(\'\i\ ienui Jtavida, supcrius recta, inferius ba- 

 sim versus tlexa ; ciliis apicis flavidis ; capite cum palpis albido ; an- 

 tennis fuscis. Exp. al. 5 lin. 



Head, face, and ])alpi whitish. Antemut; greyish-fuscous. Anterior 

 wings greyish-fuscous (tlarker in the ? ), with a yellorcish fascia in the 

 middle ; this fascia is very slender, when it first leaves the costa it is 

 nearly straight, but after reaching the fold it turns a little towards the 

 base of the wing, it is broadest on the inner margin, its outer edge 



