260 ELACIllSTID.E. 



costal spot before tlie apex, and a small spot at the anal angle are dirty- 

 grey ; cilia grey. Posterior wings tlirty-grey, with paler cilia. 



Common in the North, on mosses and bogs ; also occurs in the 

 Cambridgeshire fens, and met with last summer by Mr. Boyd in 

 the New Forest, who observed it to frequent the cotton-grass 

 [EriopJiorum) ; appears in June and July. 



31. Eleochariella, Sta. Sup. Cat. p. 10 (1851). Alis anticis 

 gr'iscis, plica alljida, puncto in medio nigro, strigula obliqua costfc api- 

 cem versus, punctoque opposito dorsi alljidis ; capite cum palpis sa- 

 turate (/riseo. Exp. al. 3^ lin. 



Head, face, and palpi dark grey. Antennre dark fuscous. Anterior 

 wings grey, with a whitish line along the fold interrupted by a black 

 spot in tlic middle; towards the apex is a whitish streak on the costa 

 sloping towards the hinder margin, and beneath it on the inner margin 

 is a small whitish spot ; cilia pale grey. Posterior wings grey, with 

 paler cilia. 



I met with this in July among rushes, on the top of the hill 

 above Kilmuii. 



32. biatomella, Sta. Zool. 1848, p. 21G5. Alis anticis griseo- 

 ochrcis, puncto fuseo plicae albida? media?, strigula obliqua costaU pone 

 medium, in puncto altero fusco terminata, punctoque obsoleto costali 

 ante apiccm albidis ; capite ochreo-grisco ; fronte palpis(|ue albidis. 

 Exp. al. o\ lin. 



Head greyish-ochreous. Pace and palpi whitish. AntcnnaD fuscous. 

 , Anterior wings greyish-ochreous, with a whitish streak along the fold, 

 ^ / in which is a luscous spot about the mitldle of the wing and^hitish 

 ' oblicpic (sloping posteriorly) streak from the costa beyond the middle, 

 having at its termination another fuscous spot ; on the costa imme- 

 diately before the apex is a small whitish spot ; cilia, beyond a fuscous 

 hinder-marginal line, grey. Posterior wings grey, with paler cilia. 



Occurs rather freely ou Durdham Downs, near Bristol, from 

 IVIay to July. 



33. serricomis, Logan in lit, Alis anticis griseis, puncto nigro 

 plictTC pone medium, strigula brevi obliqua costali albida ante apiccm ; 

 capite cum jialpis griseo ; antennis a-picem versus serratis. J']xp. al, 

 c,\ lin. 



Head, face, and palpi grey. Antenna) towards the apex much ser- 

 rated, dark grey, with paler annulations. Anterior wings grey, with a 

 black spot on the fold l)eyond the middle, and a short obliqne (slojjing 

 posteriorly) whitish streak from the costa, before the apex, internally 

 nuu-gined with dark grey ; cilia, beyond a darker hinder-marginal line, 

 giey. Posterior wings grey, with paler cilia. 



Two specimens, (mh; in Mr. Weir's and oiu' in Mr. Logan's 

 collection. 



