398 NEPTICULID^. 



a little paler beyond the middle, the apex dull violet ; cilia greyish. 

 Posterior wings pale grey, with pale grey cilia. 



Abundant in gardens and hedges in May and August, but 

 rarely seen in the perfect state. The yellowish larva is very con- 

 spicuous, mining 'hi long tortuous (jalhrles in the leaves of the 

 lose in July and autumn; the orange or brown cocoon is fre- 

 (juently made in the foot-stalk of the leaf, sometimes on the stem, 

 under the shelter of a projecting thorn; its outer covering pro- 

 jects beyond it like a tent, making it appear much larger than it 

 really is. This species has an historical interest, having been ob- 

 served by De Geer, Goeze, and Lewis; and the exhibition by Mr. 

 Westwood of some bred specimens of this species, at the Septem- 

 ber meeting of the Entomological Society in 18.51, led to the 

 attention of Micro-Lepidopterists being drawn to the larvie of this 

 genus, and was the proximate cause of all the discoveries that 

 have since been made respecting them. 



4. pygmseella, Haw. L. B. 586 (1839); Sta. ; Step.? Alis an- 

 ticis ch/ercis, postice dllntisslme violaceo-tinctis ; capillis liiteis. Exp. 

 al. 3-3 lin. 



Head and face yellowish. Palpi whitish. Antenna; fuscous, basal 

 joint whitish. Anterior wings pale ashy-grey, with a very slight violet 

 tinge towards the apex ; ciha paler. Posterior Vt'ings whitish-grey, 

 with whitish-grey ciha. 



Common in May and August, flying along hawthorn hedges at 

 .5 A.M. The yellowish larva mines the leaves of the hawthorn in 

 July and autumn. 



5. Oxyacanthella, n. sp. Alis anticis f/iscis 2;?<;^?<?yo-^/?/c^/,9, 

 postice purpiu'eis ; capillis liiteis. Exp. al. 2^ lin. 



Head and face deep yellow. Paljn whitish. Antenna; dark fuscous, 

 with the basal joint whitish. Anterior wings fuscous, tinged loith pur- 

 ple, beyond the middle almost entirely purple. Posterior wings pale 

 grey, with pale grey cilia. 



Appears in May, but not hitherto observed in the perfect state. 

 The bright green larva is very common in hawthorn-leaves in au- 

 tumn, making long galleries ; it mines also (I beheve) in the 

 leaves of the wild apple. 



0. viscerella (Dougl), Sta. Zool. 18.^)3. p. 39.58. Alis anticis 

 olivaceis, postice saturatioribus ; capillis luteis, fasco-mixtis. Exp. al. 

 2\ lin. 



Head and hce yellotvish, intermixed with fuscous. Antenna? fuscous, 

 basal joint whitish. Anterior wings rather of an olive tint, posteriorly 

 darker, with whitish cilia. Posterior wings whitish-grey, with whitish- 

 grey cilia. 



Appears in May (?), but not hitherto met with in the perfect 



