302 NEPTICULID.'E. 



fiiscis, fascia fusca paullo post medium, fasciam totam luteam pra?ce- 

 deiite ; capillis liiteis. Exp. al. 2i-3 lin. 



Head and face bright luteous. Pal])i whitish. Antenna; fuscous, 

 basal joint whitish. Anterior wings yellowish, sparbigly irrorated with 

 fttscous towards the base ; the fuscous scales form a fascia a little be- 

 yond the middle, which immediately precedes an uninterrupted fascia 

 of the ground-colour ; the apical portion of the wing is entirely fuscous, 

 with a faint violet tinge ; cilia whitish-yellow. Posterior wings pale 

 grey, with pale grey cilia. 



Ai)pears in May and August. The iitodercUe-sized yellounsh 

 larvoe make broad tortuous galleries in the leaves of the nut and 

 hornbeam, occurring in autumn and July ; there arc rarely more 

 than half-a-dozen in one leaf. The cocoon is vqvj Jlossy, and of a 

 7vhitish ov pale yelloioish colour. 



18. Salicis, n. sp. Alls anticis/«se/s, dilute luteo parmii irroratis, 

 postice saturatioribus et violaceo-tinctis, macnlis duabas dilate luteis 

 pone mediiuii, fasciam ohsoletam obliqnam formantibus ; capillis ferru- 

 gineis. Exp. al. 2^-3 lin. 



Head and face reddish-yellow. Palpi whitish. AntennaB fuscous, 

 basal joint whitish. Anterior wings /^.sro/w, sligldhj irrorated icilh pale 

 luteous, posteriorly darker and with a faint violet tinge ; beyond the 

 iidddle are tn^o ill-defined, pule luleous spots, forming an indistinct oblique 

 fascia ; the costal spot is anterior to the dorsal spot ; cilia pale luteous. 

 Posterior wings pale grey, with pale grey cilia. 



Appears in May and August. The 7/elloiolsh larva makes small 

 tortuous mines, resembUng blotches in the leaves of sallows in 

 autumn and in July. 



19. microtheriella, Wing, n. sp. Ahs anticis ftscis, pauUulum 

 purpureo-tinctis, prajcipue apicem versus, /ffsc/rt tenui, subobliqua pone 

 medium albida ; capillis luteis, fusco-mixtis. Exp. al. Ij lin. 



Head and face yellowish, slightly mixed with fuscous. Palpi whitish. 

 Antenniu fuscous, basal joint whitish. Anterior wings /«sra«5, slightly 

 tinged with purple, especially towards tlie apex ; beyond the middle is 

 a slightly oblique, rather slender whitish fascia ; cilia fuscous. Pos- 

 terior wings grey, with paler cilia. 



The smallest known Lepidopterous insect ! Appears in May 

 and August, but rarely met with in the perfect state ; the small 

 ydlowish-ijreen larva makes extreineljj narrow tortuous galleries 

 in the leaves of the nut and Iiornbcam, ottcurrhig in autiunn and 

 Jvdy. It is sometimes so abundant that upwards of thirty may 

 be found in a single leaf! The talker firm cocoon is of a jija/c 

 hnff colour. 



20. ignobilella, Sta. Cat. p. 29 {\%\'i).—aurelta, vin: (3. Haw.? 



— posticellu, Step. ? Alls auticis ditiite aureo-brmmeis, apicem versus 



