112 LEPIDOPTERA. 



in June, 1852. It remained undeterminable as a single 

 queer specimen, till last winter Professer Frey sent me a 

 Zurich specimen bred from a yellow hawthorn - feeding 

 larva. ' Mr. Edleston, who has lately turned his attention 

 to this genus, has been rewarded with "beginner's luck" 

 in breeding a specimen of JV. Regiella from mixed leaves. 



Nepticula atricollis, n. sp. 

 Alis anticis atris, fascia obliqua pone medium, in medio 

 contracta, dorsum versus latiore, lutescenti-argentea. 



Exp. al. 2^—2^ lin. 



Head and face reddish-yellow; palpi whitish; antennae 

 fuscous, basal joint white. Anterior wings deep black; a 

 little beyond the middle is a yellowish-silvery fascia, rather 

 obliquely placed, often attenuated in the middle, and the 

 inner edge of the lower half expanding more or less towards 

 the base ; cilia of the hind margin whitish. Posterior 

 wings grey, with grey cilia. 



Very closely allied to N. angulifasciella, but smaller, 

 the anterior wings narrower and blacker ; the silver fascia 

 more oblique, less curved, the portion of it touching the 

 inner margin further from the base. 



This species has been bred by Mr. Boyd from wild apple 

 and hawthorn. I met with the larva in October, 1853, and 

 each succeeding autumn, but never succeeded in rearing a 

 specimen ; it is readily recognized by the almost black 

 colour of the head and second segment ; the mine, at first 

 a gallery, gradually expands into a blotch. 



