96 LEPIDOPTERA. 



Nepticula Poterii, n. sp. 



Alls anticis fusco-aureis, fascia latiuscula recta dilute aurea 



apicem purpureum versus ; capillis ferrugineis. 



Exp. al. 2 lin. 



Head ferruginous. Antennae dark fuscous. Abdomen 

 and legs grey. Anterior wings pale golden brown, with a 

 rather broad straight pale golden fascia beyond the middle; 

 apical portion of the wing violet, with violet grey cilia. 

 Posterior wings pale grey, with pale grey cilia. 



This species seems intermediate between Micr other iella 

 and Plagicolella ; it is about the form and size of Micro- 

 titer iella, thus smaller and with narrower wings than Plagi- 

 colella, but the fascia is broader and more shining than in 

 Micr other iella, though less brilliant than in Plagicollela. 

 The fascia in Poterii is almost further from the base on the 

 costa than on the inner margin ; in the other two species 

 the fascia has a tendency in the other direction. 



I discovered this larva at Mickleham, early in June, 

 mining in the leaves of Poterium sanguisorba, which grows 

 so abundantly on the chalk there ; the mine is rather pe- 

 culiar ; at first slender and nearly filled up with dark grey 

 excrement— going round the edges of the leaf, ultimately the 

 larva eats out the central portion of the leaf, and the mine 

 then appears almost a blotch. 



Nepticula Glutinos^:, n. sp. 



Alis anticis purpureo-fuscis, fascia subobliqua albida pone 



medium, apice violaceo ; capillis ferrugineis. 



Exp. al. 21 lin. 



Head ferruginous. Antennas dark fuscous. Abdomen 

 and legs grey. Anterior wings purple brown, with a 

 yellowish-white, rather oblique, fascia beyond the , middle 



