152 LEPIDOPTERA. 



Sancto, this species was entirely unknown, till Mr. Boyd 

 met with it in Cornwall at the Lizard last May. Mr. Boyd 

 also met with the larva at the same time feeding in the 

 flower-heads of Beta maritima. 



Gelechia subdecurtella, n. sp. 

 Alls anticis costam versus cceruleo-griseis, dorsum versus 

 ochraceis strigulis cluabvs obliquis fuscis abbreviatis ante 

 medium, altera recta Integra pone medium, fascia pos- 

 tica subargentea, punctis duobus disci nigris. 

 Exp. al. 6 lin. 



Allied to Subericinella, Decurtella and Ericinella, but 

 abundantly distinct. I have seen but two specimens (and 

 therefore abstain for the present from a more detailed de- 

 scription), which were taken in the Cambridge Fens by 

 Mr. Bond last June. 



Harpella Bracteella, Linn. 



(Fig- 2-) ' 

 Alis anticis basim versus luteis, postice brunneis cceruleo- 

 fasciatis, macula costali lutea apicem versus; ciliis apicis 

 albis. 

 Exp. 8 lin. 



Head and face yellow. Palpi brown, the second joint 

 yellow beneath, and the base and extreme tip of the terminal 

 joint yellow. Antennas dark brown, spotted with white 

 along the back. Anterior wings bright yellow at the base, 

 with a short dark blue streak along the costa ; from before 

 the middle the ground colour of the wings is dark brown, 

 traversed by a narrow blue fascia nearly in the middle, an 

 oblique transverse blue streak beyond the middle, and 

 another parallel to the hind margin ; between these last two 



