118 LEPIDOPTERA. 



Crambus alpixellus, Huh. (Er.t. Mo. Mag. vol. viii., 

 p. 110). (Fig. 4.) 



To Mr. Moncreaff of Soutlisea we are indebted for the 

 addition to our lists of this very distinct Cramhus. Fortu- 

 nately Mr. Moncreafi' secured several examples, one of which 

 he kindly forwarded to my friend Mr. Howard Yaughan, 

 who was not long in identifying the species to which it per- 

 tained. Mr. Vaughan afterwards compared it with con- 

 tinental examples in my own collection, with which it agreed 

 perfectly, and Zeller's description having then been con- 

 sulted for the sake of satisfaction, the matter was settled. 



Cj^ambus alpinellusj though considerably larger than our 

 little Cr.cerusselluSj is more neaily allied to that pigmy than 

 to any other British species. The description in Zeller's 

 pamphlet on the Oramhidcs and Chilorddce runs as follows ; 

 ^^ Alis anticis ciiiereo-fusds, vitta media alba medium 

 rarmim in dorsum emittentej post medium oblique dissecta, 

 ultra strigam posticum ter fractiim p7^oducta." 



To my fancy the shape of the fore-wings, with their pro- 

 duced apices ("Phoxopterygiform" as I have termed it), ap- 

 pears a still more striking character. 



Zeller goes on to say that the insect inhabits sandy grassy 

 spots, especially among pine forests, in Germany and Hun- 

 gary, and that its time of appearance is July and August. 

 Also that it is never found in Alpine districts — hence, I pre- 

 sume, its name. According to Staudinger it also occurs in 

 Switzerland and Livonia. 



Pempelia albariella, Zeller (Ent. Mo. Mag. viii., 



p. 163). 

 Pempelia albariella, Zeller (Isis, 1846, p. 785). Phycis 

 DaviselluSf 'Newman (Entom. December, 1871, p. 449). 

 To Mr. W. E. Davis we are indebted for the addition of 



