THE ENTOMOLOGIST. 



Vol. XVIIL] SEPTEMBEE, 1885. [No. 268. 



COLEOPHORA TINCTORIELLA, mihi. 



By George Coverdale, F.E.S. 



Exp. 8^ lines. Head white, pale grayish ochreous in the 

 centre ; face pure white ; palpi above, within and beneath white, 

 without pale gray ; 3rd joint pointed, more than half as long as 

 the 2nd, from which it rises upwards at a considerable angle. 

 2nd joint with a white projecting tuft beneath. Antennae white, 

 annulated with fuscous, sometimes wholly white towards the 

 extremity ; basal joint whitish, with a short pale gray tuft beneath. 

 Thorax white, more or less pale ochreous down the centre ; 

 patagisB white, pale ochreous towards the tips. Abdomen gra}^ 

 dusted with whitish scales above and beneath. Legs white. 

 Anterior wings rather broad, dark brownish ochreous in the 

 costal region, ochreous towards the inner margin, but varying 

 considerably in intensity of colouring, some specimens being 

 nearly as dark as Coleophora saturatella, others almost entirely 

 ochreous. A pure white streak runs along the costa, slightly 

 broader beyond the middle, reaching nearly to the apex, where it 

 becomes attenuated and loses its purity of colour. Along the 

 fold is a narrow pure white line, not reaching the margin. The 

 base of the iving between the fold and the inner margin is white, 

 more or less mixed with ochreous, the former colour being con- 

 tinued as a narrow line along the inner margin to the anal angle. 

 Nearly in the middle of the disk above the fold is a short, slender, 

 pure white line, sometimes interrupted. Apical fringes brownish 

 ochreous, grayish fuscous towards the inner margin. Hind wings 

 gray, with long grayish fuscous fringes. 



ENTOM. — SEPT., 1885. 2 G 



