522 Rev. T. A. Marshall’s monograph of 
rugulose ; mandibles reddish ; palpi dusky. Antenne filiform, as 
long as the body, 24-25-jointed, black with the base of the 
flagellum dull testaceous. Mesothoracic sutures crenate-punctured, 
separated posteriorly by a rugose space traversed by an oblong 
fovea ; metathorax rugose with two smooth basal are, separated 
by acarina. Wings yellowish, with all the transverse nervures, 
and a blotch near the tip of the radial areolet, clouded with 
fuscous ; squamula rufous ; nervures and stigma fuscous, the latter 
large, semi-oval, cutting off the greater part of the Ist abscissa 
recurrent nervure conspicuously rejected ; anal nervure springing 
below the middle of the extremity of the 2nd discoidal areolet ; 
pobrachial areolet of the hindwings almost as long as half the 
prebrachial. Legs dull testaceous; cox blackish. Abdomen 
depressed, shining, rounded at the extremity ; Ist segment one- 
half longer than broad, narrowed towards the base, longitudinally 
striolate, elevated in the middle at the base. Terebra as long as 4% 
of the abdomen. ¢ Similar; antennz 29-jointed. Length, 13-2 ; 
wings, 3-4 lin. 
This species occurs sparingly amongst decaying sea- 
weeds on the coast: the localities named are Hebrides, 
Yorkshire, Hampshire. I have taken it on Lymington 
Salterns, and Mr. Billups found it at Dulwich. 
2. Idiasta Nephele, Hal. 
Alysia Nephele, Hal., Ent. Mag., v., 231, ¢. 
Black without metallic tinge ; wings infumated without darker 
blotches ; anal nervure almost interstitial. 9 Mandibles reddish ; 
eyes minutely pubescent. Antenne as long as the body, filiform, 
20-jointed, blackish, pitchy at the base beneath. Mesothoracic 
sutures inchoate; a small dorsal fovea before the scutellum; metatho- 
rax punctato-rugose. Wings narrow; squamula brownish ; stigma 
fuscous, not so stout as in the preceding; recurrent nervure not much 
rejected; pobrachial areolet of the hindwings shorter. Terebra about 
as long as the abdomen. ¢ unknown. Length, 1 ; wings, 23 lin. 
One example taken by Haliday in the Hebrides, and 
another in Finmark by Walker. 
xi. APHHRETA, Horster. 
Forst., Verh. pr. Rheinl., 1864, p. 264. 
Fourth joint of the antennz longer than the Srd. Maxillary 
palpi 6-, labial 4-jointed. First cubital areolet confounded with the 
