316 Mr. H. T. Stainton's Synopsis 



Triatomea it is distinguished by its darker ground colour, and by 

 the distinct hinder marginal line in the cilia. 



Expansion of the wings 3| lines. Head greyish-ochreous ; 

 anterior wings greyish, with a whitish streak along the fold, in 

 which is a black dot about the middle ; from the costa beyond 

 the middle is a short oblique whitish streak, at the end of which 

 is another black spot; on the costa, just before the apex, is a 

 small whitish spot ; cilia pale grey, intersected by a blackish 

 hinder marginal line. 



The yellowish larva mines the leaves of Carex glauca, making 

 broad whitish blotches in April and July. 



The perfect insect appears in May and June and again in 

 August ; it occurs at Sanderstead and Box Hill, also near Bristol 

 and at Scarborough, likewise near Zurich. 



53. Elacldsla Disemiella, Zeller. 



At once distinguished from the preceding by its whiter ground 

 colour and larger size; in these respects it resembles Dispunctelln, 

 from which, however, it may be recognised by the fuscous tinge 

 on the costa beyond the middle ; this latter character will also 

 separate it from the rather smaller Tr'inlomea. 



Expansion of the wings 5 lines. Head white ; anterior wings 

 of rather a dull white ; the costa beyond the middle witli a decided 

 fuscous tinge, and a faint fuscous tinge along the subcostal nervure 

 at the base ; in the middle of the fold is a dark fuscous spot, and 

 another lies midway between it and the apex of the wings ; some 

 scattered dark scales lie towards the hinder margin ; cilia whitish, 

 with the tips pale fuscous ; posterior wings grey, viith paler 

 cilia. 



Larva unknown. 



The perfect insect appears in February, March and April, and 

 again in July ; Professor Zeller met with it near Messina. 



54. Elachista Dispunclclla, Fischer. 



Closely allied to the preceding, but the posterior wings paler, 

 and the cilia of the anterior wings with no dark tips ; the costa, 

 too, is without any fuscous tinge, and the whiter anterior wings 

 have scattered dark scales all along. From Triatomea the presence 

 of these scattered dark scales will always readily distinguish it. 



Expansion of the wings 4 — 4^ lines. Head white; anterior 

 wings white, rather pointed, with several scattered dark fuscous 

 scales, and with two blackish spots, one on the middle of the fold, 



