from a Paper hy Zeller on Tinea. 133 



atris, fascia argentea magis in medio, et certo situ lente aliquan- 

 talum interrupta. Posticse latiores quani in priore saturatiores, 

 seu nigro-plumbeae." 



The aliqxiantulum interrupta gives one of the most decisive cha- 

 racters of the species, and Havvorth's original specimen is fortu- 

 nately in very fine condition, and shows this character well. 



•' Sp. 7. ArgTjropeza, Z." Linn. Ent. vol. 3, p. 320. 

 Vol. 2, pi. 2, f. 49, 50. 



** Alis anterioribus grosse nigricanti-squamatis, postice viola- 

 scenti-subnitidulis, apice rotundato, albido-ciliato, maculis 

 duabus mediis oppositis albidis ; capillis ferrugineis ; con- 

 chula exalbida." 



"? Var. b. major; macula costali alarum anteriorum apici 

 propiori." 



" ? Var. c. major ; strigula ex costa prope basira obliqua dor- 

 soque basali albidis, ceterum ut h." 



" Distinct from all the preceding by the head of the male being 

 similarly coloured to the female. Besides, the anterior wings, 

 which appear widened and rounded posteriorly, have in the middle 

 two, not sharply defined, whitish opposite spots ; and in the larger 

 and questionable variety c, another oblique whitish spot on the 

 costa near the base." 



" I found this species very abundant on the trunks of aspens 

 on the fortifications of this place, on the smooth bark of which 

 they satj and were easily caught ; elsewhere, I have beaten it 

 from the leaves of young aspens. I know not whether I took the 

 varieties b, and in company with the ordinary small specimens. — 

 Period of flight, May. It is probably widely dispersed. It is 

 taken abundantly near Dantzig, by Von Tiedemann (I have be- 

 fore me, from him, a wasted but very recognizable $ of var. c.) 

 Madam Lienig took it in Livonia ; F. v. R. not scarce in Bo- 

 hemia." 



This species comes very near to the suhbimaculella of Haworth, 

 but appears to me distinct, for the following reasons, 1st, in sub- 

 bimaculella the base of the w^ng is very generally yellowish, 

 broadest on the inner margin. 2nd. the spots, though placed 

 apparently in the same position, are yellowish, not whitish. (Ha- 

 worth must have had a bad specimen before him when he said 

 " silvery ; " his original specimen labelled by him is by no means 

 a fine one.) 3rd. The cilia at the apex of the wing are also yel- 



