138 Mr. H. T. Stainton's Reynarlis on Extracts 



" This scarce species occurs near Glogau, where I took three 

 specimens, one of which is a female, beating them out of an elm 

 bush in the middle of May ; also near Reichstadt, in Bohemia, 

 (F. R.), and near Vienna (Metzner). If Scopoli's Phal. rufella 

 be identical with my species it occurs also near Laybach." 



I do not think Scopoli's description is sufficiently precise : he 

 says — " Anterior wings dirty ashy-grey ; body and legs red ; pos- 

 terior wings very narrow." He makes no mention of any sjwts on 

 the wings. His description of the " body and legs red" answers 

 exceedingly well for the male of this species ; and had he omitted 

 to mention the anterior wings altogether I should, have considered 

 his name entitled to stand, but as it is I think there cannot be two 

 opinions about the propriety of sinking it. 



Haworth's trimaculella (see description among the remarks on 

 ciirsorielld) is manifestly this species, which is found sparingly 

 near London on the trunks of poplars in May and July, and his 

 name will stand. 



Zeller alludes (p. 330) to some other species of M'lcroset'ta of 

 Stephens, which may belong to this genus ; w'\z.JIoslactella, viola- 

 ceella, pygmceella, and seric'iella. Floslactella and 'pygmceella I 

 have already alluded to : violaceella (described by Haworth from 

 a single specimen) I conceive to be a fine specimen of rvjicapi- 

 tella : seric'iella has nothing whatever to do with this genus, nor 

 even with the genus ElacJilsta, and is, I believe, identical with the 

 'Tmagma saltatricella, figured in Duponchel's Supp. vol. iv. pi. 86. 

 fig. 12. 



In Zeller's genus Trifurcula he has two species. 



" Sp. 1. Pallidella, F. v. R." Linn. Ent. vol. 3, p. SQ2. 

 Vol. ii. pi. 2, figs. 51, 52. 



" Alis anterioribus exalbidis, obscurius grosse squamatis ; pos- 

 terioribus cinerascentibus, exalbido-ciliatis." 



" Larger than the following, size of Cemi. spartifoliella ; wings 

 silky ; the anterior very pale yellowish-white on both sides ; on 

 the upper side with coarse very pale ochreous scales, more nume- 

 rous towards the apex." 



" Mann discovered this scarce insect, and took it in May and 

 June, near Tivoli, where it flew heavily among long grass late in 

 the evening ; also near Pisa it frequented the long grass, mixed 

 with low bushes, in the marshes." 



