154 Mr. H. T. Stainton on the Species of the 



last September, from reed thatch ; one was taken near Lewes the 

 previous autumn. Mr. Maitland took one at sugar, in the Isle 

 of Wight, in September, and Mr. Ingall took it at Mickleham. 



Sp. 4. Ulicetella, Stainton. 

 Umbellarum, Haw. 

 Umbellana, St. (non F.) 



Distinguished from all its congeners by the radiating brown 

 streaks on the straw-coloured anterior wings. 



Not uncommon in this country among furze bushes in August ; 

 it appears totally unknown on the continent. 



Sp. 5. Assimilella, (Tis.) Tr., F. v. R., D., Z. 

 Aioniosa, Haw. 

 Jrrorella, St. 

 Atomella, St. ? 



At once distinguished from costosa, with which it is sometimes 

 placed, by the yellowish colour of the cilia of the anterior wings ; 

 in costosa they are rufous. 



I took three specimens of this insect in a broom-field near 

 Airthrey (in the neighbourhood of Stirling), July 15th and IGth, 

 1848. 



The species has also been taken by Mr. Weir, at Tunbridge 

 Wells ; by Mr. Sircom and others. 



The larva feeds, according to Fischer von Roslerstamm, on 

 Spartium scoparium only, and is to be found from the beginning 

 of April to the middle of May. 



Sp. 6. Nanatella, nov. sp. (PI. XVH. fig. 2.) 



Alae anteriores breves, obtusae, pallide ochraceae, irroratae nu- 

 merosis atoniis fuscis, quarum duae longitudinaliter positEe 

 conspicuiores sunt. 



Allied to assimilella; anterior wings shorter and the apex less 

 pointed ; the colour of the anterior wings is paler ochreous, irro- 

 rated with fuscous atoms, two of which, near the middle of the 

 wing, are conspicuous from their size ; these are placed longitudi- 

 nally, that nearer the base being the larger ; there is but faint 

 indication of a shoulder mark, and the dark blotch of assimilella 

 is entirely wanting. 



Expansion of the wings 6| — Zg lines. 



Head very pale ochreous. Face rather paler. Palpi pale ochre- 

 ous, the second joint with ochreous bristles beneath, terminal 

 joint not annulated. Antennae fuscous. Thorax very pale ochre- 



