British Species of the Genus Gelechia of Zeller. 199 



one above the other, and close together ; beyond the middle, in a 

 line with the upper of them, is a single spot, all of these are 

 yellow, each having a black dot in its centre : these spots are not 

 well seen without a lens. On the costa near the apex is a small 

 yellow spot, and another smaller and fainter lies below the apex 

 just within the cilia. Inferior wings dark griseous. Body fuscous. 



Described from the only British specimen I know, which was 

 taken by Mr. Sircom on a wall near Brislington, August 7th. 



Sp. 34. * Disllnctella. 



G. distinctella, Z. 



Lita distinctella, F. v. R. pi. 80, fig. 2. 



Expansion of wings, 8 lines. 



Head, thorax and antennae tawny brown ; palpi fuscous, the 

 terminal joint black, with the extreme tip white. Anterior wings 

 tawny brown, with three black spots as in terrella, having close to 

 them, in most specimens, some minute white dots ; there is a faint 

 fascia near the apex, and just within the latter are a few black 

 spots. Posterior wings dusky, the apices much less prolonged 

 than in terrella; ciliae rather paler than the wings. Body fuscous. 



This species is closely allied to terrella, generally larger than 

 that species and most unlike it in the shape of the apex of the 

 posterior wings. 



Taken in July in juniper bushes, on the chalky downs beyond 

 Croydon. 



Sp. 35. Vilella. 



G. vilella, Z. 



Expansion of wings, Sg lines. 



Head and thorax griseous ; antennse brown ; palpi griseous, 

 terminal joint long, brown beneath. Anterior wings glossy, uni- 

 formly griseous, with a luteous tinge, dusted all over with brown 

 atoms. At the base on the costa is a black dot, and another 

 smaller one below it near the inner margin. On the disc before 

 the middle is a pale spot, and beyond the middle a still fainter one 

 but rather larger, a darkish line connecting the two ; in the centre 

 of the first spot lies a black dot, and two are seen in the second, 

 very faintly marked and distinguisliable only with a lens. Posterior 

 wings silver-grey, cilise paler. Body griseous. 



Taken by Mr. S. Stevens last May on the coast of the Isle of 

 Wight ; found once by a friend of Mr. Stainton at Lewisham, and 

 captured by Mr. Hodgkinson at Northfleet. 



