408 Mr, John Scott's Desciiptlons 



XXV^I. Descriptions of Five New Species o/'Coleophora. 

 By John Scott, Esq. 



[Read Aug. 6th, I860.] 



Coleophora Melilotella. (PI. 17, fig. 1.) 



Anlonnis supra aiticLilum basalem per squamas oriclialceas 

 inanifeste incrassatis, cetcrum fiiscis apice albo ; alls anticis 

 oriclialceis, nitidis, apice .saturate cnpreo, ciliis violaceis. 



Exp. alar. 7 — 9'". 



Hale. — Palpi, face, IicaJ and tliorax briglit green bronze. .\n- 

 temii'B fuscous, with a few of tlie terminal joints white. The 

 basal joint percep//7»/?/ thickened. This, with the two following, is 

 covered with bronzy-green scales. Anterior wings extremely 

 blight and shining green-bronze, the apex broadly coppery, the 

 latter colour extending also for an indefinite length along the 

 costal edge. Posterior wings and cilia (of both pairs) inclining to 

 violaceous. 



Female. — Palpi, face, head and thorax bronzy-green. Antennae 

 dark bronze for about two-thirds of their length, the terminal 

 third white. Basal joint thickened, and this, as well as the two 

 following, are covered with brilliant violaceous-red bronze scales. 

 Anierior wings golden bronze, tip broadly of a ruby copper, 

 which colour also extends for some way along the costal edge. 

 In some examples the entire outer edge is of this colour. Cilia 

 violet grey. Posterior wings violaceous, inclining to bronzy-green 

 at the tips; cilia as in the anterior wings. Abdomen in both sexes 

 of a bronzy-green, that of the ? partaking of a silvery hue. All 

 the legs are also clothed with bronzy-green scales. 



This insect on first sight bears a great resemblance to Frischella. 

 It is fully as large as that species and certainly as brilliant, but 

 the wings are somewhat narrower and the colour has more of a 

 silvery greenness about it, which will enable any one to separate 

 it from Fiischelln. The perfect insect makes its appearance about 

 the middle of July. 



In August last year I met with the larva of this species feeding 

 on the seeds of Melllolus officinalis. In its young state the larva 

 hollows out a single seed, which it attaches to the apex of a 

 second one, upon which it comniences its operations,' and after 

 having mined this also, it travels away with the two emptied 



