22 Mr. H. T. Stainton on 



Elachistce, and the Gelechice from the Elachistce, and even Ela- 

 chista ceratella from the other two species in the same genus. 



I proceed now to describe the three species of (Ecophora, and 

 as they are sufficiently distinguished from the Gelechice and Ela- 

 chistce by the form of the posterior wings, I shall only have to 

 point out the distinctive characters by which they can be separated 

 from each other. 



They all three resemble (Ec. grand'tpennis (which I believe is 

 now in most of our collections), in the form of the posterior wings 

 (see Plate III. fig. 20), and in the peculiar method of sitting 

 when alive, with the wings going to a point. 



Sp. 1. (Ecophora fusco-cenea, Sta. Cat., p. 14, No. 29. 



Porrectaria fusco-cenea, Haw. Lep. Brit. 537, No. 21. 

 Pancalia fusco-cenea, St., Illust. iv. 276. 



Allied to (Ec. grand'tpennis, but smaller and greener, and ante- 

 rior wings rather narrower in proportion to its size. Larger than 

 (Ec. senescens, and without the white scales on the disk of the 

 anterior wings. Larger than (E .fusco-cuprea, and much greener in 

 colour. 



Haworth's description — " Alis anticis fusco-aeneis, lucidis, 

 tinctura cupri ; alis posticis lineari-subulatis, atris, lucidis. Exp. 

 alarum 7 lin." — appears to me quite distinct enough to identify 

 the species, especially when contrasted with his description of 

 Porrect. fusco-cuprea, which is represented as being smaller and 

 less bronzy (less green). 



This appears a scarce species ; it was formerly taken by Mr. 

 Chant, but I have seen no recent specimens, except two that 

 Mr. Allis met with near Grassington in Wharfdale, in June. The 

 specimens mentioned by Mr. Stephens as being taken in Darenth 

 Wood, in June, are not referable to this species ; they are Gelechia 

 tenebrella. 



Sp. 2. (Ecophora senescens, Stainton. 



seliniella, Sta. Cata. p. 13, No. 30 (non Z.) 



Slightly larger than fusco-cuprea, and at once distinguished from 

 it by its greener anterior wings being clothed with numerous white 

 scales; these white scales equally distinguish it from fusco-cenea, 

 from which it differs also in being smaller, and the anterior wings 

 being less glossy. 



