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XIV. On the British Species of the Genus Gelechia of 

 Zeller. By J. W. Douglas, Esq. {Continued from 

 page 68.) 



[Read 6th Jan., 1851.] 



Sp. 81. Fraternella, mihi. 



Alae anticae latae, obtusae, griseo-fuseae, puncto humerali, macula 

 magna, nigra ante medium, fascia postica interrupta flaves- 

 centi interne nigro irregulariter marginata ; apice medio 

 nigro, ciliis griseis. Alae posticae griseae. 



Expansion of wings b\ lines. 



Head fuscous ; face pale ; palpi griseous, terminal joint black ; 

 antennae annulated black and white. Anterior wings greyish- 

 fuscous, broad in proportion to their length, and obtuse ; a small 

 humeral spot followed by a large black, somewhat linear blotch, 

 reaching obliquely to the groove ; beyond the middle the colour 

 becomes nearly black on the costa and inferior margin, a some- 

 what rufous mark being in the centre, extending across the adja- 

 cent rather broad yellowish fascia ; apex black, broadly bordered 

 with the lighter colour of the wings, which extends through the 

 cilia. Posterior wings griseous. 



Taken by Mr. Stainton at Lewisham, in August, out of mixed 

 hedges, in company with G. contigua. 



From this species it may be distinguished by the absence of the 

 continuous black costal blotch, and by wanting the rufous tinge 

 on the inner margin of the anterior wings, which in J rater nella are 

 also shorter and more obtuse. 



Differs from G. vicinella in the greater breadth and obtuseness 

 of the anterior wings, in the inferior margin not being pale, and 

 the posterior fascia being narrower. 



Differs from G. maculiferella, in the larger size, more obtuse 

 anterior wings, on which the large blotch is not angulated, the 

 generally darker colour, and other minor characters. 



It is perhaps more like G. peliella than any other ; but may at 

 once be known from that species by its smaller size, and having 

 the end of the posterior fascia on the inner margin nearer the 

 base of the wing than that on the anterior edge ; whereas in 

 peliella, the spots answering to the posterior fascia are reversely 

 placed. 



