122 Mr. H. T. Stainton on Gracilaria, 



Sp. 5. Hemidactylella, W. V. (PI. XIV. fig. 8.) 



Palpis externe brunneo-rufis, apice albido ; alis anticis fusco-rufis, 

 triangulo costali dilutiore, costa fusco-punctata. 



Hemidactylella, W. V. Hub. Tin. 276 ; Zeller, Linn. Ent. ii. 

 326; Ent. Ztg. 1850, S. 100. 



Hemidactylella, Fabr. 3, 2, 307 1 



Allied to Falconipennella, but smaller, broader winged, the an- 

 terior wings redder, and the inner margin unspotted. Some of 

 the varieties of inconstans come very near hemidactylella, but the 

 broader, shorter anterior wings, and more sharply defined basal 

 margin of the costal spot, sufficiently distinguish the latter species. 



Expansion of the wings 5| lines. 



Head and face rufous ochreous ; palpi reddish brown, on the 

 upper side and at the apex whitish ; antennse annulated yellow and 

 reddish brown ; thorax reddish brown ; abdomen grey, beneath 

 whitish; the femora and tibiae of the two first pair of legs reddish 

 brown, tarsi reddish brown, with the bases of the joints whitish ; 

 posterior legs, apex of the coxae and base of the femora dirty 

 yellowish white, terminal half of the latter reddish brown, tibiae 

 and tarsi dirty yellowish grey, the ends of the joints faintly 

 brownish. 



Anterior wings dark ochreous, with reddish brown markings, 

 the most conspicuous of which is that which borders the costal 

 triangle towards the base ; the costal triangle does not reach be- 

 yond the fold of the wing, and is distinctly paler than the rest of 

 the wing, appearing more prominent from the darkness of its 

 margins, that towards the hinder margin being, however, never so 

 dark as that towards the base ; a small dark blotch lies along the 

 base of the inner margin ; along the costa are several minute dark 

 brown spots; the apical portion of the wing is marbled ochreous 

 and reddish brown, the extreme apex just before the cilia being 

 dark ; cilia at the apex reddish ochreous, on the inner margin grey. 



Posterior wings shining grey, with yellowish grey cilia. 



With us a scarce species ; it has been taken in Whittlebury 

 Forest, in September, by Mr. Desvignes ; and I am not aware of 

 any other locality in this country. Zeller states that it flies near 

 Vienna in July and September on maple, and Mann found it in 

 Italy in May, also on maple. 



Sp. 6. Falconipennella, Hiibner. 

 Palpis externe fuscis, apice exalbido ; alis anterioribus griseo- 

 brunneis, triangulo costali dilutiore obsoleto, costa dorsoque 

 fusco punctatis. 



