128 Mr. H. T. Stainton on Gracilaria, 



Var. b, ut a, sed punctis duobus disci in all's anterioribus supra 

 plicam, fuscis. 



Punctella, L., S. N. 1, 2, p. 890, 386 ; F. S. 368, 1437. 



Signipennella, Hiib. Tin. 196. 



Var. c, ut b, sed puncto disci tertio fusco apicem versus. 



Signipennella, Dup. xi. pi. 311, f. 10. 



Var. d, ut a, sed punctis alarum anteriorum fuscis multis, po- 

 tissimum juxta dorsum. 



Roscipennella, Dup. xi. 596, pi. 311, f. 9. 



Var. e, alis anticis dilute ferrugineis, disco violaceo, oblique 

 dissecto. 



Var. f, alis anticis violaceis, marginibus ferrugineis, basi ferru- 

 gineo-mixta. 



" This species differs from rvfipennella by its generally much 

 larger size, by the narrower anterior wings, by the grey-red 

 femora and tibiae, and the want of the pale base of the hinder 

 tibiae." 



Expansion of the wings ~l\ — 9 lines. 



" Head rust-red ; palpi rust-red, inwardly yellowish ; antennae 

 darker annulated than in rajipennella ; thorax rust-red ; abdomen 

 grey, beneath yellowish white ; the four anterior legs have the 

 femora and tibiae brown-red, or greyish-red, or grey-brownish, 

 sometimes with a purple gloss, tarsi less pure white than in riifi- 

 pcnnella, on the upper side at the ends of the joints brown ; the 

 posterior legs have the apex of the coxa yellowish white, femora 

 entirely brownish, tibiae and tarsi dirty whitish, tinted with 

 brownish." 



" Anterior wings narrow, rust-red of variable intensity, gradu- 

 ally darker towards the apex and with a purple gloss. In one 

 specimen the dark colour and purple gloss extends nearly over 

 the entire wing. The cilia round the apex of the wing are rusty- 

 brown, the ends darker, below and on the costa paler, rusty- 

 yellow, at the anal angle grey." 



" I consider those specimens typical which have no markings 

 on the wings. Var. b, or the Linnaean punclella, has before the 

 middle of the wing, just above the fold, a black brown spot, and 

 at some distance from it, towards the base, another ; between these 

 the ground is paler, whilst in the contrary direction faint darker 

 shades are attached to both spots. Not rarely there are, besides 

 the spots of var. b, brown spots between the fold and the inner 

 margin, and also towards the apex (var. d)." 



" Posterior wings shining grey, with dull grey cilia, the basal 

 half of those next the base of the wing yellowish." 



