a Genus of Tineidce. 187 



Sp. 19. Auroguttella, Stephens. 

 [Plate XV., figs. 3 and 4.] 



Alis anticis nitidulis, violaceo-fuscescentibus, maculis quatuor 

 alternatim oppositis aureolis ; antennis fuscis, apice albo. 



Auroguttella, Steph. Illust. iv. 274. 



Stipella, Haw. L. B. 568 (non St. 111. iv. 265). 



Lacertella (F. v. R.), Zell. Isis, 1839, s. 209 ; Linn. Ent. ii. 347. 



Allied to Quadrwplella, Quadrisignella, and Bucculatrix aurima- 

 culella. 



Distinguished from Quadruplella and Quadrisignella by the less 

 sharply margined spots of the anterior wings being of a golden- 

 yellow, not whitish-yellow, by the first costal spot being slightly 

 removed from the costa, and by the first inner-marginal spot 

 extending to the base of the wing. 



Distinguished from Bucculatrix aurimaculella by the smooth 

 head, by the palpi, by the antennae without eye-caps, by the first 

 costal spot not being placed on the costa, and by the first inner- 

 marginal spot extending along the inner margin to the base of the 

 wing (in Aurimacidella it is continued along the fold). 



Expansion of the wings, 4-5 lines. 



Head and face shining bronze-grey ; palpi brown-grey, the 

 apex white ; antennae blackish-grey, the apex white (I believe in 

 all fine specimens, but Zeller gives, the typical insect with uni- 

 colorous antennae, and only his var. /3 with the apex white) ; 

 thorax violet-grey, beneath yellow ; abdomen grey, spotted with 

 yellow beneath ; the four anterior legs have the femora and tibiae 

 violet-grey, tarsi white, with the ends of the joints brown ; the 

 posterior legs have the femora at the base yellow, then pale grey, 

 tibiae pale grey, tarsi dirty whitish, the ends of the joints darker. 



Anterior wings dark violet-grey, rather shiny, with four golden 

 yellow spots ; an oblong, rather large one on the inner margin, 

 beginning at the base of the wing, and ceasing just opposite the 

 commencement of the first costal spot (in some specimens it is 

 prolonged a little further) ; the second inner-marginal spot is 

 triangular, and lies just before the commencement of the cilia; 

 the first costal spot does not touch the costa, is oval, and lies 

 before the middle of the wing ; the second costal spot lies near 

 the apex, posterior to the second inner-marginal spot, is some- 

 what triangular ; none of these spots have dark margins. In very 

 fine specimens there are some yellow or whitish scales in the apex 

 of the wing. Cilia violet-grey. 



