British Species of the Genus Gelechia of Zeller. 243 



brown scales in different specimens, and that the fascia sometimes 

 becomes quite obsolete. 



I bred this species in 1850 and 1851, from larvae found at 

 Charlton, mining the leaves of a thistle (Cirsium lanceolatum), in 

 July ; the moths appeared early in August. Mr. Sircom has iden- 

 tified one of them as his species. 



Sp. 95. Pulliginella. 



G. pulliginella, Sircom, (Zoologist, 1850, A pp. lxxii.) 



" Exp. 4^ lines. Anterior wings of an uniform dark brown, 

 with a row of deeper-coloured spots round the apical margin, and 

 a second round the middle of the fringe ; posterior wings ashy ; 

 cilia brown; head ashy; antennae dark brown; hind legs ashy. 

 July, Durham Down. Two specimens." Sircom, 1. c. 



I have not seen this species, and therefore can add nothing to 

 the above. 



Sp. 96. Celerella. 



G. celerella (Doug.), Sta. (Cat. Supp. p. 5.) 



Alae anticae ochreo-griseae, macula magna triangulari ante, 

 altera irregulari pone medium apiceque, nigris, fascia postica 

 ciliisque ochraceis. Alae posticae fusco-griseas. 



Expansion of wings 6 — 6| lines. 



Head grey brown, with a metallic lustre ; palpi griseous, ter- 

 minal joinc black outwardly, grey and black inwardly, the extreme 

 tipochreous; antennae dark brown, very faintly annulated with 

 ashy. Thorax grey brown. Anterior wings ochreous-grey, more 

 ochreous at the base ; before the middle is a large triangular 

 brown-black patch, another irregular patch or cloud of the same 

 colour, beyond the middle, quite across the wing, touching an 

 ochreous fascia, beyond which is the dark apex ; cilia ochreous, 

 sprinkled with dark scales. A black dot lies in the groove, form- 

 ing the point of the triangular patch ; another black dot is in the 

 triangle, close to the outward edge, and a third is at the inner 

 edge of the irregular patch ; to all these dots are attached some 

 white scales. 



Posterior wings cloudy grey. 



I have one specimen taken at Liscard, near new Brighton, in 

 September, by Mr. C. S. Gregson, who says it is one of the most 

 active little creatures he ever saw. Mr. Doubleday also has a 

 specimen from Mr. N. Cooke. 



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