330 BRITISH LEPIDOPTEKA. 



DISTRIBUTION. Austria : nr. Vienna (Mann) . Denmark : Lyngby, 

 Brede, Eudehegn (Bang-Haas). France : Solope, St. Florent, 

 Allogny (Sand), Marseilles (Himighoffen). Germany : generally 

 distributed (Heinemann and Wocke), Potsdam, Havelland, Friedland, 

 Stettin, Hamburg (Sorhagen), Alsace (Peyerimhoft) , Dantzig (Tiede- 

 mann), Glogau (Zeller). Italy : Pratovecchio, Tuscany (Mann). 

 Russia: Pichtendahl (Nolcken), Livland (Lienig). Scandinavia: 

 Uleaborg (Tengstrom), south and middle Sweden (Wallengren). 

 Switzerland : nr. Zurich (Frey). 



NEPTICULA SUBAPICELLA, Stainton (? sp. praec.). 



SYNONYMY. Species: Subapicella, Sta., " Ent. Mo. Mag.," xxii., p. 238 

 (1886). Aryyropeza, Sta., "Ins. Brit.," p. 300 (1854) ; " Nat. Hist. Tin.," i.. p. 12 

 (1855) ; " Man.," ii., p. 433 (1859) ; "Nat. Hist. Tin.," vii., p. 188 (in part), pi. ix., 

 fig. 2 (1862) ; Meyrick, ".Handbook," etc., p. 726 (1895). 



ORIGINAL DESCRIPTION. In the Ent. Mo. Mar/., xxii., pp. 237-238, 

 the name X. subapicella is suggested by Stainton for the imago described 

 and figured in the Nat. Hist. Tin., vol. vii., pp. 190-191, and pi. ix., 

 fig 2, under the name of N. argyropeza, the life-history really belonging 

 to the latter species. The description here referred to reads as follows : 

 " This species belongs to that section of the genus in which the 

 blackish anterior wings have two marginal pale spots ; in this section 

 it can only be confused with A T . apicdla, but N. argyropeza, (<?&- 

 apicdla) has the costal spot nearer the base of the wing than in that 

 species ; in N. apicdla the costal and dorsal spots are exactly opposite, 

 in N. argy ropeza ( subapicella) the costal spot is decidedly anterior to 

 the dorsal spot. Expansion of the wings 3 lines. Head ferruginous. 

 Antennae dark fuscous, with ^,he basal joint whitish. Anterior wings 

 coarsely scaled, blackish, with a small dull whitish spot on the costa, 

 rather before the middle, and a larger one on the inner margin a little 

 beyond the middle ; cilia whitish. Posterior wings with their cilia 



frey." The oldest description of this species, however, is in the 

 n sect a Britannica, p. 300, where Stainton writes : " Alis anticis 

 nigrescentibus, macula parva costae ante medium, macula dorsi post 

 medium majore albidis ; capillis fulvis. Exp. al. 3 lin. Head and 

 face deep luteous. Palpi whitish. Antennae dark fuscous, basal joint 

 whitish. Anterior wings blackish, with a small whitish spot on the 

 costa, rather before the middle, and a larger one on the inner margin 

 beyond the middle ; cilia whitish. Posterior wings grey, with paler 

 cilia." 



TIME OF APPEARANCE. The imago has only been taken in May and 

 June, on palings at Beckenham, by Stainton. The specimens in his 

 collection are labelled respectively June 17th and June 22nd, 1851. 

 The larva is unknown. 



LOCALITY. KENT : Beckenham (Stainton). 



NEPTICULA HEADLEYELLA, Stainton. 



SYNONYMY. Species : Headleyella, Sta., "Ins. Brit.," p. 300 (1854); "Nat. 

 Hist. Tin.," i.. p. 11 (1855) ; " Man.," ii., p. 432 (1859) ; H.-Sch., " Sys. Bearb.," 

 V., p. 356 (1855) ; Frey, " Linn. Ent.," xi., p. 395 (1857) ; Staud. and Wocke, 

 " Cat.," p. 339 (1871) ; Fletcher, " Ent. Mo. Mag.," xxiii., pp. 187-8 (1887) ; Meyr., 

 "Handbook," etc., p. 726 (1895). Argyrostigma, Frey, "Die Tineen," etc.. p. 379 

 (1856) [teste, Frey, " Lep. der Schweiz," p. 425 (1880)]. 



ORIGINAL DESCRIPTION. Nepticula headleyella, n. sp. Alis anticis 

 griseis, grosse squamatis, maculis duabua parvis argenteo-albidis, 



