132 Mr. T. V. WoUaston on undescribed Madeiran Insert 



nigro-punctata, plaga maiginem posticum versus fusca. — Exp. 

 alar. 6^ lin. 



Inhabits Madeira proper, where it was detected by myself 

 during the summer of 1855. I have dedicated the species to 

 my friend H.T. Stainton, Esq., from whom I have obtained 

 much valuable information respecting the minute Lepidoptera 

 here described. 



Gracilaria ? aurantiaca. 



G. alis auticis luteo-bruuneis, postice dilutioribus, macula dorsali 

 basin versus trianguloque dorsi pone medium luteis. — Exp. alar. 

 5 1 lin. 



Inhabits Madeira proper ; captured by myself during the sum- 

 mer of 1855. 



Genus Coleophora, Zell. 



Coleophora Desertarum. 



C. alis anticis luteo-ochreis, costa, dorso venisque posticis dilute 

 griseis, puncto plicee nigro ante medium, aliis parvulis pone me- 

 dium, a})ice nigro-punctato ; antennis griseis, baud annulatis, arti- 

 culo basali incrassato haud penicillato. — Exp. alar. 6 lin. 



Inhabits the Northern Dezerta, where it was detected by my- 

 self early in June 1855. 



Genus Laverna, Curt. 

 haver na vittata. 



L. alis anticis dilutissime ochreis, vitta media a basi usque ad raar- 

 ginem posticum perducta, brunnea. — Exp. alar. ()| lin. 



Inhabits Madeira proper; and bears a considerable resem- 

 blance to the European Gelechia intei^uptella. 



Laverna ? decolorella. 



L. alis anticis ochreis, striga obliqua ex medio dorsi fusca, stria 

 abbreviata ex angulo anali introrsum spectante, altera opposita 

 costse extrorsum spectante, fuscis. — Exp. alar. 8 lin. 



Inhabits Madeira proper ; and I am informed by Mr. Stainton 

 that it will probably constitute the type of a new genus. "It 

 differs," he says, " from Laverna in the thickened terminal joint 

 of its palpi ; indeed in its thick, recurved palpi it resembles no 

 known genus, — wanting the tuft of Chelaria. The posterior 

 wings, too, are much too broad for Laverna." 



