216 SPECIES OBSERVED BY THE AUTHOR 



Very active, with a tremulous motion of the anterior part of the 

 body. 



These larvae fed up well and spun thick white cocoons, like those 

 of Argyresihia and Swammerdamia ; and towards the end of January 

 the perfect insects appeared. 



I was at first uncertain to what genus to refer them ; but having 

 since had an opportunity of studying two other specimens, I have 

 decided (for the present at least) to place them in the genus Zellema : 

 the palpi are rather thicker and rougher than in Z. fasciapennella, 

 but that species itself differs slightly in that very character from 

 Z. hepariella. 



The form of the anterior wings is peculiar : they are narrower 

 than in Z. fasciapennella and Z. saxifragce, but scarcely as subfalcate 

 as in the last-named species ; but the concave outline of the cilia of 

 the hind margin gives a subfalcate appearance. 



The insect is one of those obscure, ill-defined creatures which 

 almost defy recognizable description. The anterior wings are pale 

 grey, powdered with darker (in well-marked specimens with nume- 

 rous dark grey dots), with two faint ochreous clouds near the base ; 

 the most conspicuous mark is a rather triangular black spot before 

 the middle of the inner margin, preceded by some whitish scales ; at 

 the end of the discoidal cell is a smaller black spot, above which the 

 costa, which there appears a little excavated, is whitish, followed 

 directly afterwards by a small dark grey costal spot. 



The size of my specimens varies from exp. al. 67^ lines ; it is 

 possible that the small specimens have been dwarfed from the larvae 

 feeding up in captivity. (See also Nat. Hist. Tineina, vol. xi. p. 108, 

 pi. 3. fig. 2.) 



SECTION III. 



Tineina observed at Cannes and Mentone in February and March 



1867. 



My second visit to Cannes and Mentone was in February and 

 March 1867. Arriving at Cannes February 27th, I remained there 

 till the 13th March, and then proceeded to Mentone, where I con- 

 tinued till the 27th March, thus dividing my time very equally, 

 giving a fortnight to each place. 



As my total stay in the South was thus about ten days longer 

 than in the previous year, and as I had the advantage of having 

 already explored a number of localities, and made a personal ac- 

 quaintance with the Mediterranean flora, I ought to have brought 

 home a much larger result than was actually the case ; it will be 

 seen from the following list that I met with most of the species I 

 had found the previous year, and also met with several others I had 

 not previously noticed : 



Hyponomeuta egregiellus. D. atomella. 



Prays oleellus. D. nodiflorella. 



Depretsaria rutana. Geleclda fic/ulella. 



