NOTES ON NEW AND RARE BRITISH LEPIDOPTERA. 145 



cinereis, lineaflexuosa ad apicem atomisque numerosis al- 

 bis, punctis duobus in medio nigris; posticis cinereis. 



Phycisadornatella, Duponchel, p. 285, pi. 234, fif^. 4. 



Pempelia adornatella, Zeller, Isis, 1839, S. 179 — Vierter 

 Bericht des schlesiscben Tauschver. 1843, S. 15. 



Var. h. striga priore interrupta. 



Var. c. striga posteriore ante apicem bis interrupta. 



Var. d. obscura, strigis obsoletis lateque interruptis. 



Var. e. alis anterioribus latioribus, strigis ut in b et c 

 interruptis. 



Differs from Ornatella by tbe dirty, reddish-loam yellow 

 ground colour, by the strongly angulated interrupted second 

 tiansverse line, by the brownish instead of black spots on 

 the anterior wings, excepting the two central spots and the 

 mai'ginal line. 



Differs from Suhornatella by the want of the fascia be- 

 tween the base of the wing and the first transverse line. 



Differs from Thymiella and Sororiella hy its much darker 

 and dirty colour. 



Differs from Petrelltty to which it comes nearest, by its 

 considerably smaller size, the want of a darkened spot-like 

 place on the inner margin before the first transverse line 

 and the indented second transverse line, whereas Petrdla 

 has only a sinuated one. 



Size variable, always below Ornatella. Head and thorax 

 reddish-yellow, dusted with brownish ; form of the palpi 

 and the antennae as in the two previous species : the labial 

 palpi externally brown-red towards the tip: tuft of the 

 maxillary palpi rust-yellow. Thorax beneath reddish-white. 

 Legs externally reddish-grey; the middle and hinder 

 tibiae with darker bands: tarsi brownish, with white ends of 

 the joints. Abdomen yellowish-grey, with yellowish hinder 

 margins of the rings and yellowish anal end. 



1867. L 



