302 Mr. H.T. Stainton's ])oscnj)tions 



This insect is most nearly allied to our BrongniardeUum, but 

 the long tuft of the 2n(] joint of the palpi (which tuft is quite 

 as long as the terminal joint) would sufficiently distinguish it; 

 and the markings on the anterior wings are very obscure and 

 vague, and not bright and distinct as they are in our European 

 species. 



Expansion of the wings A\ lines. 



Head and face pale fuscous ; maxillary palpi whitish ; labial 

 palpi, second joint, pale fuscous, varied with dark fuscous, with 

 a loner projecting tuft of moderate thickness ; terminal joint 

 whitish, with two black rings. Antennae dark fuscous, with paler 

 annulations. Hind legs ocherous ; tarsi dark fuscous, annulated 

 with whitish. 



Anterior wings grey, irregularly mottled with paler and darker 

 fuscous, with three more conspicuous blackish, oblique short 

 streaks from the costa towards the apex, between which are two 

 slender, oblique pale streaks; the posterior of which speedily 

 assumes a blueish tinge, and is continued across the wing to the 

 anal angle; cilia of the hinder margin whitish, intersected by two 

 dark fuscous lines ; cilia of the inner margin pale fuscous. Pos- 

 terior wings fuscous, with a faint purple tinge, with paler cilia. 



Mr. Atkinson sent me two specimens of this insect, with the 

 following note : This is attached to one of the Bauhinice, but not 

 B. purpurea ; I suspect the larva feeds on the flower buds, but I 

 have only seen it in pupa. The cocoon at first sight is very like 

 the mine of some Lithocolletidcs, but on examination it is found to 

 consist of an upper and under layer of fine compact silken web, 

 of a delicate white, spread in an irregular oval patch on the upper 

 surface of the leaf, and, like a LilhocoUetis mine, slightly contract- 

 ing it. It appears the beginning of June." 



Phyllocnistis Citrella, Atkinson in litt. 



Alis antiois albis, linea humerali, altera costali pone medium 

 productis, maculam dilute auream includentibus, linea recta 

 transversa fusca pone medium, apice dilute ochreo, jjuncto 

 apicali atro. 

 Exp. al. 24 lin. 



This pretty little insect is nearly allied to our European Suffu- 

 sella and Saligna, though so much smaller. It is readily distin- 

 guished by the pale ochreous apical portion of the wing, and the 

 straightness of the transverse fuscous line beyond the middle. 

 Expansion of the wings 2^ lines. 



