640 Mr. H. T. Stainton on the 



In the " Isis" of 1846, Zeller described, at page 298, a new 

 species under the name of Lienigiella ; this happens, at least at 

 present, to be the most distinct species in the genus, and it is 

 tlie first of which we have an accurate and detailed description. 

 Looking, however, to the number of dark-coloured species with 

 which we are acquainted, it is by no means improbable that we 

 may yet find other closely-allied clay-coloured species. 



Zeller's description is as follows : — 



" Alis anterioribus nitidulis lutescentibus longitudinaliter albo 

 lineatis, fascia postica aurantiaca, aureo-marginata, atroque 

 maculata." 



" This very beautiful insect was only once taken by Madame 

 Lienig in the summer. 



" It is rather larger than Pedella, and has the anterior wings as 

 thin and pointed as in Zieglerella, the species to which it is most 

 nearly allied. Head and thorax luteous, darker than the anterior 

 wings ; on the head are three slender white longitudinal lines, of 

 which the two lateral ones run near the eyes to the antennae, and 

 the middle one also intersects the thorax. Antennse brownish ; the 

 basal joint very long, with a club-like thickening at its end, and with 

 a white longitudinal line on the anterior side. Face white. Palpi 

 as long as the head and thorax together, thin, recurved, shining 

 whitish, externally yellowish-brown ; the second joint a little thick- 

 ened at the apex, rather shorter than the terminal joint. Tongue 

 scaled on the upper part. Legs silky, yellowish ; the anterior 

 beneath yellowish-brown. Posterior tibiae rather thin, sparingly 

 clothed with hairs, brownish before the apex, the apex whitish, with 

 a tuft of whitish hair. Abdomen grey, with silvery-white scales 

 on the sides of the segments ; anal tuft yellowish ; belly whitish. 



" Anterior wings loam-yellow (luteous), with the inner margin 

 narrowly white to the cilia. Along the costa a fine white line pro- 

 ceeds from the base, which soon after curves inwards, and has 

 hardly one-fourth of the length of the wing. An equally slender, 

 straight, white line, arising from the middle of the base, extends 

 beyond it, and beneath the apex of the latter there is a small 

 white longitudinal streak. In the middle of the wing is another 

 narrow while streak on the costa. Beyond the middle of the wing 

 two unequal shining golden lines enclose a pale orange-yellow 

 fascia, which is a little expanded towards the costa ; the first of 

 these has on the fascia, above and below, a deep black dot. Not 

 far beyond it there begins a rather thick white longitudinal line, 

 which extends along the hinder marginal cilia to the tip of the 



