Monograph of Coleophora. lxxxiii 



Sp. 55. NlYEICOSTELLA, F-v-R. 



The pale loam-yellowish colour, with the sharp snow-white costal line, and the 

 white, unnannulated, tuftless antennae, separate this species readily from the preceding 

 tuftless species, as well as from the tufted species allied to Onobrychiella. It comes 

 nearest to discordella, but this has on the anterior wings a complete fine snow-white 

 fold-line, which niveicostella entirely wants. 



In many parts of Germany, not scarce, in May and June. 



Sp. 56. Discordella, Z. 



Nearest allied to the preceding, but differs in the annulated antennas, short palpi- 

 tuft, complete snow-white fold-line, broader costal line, and the white scales before 

 the hinder-marginal cilia. 



Sparingly, in several parts of Germany, in June. 



Sp. 57. Fringillella, F-v-R. 



Among the preceding species, this in marking and colour resembles Pyrrhulipen- 

 nella and albicosta, and would — together with rectilineella and tractella — belong to 

 that group, since it has a costal line, an obtuse-angled interrupted discoidal line, and 

 a fold-line, all white on a loam-yellow ground-colour ; but it (together with rectilineella 

 and tractella) differs from this group in the want of a tuft to the antennas, since the 

 few short projecting hairs cannot be considered as one. Fringillella, which besides 

 in this character differs from Pyrrhulipennella in its much larger size, is nearest allied 

 to rectilineella ; in the latter the broader costal streak of the anterior wings reaches 

 almost to the apex of the wing, the discoidal streak is much stouter and more visible, 

 and after a curve ends with an unequal fork on the hinder margin, whereas in Frin- 

 gillella it always terminates simple ; rectilineella also has a darker ground-colour, and 

 the last joint of the palpi reaches beyond the tuft of hairs of the preceding joint, 

 whereas in Fringillella the reverse takes place. The same difference in the palpi ex- 

 ists between Fringillella and tractella, besides which the latter is smaller, with nar- 

 rower wings, and even more darkly coloured than rectilineella. 



Occurs in Hungary and Vienna, but scarce. 



Sp. 58. Rectilineella, F-v-R. 



The broader white streaks standing out more sharply on the darker anterior wings, 

 and the generally very distinct fork to the discoidal streak, readily distinguish it from 

 Fringillella ; but the strongest character is furnished by the comparative lengths of 

 the terminal joints of the palpi and the tufts of hair on the second joints. Rectiline- 

 ella is considerably larger and rather paler than tractella, and has a broader costal 

 streak, a complete, veiy distinct fold streak, and on the upper side unannulated an- 

 tennae. 



An alpine species, flying in the early morning among grass, in July and August. 



Sp. 59- Tractella, Heyden. 



Certainly to be distinguished from rectilineella by the sharply browu and white, 

 annulated antennae. 



Specimens are in Von Heyden's collection from the Valais. 



