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the cilia is rather pure white. It thereby differs also from the more distinctly-veined 

 lacunicolella, which has besides the antennae almost unannulated. Still nearer is it 

 to the generally rather larger alticolella, from which it is perhaps not specifically 

 different. Alticolella has certainly, in general, unannulated antenna? ; hut there are 

 specimens — and indeed not only of the ordinary size, but also of the same size as 

 caespititiella — which have more or less distinct traces of dark rings on the basal half 

 of the antennae: moreover, I believe positively I have taken both in company. 

 Caespititiella and alticolella have a superficial resemblance to badiipennella and 

 Milvipennis ; but they will never be confounded if it is borne in mind that in the two 

 first the branches of the subcostal nervures are to be perceived as of darker colour, 

 whereas in the two latter they are precisely the same colour as the disk. 

 Occurs in June, among rushes, in many parts of Germany. 



Sp. 74. Alticolella, Mann. 



Closely allied to the preceding and the following. Differs from Lacunicolella by 

 the smoother disk of the anterior wings, and the almost quite confluent (and therefore 

 hardly to be distinguished) nervures ; and from caespititiella in the antennae being 

 unannulated, or only faintly and incompletely annulated at the lower half. 



Occurs among rushes, in June and July, in many parts of Germany. 



Sp. 75. Lacunicolella, Mann. 



Quite similar in form to a small Alticolella, also very similar in colour; so that it 

 certainly is only a lively-marked Alticolella. 



Taken near Vienna, by Mann, in May and August, among rushes. 



Sp. 76. Otitis, Z. 



The largest of the species with pale lines between the nervures of the anterior 

 wings, and with scattered black scales. Its white (not brown annulated) antennae, 

 together with the generally rather shining white lines on the costal half of the ante- 

 rior wings, distinguish it from flavaginella, Motacillella, annulatella, &c. Versurella, 

 similar in the antenna?, is paler, with dirty white nervures on the narrower anterior 

 wings. Millefolii is usually much smaller, much paler, with longer tuft of the palpi. 

 Directella has certainly white antenna?, but no lustre in the very obsolete white lines 

 of the anterior wings. 



Not scarce in many parts of the Continent, in July and the beginning of August. 

 The larva feeds on the under-side of the lowermost leaves of Cucubalus Otites. 



Sp. 77. Annulatella, Nylander. 



In size and appearance resembles C. otita?; but the latter has quite unannulated 

 antennae, broader anterior wings, a purer white and sharper-margined costa, and a 

 longer tuft to the palpi. Still nearer allied is flavaginella, which has also sharply- 

 annulated antenna? and quite similarly marked anterior wings ; but this appears to be 

 specifically distinct, by the rather shorter, less pointed, anterior wings, and the longer 

 tuft of hair to the palpi, which is nearly three-fourths as long as the terminal joint. 

 From Versurella it is distinguished by its darker colour and its sharply brown and 

 white annulated antenna?. C. millefolii is distinguished — besides its more whitish 



