254 BRITISH MOTHS 



Species 8. — Eriocephala calthella' — (Linnaeus, &o. ; Curtis, Brit. Ent., pi. 751; Wood, fig. 1599; 

 and our Plate CXX., Fig. 17) — Expands 3 to 3f lines ; fore wings burnislied gold, mottled with orange-brown, 

 the base crimson or purple ; hind wings brown, with a golden violet tinge ; fringe brown ; tuft of head rusty 

 ochre. The caterpillar feeds on the marsh marigold, the flowers of which are firequented by the moths during 



May and June. 



• Synonyme Tinea pusilklla, Unhnei. 



Species 9. — Eriocephala concinnella — (Stephens; "Wood, fig. 1600 ; and our Plate CXX., Fig. 18) — 

 Expands 2f to 3^ lines ; fore wings metallic golden, with a straight, slender, silvery-white streak in the middle, 

 and sometimes a faint dot of the same towards the apical margin ; hind wings brown. Taken in the Kentish 

 woods, in June. 



Species 10. — Eriocephala beppella' — (Fabricius, &c. ; Wood, fig. 1601; and our Plate CXX., Fig. 

 19) — Expands 3 to 3| lines ; fore wings golden glossy, with two straight transverse silvery streaks ; hind wings 

 shining golden. Taken in woods round London, in June. 



' Synonyme. — Tinea aurella, Hiibner. 



Species 11. — Eriocephala ammanella — (Hiibner, &c. ; Steph. 111., pi. 41, fig. 2; Wood, fig. 1602; and 

 our Plate CXX., Fig. 20) — Expands 4 to 5 lines ; fore wings rich purple, with the tuft on the head, a slender, 

 nearly straight, transverse streak towards the base of the wings, a rather broad, slightly curved one in the middle, 

 and a subapical oval spot, all of gold ; hind wings dull brown. Woods and forests, in May. 



Species 12. — Eriocephala bistrigella — (Haworth, &c. ; Wood, fig. 1603; and our Plate CXX., Fig. 

 21) — Expands 3 lines ; fore wings dull golden, with two silvery slightly curved narrow fasciae, the second of 

 which is beyond the middle of the wing ; hind wings brown, or leaden-brown, not tinged with golden. Darenth 

 Wood, and Parley, Dorsetshire, in June, but very rare. 



DESCRIPTION OF PLATE CXXI. 



In6Kct8.— Fig. 1. Euspilapterj'S auroguttella) the gold dotted). 



Fig. 2. Gracillaria nebulea (the nebulous slender). 



Fig. 3. Gracillaria meleagripennella (the turkey's feather). 



Fig. 4. Gracillaria syringella (the confluent barred). 



Fig. 5. Gracillaria cinerea (the double-barred slender). 



Fig. 6. Gracillaria V-flava (the yellow V). 



Fig. 7. Gracillaria versicolor (the changeable). 



Insects. — Fig. 8. Gracillaria substriga (the obscure streaked). 



,t Fig. 9. Gracillaria semifascia (the semi-white bar). 



„ Fig. 10. Gracillaria purpurea (the triangle-marked purple). 



Plant. — Fig. 11. Verbascumpulverulentum (the powdered mullein). 



The insects in this plate are figured from specimens in the cabinet of 

 Mr, Bentley, with the exception of Nos. 1, 2, and 7, from Wood. 



EUSPILAPTERYX, Stephens. 

 The fore wings are elongate-linear, with shortish cilia at the anal angle, with a metallic disc, spotted with 

 yellow ; the hind wings lanceolate, with long fringe ; the maxillary palpi slender, curved, and deflexed ; the 

 labial ones very short, slender, and incurved, vrith the tip very acute ; the antennae and legs long and slender. 



Species 1. — Euspilaptertx auhoguttella — (Stephens; Wood, fig. 1604; and our Plate CXXI., Fig. 1) 

 — Expands 4^ lines ; fore wings glossy metallic gold, with a short pale yellow streak at the base ; two spots on 

 the costa, and 'one on the inner margin, forming a triangle. Taken by Mr. Stephens, in June, at Ripley. 



