nepticula floslactella. 327 



Westmoeland : Windermere (Hodgkinson), Witherslack (Threlfall). Yokk : 

 Scarborough (Stainton), York (Hind), Doncaster (Corbett), Harrogate, Richmond 

 (Sang). Scotland: common, to the Clyde (Meyrick). 



Distribution. — Denmark : not rare in north-east Zealand (Bang- 

 Haas). France : Nohaut, Indre (Sand). Germany : generally dis- 

 tributed (Heinemann and Wocke), Alsace (Peyerimhoff) , Berlin, 

 Friedland, Stettin, Hamburg (Sorhagen), Frankfort-on-the-Main 

 (Schmid). Netherlands : Gravenhage, Overijssel, N. Brabant (Snellen). 

 Scandinavia : Blekinge (Wallengren). Switzerland : nr. Zurich (Frey). 



Group VI. — Cilia of the anterior wings with a distinct or indicated 

 divisional line, beyond which they are abruptly pale. The anterior 

 wings coarsely scaled with two whitish opposite spots (sometimes 

 tending to form an indistinct, non-metallic central fascia) or without 

 any paler markings. 



NEPTICULA ARGYROPEZA, 



Zellei 



Synonymy. — Species: Argyropeza, Zeller, "Isis.," 1839, p. 215 ; "Linn.Ent.," 

 iii.. p. 320 (in part) (1848) ; Tengstrom, " Bidrag Fin. Fjar.-Fauna," p. 152 (1847) ; 

 Frey, "Linn. Ent.," xi., pp. 398-400 (1857) ; Sta., "Nat. Hist. Tin.," vii., p. 188 

 (except descr. imago) (1862); "Man.," ii., p. 433 (except descr. imago) (1859); 

 Staud. and Wocke, " Cat.," p. 339, no. 3076 (1871); Nolck., " Lep. Fn. Est.," 

 p. 795 (1871) ; Hein. and Wocke, " Schmett. Deutsch.," p. 768 (1877) ; Sand, 

 "Cat. Lep. Auv," p. 202 (1879); Wallgrn., "Ent. Tids.," ii., p. 131 (1881); 

 ErschofT, '■' Trudy Russ. Ent. Soc," xii., p. 221 (1881) ; Bang-Haas, " N. H. Tids.," 

 p. 218 (1881) ; Peyer., "Cat. Lep. Als.," 2nd Ed., ii., p. 167 (1882) ; Curd, "Bull. 

 Soc. Ent. Ital.,"xv., p. 109 (1883) ; Fritsche (teHe Stainton), "Ent. Mo. Mag.," 

 xxii., p. 237 (1886) ; Sorhagen, " Die Kleinschmett. Brandbg.," p. 311 (1886) ; nee, 

 H.-Sch., " Sys. Bearb.," p. 930 (1855). Apicella, Sta., " Ins. Brit.," p. 300 (1854) ; 

 " Man.," ii., p. 433 (1859) ; Heyd., "Stett.Ent. Zeit.," xxvi., p. 381 (1865) ; Heyd. 

 and Sta., "Ent. Ann.," 1868, pp. 50-51; Staud. and Wocke, "Cat.," p. 339, 

 no. 3077 (1871) ; Frey, " Lep. der Schweiz," p. 425 (1880) ; Sang, " Ent. Mo. 

 Mag.," xxii., pp. 236-237 (1886); Meyr., " Handbook," etc., p. 726 (1895). [nee 

 Argyropeza, Heyd., " Stett.Ent. Zeit.," xxii., p. 40(1861) ; nee, Heyd. and Sta., "Ent. 

 Ann.," 1868, p. 50, which = N. turbidella]. Arqyropezella, Vaughan, " Ent. 

 Week. Int.," vol. vi., p. 14 (1859); Porritt, "List Yorks. Lep.," p. 171 (1886). 

 Serieopeza, Wocke, " Stett. Ent. Zeit.," xxvi., p. 106 (1865). 



Original description. — 8. Argyropeza, Z. (Argyropedella, in litt.). — 

 Grosse der vorigen (N. argentipedella) ; die Vorderfliigel zugerundet, 

 etwas glanzend, grob schwarzlich beschuppt, nach hinten violett ; 2 

 weissliche Gegenflecke hinter der Mitte ; die Kopfhaare rostgelb ; 

 die Fiihler braunlich mit weisslichen Augendeckeln. — Bei Glogau im 

 May vorzuglich an Espenstammen, sehr gemein (Zeller, Isis, 1839, 

 p. 215). Ten years afterwards, Zeller diagnosed the species as 

 follows : Alis anterioribus grosse nigricanti-squamatis, postice vio- 

 lascenti-subnitidulis, apice rotundato, albido-ciliato, maculis duabus 

 mediis oppositis albidis ; capillis ferrugineis ; conchula exalbida. 

 Vorderfliigel hinten auscheinend erweitert, indem auf den Franzen um 

 die Spitzen dunkle Schuppen strahlenformig liegen, grobschuppig, wenig 

 glanzend. Die Schuppen an der Basis hell, am Ende dunkelbraun, 

 sehr wenig violettlich schimmernd, am meisten noch um die Spitze, 

 wo sie gedrangter stehen. Fehlen einzelne Schuppen, so treten die 

 weisslichen Wurzeln der benachbarten Schuppen fleckenartig hervor. 

 An der Mitte des Vorderrandes und am Anfange der Innenrand- 

 franzen liegt je ein weisslicher, nicht scharf begrenzter Fleck, mit 

 den Spitzen einander zugekehrt, mit denen sie bisweilen fest ver- 

 bunden sind, ziemlich senkrecht unter einander. Beim Weibchen 



