2084 Insects. 



Sp. 3. ulmifoliella, Zeller (fig. 3). 



Lithocolletis ulmifoliella, Zeller, Isis, 1839. Linn. Ent. i. 210, fig. 18. 

 Elachista ulmifoliella, Treitschke ? ix. ii. 187. 

 Tinea ulmifoliella, Hubner ? ? Ti. 444. 



Argyromiges Klemannella, Stephens' Illustrations? iv. 256 (non Fab). St. Mus. 

 Bent. Mus. Wood, f. 1317. 



Expansion of the wings 3| lines. Head whitish fulvous. Forehead silvery white. 

 Palpi silvery white. Antennas black. Thorax deep fuscous. Abdomen deep fuscous. 

 Legs fuscous. Tarsi white, spotted with fuscous. Anterior wings bright orange (but 

 not so rich a colour as the two preceding), with a narrow silvery streak at the base, 

 extending nearly to the middle; just beyond the middle is a silvery fascia, curved 

 outwardly, margined interiorly with a deeper orange ; beyond this there are three sil- 

 very spots on the costa and two on the inner margin ; at the apex is a distinct black 

 spot : the cilia are varied with bright tawny and silvery white, the latter colour being 

 in continuation of the silvery spots ; from the apex to the anal angle is all silvery ; at 

 the anal angle is a deep tawny patch in the fringe, which comes just between the two 

 silvery spots on the inner margin. Posterior wings silvery gray ; cilia silvery white. 



Taken in plenty May 2nd and 9th last year, off dwarf birches, at West Wickham 

 Wood, by Mr. Bedell. 



Zeller says of this, " It flies near Vienna, in Bohemia, and near Dresden, where 

 Fischer has bred them from the larvae. Near Glogau it is abundant from the middle 

 of April, in May and June, in birch and hazel bushes." This is decidedly the ulmi- 

 foliella of Zeller, who refers it without any doubt to the ulmifoliella of Hubner, of which 

 he says, " Hubner's magnified figure is certainly rough, but it allows us to recognize 

 our species. It belongs (it shows there three white fasciae) to my variety b* The odd 

 costal spot is in that figure separated from the costa, and is attached to the black api- 

 cal spot." 



It has not yet been my fortune to see a specimen at all answering to the figure of 



^ — rr^ Hubner, in which there are decidedly three white fasciae. For 



f^^l) )) -/ t * 1 * s reason * nave not vent ured t0 ca H this the ulmifoliella of 



"■ — "^ Hubner; but as I think it not very improbable that specimens 



may occur resembling his figure, I have not thought it advisable to supersede the 

 name as used by Zeller. 



Mr. Stephens has copied the description of Kleemannella of Fabricius, " Wings 

 golden, shining, with the two first fasciae entire, the other two interrupted in the mid- 

 dle, almost united ; a black spot terminates the wing," to which he makes no addition ; 

 and I should never have thought that he had intended this insect, but in his cabinet I 

 find a specimen of ulmifoliella labelled Kleemannella. I believe the Kleemannella 

 of Fabricius has not occurred in this country. Haworth it is true also quotes Fabri- 

 cius, and says, " Found near Coombe Wood, scarce, in May." He adds no remark, 

 and does not refer to it in any of his other descriptions. Haworth's tristrigella comes 

 nearer than any other British species to the Fabrician Kleemannella, but Zeller has 

 figured an insect in the Linnaca, fig. 36, as Kleemannella, which agrees perfectly with 

 the description of Fabricius, but it does not appear identical with any British species. 



* " Var. h. The first pair of spots forming a fascia." 



