Insects. 2089 



black ; the second about the middle angulated and broadly margined internally with 

 black ; the third nearly straight, but somewhat interrupted, also margined internally 

 with black ; the black margins of all these fascia are broadest on the costa ; from the 

 middle of the third fascia a black patch extends to the anal angle ; at the apex is 

 another small black patch, above which is a small pale streak : cilia pale tawny. 

 Posterior wings clear gray ; cilia paler and slightly fulvous. 



Not an uncommon species : I beat two specimens out of a hazel bush at Birch 

 Wood, September 17th, 1846. 



Zeller says " Heyden discovered this beautiful species at Frankfort on the Maine, 

 on honeysuckle, and presented me and Fischer von Roslerstamm specimens under the 

 name of Torquillaepennella, which I have allowed myself to change." 



It is rather strange that Zeller has not recognized this insect in the trifasciella of 

 Haworth : it is true that he does not appear acquainted with the ' Lepidoptera Britan- 

 nica,' but Mr. Stephens, whom he often quotes and criticises (pretty severely some- 

 times), has given a translation of Haworth's description in his ' Illustrations.' 



The specimens placed as alnifoliella in Mr. Stephens' cabinet are two faded speci- 

 mens of trifasciella ; and I presume this is the insect to which he alluded in his 

 description of alnifoliella, which certainly could never do for the real alnifoliella of 

 Hubner. 



Sp. 11. Messaniella, Zeller (fig. 14). 



Lithocolletis Messaniella, Zeller, Linn. Entomol. i. 221, fig. 23. 

 Tinea Harrisella, Haworth ? Lepid. Brit. 577, 60. 



Expansion of the wings 4 — 5 lines. Head tawny. Forehead white. Palpi white. 

 Antennae white, annulated with fuscous. Thorax tawny. Abdomeu fuscous, with the 

 extremity pale tawny. Legs fuscous. Tarsi whitish, with darker annulations. An- 

 terior wiugs shining, pale tawny, with a pale basal streak reaching nearly to the mid- 

 dle of the wing : on the costa are four paler markings, and on the inner margin the 

 same number: the first costal spot is narrow, and slightly curved at its extremity ; the 

 second is nearly straight, and points towards the anal angle ; and the third and fourth 

 are slightly curved : the first inner marginal spot is very indistinct and very short ; it 

 is opposite the middle of the basal streak ; the second arises exactly opposite the first 

 costal spot, is very long and curved, and continued towards the apex of the wing as far 

 as the extremity of the second costal spot ; the third inner marginal spot arises rather 

 beyond the second costal spot, and terminates just below the extremity of that spot; 

 the fourth arises near the anal angle, and generally meets (or very nearly so) the third 

 costal spot ; all these spots are margined internally with brown : at the apex of the 

 wing is a small black spot : cilia tawny between the third and fourth costal spots, and 

 again a little beyond the fourth costal spot ; the remainder very pale tawny, with a 

 black arch round the apical spot. Posterior wings clear gray ; cilia grayish fulvous. 



I beat this insect in great plenty, two years ago, out of an evergreen oak, which it 

 seemed to frequent throughout the summer. 



Zeller says of it, ' ; I took this species from the middle of February to the end of 

 March, near Messina, on the mountain on each side of the road to Palermo, at Buon- 

 retiro, Tremmonti and St. Michael. They frequented the dry foliage on the bushes 

 of Quercus pubescens. Probably it is not scarce there, but as the weather was at the 



